BarrieToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via the website. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter is in response to 'Lightfoot fans want to rename Hwy. 400 in late singer's honour,' published July 12.
I just saw a post from BarrieToday. It was about renaming Highway 400 after Gordon Lightfoot.
Highway 400 is nowhere near Orillia, and it is many miles south.
Highway 400 splits near Barrie, not Orillia. This is nowhere near Gordon’s hometown — Orillia.
Wouldn’t you think it would be more appropriate to rename Highway 11 after him? It goes right past Orillia and very close to where Gordon was laid to rest.
Highway 11 renaming in honour of Orillia’s son makes more sense than the 400!
Orillia has statues of Gordon Lightfoot, too.
Rest in peace and God bless him.
Christina Hucker
Ramara Township
