Cataline - Quesnel and Hazelton

Quesnel and Hazelton

When the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was announced, Cataline moved his operations to Quesnel to better serve the booming Central Interior. He packed throughout the Cariboo, Central Interior and Skeena River district until 1912 when he retired in Hazelton. In 1920 he decided to spend his remaining winters in Victoria, but after spending just one winter in the Dominion Hotel, he returned to Hazelton for the rest of his days. He died in October 1922 at the age of 90 and is buried in the Hazelton cemetery. A brass plaque on his cairn simply reads 'Jean Caux - Cataline, the packer.

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