Rendol Whidden Ganong, (October 2, 1906 – March 18, 2000) was a Canadian

Canada

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 businessman from the Province of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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. Known as Whidden, he was born in the border town

Border town

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 of St. Stephen

St. Stephen, New Brunswick

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, the eldest son of Berla Frances Whidden and Arthur D. Ganong.

Ganong studied at St. Stephen High School, Rothesay Collegiate School

Rothesay Netherwood School

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 in Rothesay, New Brunswick

Rothesay, New Brunswick

Rothesay is a Canadian town located in Kings County, New Brunswick. It is a bedroom community of Saint John along the Kennebecasis River.Located along the lower Kennebecasis River valley, Rothesay borders the city of Saint John to the southwest, and the neighbouring town of Quispamsis to the...

, and Royal Military College

Royal Military College of Canada

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 in Kingston, Ontario

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. In 1927 he went to work for Ganong Bros.

Ganong Bros.

Ganong Bros., Limited is Canada's oldest candy company; it was founded by James and Gilbert Ganong in 1873 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick where it is based to this day. The primary product is boxed chocolates...

, the family-owned chocolate

Chocolate

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 making business.

In 1955-56, Whidden Ganong served as Chairman of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council

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. http://www.apec-econ.ca/annual/918932.pdf In 1957 he succeeded his father as president of the firm, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1977. He was named a Member of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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 in 1989.

Whidden and Eleanor Ganong maintained a home in St. Stephen and owned a 330 acres (1.3 km²) farm at Todd's Point, New Brunswick located five miles (8 km) east of St. Stephen along New Brunswick Route 1

New Brunswick Route 1

Route 1 is an important highway in the southern part of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It begins in the west from the Canada-United States border at St. Stephen, and runs east for to Route 2 at River Glade....

. The property separates the St. Croix Estuary from Oak Bay

Oak Bay, New Brunswick

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. Whidden Ganong died in 2000, predeceased by his wife in 1982. Their farm property is now the Ganong Nature Park.