Lieutenant-General John Murray

Commercial Role

City of the [Niagra] Falls (Canada: Ontario) Founding member

1832 - ????

Notes

John Murray was a co-founder of the City of the Falls project in 1832, aiming to develop a town on the Canadian side of the border at Niagara. The project was undercut by the arrival of a direct railroad to the Niagara Falls from the US and collapsed c. 1836.

Sources

http://www.niagarafrontier.com/cityfalls.html [accessed 30/05/2014]. [This website includes inaccurate information about the compensation money which Murray received.]