The Daniel Dodge Tragedy
Exhibit is a compilation of
pictures and video collected
about the life and death of
Daniel Dodge. Daniel’s
father John Dodge was the co-
founder the Dodge Motor
Company in Detroit. After
passing away in the 1920s,
his widow sold the business
| for $146,000,000 and the
fortune was divided among the
family. Daniel’s share was
estimated at about $9,500,000
in 1938.
Daniel was an adventurer
and liked the outdoors, which
is what brought him from
Detroit to Maple Point near
Kagawong, Ontario on
| Manitoulin Island in Canada.
The family owned a spacious
lodge on Manitoulin Island
that young Daniel would visit
often by plane, boat and car.
In 1936, nineteen year old
Daniel met and fell in love
with a girl from the
neighbouring town of Gore
Bay, Ontario. Her name was
| Laurine MacDonald and she was
a seventeen year old
telephone operator making
around $15.00/week. They
courted for about two years
then married on August 3,
1938.
Thirteen days later, 21
year old Daniel was dead.
The official story was that
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