Thoreau MacDonald (April 21, 1901 – May 30, 1989)[1] was a Canadian illustrator, graphic and book designer, and artist.

[6] (In 1933 MacDonald launched Woodchuck Press, his own imprint for which he provided some text, illustrations, and design (it lasted until 1946)).

[7] He considered his finest book to be Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon for Macmillan Company (1938).

[12] In 1972, he was made an Honorary Life member of the Society of Ontario Naturalists whose cause he considered he had served life-long.

Taylor Research Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Thoreau MacDonald Collection CA OTAG SC104.