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Tom Sukanen Tom Sukanen, born in 1878 as Tomi Jaanus Alankola, was a Finnish-born sailor, farmer and Canadian. He immigrated to Minnesota at the age of 20, where he married and became a farmer.〔(Saskatchewan Tourism )〕 In 1911, he left his wife and farm and walked to Saskatchewan where his brother Svante Sukanen was living.〔(Village of Macrorie )〕 Tom then began a homestead in the Macrorie area farmed there for seven years. Returning to Minnesota, he found that his wife had died, their children living in foster homes, and their farm abandoned.〔 He attempted to bring one of his sons back to Saskatchewan, but the boy was turned back at the south of the Canadian border. In 1929, the height of the Great Depression he made a laborious return voyage to Finland for a visit. Upon his return he set to building a sea vessel to facilitate his permanent repatriation to his homeland.〔 ==Cultural Legacy==
Tom Sukanen has been the inspiration for a number of plays and artworks. Ken Mitchell's play ''The Shipbuilder'' is based on Sukanen's story, as is Andreas Schroeder's novel, ''Dustship Glory.'' The 2009 film ''Sisu,'' directed and written by Chrystene R. Ells 〔()〕 and the 1985 short film ''Shipbuilder'' by Stephen Surjik are both retellings of his story. He is the namesake of the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum.
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