H.T. (Henry) Fisher fonds, 1949-1976, n.d.
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The fonds contains material created and acquired by Henry Fisher during the time he was employed by the Ontario Paper Company Ltd. Fisher was the director of Long-range planning at the Company. Most of the material consists of reports that involve evaluating different operating scenarios for mills, including the mill in Thorold, Ontario, and Baie Comeau, Quebec. There are also two large photographs of paper mills.
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H.T. (Henry) Fisher was the director of Long-Range Planning at the Ontario Paper Company Ltd. Fisher was from the United Kingdom but came to Canada with his family around 1948. Initially he worked for the Company in Baie Comeau, and later in Thorold, Ontario.
On February 29, 1912 the Ontario Paper Company Ltd. was incorporated under the leadership of Robert McCormick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, as a subsidiary of the newspaper. Four months later construction began in Thorold, Ontario, on the banks of the Welland Canal. This location provided an abundance of power, water, and water transportation. The mill was one of the most advanced of its time, using electricity instead of water power. The mill was also the first of its kind as it combined pulp and paper making instead of separating the two operations. A new mill was built in 1980 and the Company was sold in 1996.