Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1985-06-24
Invested on: 1985-10-30
Trapper, hunting guide, outdoorsman, municipal politician, school trustee, writer and raconteur extraordinaire he symbolizes the pioneering spirit of the North. For over seventy years the Old Man of the Woods has made outstanding contributions both to the trapping industry and to his community of Kearney, Ontario.