Richard Bunyan

Richard Bunyan (November 18, 1855 – February 18, 1910) was a lumberman and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of North Bay in 1894.[1]

The son of Michael Bunyan and Ann Garrity, he was born in Pembroke, Canada West. He was active for a number of years in lumbering along the Ottawa River. Bunyan came to North Bay in 1884. He served on the first town council.[1]

Bunyan married Emma McPeak.[1]

He died in North Bay at the age of 54.

References
  1. Gard, Anson Albert (1909). North Bay, the gateway to Silverland : being the story of a happy, prosperous people ... Toronto: Emerson Press. p. 160.
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