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Douglas Mackintosh Obituary
DOUGLAS MACKINTOSH
1931 – 2024
Douglas died peacefully at home on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at the age of 92, surrounded by his family. Ever determined and with increasing disability and pain, he had decided this would be at a time of his own choosing.
He leaves his devoted wife, Anne (“Blu”), after 66 years of marriage. He was the proud and loving father of David, James (Sue) and Graham (Kristen), and grandfather of his much-loved grandchildren, Teal (Shane), Ryan (Emily), Zoe, Dee and Euan.
Douglas was born in the U.K. in 1931. He came to Canada as a wartime evacuee from 1940 – 1943 and returned to the UK during the war to attend Eton. He was proud to have performed military service with the Scots Guards (1949-1950), and fought in the jungles of Malaysia during “the Malayan Emergency”, events which had a profound effect on him throughout his life.
His education continued at Oxford, after which he emigrated to Montreal. There he met the love of his life and soon to be wife, Anne McKim (Blu), while they played together in a Scottish reel band.
Taking a non-traditional approach to life and work, and armed with an innate understanding of engineering, though with no formal training, Douglas started and ran a sand dredging business, followed by a marine contracting business, in the 1000 Islands. He had to teach himself how to be a mechanic, diver, welder, crane operator, master of dynamite, designer and boat builder.
In 1969, at the age of 38, he switched gears and entered Law school at Queen’s, after which he served as crown attorney in Leeds and Grenville County until his retirement in 1993.
In 1975, Douglas and Blu founded TIARA, the Thousand Islands Area Residents’ Association, which over time became a voice for environmental protection in the 1000 Islands. Douglas amplified these messages when serving as municipal councillor for three terms from 1997 to 2006.
Douglas was also known for his athletic endeavours, skiing for Great Britain in 1956 Olympics in Cortina, but also playing tennis, windsurfing, cross country skiing and water-skiing with his family and friends. As his sons were growing up, he spent countless hours building and maintaining a shinny hockey rink on the property, providing an unforgettable experience for the whole neighbourhood.
Douglas, with Blu, was an active promoter of the arts in his community, supporting and volunteering for the Thousand Islands Playhouse, the Gananoque Concert Association and the Kingston Portrait Prize.
He was a man of courage, independence and integrity, researching facts and working out his own opinions and defending his principles. He was untiring in his defense of what he believed in. Intensely curious, he was adept in figuring out how things worked and how to fix them when they didn’t. He was as happy researching a problem of riparian rights or exploring a question of ethics as he was designing and welding steel docks or building a protective cover for a nest of turtles’ eggs.
Douglas will forever be known for his hard work and also for his consistent willingness to take the road less travelled. His energetic touch is everywhere. He will also be remembered for his mischievousness and sense of humour, which showed up in his constant search for fun and adventure. With a twinkle in his eye, he would tell his grandchildren an extra scary ghost story, or lead them down a difficult ski hill or bring out his bagpipes to mark an occasion. He found his greatest happiness with his family and good friends, telling his famous stories (which got better over time) while imparting his theories and observations.
A Celebration of Douglas’ Life will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the Firehall Theatre at 185 South Street in Gananoque. Donations in his memory to the Thousand Islands Playhouse www.1000islandsplayhouse.com or the Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust www.tiwlt.ca would be appreciated.
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March 7 1931
January 14 2024
Décès pour la Ville:Gananoque, Province: Ontario
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