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The Memorial Candle Program has been designed to help offset the costs associated with the hosting this Tribute Website in perpetuity. Through the lighting of a memorial candle, your thoughtful gesture will be recorded in the Book of Memories and the proceeds will go directly towards helping ensure that the family and friends of Carl Chipman can continue to memorialize, re-visit, interact with each other and enhance this tribute for future generations.

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Carl Chipman
In Memory of
Carl Maxwell
Chipman
1932 - 2018
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Michael Tremblay

Uncle Carl with his Gibson acoustic guitar, his sister (my mom) Linda, and Uncle Tony in Shearwater, Nova Scotia, circa 1977. I was born, raised, and still live in Nova Scotia, while most of my family (including Uncle Carl and his family) lived in Ontario or Quebec, and as such, I only had the opportunity to enjoy their company when they would make the trek out east to visit us or when we would make the pilgrimage to see them. It was always good to spend time with Uncle Carl, Aunt Elaine, and Cousins, Susan, Keith, and Max. During an ill-conceived and poorly executed solo hitchhiking trip from Montreal to Toronto in the very cold winter of 1989 when I was 19 years old, I found myself having to seek refuge in a homeless shelter when the lodging arrangements I had made fell through on my arrival in the mighty and frigid T-dot. After several days of frightening interactions with some of the less peaceful residents of the shelter, I was elated one day to see my cousin Keith, who was now a Police Officer, had come to my aid at the behest of my uncle Carl who had been informed of my plight by my very worried mother. Thanks to Keith’s assistance, and to Uncle Carl’s generosity, I was soon on a train bound for home in Nova Scotia in time for Christmas. I am very fortunate to have had an uncle like Carl, and only regret that as the years wore on, that we didn’t get to see more of him and his family. I raise a glass to Uncle Carl, with whom I share a birthday, knowing that he will be missed dearly by his family and friends. Michel “Mike” Tremblay
Thursday February 15, 2018 at 8:52 pm
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