Harry McClure Johnson (May 13, 1886 – March 29, 1932) was a Chicago lawyer and member of the firm of Offend, Bulkley, Poole and Scott.
[1] He was the official journal chronicler in the 1st ever expedition to the top of Crown Mountain which brought about the genesis of British Columbia's provincial park system in July 1910.
[12] Johnson received Highest Honors for General Excellence as Academic senior honormen Bachelor of Arts course in History, Politics and Economics from Princeton University.
Following his departure from the army, Harry worked as an assistant counsel for the Emergency Fleet Corporation construction division in Philadelphia for over a year.
After the Armistice and during the years 1919 and 1920 he was engaged as counsel in the Legal Department of the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation in Philadelphia.
[4] Returning to practice in Chicago in 1921 he joined the predecessor of the firm of which he was a partner at the time of his death – Offield, Mehlhope, Scott & Poole.
[17] Helena was living in New York and Omaha at the time and was active in recent years in north shore art circles.
Price Ellison,[6] mustached newspaper owner and minister of crown lands in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
[21][2] Johnson not only was a holiday visitor in Okanagan, British Columbia, for a number of years but had lived for some time at the Price Ellison home.
This journal of the Ellison expedition did not present a romantic view of the party's travels, as it described encounters with mosquitoes, sandflies, snakes, blowdowns, steep trails, and tree roots as well as spectacular scenery.
Following the ascent, the party continued down Butte Lake in British Columbia, up to Price Creek and wound up at the Port Alberni.
He died at the age of 46 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he was visiting his mother (Elizabeth "Gaga" Breading Mcilvaine Johnson), from a sudden attack of influenza which developed into pneumonia.
In his personal life Johnson's outstanding traits were his unyielding integrity and his helpful and unfailing loyalty to his friends.