Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Joseph E. Atkinson 1865-1948

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 7, 2024

1. Joseph E. Atkinson 1865-1948 Marker

Inscription. One of Canada's leading publishers, Joseph Atkinson was born here in Clarke Township and, at eighteen, began his journalistic career with the Port Hope Times. He subsequently moved to Toronto where he was employed first with the World and later the Globe. Following a period with the Montreal Herald, Atkinson in 1899 became editor and manager of the Toronto Evening Star. He changed the name to The Toronto Daily Star (1900) and published it until his death. In 1910 he founded the Star Weekly, established radio station CFCA in 1922 and built The Star into Canada's largest daily, newspaper with a stated policy of supporting the "little man". He died in 1948 leaving most of his considerable wealth to The Atkinson Charitable Foundation. Erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, Ministry of Colleges and Universities

Erected by Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.

Location.

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43° 55.09′ N, 78° 35.176′ W. Marker is in Clarington, Ontario, in Durham Region. It is on King Avenue East 0.1 kilometers Beaver Street North, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 118 King Avenue East, Clarington ON L1B 1H3, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto,

specifically on the Golden Horseshoe,

in the York, Durham and Headwaters Area,

and in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Masseys at Newcastle / Les Massey à Newcastle (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Newcastle Cenotaph (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Bishop Charles Henry Brent 1862-1929

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 7, 2024

2. Joseph E. Atkinson 1865-1948 Marker

(approx. half a kilometer away); Newcastle Fish Hatchery 1868 (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Clarke Township Bicentennial Plaque (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); King Street, Circa 1900 (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); Church and Temperance Street, circa 1880 (approx. 8.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clarington.

Also see . . . The Toronto Star - Atkinson Principles.

Throughout his 50 years as publisher of the Toronto Star from 1899 to 1948, Joseph E. Atkinson developed strong views on both the role of a large city newspaper and the editorial principles it should espouse. These values and beliefs now form what are called the Atkinson Principles. For more than a century, they have provided the intellectual foundation on which the Star has operated and have given the paper its distinctive voice.

(Submitted on April 11, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Joseph E. Atkinson ca 1900 image. Click for full size.

3. Joseph E. Atkinson ca 1900

(Public domain)

Toronto Star front page on the the death of Joseph E. Atkinson, 1948 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd

4. Toronto Star front page on the the death of Joseph E. Atkinson, 1948

Toronto Star archives

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