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Michelle Wilson
1912.11
Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park
Spring 1912
Oil on paperboard (Birchmore board)
6 7/8 x 10 in. (17.6 x 25.4 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, Smoke Lake / Algonquin Park / 1912; c.r., in ink, C.A (or H.A.)
Callighan; l.l., in graphite, TT12; l.l., in graphite, TOM THOMSON; l.l., in graphite, 1845G; b.c.,
in graphite, 14/L
Callighan; l.l., in graphite, TT12; l.l., in graphite, TOM THOMSON; l.l., in graphite, 1845G; b.c.,
in graphite, 14/L
Provenance
H.A. (Bud) Callighen, Algonquin Park, 1912 and by descent to his son
Mary Louise Northway, by descent, Toronto, 1973
J. Hodgson, Toronto
Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (987.024). Gift of John M. Hodgson and Joan W. Hodgson, Toronto, in memory of Mary L. Northway, 1987
Exhibition History
1998 Algonquin
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Algonquin Gallery, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, Algonquin Memories: Tom Thomson in Algonquin Park, June 25–October 25, 1998.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 4, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003; Musée du Québec, Quebec City, February 6–April 3, 2003; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 30–September 7, 2003; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 29–December 7, 2003.Published References
Little, R.P. 1955
Little, R.P. "Some Recollections of Tom Thomson and Canoe Lake." Culture 16, no. 2 (June 1955), p. 202.Little 1970
Little, William T. The Tom Thomson Mystery. Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 1970, pp. 64, 122–23, 214.Northway 1970a
Northway, Mary L., J. Alex Edmison, J. Harry Ebbs and John W. Ebbs. Nominigan: A Casual History. Toronto, 1970, p. 17.Northway 1970b
Northway, Mary L. Nominigan: The Early Years. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1970, p. 6.Addison 1974
Addison, Ottelyn. Early Days in Algonquin Park. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1974, p. 75.Reid and Hill 2002
Reid, Dennis and Charles C. Hill. Tom Thomson. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 119–120, 156 (repr. col.)Remarks
The work depicts Nominigan Point just after being cleared and before the hotel was constructed in the fall of 1912. Mary L. Northway’s parents owned Nominigan from 1931 to 1960.
Record last updated April 28, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park, Spring 1912 (1912.11)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=104 (accessed on May 1, 2025).