Edwin Atwater
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Canada
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businessperson
Businessperson
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, corporate director and municipal politician
Politician
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in Montreal
Montreal
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.
He served on in Montreal's city council
City council
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as councillor (1850–51) and later as alderman
Alderman
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(1852–57) for the district of Saint-Antoine. As a municipal politician, he promoted the construction of a new aqueduct
Aqueduct
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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
Laurentian Bank of Canada
The Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Schedule I bank in the province of Quebec. . LBC's Institution Number is 039.-History:...
), 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 Street
Atwater Avenue is a major north-south street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the Ville-Marie borough to the north, and Henri Duhamel Street in the Verdun borough to the south...
after him in 1871, and the following Montreal landmarks are named after the avenue:
- Atwater Metro StationAtwater (Montreal Metro)Atwater is a station on the Green Line of the Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located on the border between the city of Westmount and the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
- Atwater Library and Computer Centre, operated by the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal.
- Atwater Market