J. E. H. Macdonald, Inscription on Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn, Canoe Lake, fall, 1917

[ Plaque, Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn, Hayhurst Point, Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park ]

Plaque, Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn, Hayhurst Point, Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, Ben Greisman, 2007

TO THE MEMORY OF
TOM THOMSON
ARTIST, WOODSMAN
AND GUIDE
WHO WAS DROWNED IN CANOE LAKE
JULY 8TH, 1917
HE LIVED HUMBLY BUT PASSIONATELY
WITH THE WILD IT MADE HIM BROTHER
TO ALL UNTAMED THINGS OF NATURE
IT DREW HIM APART AND REVEALED
ITSELF WONDERFULLY TO HIM
IT SENT HIM OUT FROM THE WOODS
ONLY TO SHOW THESE REVELATIONS
THROUGH HIS ART AND IT TOOK
HIM TO ITSELF AT LAST.

HIS FELLOW ARTISTS AND OTHER FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS
JOIN GLADLY IN THIS TRIBUTE TO
HIS CHARACTER AND GENIUS

HIS BODY IS BURIED AT
OWEN SOUND ONTARIO NEAR
WHERE HE WAS BORN
AUGUST 1877

Source: Algonquin Park, Ontario, J. E. H. Macdonald, Inscription on Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn, Hayhurst Point, Canoe Lake, September 31, 1917. Notes: Memorial inscribed on brass plate included in cairn

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