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Miles, Layton Earl
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Layton Earl Miles, 1908-1967, was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan and was raised in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1929 he was hired by the Kootenay Valley Transportation Company and began a long career as a bus driver. In 1939 Greyhound bought out this company, and Miles continued to drive for Greyhound until 1966. During his career his drove over 3,600,000 km in southern British Columbia and Alberta, including the Crowsnest Pass and Rogers Pass. In 1959 he was a driver for the International Joint Commission on Waterways. He and his wife, May, had three children, Robert, William and Elizabeth (Kirkwood).