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William Downie (1820–1893) was a Scottish prospector and explorer involved in the gold rushes in California and British Columbia of the mid-19th Century. ==Life and death== Downie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Ayrshire. In gold rush-era California, Downie led an expedition up the North Fork of the Yuba River. Major Downie's travels are documented in his 1893 autobiography, ''"Hunting for Gold"'' Downie was the first mayor of Downieville, California, in 1849, until which time it had been named "The Forks". Downie explored British Columbia at the request of Governor James Douglas. In 1858 he investigated the route from Bute Inlet to the Cariboo via the Homathko River, an attempted development of which led to the Chilcotin War a few years later. At the onset of the Big Bend Gold Rush of 1865, Downie travelled up the Columbia River before steamboat service on that route began.〔(BCGNIS entry "Downie Creek (creek)" )〕 Downie died on December 27, 1893 on board the steamer ''City of Puebla'' just before disembarking in San Francisco from Victoria, British Columbia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Downie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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