Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 24, 1985
• Invested on: October 30, 1985

A well-known former newspaper publisher in Arichat, N.S., he is also a former municipal councillor and founding member of the community hospital. Founder and curator of the Lenoir Forge Museum and warden of his church, he is a most knowledgeable and enthusiastic local historian.