p8 COMPANY BROCHURE Sir John Simpson Hoisting the Flag naming the Port, Hope Simpson, 23 August 1934; courtesy of John Illsley, grandson of J.O. Williams; 11 January 2003
Port Hope Simpson history of development with photographs
A hoary tale of greed, money, cruelty, deception, boom and bust, get-rich-quick, 1930s unsustainable industrialisation of the Labrador forests.Terrible economic hardship and poverty, political corruption,intrigue,horror and mystery. http://porthopesimpson.blogspot.com/
Sunday, May 30, 2004
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