In case I lose the link - The story over there is told by Marty who says he was in possession of a letter dated 1890 from mining execs and others who came to Sudbury - I am taking a risk here and quoting the letter in full along with the map included in his post.
The link - Mount Tracy 1886 - Canadian Copper Company
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 11th, 1890
Pursuant to call the following directors met at the office of the Company, viz: --H.P McIntosh-secretary
Messrs. Allen, Bingham, Burke, Cornell, McIntosh and Ritchie. Senator Payne, Commodore Folger, and Lieutenant Duckingham of the U.S. Navy were also present. The latter two made very interesting and gratifying reports of their recent visit to Sudbury.
Upon motion of Judge Burke, seconded by President Cornell, the following resolution was unanimously adopted, viz: --
Whereas, Hon. B.F. Tracy, Sec’y of the Navy, has by tests recently made at Annapolis, of the different kinds of armor plates, shown the great utility and superiority of nickel steel, and given to this alloy a world-wide reputation, and,
Whereas, this Company desires to recognize this service by naming in his honor not only the greatest nickel deposit in the world, but the greatest deposit of mineral of any kind now known to exist,
It is moved by Judge Stevenson Burke and seconded by Mr. Thos. W. Cornell, Pres. of The Canadian Copper Co., that this Company’s property located in the township of Creighton, District of Algoma, Canada, be called Mount Tracy (their underline), and that a copy of this action of the Board be forwarded to General Tracy.
T.W. Cornell - President
The map - just in case
Related -
How the districts in the north of the Province of Ontario were created starting with Algoma and Nipissing
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