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'''Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau''' (October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998) was the youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister ] and ] and the younger brother of current Prime Minister ]. He died in an avalanche on November 13, 1998, while skiing in ]. Everyone wishes it was his brother Justin instead. '''Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau''' (October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998) was the youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister ] and ] and the younger brother of current Prime Minister ]. He died in an avalanche on November 13, 1998, while skiing in ].


== Biography == == Biography ==
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==Death== ==Death==
Trudeau died as the result of an ] on Friday November 13, 1998, aged 23. At the time, he had been working for about a year at ] and living in ]. He was taking a ] trip with some friends in ] when he was swept into ] and unable to reach the shore. His companions were unable to effect a rescue, and Trudeau drowned.<ref name="nyt16Nov1998">{{cite news|last=DePalma|first=Anthony|title=Pierre Trudeau's Youngest Son Believed Killed in Avalanche |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/16/world/pierre-trudeau-s-youngest-son-believed-killed-in-avalanche.html|access-date=19 November 2010|newspaper=]|date=16 November 1998}}</ref> An extensive search was launched, but his body has never been found.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trudeau visits Nelson; plans Monday trip to Kokanee Lake|url=http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/216382041.html|newspaper=Nelson Star|access-date=12 November 2015|date=21 July 2013|last=Hall|first=Bob|quote=Trudeau's eyes began to water when he spoke about his brother's final resting place. "If our brave men and women from search and rescue had ever recovered him, we would have probably incinerated him and sprinkled him back into the lake," Trudeau said.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trudeau Tweets Kokanee Lake visit|url=http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/216675741.html|newspaper=Nelson Star|date=23 July 2013|access-date=12 November 2015|last=Hall|first=Bob}}</ref> The lake's high altitude and limited days of open waters each year prevented divers from completing the search.<ref name="macleans">{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Chris|title=Trudeau Search Suspended|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/trudeau-search-suspended/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="cbcsuspended">{{cite news|title=Search for body of Michel Trudeau postponed|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/search-for-body-of-michel-trudeau-postponed-1.180530|publisher=]|access-date=25 October 2015|date=10 November 2000}}</ref><ref name="cpress">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Dene|title=Trudeaus remember Michel and promote avalanche awareness|url=http://www.canoe.ca/AllAboutCanoesNewsJan00/000114_av.html|work=Canadian Press|access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref> The Trudeau family called off the recovery and later built a chalet nearby as a memorial to their youngest son.<ref name="cpress" /><ref name="ctv_drowned">{{cite web|title=Trudeau family help open Kokanee Glacier Cabin|url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20030713/trudeau_kokanee_cabin_030712/|work=CTV.ca|access-date=19 November 2010}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Trudeau died as the result of an ] on Friday November 13, 1998, aged 23. At the time, he had been working for about a year at ] and living in ]. He was taking a ] trip with some friends in ] when he was swept into ] and unable to reach the shore. His companions were unable to effect a rescue, and Trudeau drowned.<ref name="nyt16Nov1998">{{cite news|last=DePalma|first=Anthony|title=Pierre Trudeau's Youngest Son Believed Killed in Avalanche |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/16/world/pierre-trudeau-s-youngest-son-believed-killed-in-avalanche.html|access-date=19 November 2010|newspaper=]|date=16 November 1998}}</ref> An extensive search was launched, but his body has never been found.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trudeau visits Nelson; plans Monday trip to Kokanee Lake|url=http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/216382041.html|newspaper=Nelson Star|access-date=12 November 2015|date=21 July 2013|last=Hall|first=Bob|quote=Trudeau's eyes began to water when he spoke about his brother's final resting place. "If our brave men and women from search and rescue had ever recovered him, we would have probably incinerated him and sprinkled him back into the lake," Trudeau said.|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203502/http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/216382041.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hall |first=Bob |date=23 July 2013 |title=Trudeau Tweets Kokanee Lake visit |url=https://www.nelsonstar.com/news/trudeau-tweets-kokanee-lake-visit/ |access-date=12 November 2015 |newspaper=Nelson Star}}</ref> The lake's high elevation and limited days of open waters each year prevented divers from completing the search.<ref name="macleans">{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Chris|title=Trudeau Search Suspended|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/trudeau-search-suspended/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="cbcsuspended">{{cite news|title=Search for body of Michel Trudeau postponed|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/search-for-body-of-michel-trudeau-postponed-1.180530|publisher=]|access-date=25 October 2015|date=10 November 2000}}</ref><ref name="cpress">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Dene|title=Trudeaus remember Michel and promote avalanche awareness|url=http://www.canoe.ca/AllAboutCanoesNewsJan00/000114_av.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115064723/http://www.canoe.ca/AllAboutCanoesNewsJan00/000114_av.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 15, 2013|work=Canadian Press|access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref> The Trudeau family called off the recovery and later built a chalet nearby as a memorial to their youngest son.<ref name="cpress" /><ref name="ctv_drowned">{{cite web|title=Trudeau family help open Kokanee Glacier Cabin|url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20030713/trudeau_kokanee_cabin_030712/|work=CTV.ca|access-date=19 November 2010}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


A ] of rose discovered by Betsy Dening, a ] ] and Trudeau's aunt, debuted at the World Rose Festival in 2010 as the "Michel Trudeau Memorial Rosebush".<ref> Gardenwise.ca, January 12, 2011.</ref> Sales of the rosebush benefit the Canadian Avalanche Foundation.<ref> Canadian Avalanche Foundation.</ref> A ] of rose discovered by Betsy Dening, a ] ] and Trudeau's aunt, debuted at the World Rose Festival in 2010 as the "Michel Trudeau Memorial Rosebush".<ref> Gardenwise.ca, January 12, 2011.</ref> Sales of the rosebush benefit the Canadian Avalanche Foundation.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229182900/http://www.avalanche.ca/caf/support/michel-trudeau-rosebush |date=2010-12-29 }} Canadian Avalanche Foundation.</ref>


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Youngest son of Pierre Trudeau (1975–1998)

Michel Trudeau
Trudeau in 1998
BornMichel Charles-Émile Trudeau
(1975-10-02)October 2, 1975
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 13, 1998(1998-11-13) (aged 23)
Kokanee Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materDalhousie University
Parents
RelativesTrudeau family

Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau (October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998) was the youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau and the younger brother of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He died in an avalanche on November 13, 1998, while skiing in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.

Biography

He was born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, and partially named after his paternal grandfather, Charles-Émile. Trudeau was known to family and friends as Miche, and he later started going by Mike. Trudeau lived his early life in Ottawa and later Montreal upon his father's retirement from politics in 1984, where he was a classmate of Sophie Grégoire. During their summer breaks, Michel and his brothers attended Camp Ahmek on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park where he would later work as a camp counsellor. He studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf before attending Dalhousie University to study microbiology. When talking about her sons each having distinctly different personalities in an interview in 1977, Margaret Trudeau said, "Justin, 6, is a prince — a very good little boy. Sasha (Alexandre), born Christmas Day, 1973, is a bit of a revolutionary, very determined and strong-willed. Miche (Michel) is a happy, well-adjusted child, who combined the best traits of both brothers."

Death

Trudeau died as the result of an avalanche on Friday November 13, 1998, aged 23. At the time, he had been working for about a year at Red Mountain Resort and living in Rossland, British Columbia. He was taking a backcountry skiing trip with some friends in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park when he was swept into Kokanee Lake and unable to reach the shore. His companions were unable to effect a rescue, and Trudeau drowned. An extensive search was launched, but his body has never been found. The lake's high elevation and limited days of open waters each year prevented divers from completing the search. The Trudeau family called off the recovery and later built a chalet nearby as a memorial to their youngest son.

A varietal of rose discovered by Betsy Dening, a British Columbia horticulturist and Trudeau's aunt, debuted at the World Rose Festival in 2010 as the "Michel Trudeau Memorial Rosebush". Sales of the rosebush benefit the Canadian Avalanche Foundation.

References

  1. "A third son for Trudeaus". Ottawa Citizen. 1975-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  2. "Trudeau Names Son Michel". Ottawa Citizen. UPI. 1975-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  3. "TSC History". The Taylor Statten Camps. Retrieved 2015-10-26. Prime Minister Trudeau, a former Ahmek camper himself (and yes, we taught him the "Ahmek J-stroke"), sent Justin, Alexandre (Sasha) and Michel (Mike) to Ahmek. Both Justin and Mike eventually became counsellors.
  4. Trudeau, Justin (October 17, 2014). "Justin Trudeau's memoir: 'My father was never the same man'". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  5. Larkin, Kathy (November 30, 1977). "Margaret Trudeau Says She Likes New Freedom". The Blade. KNS. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  6. DePalma, Anthony (16 November 1998). "Pierre Trudeau's Youngest Son Believed Killed in Avalanche". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  7. Hall, Bob (21 July 2013). "Trudeau visits Nelson; plans Monday trip to Kokanee Lake". Nelson Star. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015. Trudeau's eyes began to water when he spoke about his brother's final resting place. "If our brave men and women from search and rescue had ever recovered him, we would have probably incinerated him and sprinkled him back into the lake," Trudeau said.
  8. Hall, Bob (23 July 2013). "Trudeau Tweets Kokanee Lake visit". Nelson Star. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  9. Wood, Chris. "Trudeau Search Suspended". Maclean's. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. "Search for body of Michel Trudeau postponed". CBC.ca. 10 November 2000. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  11. ^ Moore, Dene. "Trudeaus remember Michel and promote avalanche awareness". Canadian Press. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. "Trudeau family help open Kokanee Glacier Cabin". CTV.ca. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  13. "Newly discovered rose gives back to the BC community: Michel Trudeau Memorial Rose raises money for avalanche awareness". Gardenwise.ca, January 12, 2011.
  14. Michel Trudeau Rosebush. Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Avalanche Foundation.
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