Herbert William Blake (1900-1987)

Civil servant, historian.

Born at Montreal, he spent most of his life as a resident of Winnipeg. His keen interest in the history of Winnipeg electrical services derived from a lifetime of employment with the City Power and Light Department, where he began working in the summer of 1916. He was also the author of several works on Winnipeg street cars, including a volume entitled The Era of Streetcars and Interurbans in Winnipeg, 1885 to 1955.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

Electric Light Comes to Winnipeg
MHS Transactions, Series 3, No. 34, 1978

Sources:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 September 1987, page 33.

Profile revised: 17 February 2009

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