 The brothers George, James, John and William Clarke, of New York and Toronto, were editors of the Century Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica
They visited the region at the end of the 19th century on a fishing expedition, at a time when only a few hunters and fishermen lived in the area.They returned early in the 20th century to investigate the potential for wood to supply paper for their publications.They found plentiful trees and a powerful river to supply power.