Jackson Dodds


Jackson Dodds, CBE was an early Scouts Canada Scouting notable, rising to Deputy Chief Scout for Canada.
Born in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, Dodds first went to Canada in 1901, and finally settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after serving with the British Army in World War I. He served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1949 and again from 1951 until 1955.

Background

Dodds was a strong swimmer and was on the Canadian national water polo team which competed in Saint Petersburg, Russia against the Russian team prior to their revolution. He was married to Florence Lydia Wood, a professional singer who sang under the name Roma. He was father to Roma, Donald, Stanley and Jean.
Dodds was awarded the tenth Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world scouting, in 1955.
He acted as the Camp Chief for the 8th World Scout Jamboree held at Niagara-on-the-Lake in August 1955.
In 1953 Dodds' affiliation and support of Scouting led to a summer camp for Cubs being named in his honour, Camp Jackson Dodds. It was located on Lac Cloutier, near Rawdon, Quebec. The Camp Jackson Dodds property was closed by Quebec Council in August 2005. They sold the land and used the money to build a Cub facility, also named Camp Jackson Dodds, on part of Tamaracouta Scout Reserve in the lower Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, south of Saint Sauveur.
Dodds had a distinguished career with the Bank of Montreal where he was General Manager before his retirement. Dodds' image appeared on the paper currency of the Bank of Montreal in 1931, 1935, and 1938.
Jackson died of cancer in Montreal on April 7, 1961.

Awards

Dodds was awarded the following medals during his lifetime: