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Sir Manfred Lartly
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Sir Manfred Lartly was born Spring of 1882 in Belleville, Ontario . He is best known for his environmental activism. History Family Manfred Lartly grew up in a large family, the eldest of 15.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> In 1866 he and his family moved north to Eldorado, Ontario to join in the gold rush.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> His title of "Sir" was self-appointed and stuck with him until after his death. <ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> Environmental Activism Manfred Lartly was opposed to urban development and overpopulation.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> His most famous cause was the building of the Queensborough dam which he thought would destroy the river ecosystem.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> He went to extreme measures to protest the dam and stop its construction including using explosives to destroy the dam.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> Death Lartly was going to blow up the Queensborough dam but failed in his task. He accidentally set his explosives off while on his way to the dam and ended up killing himself in the process.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> Controversy After Lartly's death, accusations of mental illness arose and some people even said he heard voices of nymphs which told him to blow up the dam.<ref name="Sir Manfred Lartly"/> 
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