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Place of Birth: Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
About C. W. Bangs
- Chauncey Ward Bangs (January 19, 1814 – March 21, 1892) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1878.He was born in Standstead in the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada in 1814, the son of Benjamin Bangs.
- His family came to Canada from the United States during the War of 1812 and later moved to L'Orignal.
- He entered the hat and fur business, the same as his father, and came to Bytown in 1847.
- In 1849, Bangs married Elizabeth Kirby from Hawkesbury.
- In 1867, he helped establish the Buckingham Manufacturing Company which operated a sawmill on the du Lièvre River.
- He was an alderman for nine years on city council, later becoming mayor.
- He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the federal parliament in 1878. Bangs was part owner of the Dominion Springs Company, which operated the first hotel at Carlsbad Springs during the 1870s.
- Guests came to take advantage of the mineral springs found there.
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