Dominion Chair Company is the name commonly used to refer to the wooden furniture manufacturing company that operated from 1860 to 1989 in Bass River, Nova Scotia, Canada. The company still operates a general store. Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ... Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area 55,284 km² (12th)  - Land 53,338 km²  - Water 1,946 km² (3. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... A general store is usually a retailer located in a small town or in a rural area with a broad selection of merchandise crammed into a relatively small space. ...

The hand-crafted furniture produced at 'Dominion Chair' (as it is locally known) was sold to retailers throughout Canada and the northeastern U.S.. The Maritime home furnishings retailer Bass River Chairs adopted their company name from their retailing Dominion Chair furniture at the time of their founding. Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. ... In commerce, a retailer buys goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers or importers, either directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells individual items or small quantities to the general public or end user customers, usually in a shop, also called store. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The U.S. Northeast is a region of the United States of America defined by the US Census Bureau. ... The Maritimes or Maritime provinces are a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. ... Furnishings (aka art objects, decorative arts, knick-knacks, bric-a-brac) are the objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space. ...

George Fulton and William Fulton, brothers and grandsons of the first settler of Bass River, "Judge" James Fulton, began by making wood furniture out of their home in 1860. (Hemeon, 1987) George continued by founding a "joint stock company" in 1875, naming it Union Furniture and Merchandise Company. (Ibid) The name Dominion Chair Company Limited was adopted in 1903. Operations continued despite at least five devastating fires, a severe explosion, a four-month long general strike of workers in the 1979, and a change in ownership that resulted in a further name change in 1985. A sixth fire in February 1989, completely destroying the plant's main building and facilities, did irreparable damage to company's ability to operate. Manufacturing was moved briefly to nearby Debert where operations ceased in the mid 1990s. A joint stock company is a special kind of partnership. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Debert is an unincorporated farming community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...

References

• S. Ward Hemeon. History of Bass River, Nova Scotia. 1987: (unpublished manuscript) (http://bassriver.ednet.ns.ca/History%20of%20Bass%20River.htm)