Mr. William McKirdy, Ontario Government Fishery Overseer at
Nepigon
In 1880, William was appointed overseer for the Department of Fisheries, responsible
for Lake Nipigon, the Nipigon River and adjacent waters.
He succeeded Newton Flanagan who had spent half a
century as a Hudson’s Bay Company employee before retiring to St. Paul. Flanagan’s first report from Red Rock
concerning the Nipigon Fisheries was made in 1887. The salary in both cases was $50 per year.
[from Elizabeth Arthur, History
of Thunder Bay District 1821-1892].
In the Province
of Ontario Sessional Papers Vol XXXIII part 1 Session 1901, reported
for Thunder Bay; Wm. McKirdy, salary,
$100, fish overseer for the Nipigon. [ The salary had doubled in 10 years.] The
sessional papers also reported; paid to Wm. McKirdy, rental of tents, camping
outfits, etc. $39.75. To pay for
supplies, etc., $65.19; wages to guides
and rental of canoes $120.00. Totalling
$221.94.
Submitted by J.G.M. McKirdy
February 2017
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