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About Orillia

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-Hall of Fame-

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Orillia is very proud to lay claim to a cast of distinguished individuals. The Hall of Fame was established in 1964 to recognize those citizens of Orillia who have gained national and international recognition in various endeavors, including business and the arts.

Here is the current list of 'Hall of Fame' inductees. Photographs of these individuals complete with biographical descriptions can be found on display on the first floor of the Orillia City Centre, north wing.

Thomas Gumersall Anderson
(1779-1875)

A. Charles Baillie
(1939- )

Frank 'Piper' Bain
(1908-1991)

George Bartlett
(1852-1939)

Hon. James K. Bartleman, O.Ont
(1939- )

Dr. Alexander Beaton
(1838-1932)

William E. Bell
(1945- )

Vice Admiral Peter W. Cairns, CMM,CD
(1938- )

Franklin Carmichael, R.C.A.
(1890-1945)

Floyd S. Chalmers
(1898-1993)

Mazo De La Roche
(1879-1961)

Mamie Shrum Faris
(1913- )

Hon. Leslie M. Frost, PC,CC, QC, LID,DCL
(1895-1973)

Jacob Gill "Jake" Gaudaur
(1858-1937)

Jacob Gill "Jake" Gaudaur
(1920- )

Harry (Henry) Lovering Gill
(1877-1956 )

Canon Richard W. Greene
(1848-1934)

C. Harold Hale, LCD
(1874-1963)

Eric Lafferty Harvie
(1892-1975)

Walter Henry
(1938- )

Walter Knox
(1878-1952)

Stephan Butler Leacock
(1869-1945)

Gordon Lightfoot
(1938- )

Erastus Long
(1868-1916)

Esther (Miller) "Marian Keith" MacGregor
(1874-1961)

Very Rev. J.A. MacInnis, BA,BD,DD
(1886-1964)

J.A. "Pete" McGarvey
(1927- )

Duncan E. McKinlay
(1862-1914 )

Mervyn L. McKenzie
(1922-1977)

Gertrude Mulcahy
(1918- )

Lucius Richard O'Brien, PRCA
(1832-1899)

Albert, Merton & Morley Plunkett

Arthur Bradford Shilling
(1941-1986)

Hon. John Howard Sissons
(1892-1969)

Laurent Quetton St. George
(1771-1821)

Sir Samuel B. Steele, CB,MVO,KCMG
(1851-1919)

Dr. David Thomson
(1870-1953)

James B Tudhope
(1858-1936)

Gordon Alexander "Skid" Watson
(1896-1984)

Elizabeth Wyn Wood, RCA
(1903-1966)

Chief William "Musquakie" Yellowhead
( -1864)

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