Tom Thomson 1877-1917

There are two plaques about this gentleman.
The first is in the District of Nipissing.
The second is in the County of Grey.
Both can be seen on this page.

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2009

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Plaque Location

The District of Nipissing
Algonquin Provincial Park
At the Portage Store at Canoe Lake off Highway 60
about 34 km east of the junction of Highways 60 and 35

Coordinates: N 45 32.112 W 78 42.450

Plaque Text

This distinguished painter was born in Claremont, Ontario, and grew up near Owen Sound. While working as a photo-engraver in Toronto, he met some of the artists who later formed the Group of Seven. They encouraged him to pursue a career in art and he, in turn, introduced them to the north county and exercised a profound influence on their work. From 1912, Thomson visited Algonquin Park where the colours and moods captured his imagination. Before his death on this lake he had developed a bold new way of depicting our wilderness and had given Canadians a unique artistic heritage. Many of his greatest works were inspired within a few kilometres of this site.

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2005

Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted October, 2011

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Plaque Location

The County of Grey
The Municipality of Meaford
In Leith, at a church on the west side of Tom Thomson Lane
(Street Number 41914)
southwest of the intersection of Roads 20 and 15

Coordinates: N 44 37.293 W 80 52.636

Plaque Text

One of Canada's most distinguished painters. Thomson was born at Claremont, Ontario County, but two months later moved with his parents to Leith where he lived until the age of twenty-one. After working in Toronto as a commercial artist until 1913, he supplemented his limited income from painting, and fulfilled his love for the Canadian wilderness by serving as a guide and fire ranger in Algonguin Park. An exponent of a distinctive style of Canadian landscape painting, Thomson influenced the work of the "Group of Seven". Among his better known paintings are "West Wind", "Jack Pine", "Spring Ice" and "Northern River". His brief career ended tragically in July 1917 when he was drowned in Canoe Lake, Algonguin Park.

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