Doug Black (travel promoter)
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| Born | John Douglas Black June 21, 1883 |
| Died | May 29, 1931 (aged 47) Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Father | John Black |
John Douglas Black (June 21, 1884 – May 29, 1930) was a Canadian sportswriter and travel promoter, who served as the first New Brunswick Travel Bureau director.[1] He was credited for being a major influence on Tourism in New Brunswick in the early 20th century.
Life and career
[edit]John Douglas Black was born on June 21, 1884, in Fredericton, New Brunswick,[2][3] to barrister, politician, and Yukon public administrator John Black, and his wife, a founding member of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire.[4][5] He attended the Davenport School in Saint John and received further education at the Upper Canada College in Toronto and the University of New Brunswick.[6]
After graduating from university, Black started working for newspapers in Boston and New York City,[7] the latter in which he tried studying Law before moving to Maine to work as a reporter. In 1901, he returned to Fredericton to serve as the sporting editor for The Fredericton Gleaner (now known as The Daily Gleaner).[5][8] Throughout the 1920s, Black promoted New Brunswick as an adequate hunting place to Major League Baseball players.[9] His efforts to promote New Brunswick were noticed by the provincial government, and in 1927 he became the New Brunswick Travel Bureau's first director upon its creation.[10][11] In 1931, he further promoted hunting and fishing in New Brunswick by bringing with him to the White House a container with Atlantic salmon and venison.[9]
Death
[edit]Black died on May 29, 1931 at the Victoria Public Hospital in Fredericton, at the age of 47, following a seizure caused by appendicitis.[12] He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Fredericton two days later.[2][13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Noted newspaperman will give address on the tourist industry". Niagara Falls Review. 17 January 1935. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Vital Statistics from Government Records (RS141)". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "'Pioneer Press Agent' Wrote For Old Journal". Sun Journal. 16 March 1968. p. 19. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Fred H. (26 February 1981). "Moose Calls Heard In White House". Daily Gleaner. p. 16. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b "The Man Who Made New Brunswick A Tourism Hotspot". Backyard History. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Fred H. (14 September 1951). "Publicist And Prophet: Doug Black". Daily Gleaner. p. 14. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Fred H. (18 March 1970). "New Brunswick Sports Writer Tops as Publicity Ambassador". The Canadian Press. Brantford Expositor. p. 28. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Victorias Are Easily The Best". The Moncton Transcript. 5 March 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b Mazerolle, John (1 January 2000). "Come one, come all; Tourism has taken off - and Saint John's image has, too". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "When New Brunswick, and tourism, were younger" (PDF). Silhouettes. Spring 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Maclean, Andrew (16 July 2022). "The man who built N.B. tourism". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Maritimes' Peer Of Publicity Men, 'Doug' Black, Dies". The Gazette. The Canadian Press. 30 May 1931. p. 18. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Carroll, Dink (17 August 1955). "Playing the field". The Gazette. p. 20. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "J. Douglas Black, of New Brunswick, Dead". Calgary Herald. 2 July 1921. p. 16. Retrieved 7 May 2024.