Narcisse Cantin
Male, Person
1870 –
Who is Narcisse Cantin?
Narcisse Cantin created the French Canadian settlement of Johnson’s Mills, now known as St. Joseph. He was known as "The Father of the St. Lawrence Seaway".
St. Joseph was one of the first "planned" communities in Canada, which Narcisse Cantin intended to be a hub of manufacturing, railroad connections, shipping, and the mouth of a canal cutting across southern Ontario and connecting into the St. Lawrence Seaway. Cantin's plans for the canal system was approved by parliament, however the outbreak of the great war prevented any work from going ahead.
Cantin failed to obtain the rights to develop the St. Lawrence River’s hydro-electric power potential.
He died poor. In the end, the Cantin family had to fund-raise to pay for his funeral expenses.
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