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Mr. Thurston Blakey

  • Deceased
  • Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

    Order of Canada

    • Member of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1985-06-24
      Invested on: 1985-10-30
      Flying out of Sudbury for almost fifty years, this legend among bush pilots is as well known for his extraordinary flying skills - he goes places no one else can go and always brings them back alive - and for his many acts of kindness to the lodge operators, trappers, hunters, tourists and native families scattered throughout northern Ontario.