Sir George Williams University College, named after George Williams, founder of the original YMCA in London, upon which the Montreal YMCA was based. In 1934, Sir George Williams College offered the first undergraduate credit course in adult education in Canada. The Sir George Williams College became Sir George Williams University (SGWU) in 1948, when it received a university charter from the provincial government, though it remained the education arm of the Montreal YMCA. SGWU expanded into its first standalone building, the Norris Building, in 1956. It established a Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies in 1963. SGWU continued to hold classes in the
George Imlay geographical features within the region, they did not bestow any placenames. George Imlay was appointed a magistrate in April 1842, and was a Justice of the Peace by August 1844. By mid 1844 he was reported to employ 100 men, and to control 1,500 square miles of land near Bega, described as, "superior to any in the Colony." The brothers experienced financial difficulties in the economic depression that began in 1840. They surrendered much of their property to creditors in 1844 and 1845. George contracted an incurable disease, and fatally shot himself on what became known as Dr. George Mountain,