Corner Brook: A Social History of a Paper Town

by Harold Horwood

Toward the end of the eighteenth century, when western Newfoundland (Canada) was still known as the French Shore, a few pioneer families began to settle in Bay of Islands. From the early settlements of Curling, Humbermouth, Brake's Cove and others in the Bay of Islands, grew the city of Corner Brook. Through prose and photographs, Harold Horwood, one of Canada's most distinghuished writers, gives us an exciting and descriptive account of the social history of one of the most beautiful cities in the country.
Situated at the mouth of the magnificent Humber River, Corner Brook was selected by one of the most extraordinary entrepreneurs of the century, Sir Eric Bowater, as the centrepiece in his vast pulp and paper empire. Bowater's was his company, and Corner Brook was his town. As the company grew and developed, so too did the town.
In this research, Horwood misses no opportunity to relay firsthand accounts of this great industrial entreprise and this beautifu! l city, from the first pioneers, the humble loggers and mill workers to distinghuished managers and owners. The book ends with the recent transition of ownership by Bowater to Kruger Incorporated.

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First published December 1, 1987

About the author

Born in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1923, Harold Andrew Horwood wore many hats: union organizer from 1946-48; political organizer from 1946-52, Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1949-52, journalist, editor of The St. John's Evening Telegram from 1952-58 and The Examiner from 1960-61, co-founder of the Writers' Union of Canada, for which he served three terms as Vice Chair and one, from 1980-81, as Chair, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Waterloo, founder of The New Quarterly and, of course, writer.

Published in China, Japan, and various European countries, as well as Canada, Great Britain and the United States, Harold wrote more than twenty books of fiction, history and travel writing. He died in Annapolis Royal in April 2006.