James Watson Curran (April 24, 1865 – February 20, 1952) was a newspaper publisher and editor who settled in Sault Ste.

[1] They settled in Toronto where they operated a millinery and dry goods store on Queen Street West between 1874 and 1875 before moving to Orillia.

[4][5] Curran started on his father's newspaper in Orillia before moving to progressively responsible positions in newsrooms in Toronto and Montreal.

Curran was News Editor of the Montreal Herald and was on his way west when he stepped off the Canadian Pacific train in Sault Ste.

He spent a week looking into the work of industrialist Francis Hector Clergue, and wrote 32 columns for the Montreal Herald.

[9]Many of his children and grandchildren continued to publish the Sault Daily Star up until the sale of the newspaper to Southam Press in 1975.

The Sault and Algoma District became famous through Curran's offer to pay $100 if they could prove they had been the victim of a wolf attack.

"[15] Wolf week, which took place during the depression in 1932, was a six day jamboree organized by Curran, the Board of Trade, City Council, the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and local businesses.

[9] "Wolf Week, from July 25–30, 1932 gave the people of Algoma and 10,000 visitors form across North America a chance to forget the dismal economic situation and kick up their heels and howl," wrote Linda Richardson.

Marie Historical Society, organized The New Ontario Soldier's Reunion and Discovery Week held in August, 1923.

Local industrialist Francis Hector Clergue was invited to return to the Sault to participate in a ceremony, laying a cornerstone at the cenotaph outside the Court House on Queen Street.

Armstrong, it was first performed in Desbarats for the entertainment of Longfellow's daughters in 1900.,[20] The "dignity of chieftainship in an Ojibway tribe" was given to Curran in 1923.