Gary Denniss | |
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![]() Gary Denniss, 2017 | |
Born | Bracebridge, Ontario Canada | May 31, 1944
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University (Bachelor's degree 1965) North Bay Teacher's College (Teacher's Certificate, 1965) York St. Peter's Evangelistic Organization (Ordained Minister 2016) |
Occupation(s) | Canadian historian, elementary school teacher, columnist, ordained minister, speaker, antiquarian |
Years active | 1965 - |
Spouse | Grace Audrey Reuber (m. 1972) |
Children | Deborah Ruth Woodland (b. 1976) Londa Carol Balfoort (1977–2004) Steven Garfield Denniss (b. 1978) |
Frank Garfield "Gary" Denniss is a Canadian historian,[1][2][3] newspaper columnist,[4] retired public school teacher,[5] speaker [6] and ordained minister born in 1944 in Bracebridge, Ontario [7] Denniss is the author of 43 books on the history of the District Municipality of Muskoka, (Muskoka District, at the southern edge of the Canadian Shield, stretches north from the Severn River through rocky and forested lake land, bounded by Georgian Bay on the west and Algonquin Park to the east, connecting to twin district Parry Sound.)[8]
Gary Denniss was born at Bracebridge Memorial Hospital on May 31, 1944, to Frank Edwin Denniss II (1908–2003), and Jessie Evelyn Arnott (1917–1991). Mr Denniss taught in the public schools in the Bracebridge, Ontario area (Wah Wah Taysee, Cochrane, Bracebridge, Vankoughnet, Huntsville, and Macaulay) until his retirement in 1998.[2] He continues to live in Bracebridge, where he writes, teaches piano, and officiates at weddings and funerals. Since 1991, Mr Denniss has held a leadership role in the maintenance of Bracebridge veterans' gravesites, veterans' memories [9] and Langford Cemetery, Macaulay Township.[10][11]
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https://muskokatoday.com/2023/08/latest-gary-denniss-history-book-covers-muskokas-rugged-rich-past