Career
He was also fluent in French, having done classical studies at the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Montreal). As a pastor, he served predominantly in the Georgian Bay and Lake Superior areas. During the railway construction in the Lake Superior area, he became known as the Apostle of the Railway Builders, providing pastoral services to the camps.
Father Baxter was important in the development of northwestern Ontario’s Catholic institutions as well as being a man of the people.
