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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Pioneer builder Charles Wright deserves more recognition

There are no monuments or plaques marking his accomplishments and his name is practically forgotten today.

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Yet in his time, Charles H. Wright was a pioneer of electric power generation in western Nova Scotia, built some of the finest stone and brick churches around here, and set up the very first service station chain in the province.

He was a master builder who started as a ship’s carpenter in Canard and moved on to construct buildings around the province that still stand today.

Wright (1882-1929) is noted for teaming up with another famous Nova Scotia businessman – R. A. Jodrey – to establish a company that brought early electricity to the Annapolis Valley and other areas of the province.

Wright’s career as a builder and pioneer is profiled in a book published in 2005 by his granddaughter, Daphne Frazee, of Gaspereau.

Frazee was the guest speaker at the bi-monthly meeting of the Kentville Historical Society on July 16.

The illustrious but relatively short-lived career of Wright was her topic.

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