Editing Corner Brook (section)

==History==

The area was surveyed by [[Captain James Cook]] in 1767. The '''Captain James Cook Historic Site''' stands on Crow Hill overlooking the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/PlanYourTrip/Detail/210593|title=Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism website|website=newfoundlandlabrador.com|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref>  By the middle of the 19th century, the population of Corner Brook was less than 100, and the inhabitants were engaged in fishing and lumber work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fast Facts & History|url=http://www.cornerbrook.com/default.asp?mn=1.22.80|publisher=City of Corner Brook|access-date=2014-10-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017193524/http://www.cornerbrook.com/default.asp?mn=1.22.80|archive-date=2014-10-17}}</ref>

The area was originally four distinct communities, each with unique commercial activities: [[Curling, Newfoundland and Labrador|Curling]], with its fishery; Corner Brook West (also known as Humber West or Westside) with its retail businesses; Corner Brook East (also known as Humbermouth and the Heights) with its [[Newfoundland Railway|railway]] and industrial operations; and Townsite (known as Corner Brook) to house employees of the pulp and paper mill, laid out in 1923 by [[Thomas Adams (architect)|Thomas Adams]] using [[Garden city movement|Garden City]] principles.<ref>Richard Symonds (2001), [https://web.archive.org/web/20060626054624/http://www.heritagefoundation.ca/docs/townsite.pdf Architecture and Planning of the Corner Brook Townsite 1923-1925], Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador</ref> In 1956, these four communities were amalgamated to form the present-day City of Corner Brook.

Between 1948 and 1958, about 70 people from [[Latvia]] and [[Germany]] settled in Corner Brook. They came as part of then Premier Joseph Smallwood's New Industries program. They built and worked at North Star Cement and the Atlantic Gypsum Plant. (For more history on the subject, see [[Latvians and Baltic Germans in Corner Brook, Newfoundland|Latvians and Baltic Germans in Corner Brook]].)

[[Image:Corner Brook Pulp and Paper NFLD4.JPG|thumb|left|alt=Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Mill|The Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Mill]]
Corner Brook is home to the Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Mill (owned by [[Kruger Inc.]]), which is a major employer for the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/corner-brook-pulp-and-paper-gets-90m-government-loan-1.1373930|title=Corner Brook Pulp and Paper gets $90M government loan|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2014/exec/0220n03.htm | title=Agreements Completed with Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/some-market-factors-going-in-corner-brook-pulp-and-papers-favour-27684/ | title=Some market factors going in Corner Brook Pulp and Paper's favour |website=Saltwire.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/227m-for-corner-brook-hospital-complex-1.1348542|title=$227M for Corner Brook hospital complex|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> The city has the largest regional hospital in western Newfoundland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/corner-brook-hospital-will-be-built-marshall-vows-1.1163209|title=Corner Brook hospital will be built, Marshall vows|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> The Western Memorial Regional Hospital opened to patients and clients on June 2, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=*New* Western Memorial Regional Hospital {{!}} Western Health |url=https://westernhealth.nl.ca/new-western-memorial-regional-hospital/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=westernhealth.nl.ca}}</ref> It also has a wide array of shopping and retail businesses and federal and provincial government offices. It is home to [[Grenfell Campus, Memorial University]], as well as campuses of [[Academy Canada]] and [[College of the North Atlantic]].

Corner Brook celebrated its [[Come Home Year]] from July 19–28, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thewesternstar.com/news/local/corner-brook-come-home-year-was-good-for-business-339480/ |title=Corner Brook Come Home Year was good for business |first=Diane |last=Crocker |date=August 5, 2019|publisher=Saltwire Network |work=The Western Star|access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref>