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J.T. Horne (d. 1925) was a lumber dealer with Graham, Horne Ltd. (also known as Graham, Horne & Co.) which began in 1883. The company was bought out by the Pigeon River Lumber Co. at the end of the 1800s. He was president of the West Algoma Agricultural Association, secretary of the Fort William Patriotic Society (1915-1917) and was made an honourary life member of the Kaministiquia Club in 1923. He was one of Fort William's biggest boosters at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries.

John B. Chapple was the son of C.E. Chapple, the founder of Chapples Ltd. in 1909. John was raised in Fort William and educated there. He worked in his father's store in Fort William and in Geraldton until the late 1940s when he took up farming, an activity he pursued until the early 1960s. He was a leader in the field of cattle breeding in Northwestern Ontario. Upon retirement, he pursued political office, being elected as a Liberal M.P.P. in June 1959, and holding office until 1963. He also served as an alderman for Fort William in 1949 and 1950 and as chairman of the Utilities Department. His interests included the Boy Scouts movement and the Male Voice Choir. John married his wife Joan in 1936.

Gertrude Dyke was a prominent citizen of Port Arthur (where she was born) and had a great interest in local history. She published three historic booklets: "Historic Lakehead", "Historic Silver Islet", and "Historic Stories". She was the wife of John A. Dyke (lawyer) and daughter of Thomas A. Woodside (manufacturer).

George Powell is a poet who wrote most of his poetry while living at 707 McLoughlin St., Thunder Bay in 1972-1973.

Wendell King Beckwith (b. 9 Sept. 1915 at Whitewater Wisc.- d. August 1980 at Whitewater Lake, Ont.) was the son of Raymond Beckwith and Laura Imogene King. His father was a design engineer and inventor. Wendell had a high-school education and attended the University of Alabama (Botany) for one year only. His knowledge of engineering and science was to a large extent self-taught. He worked for a time as a draftsman and, in the late 1930s to the 1950s, as a research engineer for the Milwaukee Electric Tool Co. as chief development engineer and/or vice president where he designed and patented for the company several pieces of equipment. In ca. 1945 he left to set up his own development lab in Whitewater, Wisc., and also worked until 1955 as a freelance consultant with Parker Pen, one of his major clients. He did not invent the ball-point pen as is sometimes suggested, but received four patents covering writing apparatus and machinery. In ca. 1955-56 Beckwith left his job, wife (Betty Mobert) and family (five children: Wendell Jr., David J., Laura, Imogene and Kathleen, who later married Harry Worth) probably due to his desire to do "pure research" into gravitation and radiation. In 1957-1958 he was known to be working for the Gravity Institute in New Boston analyzing submissions for funding. By the late 1950s, however, he was searching for a place of solitude in which to conduct his research. After spending three years at various locations in Northern Wisconsin he moved, in 1961, to Best Island on Whitewater Lake in Ontario. There, with funding from Mr. Harry Wirth, an unrelated American businessman, a cottage was built and Beckwith began his research. Until 1969 he wintered in Wisconsin and spent the rest of each year at the cottage. From 1969 onwards he stayed at Whitewater Lake year round and received frequent visits from friends, members of the group "Outward Bound", and local Natives. From Feb. 1971 to 1980 his friend Rose Chaltry of Minneapolis lived with him during the summer months. In the mid 1970s, Beckwith's funding agreement with Wirth broke down after which he relied on friends, family and Rose Chaltry for supplies. Beckwith's status in Canada was that of an illegal alien until 1974. He refused to apply for landed immigrant status, declaring himself a "citizen of the world." Because of his "great assistance to the Indian population of the area" he was granted ministerial permission to stay. His refusal to apply for a land use permit, until 1977, led to protracted negotiations with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. His research was done mainly in the winter. He would sit down before a blank sheet of paper each day and work on whatever topic interested him. The sheets he'd then put into binders or folders. He took constant astronomical and meteorological observations. He formalized an agreement with the Ontario government in September 1979 whereby he bequeathed his research notes, papers and experimental apparatus to the people of Ontario on his death. His research interests were broad, ranging from the magnetic and astronomical forces of the galaxy and historic human migrations to the pyramids and Stonehenge. He showed a great interest in "pi", the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and he was intrigued by such numbers and how often they recurred in nature. He was also concerned with the connections between astronomical events and the migration of large groups of people. His work suffers from several drawbacks: notably his preference for "popular" as opposed to academic works of science and history for his information and his 1930s high school math.

Ethel May Grover Heald was born on Aug. 25 1891 at Badger Mine, and died on July 17 1973 in Thunder Bay. She lived in Fort William until 1917, then moved to Winnipeg and then to Moose Jaw, and Prince Albert. She married Wesley Heald in 1920 and they moved back to For William in 1933.

Louise Penny was born in Toronto on July 1, 1958. She earned her Bachelor of Applied Arts (Radio and Television) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in 1979. After graduation she spent 18 years as a CBC broadcaster and journalist. After leaving the CBC in 1996, Penny took up writing and became an award winning author. In 2013 she was named to the Order of Canada, and in 2017 to the Order of Quebec.

George E. Eakins (1882-1967) was a medical doctor in Thunder Bay and president of the Thunder Bay Historical Society from 1933-1934. He also served as president of the Thunder Bay Medical Society in 1915, 1925 and 1936. He collected material relating to the history of Thunder Bay and its district.

Hiram Worcester Slack attended Cornell University, New York and was a school principal in the St. Paul City school system for 40 years. In 1887 he went on a fishing trip on the Nipigon River at which time he visited Nipigon, Port Arthur, and Fort William. A naturalist, Slack recorded his botannical observations in his journal.

John A. Dyke, son of the Rev. Joshua A. Dyke (mayor of Fort William in 1902 and 1903, Methodist minister and businessman), was a prominent Fort William lawyer with the firm of Dyke and Beeman and later on his own. He started practice in ca.1906 and retired in ca.1949. Died ca.1955. Married Gertrude (writer of history).

Carson F. Piper (b. in Fort William, 1901 - d. 1983) worked at the Empire Elevator and at W.S. Piper Hardware Store which he managed until 1960. He served in the armed forces during World War II, was a trustee of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, a member of the Fort William Rotary Club, the Fort William Sanatorium, the Red Cross, and other groups. He was a long-time member of the Thunder Bay Historical Society and was its president from 1937-1940. He actively collected items of historical interest to Northwestern Ontario and was largely responsible for creating the Thunder Bay Historical Society's museum in 1942. He married Helen Briggs of Minnesota in 1931.

Sidney H. Blake was born in 1913, in Fort William, and died in office in 1965. A prominent and active member of the community he was affiliated with the city's housing authority, Neebing Valley Conservation Authority, the Chamber of Commerce, the Home for the Aged, the Order of St. John of Jersualem, the Masonic Order, the Canadian Legion, Civil Defense, Lakehead Industrial Commission, the Association of Civic Executives, the International City Managers Association, and the Ontario Municipal Association. He graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston and the University of Chicago. He was also a major in WWII. Blake's intention was to publish a book on the history of Fort William, so much of his and McNaughten's material was compiled in manuscript form.

Alexander McNaughten (b. 23 Dec. 1866-d. 3 Dec. 1945), city clerk for Fort William from 1900-1945, collected and preserved material in and out of office relating to the history of the city. He came to Fort William in 1890, taught school for two years and then worked at the Port Office from 1892-1900. He assembled a large collection of primary documents from City Hall, clippings from local newspapers and interviews with individuals. When he died his research collection was given to Sidney H. Blake, treasurer of Fort William, 1945-1955, and civic administrator 1955-1965.

Ross Munro Matthews (b.1909 - d. March 1982) was a pediatrician, and the son of Isaac Lamont Matthews and Jentie Gordon Munro, and a member of one of Port Arthur's founding families. His father was a successful businessman building up a large department store originating as "Street Bros. Drygoods". Ross graduated from the University of Toronto in 1933 and did post graduate work in Boston. He established his practice in Hamilton in 1938. He enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in 1940 and served in 400 Squadron overseas. Upon returning in 1945 he joined the Peterborough Clinic where he practiced medicine until his retirement in 1972. He served as President of the Canadian Medical Association in 1969-1970 and was awarded an honourary L.L.D. by Trent University in 1974. He married Barbara Page Brown and had four children.

Keith Denis (1909-1979) was a President of the Thunder Bay Historical Society from 1961-1969 and a long-time collector of historical information and a writer of history. He worked at the Workman's Compensation Board in his later years but also worked on construction and mining projects and as a salesman. He was a noted naturalist and conservationist and served as President of the Northwestern Ontario Conservation Federation. He was a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Lakehead Philatelic Society, and the National Exhibition Centre. He also managed the Port Arthur Tourist Bureau.

Wilbert Stewart Brown, collector, was a former Fort William Police Chief. He was born in 1893 in Valcartier, Quebec, and came to Fort William in 1911. He began his career in law enforcement in 1912 in Fort William, one of a 14 man force and served overseas in WWI. He became a patrol sergeant with the Fort William police force in 1932, a staff sergeant a decade later, and Chief Constable in 1950. He was presented to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1951 and was involved in the Boy Scout Movement locally. Brown retired in 1958 and died in 1986.

John Martin Robertson came to Canada in ca. 1880 and worked for the Cumberland Railway, Spring Hill, Nova Scotia until 1889. In 1891 he was a locomotive fireman for Joggins Mines Railways and, after coming to Fort William that year, he went to work for the C.P.R.. From 1895 to 1897 he worked for the Hawk Bay Gold Mine Co. and from 1898 to 1900 with Fort William Light and Water. After 1901 he worked for Imperial Oil and from 1916 to 1920 as a mechanic for the Merchant Grain Co.

John Wilson Robertson (b. at Carolside, West Lodge, Berkshire, Scotland, 12 Apr. 1843-d. 17 Jan. 1913), was known as the "Bard of Glen Erie." He married ? Frazer in Roxyburyshire, Sept. 1868. His children were John Martin, James T., Edwin L., Thomas A., Mary and one other daughter who became Mrs. Manning. He emigrated to Canada in 1891 and made his home in Fort William, Ontario. In Fort William he helped establish the weekly tabloid, The Fort William Echo and was editor from 1893 to 1895. He continued to farm and write poetry until his death of heart failure, 17 Jan. 1913. He was noted for his poetry and music.

Andrew Dick (1831-1917) probably lived on Caribou Island, near Rossport, and was a fisherman by trade and cared for the lighthouse at Point Porphyry. He had at least ten children between 1863 and 1884 when his wife died. He possibly had six to eight more children by another marriage.