Port Hope Simpson

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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Port Hope Simpson naming ceremony 23 August 1934


left to right: Sir John Hope Simpson commissioner of natural resources; Mr. J. Turner forestry department; Capt. Dalton government marine superintendent; John Osborn Williams Junior; Arthur Eric Williams; unknown; Mr. Robinson government engineer; Honourable Thomas Lodge, commissioner of public utilities; Mr. J.O. Williams, owner, Labrador Development Company Ltd.; photograph courtesy of John Illsley, grandson, J.O. Williams

posted by Llewelyn Pritchard @ 11:03 am