
Magnaville - dubbed Canadaville by residents, was created by Frank Stronach, chairman of auto parts company Magna International. The magnate bought 369 hectares of land, outside Simmesport, a small town in Louisiana, 240 kilometres north of New Orleans in an effort on the part of the magnate to help people displaced by Hurricane Katrina which hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Dennis Mills, president of the Magnaville project, appeared on Canada AM on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 to discuss the development