Emmerson Point

Emmerson Point (54˚16'00" 130˚22'00" E side of Digby I, just W of Prince Rupert). Henry Robert Emmerson (1853–1914) was federal minister of Railways and Canals at the time Prince Rupert Hbr was surveyed in 1906. He was a native of NB and studied law at Boston Univ, graduating in 1877 and becoming an influential lawyer, businessman and politician in Moncton. In the 1890s he was appointed NB’s chief commissioner of public works, sat on its legislative and executive councils, and served as...

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