CNHS - James Jerome Hill - Rockwood, Ontario, Canada
N 43° 36.969 W 080° 08.730
17T E 568949 N 4829595
Located at the corner of Guelph Street and Inkerman Street in Rockwood, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM51RA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/27/2008
Views: 19
James Jerome Hill
1838 - 1916
Born near Rockwood, Upper Canada, Hill moved to Minnesota in 1856 settling at St. Paul. Having organized the Red River Transportation Company which provided effective transportation between St. Paul and Winnipeg, he had begun, by 1878, to build his vast railway empire. A member of the Board of the CPR (1880-3) he subsequently became its greatest competitor and by 1889 had organized the Great Northern System. As President of that System (1893-9) and Chairman of the Board (1907-12) he built numerous feeder lines reaching to the Canadian border.
Classification: National Historic Person
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Rockwood, Ontario
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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