Daniel O'Connor (31 January 1864 – 30 March 1933) was a Canadian politician, entrepreneur and

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from Pembroke,

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. In the late 1880s, O'Connor moved to

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, where he became a sawmill operator and was elected the town's second mayor in 1894. Recognizing the potential for tourism in the area of

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, he founded the Temagami Hotel and Steamboat Company in 1903, which operated the Temagami Inn, the Lady Evelyn Hotel, the Ronnoco Hotel and a number of steamboats, including the Belle of Temagami. When O'Connor moved to Temagami, he was hoping to find some mineral prospects. In 1899, O'Connor created test pits in east-central

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that later became

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, which is named after him. Other mines in Temagami that bear his name are Little Dan at Arsenic Lake and

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near

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. O'Connor continued to move northwards where he discovered deposits of gold. He moved to Connaught, Ontario and ran a general store.

Personal life

O'Connor was born in Pembroke,

to Patrick O'Connor, and the family moved to Sudbury when he was young. His brother Larry was also a mayor of Sudbury. On 30 March 1933, O'Connor died at St. Mary's hospital in the city of

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where his daughter was living, after being hospitalized there for a week. The cause of his death was

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.Item 2 – Daniel O'Connor 1894 – 2
/ref> He was survived by his wife and his daughter, Jos. Clemens.

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