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Edward Mahon , (1 June 1862 – 18 June 1937), an Anglo-Irish land developer, promoter, and philanthropist.[1]He was active in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, where he founded a city named after Castlegar in County Galway,[2] and in the Greater Vancouver area, especially in North Vancouver, where his legacy of linked parks and greenways persists as the ‘Green Necklace’.[3]


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  3. ^ Volovsek Walter O.; The Green Necklace: The Vision Quest of Edward Mahon; Otmar Publishing, 2012. All the information presented here is based on this book, developed in large part from Mahon family documents.

Edward Mahon