🔓Expositor Unlocked: Community bids farewell to entrepreneur and philanthropist Doug Smith

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🔓Expositor Unlocked: Community bids farewell to entrepreneur and philanthropist Doug Smith

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Sep 16, 2026 - 2 min read

In a tribute to his Gore Bay Orchestra-founding father Doug Smith, Jeff Smith, right, plays guitar and sings alongside Jeff Wiseman, centre. Both Jeff Smith’s dad Doug and Jeff Wiseman’s dad Bob Wiseman (who also passed away recently) were two of the founders and lifelong members of the Gore Bay Orchestra/Manitoulin Swing Band that saw these two dads, as boys, play in it. —photo by Michael Erskine

🔓Expositor Unlocked: Community bids farewell to entrepreneur and philanthropist Doug Smith — In a tribute to his Gore Bay Orchestra-founding father Doug Smith, Jeff Smith, right, plays guitar and sings alongside Jeff Wiseman, centre. Both Jeff Smith’s dad Doug and Jeff Wiseman’s dad Bob Wiseman (who also passed away recently) were two of the founders and lifelong members of the Gore Bay Orchestra/Manitoulin Swing Band that saw these two dads, as boys, play in it. —photo by Michael Erskine

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Around 700 people gathered in Gore Bay to celebrate the life of Doug Smith, founder of Manitoulin Transport, prolific philanthropist and Order of Canada recipient who died leaving a lasting legacy.

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