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A library fire in 1907 destroyed many Soo artifacts
Among the damage caused by faulty wiring at the Carnegie Library on Queen Street was Joseph Wilson’s diary
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Clergue’s workers exchanged gunfire with police during 1903 riot
Francis Clergue’s financial mismanagement of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company led to hundreds of unpaid workers occupying, destroying its buildings
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Albert Street West was first named Murray Street
Similarly, Queen Street West was first named Superior Street
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Alexander Vidal surveyed the Town of St. Mary’s in 1846
On April 27 he was confronted by Chief Shingwauk, who reminded Vidal that the land belonged to him
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John Prince became first Algoma judge in 1860
After his death in 1870, he was buried on his estate in what is now Bellevue Park