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Jean Harstone, born 1900, was raised in Peterborough, Ontario. During the early 1920's she attended an architectural/interior design school in New York City and later went on to work in promotion and advertising for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Radio Network and later for the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Radio Network. Jean Harstone died in 1980.

S. R. Gage was educated at McGill University and the University of Glasgow. He is the author of several books including A Few Rustic Huts, which provides a history of ranger's cabins in Algonquin Park. His interest in the Canol project undertaken in the World War II era grew out of a canoe trip on the Natla and Keele rivers in 1981. He was also interested in the management of Ontario's provincial parks. Gage was also on the Rouge Valley Park Advisory Committee (Ontario).

G.A. Gibson was a farmer in the Lindsay, Ontario who at one time ran a general store on Kent St., Lindsay. His wife was Alice K. Gibson, daughter of James Kerr, and they had at least one son, A.E.M. Gibson.

Stanley Hodgins was born in 1900 in Manitoba. He was raised in Stratford, Ontario and when he was old enough started to teach school near Kitchener, Ontario. Later he became a public school principal. He met Laura Belle Turel and they were married in 1926. Just before their marriage Laura Belle had graduated as a registered nurse from Hamilton General Hospital. They honeymooned on a canoe trip in Algonquin Park. Eventually they would take their two sons, Larry and Bruce on canoe trips. In 1943 Stanley became camp director at Camp Wabanaki near Honey Harbour in Georgian Bay. In 1956 they purchased Camp Wanapitei Limited, from Ed Archibald. In the purchase they acquired a chateau, a number of buildings, tent floors, an ice house, dining hall and canoes. The Camp opened under the directorship of the Hodgins. It was co-ed with boys and girls as well as men and women forming a group that would be community based and informal and relaxed. The ideals and beliefs of the Hodgins, which were part of Camp Wabanaki where the Hodgins were previous to Wanapitei, were brought in Wanapitei. A youth camp was offered as well as a spring season. Canoe tripping played a major role in the life of Camp Wanapitei. Eventually they expanded their canoe tripping to four week trips that took campers to Moosonee and Ottawa. As well there were numerous regattas every summer. In 1971 a cooperative company, called Camp Wanapitei Co-ed Camps Ltd., purchased the youth camp from Laura Belle and Stanley Hodgins. The Hodgins kept the Chateau and continued to operate it. The president, and camp director, of the new private Camp Wanapitei was Bruce Hodgins. In 1973 an adult tripping program was offered and organized by Bruce and Carol Hodgins. The youth camp offered woodcraft, swim instruction, sailing, crafts, canoe re-canvassing, square dances and special activities for the younger crowd. By this point in time the canoe tripping encompassed rivers and lakes in Northwestern Quebec and Northeastern Ontario. Trips were still going to the James and Hudson's Bay. The camp had also led trips down the Nahanni and Coppermine in the Northwest Territories and trips into Manitoba, British Columbia and New Brunswick. In 1989 Laura Belle Hodgins (nee Turel) died. In 1990 legal ownership of the Chateau was transferred to Bruce and Carol Hodgins and the Chateau property was transferred to Larry and Bruce Hodgins. Stanley Hodgins died in 1993. The dreams and ideals instilled, at Camp Wanapitei, under the Hodgins directorship continued with the younger Hodgins. The Canadian Studies program of Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, took trips to Wanapitei every September. In 1991 the Chateau received an official Heritage Building Designation. The trips and camping continue on into 1996 and the future.

William J. Chirpaw ran a hotel and a lumber business at Victoria Road, Bexley Township in Victoria County. Chirpaw was Reeve of Bexley at one time.

Owen Hoey was a farmer who resided on the south half of Lot 16, Concession 3, Seymour Township from 1853, until his death in 1877.

Ross Irwin was born in the Village of Cambray, Victoria County, in 1921. In 1929 his family moved to the Village of Oakwood in the Township of Mariposa. He joined the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1942 and served in Italy and Northwest Europe. Following his discharge in 1946 he worked in Peterborough for a short time and then enrolled in the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph in 1947. Upon graduation he received an appointment to the faculty of the College. Later he became a professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph. Ross married Doreen Webster of Oakwood in 1949 and they have two children. (Taken from: Mariposa: The Banner Township. Lindsay, Ontario: Ross Irwin Enterprises, 1984.)

George Y. Clement was a lawyer in Wallaceburg, Ontario in 1965. His grandfather, George H. Young, was involved in the two Riel rebellions and the western Fenian invasions. Young, at the age of 18, was a clerk in the Hudson Bay store in Fort Garry in 1869-1870. His father was the local minister.

Reverend Clementi came to Lakefield, Canada West and from there moved to Peterborough.

Dr. J.W. Clemishaw was a medical doctor who practised in Port Hope, Ontario, in the late 1800's.

Venerable J.C. Clough was the Archdeacon of Peterborough, Ontario.

Professor Roger Jones is Professor Emeritus of Trent University. He was a faculty member of the Biology Department for 32 years and retired in 2000. Professor Jones was a member of Trent's Nature Areas Committee.

Gene Kelly was born as Eugene Curran Kelly on August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia, U.S.A. His father, James Patrick Joseph Kelly, was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. Gene Kelly was educated at Pennsylvannia State University and he graduated in 1933. He had a number of different jobs before work as a dance instructer placed him on the stage. He played in "Leave it to Me", "The Time of Your Life" and "Paul Joey" in New York Theatre as well as many other theatres. When he was thirty he started to appear in movie films such as various musicals for MGM, where he found success with Judy Garland in "For Me and My Gal". In 1951 Gene Kelly received an Oscar for his contribution to dance in film. Gene was married three times and three children. Gene Kelly died on February 2, 1996. (Taken from: Thomson, David. "A Biographical Dictionary of Film." New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1981.) Gene Kelly's aunt, Mary Anne Kelly, married Richard Sheehy and at one point they lived at 751 George St. N. in Peterborough - the Stratton, later, Sheehy and even later Sadleir House.

Judge John de Navarre Kennedy, son of Gilbert and Alice Kennedy, was born on May 31, 1888 in London, England. He graduated from Cambridge University with a B.A. in 1909. In 1914, Kennedy married Elsie Margaret Pinks and they had one daughter, Anne Macomb (Mrs. Dudas). In 1970, after the death of his first wife, Kennedy married Marjorie Helen Troop. Kennedy was called to the Bar in B.C. in 1918, and in Ontario in 1921. He practised with the law firm Manning, Mortimer and Kennedy in Toronto. Judge Kennedy held the position of judge in the Court of Peterborough from 1952-1963. Kennedy was well-known for his work in the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies where he was president, and in the Humane Trap Development Committee where he was chairman. He was also involved in several recreational activities, such as painting in watercolours, exhibiting his works at the Roy Canadian Academy, National Gallery of Canada. Kennedy is author of "In the Shadow of Cheka", "Crime in Reverse", "Aids to Jury Charges", and several other books and publications. He was also the editor of Chitty's Law Journal. In 1978 Kennedy received the Queen's Jubilee Medal. Kennedy died December 3, 1979.

Walter Kenyon was a noted Ontario archaeologist, and curator of Canadian archaeology at the Royal Ontario Museum for twenty-five years.

Alfred O.C. Cole was born in 1925 and was the youngest son of Dr. C.E. Cooper Cole and Sarah Renwick Tuckett. He had three brothers and one sister, and was married to Jean Murray Cole. They had six children. Cole was an avid researcher and historian. He played a major role in the life and history of Trent University, as Registrar from 1966 to 1987, and as a member of the Department of History. He was a RCAF pilot during World War II, a political reporter for Toronto's Daily Star and Globe and Mail, and he served as an executive assistant in the Ontario Ministry of Public Works at Queen's Park in Toronto. He wrote articles, and books such as A Victorian Snapshot and Trent: The Making of a University, 1957-1987, both published in 1992. He and his wife, Jean, shared the editorship of a number of books including The Illustrated Historical Atlas of Peterborough which was published in 1975 and Kawartha Heritage, published in 1981. Together Jean and Alfred had six children of which one has followed into their literary footsteps. Alfred O.C. Cole died on October 20th, 1996.

Roy MacGregor is a journalist and author. He was born in Whitney, Ontario in 1948 and raised in Huntsville, Ontario. He was educated at Laurentian University and later acquired a degree in journalism from the University of Western Ontario. He has worked for several magazines and newspapers including MacLean's, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and the Ottawa Citizen. His more than 40 books include: Canoe Country: The Making of Canada, 2015; Wayne Gretzky's Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey, 2011; Northern Light: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson and the Woman Who Loved Him, 2010; Canadians: A Portrait of a Country and Its People, 2007; The Dog and I: Confessions of a Best Friend, 2006; The Weekender: A Cottage Journal, 2005; A Life in the Bush: Lessons from my father, 1999; Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey, 1996; Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL, 1993; and Home Game: Hockey and Life in Canada (co-authored with Ken Dryden), 1989. MacGregor is also the author of the Screech Owl mystery series for young readers. Roy MacGregor has been the recipient of many book and journalism awards. He was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2005, and received an honorary degree from Trent University in 2016.

Stafford Frederick Kirkpatrick was born December 12, 1809, the seventh son of Alexander Kirkpatrick, in Coolmine, County Dublin, Ireland. He later emigrated to Canada and settled in Peterborough, Upper Canada, where he was a Barrister at Law and later became a Judge. He was also a militia officer. In 1835, Kirkpatrick married Henrietta Fisher, daughter of Alexander Fisher, and together they had six children. He died in 1858.

Professor John Marsh was a Professor of Geography at Trent University from 1972 to 2002. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Calgary in 1972 and organized the first "Rails to Greenways" conference in 1993. He is also active in the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (formerly the National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada), and the Canadian Canoe Museum.

John R. Marshall was born in England in 1876 and came to Canada in 1885. He was educated in Toronto. Much of his working life was in the employ of Canadian Nashua Paper Company from which he retired as general manager in 1945. During his 31 years in Peterborough he held senior administrative posts with the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Education, the Public Library Board, the Peterborough Manufacturers' Association, the YMCA, St. Andrew's United Church, and the Civic Hospital. Marshall died in 1952.

Charles Vincent Massey was born in Toronto on February 20, 1887, grandson to Hart Massey who developed the farm-implement company to an international corporation. He was educated at the University of Toronto and Balliol College, Oxford, England. He was a lecturer at Victoria College, University of Toronto, in history from 1913 to 1915. He joined the army and served as staff officer in Canada and eventually worked for the war committee of the Cabinet. He was President of the Massey-Harris Co. from 1921 to 1925. At this point he joined Prime Minister Mackenzie-King's Cabinet. From 1926 to 1930 he was Canada's first minister to the United States. He became High Commissioner to Britain from 1935 to 1946. After World War II, the Prime Minister placed Vincent Massey in charge of the Royal Commission on the National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences. In his 1951 report he recommended the establishment of the Canada Council which became a reality in 1957. In 1952 Vincent Massey became Canada's first Canadian-born Governor General. He retired in 1959. Charles Vincent Massey died in London, England on December 30, 1967. (Taken from: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1985.)

Mary Jane Moncrief was a school girl in South Monaghan in 1861.

Norman McBain was born in 1914 and died in 1989. He had a long-standing interest in local history and offered great support to the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society in the preparation of the history of This Green and Pleasant Land: Chronicles of Cavan Township. The McBain family homesteaded in northeast Cavan Township, and his interest in the family history led to McBain's extended research into all aspects of the history of the Township.