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The Trans St. Mary's Traction Company was incorporated by Francis H. Clergue on October 14, 1901 to build a street railway in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and was transferred to the Michigan Lake Superior Power Company in return for a power contract. The Trans St. Mary's Traction Company was never a financial success. In January of 1917 the Board of Directors of the Lake Superior Corporation decided to foreclose on the company and refused to pay the bond interest, forcing the company into receivership. The receivership continued throughout 1917 - 1918 as the directors sought a purchaser without success. In December of 1918 th Lake Superior Corporation decided to reorganize the company. The Sault Ste. Marie Traction Company was formed in January of 1919 to acquire the assets of the Trans St. Mary's Traction Company. On April 29, 1919 the sale was completed with the Algoma Steel Corporation and the Lake Superior Corporation holding the shares. With continued deficits it was decided in 1928 to wind up the company and on March 22, 1928 a group of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan businessmen purchased the company.

Woodbridge Mining Company
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The Algoma Mining Company was incorporated in Minnestoa on November 20, 1902 and was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Algoma Commercial Company of Sault Ste. Marie. Its articles of incorporation stated that it was to carry out mining and working of iron ores and other minerals and the manufacture of iron, steel, copper and other metals. The Woodbridge Mine in Minnesota was held by the Algoma Iron Mining Company. In 1909 the Woodbridge Mining Company was incorporated and the Algoma Iron Mining Company transferred its claim for the Woodbridge Mine to the new compnay in return for 495 shares of the company. In 1912 with the reorganization of the Lake Superior Corporation and the creation of the Algoma Steel Corporation, the assets of the Algoma Commercial Company were transferred to the Algoma Steel Corporation including those of the Algoma Iron Mining Company and the Woodbridge Mining Company. The Woodbridge Mining Company was dissolved on March 28, 1914 and the Algoma Iron Mining Company remained for a while with no assets and was eventually dissolved.

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The Algoma Central Telephone Company was incorporated in 1936 with a capitalization of $10,000. The 1899 charter of Algoma Central Railway allowed for it to operate telephone and telegraph lines along its rail lines. The company had operated a private line for the use of the company, but with the reopening of the Helen Mine in 1936, a telephone line was needed to link Wawa to Sault Ste. Marie. In February of 1957 two unsolicited offers were received to purchase the company. The Algoma Central Railway board decided to accept the offer by the Northern Telephone Company Ltd.

Algoma Central Terminals
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Algoma Central Terminals was incorporated by letters Patent on October 18, 1912 to own and operate railway terminal facilities. It was capitalized at $100,000. The company was created in reponse to the Algoma Central Railway's need for funds in order to complete its rail line to the National Transcontinental Rail line. The Algoma Central Railway needed to complete the rail line if it was to have any hope of becoming profitable however the company had reached the limit of what it could mortgage to raise the necessary funds. Following the incorporation of the Algoma Terminals Company, the directors of the Algoma Central Railway passed a resolution stating that the terminal facilities of the railway were no longer necessary to the operation of the railway. These facilities including tracks, land and buildings were then sold to the Algoma Central Terminals for $1 and then promptly leased back to the railway for 999 years. The Algoma Central Terminals then issued a series of first mortgage bonds which were sold in England. This raised enough money to complete construction of the rail line. Similarly the Algoma Eastern Terminals Co. was also created to own and operate the railway terminal facilities of the Algoma Eastern Railway and its mortgage bonds were also sold to raise funds. The Algoma Central Terminals went into receiverships with the Algoma Central Railway in February of 1915. A Scheme of Arrangement was reached with the bondholders in February of 1916. The Algoma Central Terminals was dissolved on November 30, 1955.

Algoma Eastern Railway Co.
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Like the Algoma Central Terminals, the Algoma Eastern Terminals was incorporated by letters Patents on October 18, 1912, to own and operate railway terminal facilities. The company was created in order to raise the funds necessary for the construction of rail lines. As with the Algoma Central Railway, the Algoma Eastern Railway had mortgaged its entire assets. However the directors by passing a resolution stating that the terminal facilities (rails, land, terminal, etc.) were no longer necessary for the operation of the company and then selling these facilities to the Algoma Eastern Terminal for $1, gave the new company something which it could mortgage. The Algoma Eastern Terminals then leased back to the Algoma Eastern Railway the terminal facilities for 999 years. The Algoma Eastern Terminals created $300,000 of bonds. It sold all its bonds and shares to the Algoma Central Terminals for $738,000 cash which in turn sold these bonds through the Canadian Agency to raise money for the construction of the Algoma Central Railway's line to the transcontinental line. When the Algoma Eastern Railway was sold to the C.P.R. in 1930, the Algoma Eastern Terminals was not sold. Instead the company was retained by the Algoma Central Terminals until 1931 when it was disposed of as part of the Scheme of Arrangement.

Algoma Rolling Stock Co.
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Algoma Rolling Stock Co. was incorporated in 1916 to purchase new equipment for the Algoma Eastern Railway. It was capitalized at $40,000. Only 7 shares were issued and all of them were allotted to the Algoma Eastern Railway.

Algoma Shipping Co.
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The Algoma Shipping Company was incorporated in February, 1935 under the Companies Act of the Dominion of Canada and was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Algoma Central Railway. It was formed in order to purchase two ships from the Detroit Trust Co., the 'John J. Barlum' and the 'Thomas Barlum', which had been part of the defunct Barlum fleet. A separate company was formed in order to keep the ships out of the Algoma Central Railway's mortgage until the notes were paid. According to Barber the earnings from these two vessels kept the railway company going during the following years. The company was wound up in March, 1936.

Algoma Steamships Ltd.
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The Algoma Central Steamships Ltd. was incorporated on August 28, 1951. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Algoma Central Railway and was established for the purpose of advancing money for the building of new vessels. The company was disbanded on July 31, 1987.

Superior Rolling Stock Co.
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The Superior Rolling Stock Company was incorporated in 1911 by letters Patent in Ontario, to own equipment and lease it back to the Algoma Central Railway. Only 7 shares were issued and in reality the company the was a car trust. The Company issued bonds secured on the equipment and guaranteed by its parent company, the Algoma Central Railway. The bonds were sold to the public and the proceeds used to purchase rolling stock as it became necessary. Its corporate charter was surrendered November 6, 1974.

Ferris, John, b. 1910
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An alderman and labour leader, John Ferris was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in 1910 and grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada in the James Street area. In 1931 he was instrumental in forming a union of unemployed which successfully marched on Sault Ste. Marie's city hall to demand additional relief money. He worked on lake freighters and became involved in the Canadian Seaman's Union. In 1940 he began work at Algoma Steel and was elected chief steward in 1941. In 1942 Ferris was actively involved with the Algoma Steel workers joining the United Steelworkers of America. After serving in the Navy from 1943-1945, he returned to Algoma Steel and was elected Vice President of Union Local 2251 of the United Steelworkers of America. He served local 2251 as Treasurer in 1956 and President from 1958-1962 and 1964-1973 when he was named Honourary President of the local. Ferris also served as Alderman for Ward 4 from 1957-1973 and then was re-elected in 1974. Mr. Ferris wrote a history of trade unionism in Algoma in 1951 titled, Algoma Industrial and Trade Union development, and helped prepare a publication titled, 50 Years of Labour in Algoma: Essay's on Aspects of Algoma's Working Class History, in 1978. He also served on the Algoma Fall Festival Association, the Children's Aid Society, the James's St. Mall Board, the River Front Phase 2 Committee and was a member of the Board of Management of the District of Algoma Homes for the Aged.

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Charles Oakes Ermatinger was the seventh child of Lawrence and Jemima Ermatinger, a Swiss merchant who settled in Montreal c1761. Lawrence was one of the original traders that formed the North West Company. In 1805 Charles Oakes Ermatinger was admitted as a partner of the North West Company and he moved to Sault Ste. Marie in 1806. He married Charlotte, a daughter of chief Catawabeta, and they had thirteen children. He built the home known as the Ermatinger Old Stone House in 1814. In 1816 Ermatinger became an agent for the Hudson Bay Company and after the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company amalgamated he became an independent trader until 1928 when he retired and moved to Montreal with his family. He died in 1833 at the age of 57.

Ermatinger, Edward
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The Ermatinger family is well-known in the history of pre-Confederation Canada; members of several generations of the Ermatinger family were involved with the fur trade, and others achieved notoriety as politicians, lawyers, and public servants. The first Ermatinger known to have settled in North America was Lawrence Ermatinger (b. ca. 1736 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland), a merchant who settled in Montreal in the early 1760s. Ermatinger supplied goods to North American and British buyers, including fur traders and the British army. Lawrence Ermatinger married Jemima Oakes and had eight children. Two of the Ermatinger sons were particularly prominent in North America. Frederick William Ermatinger (1769-1827) served as Sheriff of Montreal and was one of the Bank of Montreal’s first directors. Charles Oakes Ermatinger (1776-1833) was a fur trader, initially working for the North West Company and then independently. Another Ermatinger son, Lawrence Edward Ermatinger, moved from Montreal to Italy, Spain, and England. Lawrence Edward Ermatinger is the father of Edward and Francis Ermatinger, brothers who came to North America as clerks for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Records from many members of the Ermatinger family survive in libraries and archives throughout Canada. The Ermatinger Old Stone House in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (built 1814) and the Francis Ermatinger House in Oregon City, Oregon (built 1845) are today museums dedicated to providing insight into North American pioneer life.

Shannon, John A., 1864-1946
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Dr. Shannon was born January 9, 1864. A dentist, he moved to Sault Ste. Marie on April 6, 1895. He and his wife, Nellie lived at 661 Queen Street. Dr. Shannon was active on the school board, but resigned in 1917 when he was appointed to the city's first Public Utilities Commission. Shannon was the Commission's first chairman and he continued to guide the commission until his death on August 22, 1946.

Smith, Glyn, 1895-1972
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Gyln Smith (1895-1972) was born and raised on St. Joseph Island, the son of W.W. Smith. His mother was a Richard's from Richard's Landing. W.W. Smith and George Stone, a teacher from Sault Ste. Marie, bought out the McGooan Lumber Company at Hilton Beach and W.W. Smith gradually bought it back from the Imperial Bank. Glyn was educated in Richard's Landing and Meaford and attended the University of Toronto (engineering). He served in World War 1 and recieved the military medal and bar. His first wife was Miss Shaugnessy from Desbarats and they had one son. When Glyn returned later in life to Hilton Beach he married a teacher, Irene Smith (1907-1991). Glyn Smith was interested in the history of St. Joseph Island and carried on a correspondence to obtain information about the history of the Island. He was most interested in the history of Fort St. Joseph and carried on a campaign to have the fort designated as a historic site.

Torgov, Morley, 1928-
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Morley Torgov was born in Sault Ste. Marie in 1928 where he lived until he moved to Toronto in 1947. He and his wife, Anna Pearl of St Catharines, have a daughter Sarah Jane and a son, Alexander. Although a practicing commercial lawyer in Toronto, Torgov has also pursued a successful career as a writer. Torgov's writings include magazine articles, both fiction and non-fiction, TV plays and novels. He won the Stephen Leacock award for Humour in 1975 for his first novel A Good Place to Come From which was published in 1974. He won a second Stephen Leacock Award for Humour in 1983 for his novel The Outside Chance of Maximillian Glick which was published in 1982. Several of his works have also appeared on television including The Making of a President, 1944 which aired in 1978 and A Good Place to Come From.

Woodside, Tommy, 1900-1994
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Tommy Woodside ( May 31, 1900 - March 31, 1994) was born in Larne Northern Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1923. He married Marion (Babe) Armstrong and was the father of two daughters, Marion and Tracy. Woodside resided in Sault Ste. Marie from 1924-1974. He was employed as an aircraft engineer until 1925 when he joined the staff of the Provincial Air Service for which he worked for 36 years. In 1928 he received his pilot's licence and was part of the aerial photograph department. In 1942 he was promoted to Assistant to the Fire Protection Supervisor and in 1950 he assumed the position of Fire Protection Supervisor which he held until 1961. During his tenure he experienced the 1948 fire which burned 12,000 hectares of woodland in Mississaugi. He was a major comtributor to the book A History of Sault Ste. Marie Forest District ( book no. 20 of the District History Series). He died in Ottawa.

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The Abitibi Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. was incorporated in 1912 to construct and operate a groundwood pulpmill on the Abitibi River at Iroquois Falls, Ontario. In 1914 the Abitibi Power and Paper Co. Ltd. was organized and acquired the assests of the Abitibi Pulp & Paper Co.. Newsprint paper machines were subsequently installed at the plant at Iroquois Falls, and power sites were developed to provide hydro electric power for the mill. A commercial sulphite pulp mill at Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario was also acquired. In 1928 Abitibi acquired five other Canadian newsprint companies including the Spanish River Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd.which owned the mill at Sault Ste. Marie. The unwieldly capital structure from these mergers resulted in Abitibi going into recievership in 1932. A Royal Commission Report was conducted into Abitibi's finances on March 1941. In April of 1946 the receivorship of Abitibi ended.

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The Abitibi Power and Paper Company, the Fort William Division Mission Island Mill was formerly owned and operated by the Fort William Paper Company Limited. The mill was built in 1920 and was taken over by Abitibi in about 1926 or 1927.

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Thompson Edwin Durham was born on August 31, 1894, the third son of Mr. & Mrs. T.S. Durham of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. He attended Central School and the High School (Sault Collegiate Institute). After graduating from high school he went to work for the H.E. Talbot Lumbering Company in Grandmere, Quebec to raise money to attend McGill University. However before he could enroll, World War 1 broke out and he returned to Sault Ste. Marie to enlist with the 51 st Soo Regiment. On August 20, 1914, Durham was one of the 125 men from Sault Ste. Marie who left for Val Cartier, Quebec for six weeks of military training before leaving for England. During the Second Battle of Ypres, on April 24, 1915, Durham was gassed, wounded and taken Prisoner of War. After spending a few weeks in the Military Lazarette at Cologne, Durham was moved to Camp Stendal, Germany where he stayed until the end of the war. After the war Durham returned to Sault Ste. Marie and worked as a dredge inspector. In February of 1920 he was employed by the Spanish Pulp and Paper Company. He also worked as a customs officer in Michipicoten Harbour (1932 - 1937), and Kenora (1947 - 1960). He returned to the Sault in 1965. Durham was actively involved community affairs including the 49th Field Regiment where he served as lieutenant adjutant to Col. C.H.L. Jones and attained the rank of major. He was also involved in the St. Mary's River Boat Club, the Sault Orchestral Society and the Sault Historical Society. Thompson Edwin Durham died on May 9, 1981. He was survived by his wife, the former Jessie Seelye, and two sons, Thompson and John.