2013, Rue Jacques-Cartier, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Kayak launch spot with Bernard Dugas, Tom, and Ken Crossman.
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2017, Verner, ON, Canada
Verner is the town of Tom's ancestors that we passed through on our way to Killarney, Ontario where we'd go on our annual Georgian Bay kayak trip.
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Tom Richardson
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2013, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Taking a break in the middle of the Ottawa River on a tiny island across from Rideau Falls with Ken Crossman (Tom's dentist and close friend) and Bernard Dugas (distant cousin of John Savage).
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Ken Crossman
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Tom Richardson
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2020, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Tom Richardson at Rideau Falls during our COVID social distancing adventures.
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Tom Richardson
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2023, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Tom contemplating the force of nature. This is one of my last photos of Tom.
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Tom Richardson
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2023, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
This was one of my last photos of Tom at his favorite place on the river. I will always remember our times here, as I grow old and you remain frozen in time as I last saw you. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2023, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
This was one of my last photos of Tom at his favorite place on the river. I will always remember our times here, as I grow old and you remain frozen in time as I last saw you. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2023, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
This was one of my last photos of Tom at his favorite place on the river. I will always remember our times here, as I grow old and you remain frozen in time as I last saw you. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2013, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
If there was a favorite place on the Ottawa River for Tom, it had to be Rideau Falls throughout all four seasons. This majestic and powerfull falls in the spring would often lessen to that of a curtain of water in the late summer, when we could push the bows of our kayaks under the cascading water and touch the rockface. Spectators above would watch and take photos, as we played in the spray of this wonderful natural feature of Ottawa. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2012, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
If there was a favorite place on the Ottawa River for Tom, it had to be Rideau Falls throughout all four seasons. This majestic and powerfull falls in the spring would often lessen to that of a curtain of water in the late summer, when we could push the bows of our kayaks under the cascading water and touch the rockface. Spectators above would watch and take photos, as we played in the spray of this wonderful natural feature of Ottawa. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2023, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
If there was a favorite place on the Ottawa River for Tom, it had to be Rideau Falls throughout all four seasons. This majestic and powerfull falls in the spring would often lessen to that of a curtain of water in the late summer, when we could push the bows of our kayaks under the cascading water and touch the rockface. Spectators above would watch and take photos, as we played in the spray of this wonderful natural feature of Ottawa. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2021, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
During COVID, Tom and I took advantage of our love of outdoors to entertain ourselves on the river in the evenings as well. Rideau Falls at night is like a dream, when paddling up to it illuminated, it's a mysterious force or foreboding in its darkened monster state. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2013, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Tom found the falls exhilerating to play below in, the roar of the water crashing down, waves churned up, and spray soaking through out clothes that was welcome on the hot days of summer. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2013, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
If there was a favorite place on the Ottawa River for Tom, it had to be Rideau Falls throughout all four seasons. This majestic and powerfull falls in the spring would often lessen to that of a curtain of water in the late summer, when we could push the bows of our kayaks under the cascading water and touch the rockface. Spectators above would watch and take photos, as we played in the spray of this wonderful natural feature of Ottawa. [photo by John Savage]
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2013, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
If there was a favorite place on the Ottawa River for Tom, it had to be Rideau Falls throughout all four seasons. This majestic and powerfull falls in the spring would often lessen to that of a curtain of water in the late summer, when we could push the bows of our kayaks under the cascading water and touch the rockface. Spectators above would watch and take photos, as we played in the spray of this wonderful natural feature of Ottawa. [photo by John Savage]
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2023, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
If there was a favorite place on the Ottawa River for Tom, it had to be Rideau Falls throughout all four seasons. This majestic and powerfull falls in the spring would often lessen to that of a curtain of water in the late summer, when we could push the bows of our kayaks under the cascading water and touch the rockface. Spectators above would watch and take photos, as we played in the spray of this wonderful natural feature of Ottawa. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2023, Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, Canada
If there was a favorite place on the Ottawa River for Tom, it had to be Rideau Falls throughout all four seasons. This majestic and powerfull falls in the spring would often lessen to that of a curtain of water in the late summer, when we could push the bows of our kayaks under the cascading water and touch the rockface. Spectators above would watch and take photos, as we played in the spray of this wonderful natural feature of Ottawa. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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Tom Richardson
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2012, 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Tom Richardson throwing a football to John Savage, while riding an ice floe within sight of the Prime Minister's residence. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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Riding an ice floe down the Ottawa River past the confluence with the Gatineau River, 1 km from 24 Sussex.
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2012, 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada
We ran out of beer. [photo by John Savage]
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2012, Rue Jacques-Cartier, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Sailing across the border into Gatineau, Quebec on our ice floe. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2012, 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada
A fine sampling of Quebec's finest. [photo by John Savage]
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Tom Richardson
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2012, 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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2012, Official Residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Tom and I used to enjoy ice floe riding, as a rite of Spring. As the ice first broke up, below the Rideau Falls, we would jump in my canoe to paddle to the falls, jump aboard an ice floe and set up for our ride down the river past the Prime Minister's house and my neighbours downriver. This would include a celebratory beer, some football or frisbee, photos and other hijinx. One time while jumping around, I fell through the ice and we took pictures of that too. He was always up for an urban adventure like this. My neighbours who grew up on the river said they never seen people do this before. I wonder what the PM Steven Harper thought too, as he may have caught a glimpse of us.
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John Savage
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Tom Richardson
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2009, Mississippi River, Ontario
Resting between sets of rapids. Tom and I first met whitewater canoeing. Although we were both trained librarians, it was navigating the fast moving rivers of the Ottawa Valley that brought us together. Later, we took up all kinds of activities together, kayaking, hiking, snowshoeing, cycling, nightclubbing, and attending music festivals and art shows. We were wingmen for one another whenever there was some opportunity for adventure or a social gathering. I will miss him forever now whenever such opportunities arise.
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