[5] He was appointed a member of the powerful Toronto Harbour Commission serving as its chair for many years.
[2][4] Popular historian Mike Filey wrote that he was appointed in 1930, was promoted to chair in 1936, and served a total of seventeen years.
John McCutcheon, of Wilfrid Laurier University, wrote that he was appointed in 1921, was promoted to chair in 1938, and served a total of twenty-six years.
In 1951 the Commission recognized Rennie's contribution by naming its most recent ferry after him.
[4] Racek was a naturalized Canadian of Czech descent, who had lived in Canada for twenty-one years.