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172 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL JANUARY 2021 in Grand Falls. Other people settled north of the railway in a town called Grand Falls Station, which became Windsor, named for the British Royal Family. The Anglo Newfoundland Development Company formed Grand Falls Athletic Club in 1907 to give those living there a social and athletic outlet and it helped the town become a vibrant place and grow quickly. In 1961, Price Brothers and Company Limited acquired a large amount of AND Company stock. An election for the first municipal government was held at that time and led to the incorporation of the town of Grand Falls. In 1991, the towns of Grand Falls and Windsor voted to amalgamate, becoming the current town of Grand Falls-Windsor. The current municipal government continues to try to meet the needs of all their residents. Ducey shares, “We take a holistic approach, although we see certain trends and that tends the site where the town now sits, while following the Exploits River through the Exploits Valley. He named the waterfall he found Grand Falls. The land was undeveloped until 1905, except for the Newfoundland Railway which ran about 4 miles north of the Falls. In 1905, the town of Grand Falls was formed as a company town. Alfred Harmsworth (Baron Northcliffe), was worried about war in Europe and began searching for a local spot to make newsprint for his family newspaper and publishing house. During their search for a location to build the pulp and paper mill, Harold Harmsworth and Mayson Beeton decided on Grand Falls. They chose the site because it had access to lumber, hydroelectricity, and a deep-water port nearby. That same year the Harmsworths and Robert Gillespie Reid, owner of the Newfoundland Railway, started the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company (AND), and the mill was constructed and opened in 1909. Only workers from private businesses were permitted to live

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