Neil Patrick Clairmont was born in Parry Sound, Ontario May 16, 1947 to Alvin and Ida Clairmont. Clairmont was the second of four children. His older brother Wayne was inducted into the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame in 2005. Clairmont also has two younger siblings Paul and Jeannie. The Clairmont family grew up on River… Read more »
Dave Chalk
Dave Chalk was born May 3, 1952 in North Bay, Ontario to Carl and Myrtle Chalk. He moved to Parry Sound in 1954, where he lived at 21 Louisa Street along with his sister Lynn. Dave, a student of Victory Public School got his start playing minor hockey in 1967 for the Parry Sound Brunswick’s… Read more »
Tim Vancoughnett
Tim Vancoughnett was born in Parry Sound on February 6, 1961. Before he was one year old a specialist at Sick Kids Hospital, diagnosed Tim as developmentally delayed. Little did the specialist know that Tim would develop into a wonderful caring individual who would one day be a Special Olympian and Canadian Champion in cross… Read more »
Jim Matthews
James Fraser Matthews was born in Parry Sound on November 27, 1934 and lived at 33 River Street. He attended Victory Public School where his pleasant fun loving personality endeared him to his classmates and teachers. As a natural athlete he enjoyed hockey, baseball and basketball. Everyone wanted to be on his team. Jim’s interest… Read more »
Doug Orr
Doug Orr was born in Parry Sound on January 15, 1925. He attended Victory School where he excelled as a gifted athlete. He particularly liked hockey and played on the 1937 Victory School Hockey Team. In high school hockey, fastball and track & field were his sports of choice. As a highly skilled hockey player,… Read more »
Don Cherry
Donald Cherry was born in Kingston Ontario, February 5, 1934. Don grew up at 518 Albert Street and attended Rideau Elementary School where he excelled in sports, particularly hockey and baseball. Even though he disliked school, his mother often pleaded, “Donald is smart. If he would only apply himself, I know he can do it.”… Read more »
Marianne King-Wilson
Marianne had a waterfront childhood in Carling with her grandparents at their marina, and on Bay Street in town with her father at his marina. At three, she had her first boat, with a motor at six, to use in sight of the dock. Later, there were no limits, always a boat and the Bay.… Read more »
James “Frosty” Hannon
James Frances was born to Hubert and Theresa Hannon on October the 4th, 1928 in Placentia, Newfoundland. Jim’s father ran a business in the town delivering furnace oil while his mother was a homemaker who cared for her family as well as her ailing father. When Jim was six years old, his father Hubert passed… Read more »
W. John Young
John was born to Bill and Noreen Young in beautiful Parry Sound, Ontario on August 28, 1951. A sister Jane was born five years later. John was raised in Mactier, Ontario. His interest in sports began at an early age, when he would watch his older cousin, Paul Simpson, playing hockey. John and his best… Read more »
Raymond Barks
Raymond William Barks played and coached hockey the way he lived his life: always at 110 percent. This Bobby Orr Hall of Fame inductee was born on July 22nd, 1936 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Parry Sound, the only child of Thora and Raymond Barks. Though his family lived briefly in Toronto, Raymond and his… Read more »
