Boyce, Benjamin Defurlong, Dr.
Birth Year:
1866
Death Year:
1945
Dr. Boyce was an early doctor in this area at Fairview. He moved to Kelowna in 1894 and was succeeded here by Dr. R.B. White. Dr. Boyce died September 25, 1945 in Kelowna, BC.
In 1912, Dr. Benjamin de Furlong Boyce purchased the land on which Mount Knox resides and, subsequently, gifted it to the City of Kelowna for $1 in 1939. Today Knox Mountain Park is the City’s largest natural area park.
References:
Princeton Our Valley, page 132; Death registration (BVC Archives)