Last Stand
The song Last Stand is a tribute to Algonquin artist Tom Thomson. Thomson painted in Algonquin Park from 1912 to 1917. Large stands of White Pine were in the process of being clear cut by lumber companies such as R. Booth Lumber.
Algonquin Park Superintendent George Bartlett instructed his Rangers to shoot wolves on sight because he did not want the tourist to be eaten by them.
Winnie Traynor stayed at her parent's cottage on Canoe Lake and spent quite a bit of time with Tom Thomson. It was reported that she had at least twenty of Thomson's paintings which she kept wrapped in newspaper under her bed!
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