Sixty-two years ago today, on June 7, 1958, five young RCMP officers were drowned when their boat capsized on Lake Simcoe near Georgina Island. The tragedy made national headlines. Here, RCMP Chaplin and avid historian Gerry McMillan describes what happened that fateful night and in the days that followed. Owing to the COVID-19 restrictions, we were not able to videotape Gerry in person, but he told us the story over the phone. | Orillia Museum of Art & History
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Sixty-two years ago today, on June 7, 1958, five young RCMP officers were drowned when their boat capsized on Lake Simcoe near Georgina Island. The tragedy made
Orillia Museum of Art & History. . Sixty-two years ago today, on June 7, 1958, five young RCMP officers were drowned when their boat capsized on Lake Simcoe near Georgina Island. The tragedy made national headlines. Here, RCMP Chaplin and avid historian Gerry McMillan describes what happened that fateful night and in the days that followed ...
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