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'''Adam Grant Horne''' (c. 1829 – 10 August 1901) was a [[Hudson's Bay Company]] employee at the [[Colony of Vancouver Island]], a municipal politician and a businessman. He was born in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]] and died at [[Nanaimo, British Columbia]]. He married Elizabeth Bate whose brother, Mark Bate, also an HBC employee, was the first Mayor of Nanaimo.

Horne arrived in [[British Columbia]] as a labourer in 1851 aboard the immigrant ship [[Tory (ship)|''Tory'']]<ref name=Mackie>{{Cite book   | last =Mackie   | first =Richard Somerset   | title =The Wilderness Profound, Victorian Life on the Gulf of Georgia   | location =Victoria, BC   | publisher =Sono Nis Press   | year =1995   | isbn =1-55039-058-9   | url-access =registration   | url =https://archive.org/details/wildernessprofou0000mack   }}</ref>{{rp|39}} and was in charge of the company store in [[Nanaimo, British Columbia|Nanaimo]] when, in 1862, the company sold out.  After operating a business on his own account in Nanaimo, he took further employment with the HBC first at its [[Fort Simpson (Columbia Department)|Fort Simpson]] post and then took charge of its [[Comox, British Columbia|Comox]] operation from 1865 to 1878 when the post there was closed as well.  At that time Horne returned to business on his own account in Nanaimo where he also served as an alderman.

In 1856 Horne led what is thought to have been the first crossing of [[Vancouver Island|mid-Vancouver Island]] by a European.  He was to ascertain whether a trail existed from the present location of [[Qualicum Beach, British Columbia]], on Vancouver Island's east coast in the hopes of establishing trade with the [[Nuu-chah-nulth people|Nuu-chah-nulth]] who lived on the west coast.  At the mouth of the [[Qualicum River]], Horne's party and their native guides observed a large fleet of [[Haida people|Haida]] canoes approaching and hid in trees unable to warn the villagers of the impending attack.  Afterwards, they observed the attackers as they left holding human heads.  When they came to the mouth of the river, they came upon the charred remains of the village of Saatlaam<ref>Paterson, p 89-94</ref> and the mutilated bodies of its inhabitants.<ref>Elms p 20, citing William Wyford Walkem, Stories of Early British Columbia, "Adam Horne's trip across Vancouver Island"  (Vancouver, BC: Published by News Advertiser, 1914) p 41.</ref>

Horne's expedition found the existing trail used by natives as a trade route across the island.

[[Horne Lake]], at the headwaters of the [[Qualicum River]], is named for Horne.<ref>{{cite bcgnis|id=18353 |title=Horne Lake}}</ref>

==Sources==
*{{cite book  | last = Wylie  | first = Brad  | title = Qualicum Beach, A History  | publisher = Wylie: Qualicum Beach, BC  | year = 2003  | isbn = 0-9696050-1-3}}
*{{cite book  | last = Elms  | first = Lindsay  | title = Beyond Nootka, A Historical Perspective of Vancouver Island Mountains  | publisher = Misthorn Press: Courtenay, BC  | year = 1996  | isbn = 0-9680159-0-5}}
*{{Cite book  | last =Walbran  | first =Captain John T.  | title =British Columbia Place Names, Their Origin and History  | url =http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3545  | place =Vancouver/Toronto  | publisher =Douglas & McIntyre  | year =1971  | edition =Facsimile reprint of 1909  | isbn =0-88894-143-9  | access-date =13 July 2008  | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220337/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3545  | archive-date =3 March 2016  | url-status =dead| df =dmy-all  }}
*{{Cite book  | last =Paterson  | first = TW  | title =Ghost Town Trails of Vancouver Island  | place=Langley, BC  | publisher =Stagecoach Publishing  | year =1975  |  isbn = 0-88983-000-2  }}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20120801142700/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_101/a_02230.gif] [https://archive.today/20121127093729/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_149/h_03527.gif] [https://archive.today/20121203100015/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_175/a_08365.gif] Images of Adam Grant Horne at BC Archives.
*{{cite web  | last = Robinson  | first = George  | title = The Bate Family of Nanaimo  | url = http://www.crunchers.bc.ca/robinson/bate_family.html|access-date=2008-07-04}}

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