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Northern lights : a history of Thunder Bay Hydro / by David Leo Black.
(1994)
Electricity has played an important role in the economic and social development
of Ontario cities, and Port Arthur and Fort William located at the head of the Great
Lakes are no exception to this rule. Industrial development ...
University that wasn't : the University of Canada North, 1970-1985
(1994)
The creation of The University of Canada North, by federal letters patent in 1971, marks
the beginning of a revealing episode in northern Canadian history that spans almost
fifteen years. The brain-child of Toronto lawyer ...
"Let us all be optimistic from now on" : Oscar Styffe Limited 1927-1945, the middleman of Northwestern Ontario and the pulp and paper trade
(1994)
In the 1930's and 1940's, one way for pulp and paper firms to acquire supplies of
pulpwood from the forests of Northwestern Ontario was through pulpwood dealers or
middlemen. An analysis of one of these timber dealers, ...
Municipal ownership town : the organization and regulation of urban services in Port Arthur, 1875-1914
(1994)
Municipal enterprise was an innovation born of necessity in the
hinterland regions of Europe and North America. In an era of rapid
industrial and population growth, urban governments struggled during the
late Victorian ...