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2 unusual facts about Andrew McNaughton


Arthur Edward Potts

Shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Potts received a request from then Major-General Andrew McNaughton to accept demotion and take over Saskatoon Light Infantry.

Kinbasket Lake

The modern, large lake was created after the completion of the Mica Dam in 1973, and was called McNaughton Lake (after Andrew McNaughton) until 1980.


Canadian pipe mine

In November 1939 Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton travelled to Toronto for a meeting that he was anxious to attend.

William Pattison Telford, Jr.

Telford resigned on 9 December 1944 to provide an available riding for fellow Liberal Andrew McNaughton to seek election, but McNaughton lost the resulting by-election to Conservative candidate W. Garfield Case.


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