Lawyer, writer.
Born at Detroit, Michigan on 23 October 1825, son of the Honourable John Hunt of North Hampton, Massachusetts and Martha Larned, daughter of Simon Larned, an officer in the Revolutionary War and Sheriff and a Member of Congress for Birkshire, Massachusetts, he was educated at a college in Washington. He went through a commercial course in Philadelphia after which he returned to Detroit where he studied law with the firm of Van Dike and Emmens.
In 1860, he came to the Red River Settlement from Detroit and practiced law until his retirement, when he moved to Poplar Point. The last years of his life were passed in comparative seclusion, writing on various subjects, chiefly family history and Indian life and folklore.
He died at Poplar Point on 21 November 1903 and was buried in the Poplar Point Cemetery. He is commemorated by Hunt Avenue in Winnipeg.
His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
Britain’s One Utopia
MHS Transactions, Series 1, No. 61, February 1902
“Frank L. Hunt, pioneer, called,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 November 1903, page 8.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 October 2024
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