Mount Hope Cemetery Toronto

On a late winter walk at Mount Hope Cemetery in midtown Toronto, I visited the graves of two members of the infamous Canadian bank-robbing gang: Leonard (“Lennie”) Jackson and Valent Lesso (also known as Stephen Suchan) of the legendary Boyd Gang. Despite their crimes, the Boyd Gang gained a kind of Robin Hood–style reputation, admired […]

Visit the grave of Angelo DelZotto at Mount Hope Cemetery in Toronto and learn how his family built Tridel into one of Canada’s great real estate dynasties.

On my walk at Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, I discovered the grave of the Godfather of minor league baseball in Toronto and outstanding pitcher, Carmen Bucchiarello or better known as Carmen Bush.

Red attended St. Mike’s and grew up admiring the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was particularly inspired by the style of their hard-charging defenceman, Red Horner who is coincidentally buried one section over from Red Kelly.