1966-1978
![[ Aerial view of Potter Creek, old mill site, and Canoe Lake ]](../../images/site/355710_2.jpg "[ Aerial view of Potter Creek, old mill site, and Canoe Lake ]")
Aerial view of Potter Creek, old mill site, and Canoe Lake, Unknown, 1960, Algonquin Park Archives, APMA 5030, An aerial view of the long-abandoned Gilmour and Co. mill site along Potter Creek, with Canoe Lake visible in the distance
Between 1966 and 1978, researchers helped to bring forward a wide variety of new discussion regarding Tom Thomson’s death. An edited version of Blodwen Davies’ 1935 book was published, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation produced a program devoted to investigating the Thomson tragedy. William Little also published the results of his controversial research that began in 1956.
The assertions made in these productions helped to raise new interest in the case, and compelled researchers to seek out testimony from surviving persons who might offer their insights. Not everyone agreed, however, that Thomson’s death needed to be researched, let alone discussed any further.
Chapters in Books
- A. Y. Jackson, "Foreword," in Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man..., Tom Thomson: The Story of A Man Who Looked For Beauty and for Truth in the Wilderness, 1967
- Blodwen Davies, "Nineteen Seventeen," in Tom Thomson: The Story of A Man..., Tom Thomson: The Story of A Man Who Looked For Beauty and for Truth in the Wilderness, 1967
- William T. Little, A Sketching Expedition and its Bizarre Development, The Tom Thomson Mystery, 1970
- Harold Town, "Introduction", Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm, Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm, 1977
Government Documents
Journal Articles
Letters
Newspaper or Magazine Articles
- June Graham, The mystery of Tom Thomson, CBC Times, February 1, 1969
- The Owen Sound Sun-Times, Morbid curiosity should not be satisfied, The Owen Sound Sun-Times, February 4, 1969
- The Owen Sound Sun-Times, Tom Thomson family will bar exhumation of body, The Owen Sound Sun-Times, February 8, 1969
- The Owen Sound Sun-Times, Recall identifying of Tom Thomson body prior to burial here, The Owen Sound Sun-Times, February 10, 1969
- The Forester (Huntsville), TV Thomson sequel — Undertaker's letter refers to mystery, The Forester (Huntsville), February 13, 1969
- Charles F. Plewman, Reflections on the passing of Tom Thomson, Canadian Camping Magazine, 1972
- Roy MacGregor, The Great Canoe Lake Mystery, Maclean's, September 31, 1973
- Roy MacGregor, The Legend, The Canadian, October 15, 1977
Oral History or Interview
- Margaret Tweedale, Interviews with Mrs. Margaret [Thomson] Tweedale, September 6, 1973
- Elva Henry, Interview with Elva Henry, November 15, 1973
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