Gordon Edgar Downie was born on 6 February 1964 in Amherstview, just west of Kingston. He grew up in Kingston, a limestone city steeped in Loyalist history, penitentiaries, and Lake Ontario winds. His father was a travelling salesman; his mother … Continued
Margaret Laurence was a Governor General Award winning novelist for A Jest of God (1966) and The Diviners (1974). Her novel Stone Angel (1964) is also widely read in schools across Canada.She is interred in the Neepawa Cemetery, Neepawa Manitoba.
Louis B. Mayer was a film producer and one of the founders of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He grew up Saint John, New Brunswick after having immigrated from Minsk when he was very … Continued
Interment Info Lismer died on March 23, 1969 in Montreal, Quebec and was buried alongside other members of the Original Seven at the McMichael Gallery Grounds.