Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

Page 22 text:

LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK liHNiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiitiiiiiiiiiimn MADSEN RED LAKE GOLD MINES LIMITED (No Personal Liability) • OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS JOS. McDONOUGH President FRED R. MARSHALL, Q.C Vice-President MARIUS MADSEN Director HUGH MACKAY Director HORACE G. YOUNG, M.E Director A. T. SEQUIN Director ROBERT C. COFFEY, M.E Director MISS M. MASTERSON Secretary-Treasurer E. G. CRAYSTON, M.E General Manager EXECUTIVE OFFICES MINE OFFICE 67 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario Madsen, Ontario lllllllllltilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllillllllllllllllllllllHIIHIll KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS — 20 —

Page 21 text:

LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK $xsx$ s s s «x$ sxsxeKS Compliments OF Provincial Paper Limited PORT ARTHUR DIVISION COMPLIMENTS 5-7580 G. N. RAC1C 5-7580 MEN ' S WEAR 104 S. Cumerland Street Port Arthur, Ontario MEN ' S DRESS AND WORK CLOTHING t f r J . ■llll111lillC3tltlIltlMI(C3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3lllf IIIIlIIIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3IIIIIIIMIIIC3llllllllirilC3IIIIIIIIf lit C3111IIIIIIIIICaillllllIIIIIC3lllllllfllllC I COMPLIMENTS OF | I R. C. M. BUNNEY I I REALTOR | | Where Buyer and Sellers Meet | 1 275 ARTHUR STREET PHONE 5-5491 | ]IIIIIIIIIIIOIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIOIIimillllUIMIIIIIIIIOIIIIIIMM|[]im KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS — 19 —

Page 23 text:

LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK Mr. J. P. Bertrand is an authority on the history of North-Western Ontario and has long been regarded as our local historian. We would like to express our sincere thanks to him for this essay. — EDITOR. ©ngin of port Brtbur OLLOWING upon the Union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841, the Canadian Government, representing the Union of Ontario and Quebec, taking an example from the people of the United States, began to think in terms of Western expansion, having in view the purchasing of the rights of the Hudson ' s Bay Company in Rupert ' s Land, which extended from Fort William to the Rocky Mountains. The first important event during that period of our local history was the purchasing by treaty of all the Ojibway lands from the various bands ex- tending from Batchewanaug Bay, near Sault Ste. Marie, to Pigeon River and extending Northward to the height of land. This very important treaty, which was signed by the representatives of the Crown and the accredited Chieftains from the various bands of Ojibways, was duly signed at Sault Ste. Marie on the 7th day of September, 1850, is known as the Robinson- Superior Treaty. According to some stipulations of that Treaty, a number of blocks of lands were set aside as reserves for the Ojibways. This Treaty was brought about possibly earlier than anticipated on account of the great mining boom along both shores of Lake Superior which had began in 1841 along the Southshore and finally extended to the North side of the Lake on Canadian territory. During the seasons of 1845 and 1846, no less than one hundred and thirty locations had been staked. These particular locations were two miles in frontage by five miles in depth. It can readily be seen that a good part of the North shore of Lake Superior was claimed by prospectors. Only 27 of these mining claims were made good. The others were allowed to lapse. The government of the day had yet no right to the land since it had not been purchased by agreement from the Ojibways until 1850. After that date, upon the completion of the agreement, all the Ojibway lands bordering on the North shore of Lake Superior, became the property of the Crown, to be known as Crown Lands. They were administered by departments known as those of Lands, Forests and Mines. The year 1957 will mark the anniversary of the most important event in the history of Port Arthur. It will be the centennial of its founding. It was, in fact, in 1857 that a townsite consisting of 534 acres was carved out of virgin forests, surveyed into lots and sold by auction. Robert McVicar, who had seen distinguished service with the Hudson ' s Bay Company in the Northwest Territory, was appointed Crown Lands Agent. He became the first permanent white settler to set foot in what is now the City of Port Arthur. His modest log-house and office was located at the intersection of Arthur and Cumberland Streets. In time these lots were tak en up by new settlers but evidently there was no rush to establish the new settlement, since by 1870 the total popula- tion only represented 200 inhabitants. Robert McVicar acquired considerable property adjoining the townsite, and his descendants at a later date were the largest owners of real estate property in and about the young town of Port Arthur. McVicar Creek and McVicar Street were named after him. — 21 —