George Wilson Johnston
Was the lighthouse keeper at Caribou Island from from 1912 until 1921. Later he was promoted to a foghorn inspector.
Details
Birth Date: 1878?Birth certainty: High
Death Date: December 15, 1959?Death certainty: High
Occupation: Lighthouse Keeper
Notes
Was the lighthouse keeper at Caribou Island from from 1912 until 1921.
Sources and Further Learning
Born in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario his name shows up in the 1911 census.
Sources and Further Learning
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery Sault Sainte Marie, ON.
Sources and Further Learning
One of his Granddaughter's provides an interesting article to Readers Digest of her time on Caribou Island later in 1978.
Sources and Further Learning
"In 1921, he applied, and received, the position of Inspector of Fog Alarms, a job, that would take his family and him to Parry Sound."
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When he was at Caribou the Canadian government told they would no longer provide the use of their steamers to get out to the lighthouse so they provided him with a 30 foot sailboat and a one-cylinder gas engine. He bought a larger motor the next year and built a cabin on the sailboat as protection.