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expanding rapidl y wi t h t he constructio n of a pu Lp and
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print paper mill . What he s...... i mpr e s s e d h i m f roll both a
bu s i ne s s and a s p i ritual v i e wpoint. He saw immed i ate oppor-
tunity for bu s ine s s investm e n t a nd , at t he same time , a n ideal
way to i ntr od uce t h e f ull g ospe l JIIessage t o western Newf ound-
l a nd .
Starting i n 1910 or ea rlier, industrial ist s a nd go vern-
ments e xpr e s s ed kee n interest i n establishing a paper mill in
t he Humb e r Valley. I n 192 2 the Newfoundland Power and pa pe r-
Company Lt d . was fo rmed; a Br i t ish fi rm, Armstrong, Whi t wor t h
and Co • • was t he ma jor shareholder. A gre at i nfl ux of peopl e
c ame to the site in search o f empl oy ment. By the end o f 1923
some 5 ,000 pe ople were wo r king i n Cor ne r Brook, along t he
tra ns mi s s i on line , at Dee r Lak e an d at Ha in Dam. In 19 201 a
c ompany t own , wt>ich beca me known as Townsite, was laid ou t o n
bog and past ure l a nd to s erve the .ill: 97 hou ses we re
constructed t he re t hat year . HI Townsite was una b l e to eeet;
housing de mand s , and mos t o f the ne w people co nve r g i ng on the
exploding i ndust r i a l centre we r e forc ed t o find or c reate
t he ir own l i v i ng s pace whereve r availa ble. So me f a milies
pu r chase d land i n Curling (then called Birchy Covel, a town
which had developed i n an orderly manner . Other s built hou ses
in Humbe r mout h , or besides the river betwee n Humb e r mout h a nd
Corner Br oo k , where l a nd was easier to secur e . Many spread
uneve nly over the hill s be twee n Towns ite and curling .
sepa r ate tow n, Corner Brook We s t , wa s c r ea ted, a nd i t qu ickl y