ROBERT J.N. PITHER 1824 – 1918

ROBERT J.N. PITHER 1824 – 1918

Born in Montreal, Pither joined the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1846, while in charge at Fort Frances, 1853 – 56 and 1858 – 64, he lived in this vicinity (now Pither’s Point). On his retirement from the company in 1869, he served as Indian Agent at Fort Frances and later at Rat Portage (Kenora). In 1873 he assisted in negotiating a Treaty with the Ojibwa for the cession of fifty-five thousand square miles of territory including much of this part of Ontario.