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Gerry McTaggart
William Gerald Lorne MacTaggart (c. 1931 – January 12, 2017) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1953. He previously attended and played football and basketball at McMaster University. MacTaggart later played with the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen in the ORFU. In 1989, he was inducted into the McMaster Maurauders Hall of Fame. He died from heart failure in 2017. References 1930s births Hamilton Tiger-Cats players 2017 deaths People from Orillia Players of Canadian football from Ontario {{Canadianfootball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay, Ontario
Lindsay is a community of 22 367 people (2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census) on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes (Ontario), Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately west of Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough. It is the seat of the Kawartha Lakes, City of Kawartha Lakes (formerly Victoria County, Ontario, Victoria County), and the hub for business and commerce in the region. History The Township of Ops was surveyed in 1825 by Colonel Duncan McDonell, and Lots 20 and 21 in the 5th Concession were reserved for a town site. The same year settlers began to come to the region, and by 1827, the Purdys, an American family, built a dam on the Scugog River at the site of present-day Lindsay. The following year they built a sawmill, and in 1830, a grist mill was constructed. A small village grew up around the mills, and it was known as Purdy's Mills. In 1834, Surveying, surveyor John Huston plotted the designated town site into streets and lots. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
