Christopher Salmon Patterson (January 16,1823 – July 24,1893) was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Born in London,England,the son of John and Ann Patterson,he studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution in Ireland. In 1845,he emigrated to Picton,Canada West (now Ontario),Canada. He was called to the Canada West Bar in 1851 and moved to Toronto in 1856 and practised law. In 1874,he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Error and Appeal. In 1888,he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1888. He served until his death in 1893.
Patterson Township,Ontario is named in his honour.
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Patterson Township is a geographic township in central Ontario,Canada. As it is unincorporated,it is located in the Central Unorganized portion of Parry Sound District. The township is located where the French River flows from Lake Nipissing,and then stretches south until it meets Pringle Township in the south. It is bordered by Nipissing Township on the east,and by Hardy Township on the west. Patterson only has one community,that of Restoule. Most of its settlement is found in the southern region where Restoule is,and along the two lakes of the south,Restoule Lake and Commanda Lake. It is part of the Almaguin Highlands region.
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