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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZM_c-d-howe_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
The dynamic "Minister of Everything", Massachusetts-born Clarence Decatur Howe immigrated to Canada in 1908 and established an engineering firm in Port Arthur in 1916. Elected to the House of Commons in 1935, he was a dominate figure in Liberal ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20N5_lakehead-university_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
In response to a brief from Lakehead educators and business representatives outlining northwestern Ontario's need for an institution of higher education, a provincial Order-in-Council established the Lakehead Technical Institute in 1946. Two years…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20N4_cummins-site_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
At least 9,000 years old, the Cummins site is one of the most significant of several Palaeo-Indian archaeological sites that form the Lakehead Complex. Many of these early seasonal camps were located on the shoreline of ancient Lake Minong, at a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20N3_simon-james-dawson_Thunder-Bay-Ontario.html
Born in Scotland, Dawson emigrated to Canada as a young man and began his career as a civil engineer. In 1857 as a member of a Canadian government expedition, he surveyed a line of road from the Lakehead to Fort Garry and in 1858-59 further explor…