William Benjamin Chaffey CMG (21 October 1856 – 4 June 1926) was a Canadian engineer and irrigation planner who with his older brother George Chaffey developed what became the Californian cities of Etiwanda, Ontario, and Upland in the United States of America, as well as the Victorian city of Mildura and the South Australian town of Renmark in Australia.
Life
Chaffey was born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, the third son of George and his wife Anne née Legoe.
William Benjamin Chaffey (known as W.B.) remained in Mildura, bringing his 200-acre (81 ha) orchard into production and establishing the Mildura (later Mildara) Winery Pty Ltd.
References
- Canadian government digital collections
- University of Houston