Biography
He went into business on Manitoulin Island ON on Lake Superior.
In 1891 he came to Vancouver and purchased propety for a store - moving his family in 1892.
He opened a store on the northeast corner of Westminster and Harris (Main and East Georgia) in 1892.
In 1895 he opened a Drug Department.
He worked on a cash-only basis for retail and mail order sales in 1896. The catalogues were published until 1950.
In 1901 he incorporated Woodward's Department Stores.
References
- Kluckner, M. (1993)
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press
