Hudson's Bay Company, he died the richest man in British Columbia in sole control of an empire estimated to be worth $15 million ($ million today). His obituary in the Vancouver News-Advertiser said of him "he was neither a politician nor a statesman, as judged by the usual standards applied to such, but was a very practical, hard-headed and level-headed legislator who knew what he wanted and usually took the shortest route to its accomplishment. In 1888, Alexander Dunsmuir was passing through Siskiyou County, California, and according to contemporary accounts, was so taken with the beauty of the area that he offered to donate a fountain to a new town, if they would name the town in his honour. The offer was accepted, and Dunsmuir's fountain remains operational near the City Park in Dunsmuir, California. See also Dunsmuir House E&N Railway Sources References External links Craigdarroch Castle 1825 births 1889 deaths Businesspeople from British Columbia Canadian industrialists Canadian people of Scottish descent Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople Hudson's Bay Company people Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation British Columbia Pre-Confederation British Columbia people Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)