From The Inco Triangle, February 1937

Colonel Albert Henry Hoffman Smith was a veteran of the Riel Rebellion, a resident of Sudbury for 54 years, customs collector, horticulturist and insurance broker, died on March 8, 1943, aged 92.  He was born in Port Neuf, Quebec in November 27, 1856, and came to Sudbury in 1888.  He had a number of military decorations including the General Service Medal earned in the Fenian Raid of 1866.  On April 21, 1910 he was gazetted colonel. 
From the Inco Triangle, February 1937, “On August 27th, 1888, he arrived in Sudbury on his way to British Columbia, and stopped over to visit his old friend Mr. John D. Evans, at Copper Cliff, then assistant to Dr. E. D. Peters, General Manger of the Canadian Copper Company.  Mr. Evans induced him to enter the service of the Copper Company, and he became successively labor foreman, warehouse clerk, and assistant to Jas. McArthur, who was at that time Smelter Superintendent.  During this period Lieut. Smith built the first Macadam road in the North Country, a section of what is now known as Balsam Street, Copper Cliff.”  [Macadam is a type of road construction, pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam around 1820, in which single-sized crushed stone layers of small angular stones are placed in shallow lifts and compacted thoroughly.]
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John and Susanna Wilson with Lempi (center back) Olga (center front) and Eli (on Susanna's lap). The Wilson's lived at 68 Balsam Street. Photo Private Collection Lora Rose.

Eli Wilson taken in 1916 in Copper Cliff (Son of John and Susanna Wilson). Photo Private Collection Lora Rose.

Taken in Copper Cliff about 1908, John Kustaa (Hauta Aho),Onni, Elma, Eino (Pinky), Charley, Eli, Olga, Lempi and Susanna (Järvimäki) Wilson at 68 Balsam Street. Photo Private Collection Lora Rose..