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By the 1920s, Matthews's career blossomed as an electrical engineer with Canadian Pacific in Quebec City. Yet, despite his intellectual contributions—like the preliminary concept of radar—financial challenges plagued him. Matthews was often stymied by a lack of resources, resulting in a career peppered with unrecognized innovations. After decades of labor, many of his inventive endeavors remained unpublished or undone, as was the case with radar, which would ultimately be developed by others.
Seeking solace and uninhibited creativity, Matthews settled in rural La Bor, a quieter locale suitable for raising his children and pursuing bold experiments. Behind his home, a shed transformed into a clandestine laboratory— a mini museum dedicated to Tesla’s experiments became Matthews's refuge.