
“One of them said that balladeers like Gordon are few and far between, and we're just lucky to have been alive when he was,” Walkinshaw said.

The group hopes to see his legacy shared with generations to come. A group of passionate Gordon Lightfoot fans from Orillia and around North America hope to commemorate the late balladeer in a big way – by renaming Highway 400 the Gordon Lightfoot Memorial Highway in his honour.ĭouglas Walkinshaw, who grew up in Orillia around the same time Lightfoot did, recently spent time sharing memories with friends from Orillia and beyond about the folk singer after his death in May.
