Canada and Timothy Eaton

Timothy Eaton: Everyone of a certain age in Canada can answer that question, although nearly a generation has passed since the venerable chain, founded by Timothy Eaton, a Scotch-Irish immigrant fleeing a country wracked by famine, went bankrupt in 1997 and saw its remaining assets purchased by a competitor. , according to Hamilton Spectator. As a boy, Bruce Kopytek travelled with his family on long car trips that took him through cities anchored by handsome family department stores. The handsomest of all in Canada were the Eaton stores. My Eaton was on Saint Catherine Street in Montreal. Where was yours? Eaton was supposed to always be because it had always been. Founded when Canada was still new, it grew along with the country itself, becoming the Trans-Canada store at a time when that was a phrase that captured the imagination. The world was bigger then. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.