William Fraser Tolmie

William Fraser Tolmie (a.k.a. "Dr. Tolmie") (February 3, 1812 – December 8, 1886) is a surgeon, fur trader, scientist, and politician.

He was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1812, and by 1833 moved to the Pacific Northwest in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

He serves for two years, 1832-33 at Fort McLoughlin.

He serves at Fort Nisqually, an HBC post at the southern end of Puget Sound, from 1843 to 1859

In 1859 he moves to Victoria, British Columbia, where he continuesserving the HBC as well as becoming active in politics.

His written works include Comparative Vocabulary of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia (1884), and his journals, published in 1963 as The Journals of William Fraser Tolmie.

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