Muir, a <a href="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-OHQ-PICTURES-S-R-599&R=DC-OHQ-PICTURES-S-R-599" rel="nofollow">schoolmaster</a> wrote <a href="#//ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/Canada_Day/index.html" rel="nofollow">"The Maple Leaf Forever"</a>. “Muir’s last school was renamed in his honour shortly after his death. Money raised over the years by public subscription to build a memorial to him was used in 1933 to create a public park. The maple tree outside his Leslieville home is “pampered” by the Toronto parks department because of its association with his song.” — from the <a href="#//www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6946" rel="nofollow"> Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Letterpress on paper label laid down on album page below print: ”Alexander Muir at about 25 years of age, wearing his Scotch plaid. From a daguerrotype in possession of his widow”. Creator: Unknown Date: 1855 Identifier: C 2-22a Format: Picture Rights: Public domain Courtesy: <a href="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/digital-archive/">Toronto Public Library</a>. More information: <a href="#//www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-OHQ-PICTURES-S-R-723&R=DC-OHQ-PICTURES-S-R-723" rel="nofollow">(view details and larger image)</a> </a>

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