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          Bill Peyto

          English-Canadian pioneer

          Bill Peyto

          Born

          Ebenezer William Peyto


          (1869-02-14)14 February 1869

          Welling, Kent, England

          Died23 March 1943(1943-03-23) (aged 74)

          Calgary, Alberta, Canada

          Occupation(s)Park warden, mountain guide
          Spouses

          Emily Wood

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          (m. 1902; died 1906)​

          Ethel Wells

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          (m. 1921; died 1940)​
          Children1 son[1]

          Ebenezer William Peyto (PEE-toh;[2] 14 February 1869 – 23 March 1943) was an English-Canadian pioneer, mountain guide, and early park warden of Banff National Park.

          Life and career

          Peyto was born in Welling, Kent in 1869 and immigrated to Canada, settling in Calgary in February 1887.[1][3] He found his way to the Canadian Rocky Mountains where he initially worked as a railway labourer.[4] By the mid-1890s Peyto had built a small log cabin cl