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Enos Collins
Inducted 2006
“Enos Collins was an astute, hard headed, and even progressive businessman [and] . . . rumoured to be the richest man in British North America.”— Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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“Enos Collins was an astute, hard headed, and even progressive businessman [and] . . . rumoured to be the richest man in British North America.”— Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Privateer, politician and banker, Collins is best known for building Historic Properties, and founding Nova Scotia’s first bank, Halifax Banking Company, that eventually became Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. When he died, he held the reputation of being “wealthiest man in the British North America”.
APA 7th Edition
The Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame. (2021, October 5). Enos Collins. Nova Scotia Business Laureates Digital Archive. Retrieved from: https://nslaureates.ca/laureates/enos-collins.
MLA 9th Edition
The Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame. “Enos Collins”. Nova Scotia Business Laureates Digital Archive, 5 Oct. 2021. nslaureates.ca/laureates/enos-collins.
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