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1 CONC Elgin was a teacher, he began his career at Kenora High School in 1930 whe
1 CONC re he taught science, apparently embryo and zoology mostly for the ne
1 CONC xt 26 years.  His wife Florence was from Kenora and they had no childre
1 CONC n.  They had a Swiss Alpine style two storey log cabin on nearby Middle Is
1 CONC land, Lake of the Woods.  Before retirement, each summer was said to be sp
1 CONC ennt travelling Canada, the United States and Mexico.  For six summe
1 CONC rs in the 1950's he undertook training Canadian Army Cadets in wilderne
1 CONC ss survival.
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1 CONT About 1956 they left Kenora for other parts of Ontario where he continu
1 CONC ed teaching, retiring June 30th, 1965 at Lively near Sudbury.  It was he
1 CONC re that his wife died in 1962.  They had retained their cabin at the La
1 CONC ke of the Woods and on retirement he returned to Kenora, this time to spe
1 CONC nd summers there and travel during the other months.  In fact, he bui
1 CONC lt up a reputation as a renowned world traveller.  It is reported th
1 CONC at in the last ten years of his life, he spent 1,765 days travelling, wi
1 CONC th three trips around the world and he is said to have walked in 113 forei
1 CONC gn countries, as well as every Canadian province and every state in the U
1 CONC S.  He apparently had a great interest in visiting museums, art galleri
1 CONC es and botanical gardens and made friends everywhere.  The year of his dea
1 CONC th, which occurred in Hawaii, he had planned a trip to Hong Kong, Singapo
1 CONC re and a voyage along the coast of Norway.  Elgin was cremated in Hawaii.
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1 CONT Al Kirkwood has in his file born 1907 and died 1984 in Kenora.