More information below. Port Arthur Parent places: Texas; Old Maps Online. [8], In 1963 Port Arthur acquired a new coat of arms from the College of Arms in London. You can scroll down to find more maps of this location. Old maps of Port Arthur on Old Maps Online. With Confederation in 1867, Simon James Dawson was employed by the Canadian Department of Public Works (DPW) to construct a road and route from Thunder Bay on Lake Superior to the Red River Colony (now Manitoba). [7] In 1917, two sawmills were added the pulp and paper industry, with the establishment of the Port Arthur Pulp and Paper Company, later a division of Provincial Paper Mills Ltd, and in 1920 the Kaministiquia Pulp and Paper Company at Current River. Publisher Empire-Hanna Coal Co. Ltd. Place of Publication Winnipeg Date of Publication 1950 Subject(s) Cities & towns Coal Maps Transportation Streets & Roads. It’s a place of global significance – one of the 11 places that make up the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian Convict Sites. This abruptly reduced business in Port Arthur. Bruce Petersen, "The Great Fire of 1870," Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society. Generic Term: City This rail and grain trade diminished in the latter half of the 20th century. A large new courthouse was erected by the province in 1924. Lakehead University was established on a site within the former city of Port Arthur. Thunder Bay : Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1995.
[2] In 1871 the Ontario government surveyed the Prince Arthur's Landing Town Plot, thereby officially confirming the name and opening the land for legal possession. A provincial stipendiary magistrate dispensed justice until 1884, when the government created a judicial district and appointed a federal judge to lead the court. They chose Port Arthur as the Lake Superior headquarters for the Canadian Northern Railway. [1] Colonel Garnet Wolseley named the tiny fire-ravaged settlement as Prince Arthur's Landing, in honor of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942), son of Queen Victoria. These instructions will show you how to find historical maps online. [3] The namesake prince did not visit the settlement until May 1890, when he and his entourage briefly stopped there.[3]. In January 1970 it amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay. The CPR completed its construction along the north shore of Lake Superior and decided to centralize its operations along the lower Kaministiquia River. 1 : 1250000 USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Superior. But the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, later called the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company or PASCO, was a major industrial employer for many years.[6]. See the results of your search on the right side. Map Port Arthur Historic Site is a special place of vivid history, cultural heritage and stories so compelling, you’ll want to hear them again and again. [Port Arthur, Ont. Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds: 89°19' West
Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Superior.In January 1970 it amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay. Narrow your search with advanced settings, such as Years (from/to), Fulltext, Publisher, etc. , Share Port Arthur had been the district seat of Thunder Bay District. Port Arthur, Ontario Last updated October 30, 2019. Share on Longitude in decimal degrees: -89.3166669784114, SOURCE: Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG). [5] Port Arthur thrived as a transhipment and grain handling port for the CNR after the railway line was opened to Winnipeg, Manitoba in December 1901. It is historically notable as the original eastern terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The town was in dire economic straits until 1897–1899, when the entrepreneurs William Mackenzie and Donald Mann acquired the Ontario and Rainy River Railway and the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway. This map was created by a user. Guardians of progress : boosters & boosterism in Thunder Bay, 1870–1914. Scollie, Frederick Brent. This was sold in 1922 to the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
And Port Arthur's intercity area increasingly became a focus of industrial and commercial activity in the post-World War II period. Port Arthur became a city in April 1907. The U.S. Congress passed the McKinley Tariff, cutting off profitable exports to the US. The residents of Prince Arthur's Landing developed the Thunder Bay District's first municipality, the Municipality of Shuniah in March 1873. : Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2000.
1000-2010 Mercator. The World Atlas. The absorption of the Canadian Northern Railway into the Canadian National Railways meant the loss of many CNoR facilities. Structures include the Baggage Building Arts Centre public gallery, a restored circa-1900 building, the Water Garden Pavilion, a skateboard park, running and cycling trails, as well as public art. It served as a major transshipment point for lakers that carried cargo to Port Arthur from across the Great Lakes.
Geographical coordinates are 48°24' North and 89°19' West and its feature type is City. From 1871 onward, Port Arthur was designated as the administrative centre for Thunder Bay District (created 1871 by the Ontario government). In May 1883 this unwieldy name was changed unilaterally by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) officials in Winnipeg to Port Arthur. Geographical coordinates are 48°24' North and 89°19' West and its feature type is City. Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds: 48°24' North This page was last edited on 22 June 2020, at 01:06. Prince Arthur was then serving with his regiment in Montreal. More information below. The CPR erected Thunder Bay's and western Canada's first terminal grain elevator on the bay in 1883, later leasing it to Joseph Goodwin King.[4]. In addition, silver mining had been the mainstay of the economy since the 1870s, but the boom in silver mining ended in October 1890.