Whitford Julian VanDusen (July 18, 1889 in

Tara, Ontario Tara is an unincorporated community in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie, Bruce County, in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is a designated place and had 1,037 residents and 458 dwellings as of the 2011 census. Tara is in geographic Arran ...

– December 15, 1978), was a Canadian lumber magnate and philanthropist,The history of Metropolitan Vancouver.
Retrieved on January 2, 2011 who established the Vancouver Foundation. The

VanDusen Botanical Garden VanDusen Botanical Garden is a botanical garden situated in Vancouver, British Columbia, in its Shaughnessy neighborhood. It is located at the northwest corner of 37th Avenue and Oak Street. It is named for local lumberman and philanthropist Whitf ...

in Vancouver was named after him.About us.
VanDusen Botanical Garden. Retrieved on January 2, 2011

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