James Gordon Mowat

The first editor of The Canadian Magazine (which later ceased publication) was J.G. Mowat, a native of Galt, whose family later moved to Berlin where he attended Central School and the Berlin High School.

His literary interests and abilities led him to become a journalist and from 1874 to 1881 he was editor of the Galt Reformer . He then joined the staff of the Toronto Globe and in 1893 became associated with the Canadian Magazine. Mowat’s humorous sketches, which he published under the pen name of ” Moses Oates,” were widely read. He also became known as a weather prophet, publishing a number of almanacs.