For the Australian rules footballer, see Percy Sparks (footballer).
Percy Sparks
Born
Roderick Percy Sparks
(1880-03-07)March 7, 1880
Ottawa, Canada
Died
March 29, 1959(1959-03-29) (aged 79)
Ottawa, Canada
Education
Ottawa Collegiate Institute
Occupation
Manufacturer
Spouse
Rheba Fraser
(m. 1911)
Children
3
Roderick Percy Sparks (March 7, 1880 – March 29, 1959) was a Canadian manufacturer and environmentalist. He is widely credited with being the Father of Gatineau Park.[1][2]
Born on March 7, 1880, in Ottawa, Canada, Sparks was the great grandnephew of Ottawa pioneer Nicholas Sparks. Educated at the Ottawa Public School, and the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, he was a garment manufacturer as well as president and executive committee member of various commercial associations, including the Canadian Manufacturers Association.
He married Rheba Fraser on February 11, 1911, and they had three children.[3]
He served as the president/commodore of the Britannia Boating Club from 1910 to 1913.[4]
^Murray, Jean-Paul (2004). "Roderick Percy Sparks: Gatineau Park's Forgotten Founder". Up the Gatineau!. Vol. 30. Gatineau Valley Historical Society. pp. 11–16.
^Parker, Charles Whately; Greene, Barnet M., eds. (1922). Who's Who in Canada, Volume 16. International Press. p. 926. Retrieved July 15, 2020 – via Google Books.
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