Response of the medalist

There is something very fitting about this award being given here in Toronto. For us Pennsylvanians who care for fishing or boating, when we get one foot across the river or the lakes into Canada there is something rewarding about the whole deal. Our blood begins to run a little faster as we sniff the fresh breezes of Georgian Bay or the Lake Country of Ontario and Quebec. In fact, it gives us a good feeling even at home to know that we are, after all, only one day´s travel from the 30,000 Island section of Georgian Bay, which is one of the most fantastically beautiful cruising and boating areas of the world. The only enigma to me is why my boss, Mr. Monteith, who was born and raised here in Ontario, ever left this country in the first place.