Gilmour Company closed its operation on Canoe Lake in 1900

Canoe Lake: Residents are in collective shock. The man they knew as an artist is tied to a tree stump floating by a flooded shore.

North Bay: Dr. A.E. Ranney will go tomorrow. No need to send telegram, they'll know because I won't be on the train.

Canoe Lake: The ending of a sultry, hot, humid, tragic day. Welcome weather, but a curse when the body of a friend is in the water close by.

I kept fearing I would make a fool of myself

Owen Sound: George Thomson, tries to stay optimistic. His younger brother has disappeared before. Always comes back.

Owen Sound: After hugs and embraces, the men get down to business: smoking and discussing what to do next.

Owen Sound: Tom and Elizabeth Harkness arrive at the Thomson residence at 528 4th Ave. E.

@WinnieTrainor misses the last train. She'll have to go first thing in the morning. All alone in her grief in Huntsville.

I am six foot two in height, well-proportioned and physically fit. That's why the women like me.

Owen Sound: John Thomson, aghast at its tersely worded ambiguity, sends immediate reply for confirmation

After a while in the City, I had enough of being a dandy - I wanted to get back into the bush

Annan: George Thomson calls his brother-in-lawa, Tom Harkness at Aldersyde Farm to relay the news.

1917 Lowrie Dickson's Cabin with Daphne and Annie in the foreground #tt1917

Owen Sound: The Thomson family is in shock. Is it good news or bad news? They don't know.

Owen Sound: John Thomson cannot believe the despair that a poorly worded telegram can bring. "Is Tom dead or alive?"

Owen Sound: Only few short blocks from the telegraph office to the Thomson residence. The telegram is delivered to John Thomson.

Huntsville: Telegraph is delivered to @WinnieTrainor who is working her shift. She opens it and bursts into tears.

Huntsville: The operator receives telegram for @WinnieTrainor. She's working today. He'll deliver it to the store. It's down the street.

Big Wap Island: The body rests in a cool and shady pool near shore campsite. Lowrie Dickson and Geo. Rowe are there.