Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada was once known as Newark.
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Newark's industrial boom began in the early to mid-1800s, when it was known for its leather factories and breweries.
Newark's insurance industry also took off in the mid-1800s, and today Newark remains the second leading seller of insurance in the nation.
He was elected to the city council in 1970 on the same spirit of reform and civil rights as Gibson, at a time when the city was still struggling to recover from the devastation of the 1967 riots.