Jack Miner
N 42° 04.012 W 082° 44.987
17T E 355236 N 4658681
Grave of Jack Miner, world-famous wildlife conservationist. On grounds of Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary. Open Monday - Saturday; closed Sunday.
Waymark Code: WMV0Q
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/12/2006
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Jack Miner was born in Ohio, and settled near Windsor, Ontario in 1878. In 1904, he established the now world-famous bird sanctuary, primarily for migrating geese and ducks. Five years later, he began banding waterfowl to track their movements.
During his life, he lectured extensively throughout North America on wildlife conservation. To perpetuate his work, the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation was incorporated in the United States in 1931 and in Canada in 1936.
He was the author of two books on bird life and conservation, and was awarded the O.B.E. in 1943 for "the greatest achievement in conservation in the British Empire."
The sanctuary still bands migrating Canada geese and ducks every year, as well as tracks the previously-banded geese that come through.
Jack Miner and his wife Leona are buried on the property he owned while alive, near his beloved geese and ducks.
The location of the gravesite is visible from parking near N 42° 03.934, W 082° 45.000. Just look toward the flags in the distance.