Herbert Vanderhoof

Herbert Vanderhoof was editor of Canada West magazine, and an early promoter of development in Canada's north.[2]

Herbert Vanderhoof
Died1921 (1922)[1]
Occupationexecutive, advertizing executive
Known forpublicizing the development of Canada's North

He was a founding board member of the Northern Transportation Company.[2] In that capacity he and company President J.K. Cornwall invited Scientists and Journalists to be their guests on the Northland Sun's first voyage of the season.

Carla Funk, born in the city of Vanderhoof, British Columbia, said the welcome sign of the city he founded described Vanderhoof as a "Chicago newspaperman".[3][4][5] She wrote his intention was to found a community of artists.[6]

He founded Vanderhoof and Company, an advertizing company, back in Chicago, in 1916.[1]

References
  1. "Judicious Advertising, Volume 19". Lord & Thomas Publishing House. 1921. Retrieved 2020-08-28. Henry D. Sulcer has been made head of Vanderhoof & Company, advertising agents of Chicago, to succeed the late Herbert Vanderhoof, whose death occurred in August.
  2. Ted Barris (26 September 2015). Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited. Dundurn Press 2015. ISBN 9781459732100. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. Carla Funk (2019). Every Little Scrap and Wonder: A Small-Town Childhood. Greystone Books Ltd. ISBN 9781771644679. Retrieved 2020-08-29. That the tall white wooden letters on the welcome sign at the top of the hill bore the name of the Chicago newspaperman Herbert Vanderhoof was beyond my child's mind.
  4. Carla Funk (2019-11-02). "The small towns that make Canadian literature unique". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2020-08-28. The town took its name from Herbert Vanderhoof, who envisioned the place as a colony for artists and writers. His dream never took quite took shape, but the town grew and the name stuck.
  5. "The Milepost". 44. West Margin Press. 1992. ISBN 9780882402161. Retrieved 2020-08-29. Vanderhoof was named for Chicago publisher Herbert Vanderhoof, who founded the village in 1914 when he was associated with the Grand Trunk Development Co.
  6. Aman Parhar (2019-04-29). "Vanderhoof painter wants to make the town an artists hub: Magdalena Saito is exhibiting 30 of her paintings at the Vanderhoof library". Omineca Express. Retrieved 2020-08-28. 'Vanderhoof was supposed to be a place where artists came to write. And I would just love if the town could be one of those artist destinations for people driving through the summer,' she said. What Saito is referring to in history is Herbert Vanderhoof’s wish to build a retreat for writers when he saw the region, as we was in awe of the beauty.
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