Conservationist.
A stationary engineer with the Canada Cement Company in southwestern Winnipeg, he was an ardent conservationist and served as one of the founders of the Fort Whyte Nature Centre, having introduced wild Canada Geese to the site in 1957. He was Executive Director of the Wildlife Foundation of Manitoba and President of the Manitoba Federation of Game and Fish Associations (1964-1967). In recognition of his community service, he received a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award (1975). He died at Winnipeg on 8 June 1990. He is commemorated by Muir Lake at FortWhyte Alive.
See also:
The Fort Whyte Story: Human. Nature. by Jake MacDonald, Winnipeg: FortWhyte Alive, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9813732-0-1.
“Muir elected by Federation,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 June 1964, page 13.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 June 1990, page 39.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
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