Joe Fortes

Not to be confused with Joseph Xavier "Joe" Forte, the American professional basketball player or Joe Forte, the American writer and painter.
Joseph Seraphim Fortes
Joe Fortes in Vancouver, 1910
Born(1863-02-09)February 9, 1863
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
DiedFebruary 4, 1922(1922-02-04) (aged 58)
Vancouver, British Columbia
OccupationLifeguard
Years activelate 19th century to 1922
Joe Fortes standing on the beach at English Bay, Vancouver, Canada. This portrait was part of a collage in a Canada Post Stamp that honoured him.

Joseph Seraphim Fortes[1] (9 February 1863 – 4 February 1922) was a British-Canadian lifeguard. He was a prominent figure in the early history of Vancouver, and the city's first official lifeguard.

  1. ^ Government of Canada 1901 Census records his name as "Joseph Fortis"