C. N. Black

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C. N. Black

C. N. Black was a Fort William resident active in the town's civic affairs in the late 1870s.

At a meeting held in Oliver, Davidson & Co.'s hall on 20 January 1879, Black was elected vice-president of an association formed to defend the interests of Fort William and the Kaministiquia River against Prince Arthur's Landing.[1] In the same period he chaired a committee organized to establish a newspaper at Fort William, which corresponded with the Toronto firm of Gwatkin & Son to obtain a printing press; the effort contributed to the founding of an early Fort William newspaper.[2]

References

  1. Peter McKellar."Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society."[book].Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 205.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
  2. P. McKellar."Fort William's Early Newspapers."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.pp. 215–217.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)