In July of 1917, George Thomson and his new bride were in Leith ON, celebrating their honeymoon with family. Upon learning of his brother’s disappearance George travelled to Canoe Lake to help in the search, after several days though, George returned to Leith and his waiting bride.
Less than a week later, the Thomson family received the telegraph that read: Found Tom Dead. In an attempt to be in attendance at his brother’s death inquiry George arrived at Canoe Lake on July 18th, a day after the residence of Algonquin Park buried Tom and an iffy inquiry was performed. George had been sent to the Park to retrieve the body of his brother and return home to bury him in the Leith Cemetery. The question is, was George successful in exhuming his brother’s body?
Many speculate on where the remains reside. Do they remain in the beautiful Algonquin Park – the place that captured Thomson’s artistic soul? Did George take Tom home to rest in the place he spent his childhood, where his family could watch over him? Or…was Tom ever buried?