Person: Gordon Leon Swanson
Person: Gordon Leon Swanson

Birthday: 24 May 1935
Birthplace: Castana, Iowa, USA
Mother: LaRoyce Brockelsby
Father: Ray Swanson
Sex: male

Gordon moved to Fort Smith, NWT, in 1958. He was working on the building of the airport and the all-weather road to Hay River, NWT. In 1960, he started work for the Canadian Coast Guard and retired in 1991. During 1960 to 1991, he worked on the Mackenzie River and the Great Slave Lake in the NWT.


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