Edwin Atwater (September 14, 1808 in Williston, Vermont – June 18, 1874 in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

) was a Canadian businessman, corporate director and municipal politician in

. Atwater immigrated to

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec ...

in 1830 settling in

. He served on Montreal's

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as councillor (1850–51) and later as

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(1852–57) for the district of Saint-Antoine. As a municipal politician, he promoted the construction of Canal de l'Aqueduc, an aqueduct in Montreal. He also served as president of the Montreal Board of Trade in 1861. He served on the board of directors of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank (later known as Laurentian Bank of Canada), Montreal Telegraph Company, Merchants’ Bank and Citizens’ Insurance Company of Canada. He married Lucy Huntington Greene (April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1890). They had four sons and four daughters. The City of Montreal named

Atwater Street Atwater Avenue (officially in french: avenue Atwater) is a major north–south street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the Ville-Marie borough to the north, and Henri Duhamel Street in the Verdun borough t ...

after him in 1871, and the following Montreal landmarks are named after the avenue: * Atwater Metro Station * Atwater Library and Computer Centre, operated by the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal. *

Atwater Market Atwater Market (''Marché Atwater'') is a market hall located in the Saint-Henri area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened in 1933. The interior market is home to many butchers and the Première Moisson bakery and restaurant. The outside mar ...

References

External links

Biography at ''the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'' Photograph: Edwin Atwater, wife Lucy H. G. & daughter Maria, about 1845. McCord Museum

Vieux-Montréal: Edwin AtwaterPhotograph: Edwin Atwater, 1862. McCord Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atwater, Edwin 1808 births 1874 deaths People from Williston, Vermont Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople Businesspeople from Montreal Atwater. Edwin Atwater. Edwin American emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Anglophone Quebec people Immigrants to Lower Canada