Dennis Kloepfer was born in Peterborough, Ontario in Feb of 1943. He then grew up in the small village of Breslau, Ontario. He completed High School in Kitchener, Ontario and went on to earn his Tool & Die Makers trade after apprenticing in tool shops both in Cambridge and Kitchener, Ontario.

 

At the age of 33, Dennis changed careers and purchased the Arlington Hotel in Port Elgin, Ontario, in 1975. Later, in 1978 he purchased the Everest Hotel in Marathon, Ontario. In 1997 he moved the family to Thunder Bay, Ontario where he still to this day, works as a consultant for a world leading molecular equipment repair company. After being approached several times over the years to consider writing a book of his most interesting hotel stories, Den procrastinated about it and decided it was time. Here it is!