(from history of Lindsay Park Sports Centre)
Neville J. Lindsay (c. 1848–1925) was an early doctor in Watford. He was born in Mount Brydges, Ont. to George and Sophia Lindsay. He set up his practice in Watford in 1876, and in 1880 he married Florence Hungerford, daughter of Samuel Hungerford of Watford.
In August 1883, Dr. Lindsay and his family moved to Calgary. There, he became the first surgeon, and was also appointed surgeon for the CPR and the medical officer to the Mounted Police. He served as an alderman on Calgary’s first town council from 1884–1887, and on the first city council, 1896–1897.
Calgary paid tribute to Dr. Lindsay’s memory one hundred years later by naming a Sports Centre after him, the Lindsay Park Sports Centre. It opened in 1983 as part of the Western Canada Summer Games. Lindsay Park Sports Centre has become a dynamic, multi-sport organization, serving people of all ages.
Chapter 24 of 25 - Lindsay Family
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