Tom Thomson



Tom Thomson

Introduction

Tom Thomson disappeared on the way of a canoeing trip, which was on the Canoe Lake on the 8th of July in Algonquin Park in the year 1917. Tom Thomas body was revealed in that same lake 8 days afterward. The news and media generated the official reason of death as an accidental drowning. However, on the other hand, up till now there are at present questions regarding how he in fact died. It was stated that a fishing contour was wrapped around Tom Thomson leg and also had a head wound (that might have post-mortem). This has as well been considered that he was killed by an American German fellow citizen, Martin Blecher, or that Tom fell on a flame grate for the duration of a drunken broil with the owner of Canoe Lake's Mowat Lodge, Shannon Fraser. The issue discussed here is that the fight was over an old lend to Fraser which was for acquiring of canoes. Tom Thomson allegedly desired the funds for a latest suit to get married Winnifred Trainor. The girl's parents owned a small house on the Canoe Lake.

Discussion

There were rumors circulating following his drown that Winnifred Trainor was pregnant having Thomson's baby. The girl Winnifred Trainor framed a trip with her mother to Philadelphia subsequent winter and then he returned about Easter. Her mother never ever dropped the topic and spoke about the relationship she had with Thomson. However, one of the nephew, Terrance Trainor McCormick, an upper New York resident who inherited her estate, which included no less than 13 small Tom Thomson work of art and mail. The nephew stated that the letters exchanged between the two lovers confirmed their commitment. However, on the other hand, McCormick totally refused to produce the lettering between the two ...