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Thank You

Doug Mackey

Name: miles green

Email: moebet@hotmail.com

Date: Monday May 22, 2006

Comments:

just finished reading the article on paddling your own canoe". it was a good article and just like to say to say that the canoe built by andy green is an amazing canoe on of the many he built in his life time. we still have one hanging in one of the cottages at his family camp. thank you from his grandson

Name: Lorayne Laidman

Email: llaidman@telus.net

Date: Tuesday May 16, 2006

Comments:

It is fun to see some information of my mothers home town She was born in Powassan around 1903-04 her parents were John Mcfaul and Mary Jane Mcammond Mcfaul after my grandfather died in 1906 the family moved to Toronto

Name: Regina Brown

Email: dizzyjinx@muskoka.com

Date: Wednesday May 10, 2006

Comments:

hi..my husband and i moved into the big yellow house in kearney and is fixing it back up. i know it was built around 1890 and has been a logmill and a boarding house called sunrise heaven. there was a couple of fires here i am told to. my problem is that i would like to find the history of this house. i can't find names of anyone that built or lived here. where can i find the history or names of this house? i would like to put it back as much as it was when it was built. any help would be grateful . thank you

Name: Capt. Paul J Richard

Email: paumirboating@aol.com

Date: Sunday May 07, 2006

Comments:

I heard the song of the Edmond Fitzgerald today and told my 9 year old daughter of the story of the Loss of her . and her 29 member crew.

the memory lives on .

Name: Susan Newcombe

Email: david.newcombe@sympatico.ca

Date: Friday April 21, 2006

Comments:

I thank you so much for bringing the history of Klocks mill and Mattawa to life. Since I was a child,I heard stories about the french and finnish (Janveau/Boivin/Laframboise) relatives that lived in Mattawa. Years ago, I took a trip and searched the area, its back roads, the library for any clues to these places they had mentioned, but all I could find were grave stones. You have captured so many of the stories that I heard but in words that I will remember forever. Thank you so much. Without your articles, a great deal of the history about the common working class settlers would have stayed buried or died forever. Please don't stop the good work. To everyone in your articles who took the time to tell their stories, I also thank. We should be proud of our past. It is what we are. Susan Newcombe Burwash Township Estaire

Name: Bill Mungall

Email: wmungall0809@rogers.com

Date: Thursday March 30, 2006

Comments:

In the summer of 1972 I worked as a Parks Planner for the old Dept of Lands and Forests on a Conservation Survey for the soon-to-be established NBMCA (Sept 72). After some discussions with the late Sam Jacks of the City Parks and Rec department, and a Mr. Bourne of Planning, I was encouraged to research and write up a feasibility report on the designation and restoration of the portage. (I have no idea if this draft report was ever forwarded to the Conservation Authority by Lands and Forests.)

We even went in to the CIL dynamite plant which I recall was on or close by the route, and spoke with the plant manager, who was concerned about security and the potential for (FLQ) terrorist breakins or worse if portagers were allowed through their property!

Name: John P Sargeant

Email: john.sargeant@sympatico.ca

Date: Saturday March 18, 2006

Comments:

Had just finished reading Three Day Road and was looking into Peggy's life. What an amazing man, and he certainly was not alone in his support of the Empire in WW1. I have read that many aboriginal nations sent every available able bodied man, to the extent that some reserves only had several old men and a few lads remaining. And then to be treated so unfairly after the war. My studies of the 21st Btn CEF revealed another amazing sniper by the name of Johnson Paudash of the Mississaugas of Rice Lake. I know his grandson personally and if he was anything like him....... John P Sargeant

Name: James Davenock

Email: davenock@mala.bc.ca

Date: Friday March 17, 2006

Comments:

Does anyone recall a man by the name of George Davemuca aka George Davenock. He was my Grandfather and came to Canada in 1926 through A CPR Colonization company that operated out of Antwerp. any info would be appreciated. He's buried in Port Alberni having died in 1965. I just wanted to find out something about my Grandfather as I was only one years old when he died

Wondering if you would have any info on a man named Donald Gardner who owned Turtle Camp On lake Temiscaming. Looking for newspaper clipping when he fell through the ice on his snowmobile and was presumed dead. Later found and rescued by helicopter. Approximately the late 1970's spring of the year possibly March. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you Janet Gardner.PS this is my father in law.

Name: carolyn Seehaver

Email: carolyn_seehaver@hotmail.com

Date: Tuesday March 07, 2006

Comments:

wonderful

Name: Richard S. Bartow Jr.

Email: rbartow@gmail.com

Date: Thursday March 02, 2006

Comments:

Interesting story about Maurice and Zeph Nadon!

Name: Fred Kennedy

Email: print.wise@sympatico.ca

Date: Friday February 24, 2006

Comments:

Enjoyed your article(s) on general stores and also read R. B. Fleming book "General Stores of Canada" Growing up in the North Bay area, I remember as a child visiting general stores in Redbridge, Feronia and the one close at hand Sabourins at Trout Lake. As kids we used to dive for pop bottles off the docks at the Harbour or Trout Lake Marina (Tupper's) and turn them in at the store for a little bit of change (actually a lot if we made enough to take in a show in North Bay). Great stories which bring back a lot of memories. Cheers from the Georgian Triangle.

Name: Thomas lyle

Email: tlyle@cogeco.ca

Date: Sunday February 19, 2006

Comments:

Neat story, i would love to see more pic's of the plane's and North Bay area.

Name: Patricia kenedy

Email: northbaypatsy@hotmail.com

Date: Tuesday January 10, 2006

Comments:

I just recently added a comment to those I had read about Captains of the Clouds I was concerned that I had not seen anything that mentioned the fact that part of the movie was filmed on and near Trout Lake --near North Bay where I grew up. How thrilled I was today to find your site that gives so much information about that topic!! Thank you very much --Patricia Kennedy (McManus)

Name: Carol Wright

Email: wwright@west-teq.net

Date: Wednesday December 28, 2005

Comments:

I very much enjoy any articles you have on Hartley Trussler. My mother-in-law and Hartley were first cousins. Hartley's father only had one sister, Jessie, and that is our connnection to the family. I had the pleasure of meeting him and learning some family history from him but the reprints of his articles with photos will be added to our family history. Because of this connections, I have become interested in the North Bay area and I welcome anyone who might have further Trussler information.

Name: Tammie Atkins (Paquette)

Email: jamieandtammie@hotmail.com

Date: Thursday December 15, 2005

Comments:

Love this site and thank you for your interest Doug in my family it was great meeting woth you and can't wait to read the Kiosk story! When will it be done? Also if anyone has information on Kiosk and want to share stories please e-mail me I went to school there!

Name: James Whyte

Email: odysseus1976@yahoo.ca

Date: Tuesday December 13, 2005

Comments:

Dear Mr. Mackey,

I am originally from Hamilton but have recently moved up to the Almaguin Highlands area. I am a physician in training and recently spent 8 weeks working in Burk's Falls and Powassan medical centres. I liked the area so much I purchased land in Sundrige and Wistingwasing Lake, Chisholm Township with plans of working in the area in the next few years. I am very eager to learn more about the history of the area and your columns have been extremely interesting to read through. I was wondering if you would be able to share some photos or history of Wasi Lake. Perhaps you have already written about this topic but I am unable to locate anything so far. My land is on the SE corner of Wasi off Memorial Park Drive. I am wondering if this land was once used as a cattle pasture. Please help me if you can.

Sincerely,

James Whyte

Name: Robert W. Patterson

Email: rwpatterson@rogers.com

Date: Tuesday December 13, 2005

Comments:

Great reading and very inspiring.Please keep up the good work. Fifth Generation Black

Name: Jeannette Rose Howlett Ringsmuth

Email: JenR@yatescounty.org

Date: Friday December 09, 2005

Comments:

I have been a First Nations wannabe for most of my 56 years. Archie Beleny's story really hit a chord and, of course, being a woman, I was then led to Anahareo. I maintain a small woodlot in the Finger Lakes region of NY. I live in a barn and deal with my own set of primitive technologies. Archie is no scam artist in my book. His real work was conservation and he did it well. Different writers say he died because he couldn't bear the shame of exposure of his English heritage. I'm sure a good publisist could have turned it around for him, but Anahareo was able to take up where he left off and as so much water flows down from Canada into the US I can only guess as to how fortunate we all are for both of them. Without him, would we have listened to her. After all, so many First Nations people have begged us to consider the damage we have done to the environment. MY children are both tree huggers and my son's father's family has genuine Apache roots. MY son's father t! he late R Charles Ringsmuth was a great artist. He was scorned by indians however because his "Tribute to Wounded Knee" was too bloody for them. I guess, not having been there, they missed the point.

Anyway, I loved reading everything I could find about Anahareo and thank you for your gift.

Name: Ed Stoltz

Email: edstoltz@ripnet.com

Date: Saturday December 03, 2005

Comments:

I was employed in J R Booth Camp #1 Madawaska 1933-4, at age 21 I was probably the only employee there with a high school education. Both the camp foreman and the foreman of the road cutting crew of which I was one until year-end were Polish as were many others from the Wilno - Killaloo area. In January when the " haul " started to the "dump " on the nearby lake ( Opeongo, Shirley & Round were names I recall) started I was assigned to a hill gang preparing the base for the horse drawn loads waiting at the top for the signal to proceed down after ribbons of dry sand or hay had been strategically placed across the steepest parts. between loads we cut wood for the pit in which a fire was started at day's end to dry more sand for the next day's run down. I assumed the teams came from nearby farms along with their drivers as I could not imagine any driver risking his neck with an unfamiliar team on them thar mini-mountains !!! I just discovered this site this morning, so have not had a chance to read other comments; perhaps more later.

Name: Fred Kennedy

Email: print.wise@sympatico.ca

Date: Wednesday November 23, 2005

Comments:

Very interesting site, Doug. As a former North Bayite it brings back a lot of memories. BTW, I'm looking for a picture of a fire tower located in Widdifield Township from the early 50s when it was a wooden tower not the later steel tower I climbed as a kid (my aunt worked for Lands & Forests). It was located off Tower Drive (naturally. Cheers Thanks.

Name: Melisa

Email: melisaleogle@yahoo.com

Date: Saturday November 19, 2005

Comments:

I like this page. Nice work !

Name: Alex

Email: alex@stock.drspages.com

Date: Saturday November 19, 2005

Comments:

Very nice and useful site. Thanks!

Name: Carlton McEachern
Email: carlton.mceachern@sympatico.ca
Date: Thursday November 17, 2005

Comments:

I have a great appreciation for your column and the amount of work it
takes to put it together. Researching my own family history in this
area with the early involvement in Nipissing Village of Gilbert McEachern,
my great grand father and Angus McEachern my great grand uncle back in
the 1880's and 1890's taught me how time consuming research can be and
yet somehow so enjoyably addictive. Thanks Doug for your body of work
and contribution to our understanding of local history.

Name: Jesse Clark McAbee
Email: loggnhstry@aol.com
Date: Friday November 11, 2005

Comments:

Howdy,

Great site and keep up the good work on documenting and promoting the
preservation of logging history.

Clark
TTSL columnist and Executive Director Lewis County Historical Museum

Name: Jesse Clark McAbee
Email: loggnhstry@aol.com
Date: Friday November 11, 2005

Comments:

Howdy,

Great site and keep up the good work on documenting and promoting the
preservation of logging history.

Clark
TTSL columnist and Executive Director Lewis County Historical Museum

Name: Tauno Saari
Email: taunosaari@sympatico.ca
Date: Tuesday November 08, 2005

Comments:

Of course I was mainly interested in your coverage of
"Remembering the Cameron Finns"

Very well done! Thank You!


When I have time I will go through the rest of your articles.

Name: Richard and Paula Wilson
Email: paula_len@hotmail.com
Date: Tuesday November 08, 2005

Comments:

I'm trying to buy the book called "The road that led to somewhere" by
Dr Bryan E Walls. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Wilson Family

Name: arthur gariepy
Email: artgariepy1212@hotmail.com
Date: Monday November 07, 2005

Comments:

Ive been tolled about the deer in lenard is some what over populated
with deer. some farmers are looking for hunters to help with thining the
deer heard. would you varify if this is true or not as im looking for
a place to hunt deer and would love to help in this time of need.I
thank you for your time and help.
yours truly arthur g garipy the 3 erd
 

Name: Robert johnston
Email: bjrlty@sympatico.ca
Date: Saturday November 05, 2005

Comments:

Have been trying to research family history. My father John was born
in Mattawa Jan. @1860. His father was employed as a timberman in the
bush, but we do not have any details. We would like to know who his
parents were @ any details we could find. Can you help?
Thanks lots, regards
 

Name: AKU CHIYERE NWATA

Email: oruoyibo@la.com

Date: Sunday October 23, 2005

Comments:

NICE WEB PAGE. searching papers and articles about Towers based
forest-fire detection, and i want to compared Towers with other detection
systems, and then make and spatial optimization using heuristics methods.
Thank you.

Name: LARRY JOHN BAADSVIK

Email: l_baadsvik@msn.com

Date: Saturday October 22, 2005

Comments:

I ENJOYED READING YOUR COMMENTS ON "LITTLE NORWAY" AS MY FATHER (JOHN
INGAR BAADSVIK) WAS STATIONED AT THE BASE IN MUSKOKA.I WAS LOOKING TO
SEE IF I COULD FIND A LIST OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE STATIONED
THERE.IF YOU COULD HELP ME AT ALL, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
                              THANKS
                                Larry J.Baadsvik

Name: Mgbada IgboEze.

Email: MGBADAIGBO@YAHOO.COM

Date: Wednesday October 19, 2005

Comments:

We cottage near Nipissing Village, so I'm always looking for news about
the area. I've seen several of your articles, and always find them
interesting. Keep up the good work.

Name: Denise Klock

Email: d_klock@rogers.com

Date: Saturday October 15, 2005

Comments:

Hi
 I was just playing on the net when I decided to type in my last name
and found you.. I am so glad I did.. I never knew of a Township of Klock
and can not wait for my parents to return from thier trip to tell them
of my find.. I am sure my Dad will look in to this for our family tree
he his working on..

Denise

Name: Victor Ritchie

Email: victorritchie@hotmail.com

Date: Wednesday September 14, 2005

Comments:

What happened to the other great liners,The Moritania,Sister to Lusitania, Gigantic, Olmypic Sisters to Titanic. These were Twin ships, Did they live out there usefulness? Were there problems with them? Nothing is ever said of these great liners. It appears that there more sucessfull ships than Tragidies.

Name: Bud Nelson

Email: trainmancp@aol.com

Date: Saturday August 27, 2005

Comments:

I am writing a histroy of the CPR line running from Mattawa to Angeliers. this of course starts with the Oblate Fathers and Father Paradis and the Lake Temiskaming Colonization Railway and the current ending ? seems to be with the Ottawa Valley Rail Link doing the Tembec turn. Like Leo Morel, I want to use Wilson MacDonald's M'sieu as a front piece since my history is about wandering North on a road out of Mattawa.

I was looking where to go for permission to use this poem and came across your page. Being a native of Mattawa, grew up there in the 40s & 50s, I have a soft spot for the town. I enjoyed visiting it again through your site. Your references to Len Selle, Gordon Dufoe, brought back memories. My mother painted with Gordon and they made many trips into the bush looking for subjects to paint. I have a few of his paintings hanging in my home.

I have enjoyed your site , what I have covered so far, and will continue to go through it and visit often.

Thank you.

Bud

Name: thomas gregory karas

Email: gkaras@sasktel.net

Date: Thursday August 25, 2005

Comments:

I understand that someone is looking for information regarding the Karas family. I may be able to help a bit on the Canadian Karas' that emigrated from the Ukraine in about 1935. I don't have all the information, but i can get it and pass it on if that's what you're looking for.

Name: Peter Griffin

Email: catkeeper2@yahoo.com

Date: Sunday August 21, 2005

Comments:

Looking for info and maybe a bio of Phil Sauve who flew for Austin in the early 30's. My wife is his daughter (Claire Sauve). Our last contact was in the early sixties. Regards, Peter Griffin.

Name: karen whitehead

Email: mary_lynn5@hotmail.com

Date: Wednesday August 10, 2005

Comments:

i would like to say that you web site is awesome i went through some of it but when my summer rush is over i cant wait to go through everything you have on the website. thank you so much for the history you sent me. karen

Name: john a armstropng

Email: hotrod195378237@yahoo.com

Date: Thursday July 28, 2005

Comments:

looking for anyone might no anythingabout franks bay sawmills in mid 1890

john

Name: darlene girard

Email: deedee1@vianet.ca

Date: Tuesday July 26, 2005

Comments:

i'd no idea that there was a local site , like this I live in north bay and am always wanting to learn more about the area...thanks

Name: John O'Shea

Email: jjoshea@msn.com

Date: Sunday July 24, 2005

Comments:

My grandfather, Herman Aube, built on mcQuaby Lake in 1946. I spent almosy all my summer years as a boy on the lake. Got to know all the roads, went to Alsace church, O'Shells in Nippissing Village, and I remember the old general store in Nippissing Village. Still remember when mr. Restoule would bring baked goods to all our cabins. Stopped in a few years back to visit the Cunninghams at McQuaby Lake. My family and I now live in North Carolina, but my heart will always be on McQuaby Lake!

Name: Alfreda Chevrier

Email: nadawes@shaw.net

Date: Sunday July 17, 2005

Comments:

Just reading on Stan Deluce and his family.

I was an employee for White River Air Services Ltd. back in 1969 to May 1971 which was owned by the Deluce family. I've married moved away and have returned to live in White River again. Alfreda

Name: Bjoern-Erik Isdahl

Email: bjoerner@hotmail,com

Date: Sunday July 10, 2005

Comments:

Hello.

My great steph father was a ground crew in little norway. He ëxpirienced a lot of traumes , and i am shore that he would skip that shit. His name was Trygve John Aker Smolan. Please respond by e-mail :bjoerner@hotmail.com

Name: tabitha

Email: tabitha_1@hotmail.com

Date: Friday July 08, 2005

Comments:

looking for the campbel's story, the couple that disappeared in 1956 from their cottage on centennial cresant from north bay.

Name: John Roberts

Email: john@robertsnet.ca

Date: Tuesday June 28, 2005

Comments:

We cottage near Nipissing Village, so I'm always looking for news about the area. I've seen several of your articles, and always find them interesting. Keep up the good work.

Name: Pamela StDenis

Email: Pswolfwoman@aol.com

Date: Monday June 27, 2005

Comments:

I first learned about Grey Owl while living in the bush, at Hunters Point, Quebec Canada. I went to a showing of the movie in North Bay. I really enjoyed learning everything I could about him. What He gave the people of Canada, was a great gift. He did for Canada, what Thoreau did for the United States. What a pleasure to come upon this website.

Thank-you!

Name:  Brian Westhouse
Email:
Date:  Thursday June 23, 2005

Comments:

Doug, I have just read your article dated April 1, 2005. I was in Muskoka on June 19 when I purchased a copy of Scott D. Shipman's revised edition of English Bloods, by Frederick de la Fosse. I have know about this story for some time, but since the original volume was published in 1930, it was listed in the rare book catagory and I have only been able to read excerpts of it that have been published elswhere. Mr. Shipman has put a lot of additional research into this revised edition an it is worth every cent of the purchase price.

As you know I am more interested in railway history of this region, there has been very little information written about that through the North Muskoka and Almaguin region. I was at Ontario Archives a few years ago researching a file on the Ontario & Pacific Jct. Railway proposed to be built through this region in the 1870's. A letter in that file, sent to the government, urging their support of the project, was signed by Fred de la Fosse and others. This is part of a well known story that has been told over and over again. The Ontario & Pacific Jct. was never built, but in its place the Northern & Pacific Jct. was constructed and the town of Huntsville prospered while Hoodstown died.

While I don't get as much of a chance to get to the Archives as I used to, I know your son Paul has been dedicated to that research, now that Mr. Shipman has joined the line up to the micro-film reader, I hope others will get in on the research. There is a lot of history out there, just waiting to be uncovered.

Name: Sherrie Jene Papineau
Email: spapineau@juno.com
Date: Friday June 10, 2005
 

Comments

I want to thank you for your article. Your article was very informative and easier to read than that which is written in the many encyclopedias that have articles on Louis Joseph Papineau. I also want to thank you for the picture of Papineau Manor. I do so hope to visit the Manor and surrounding area in the future. Have a great day.

Name: Laurette Lapierre-Georgison
Email: laurlap@sympatico.ca
Date: Tuesday June 07, 2005

Comments:

Hi
I was browsing your web site and brought back memories of my father and it was awesome to see someone keeping Temiscaming memory alive.. My father was Maurice Lapierre, as he has passed on now but overlooks the mill where he wanted to be buried it is an awesome thing to see history .
thank you for the excellent job !!

Name: Colleen Lawson
Email: pearlrivers@comcast.net
Date: Monday May 16, 2005
 

Comments

Doug, I was telling my mom, Gwen Clark, about your web page about your article on Alsace Road. My mom was raised on that road. She was the daughter of Ken and Pearl Byers and she remembers the postman, Fran Young. We had some fun conversation about it and some of her memories. We will be up to visit some relatives in the area June 17 and 18. I have many fond memories of summers at the farm. Can you tell me how I might get a copy of his book that is mentioned in your article? Thanks for your help and thanks for writing such an interesting article on Alsace Road. God Bless, Colleen

Name: Harold Schembri
Email: haroldschembri@yahoo.ca
Date: Wednesday May 11, 2005
 

Comments

Hi, just brousing through some of your stuff. Very interesting. I'm from Mattawa, (born and raised here). 45 years old. I was just trying to find an article on townships named after mayors and reaves from our area and ended up here. But glad I did. Anyway maybe you can help me. I have my mothers (Ruth Schembri) certificate (map) and the original news paper photo clipping from the North Bay Nugget on the "event". But it is so yellowed, so I am trying to find it on the computer. It was officiated on June 27, 1974, so the piece in the paper would be maybe the 28th? I guess. Anyways if you know how to find it,great and if not thats ok 2, thanks for your time Harold

Name: Amanda Desbiens
Email: desbiensamanda@hotmail.com
Date: Tuesday May 10, 2005
 

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Hi I'm the grand daughter of Francis Straus, and those are his grandparents in that picture. My grandfather still resides on Alsace Road to this day. It's amazing seeing this history by a photo. My grandpa has this picture still. I love history and it's even better when it's your ancestors. I just wanted to let you know that I thought your article was great and if you know where I could possibly find more history the Strauss Alsace Family from the settlement please let me know. great job!

Name: lotos
Email: atterhn@yahoo.com
Date: Monday May 09, 2005
 

Comments

good site, thank you!

Name: glenda metivier
Email: buddy01@sympatico.ca
Date: Thursday May 05, 2005
 

Comments

I came upon this site by searching for the History of Sturgeon Falls, & very interesting it is. I grew up in Crystal Falls,where the generating staiton is, there were only 5 homes in there. My family lived there for more than 30yrs. & my Father worked for Ontario Hydro. (Charlie iacovone) The colony as they called it was totally closed down as to living in there, only the generating station remains and is run from North Bay. The homes were all sold off & moved out, I have many good memories of living in there as a child. Would be nice to see a story on Crystal Falls,Ontario. Keep up the good work it is nice to see & hear about the North. I also have family in Powassan & am familiar with that area as well. Thanks & all the best...Glenda

Name: jeffery
Email:
Date: Wednesday May 04, 2005
 

Comments

i thank you for all you us

Name: brent downer
Email: bdowner@har.scdsb.on.ca
Date: Friday April 29, 2005
 

Comments

Hello Recently started looking into family tree (much easier with internet technology). I had, until very recently, no idea of the story of the Drummond Island voyageurs. So far I've traced to Louis Chevrette, Philomene Dusome, Judith Demarais, and William Simpson, many of whom were included in that group. Very interesting. Would enjoy any pertinent info that could be offered. Regards

Name: Michael Labrecque
Email: labrecque0@yahoo.ca
Date: Friday April 29, 2005
 

Comments

Hi my name is Michael Labrecque from Chisholm (but now lives in Toronto) I googled my grandmas name Adeline Janveaux and this comment came up ... Could you please send me everything you have on the Janveaux Family. ... to Adeline Gabrielle Guilbeault and he was Ferninand Janveau First Cousin... you never know what you will find in the internet. Can you please send me the comment/info thankyou

Name: sarah cousineau(grandauther)
Email: sarahcousineau@hotmail.com
Date: Wednesday April 27, 2005
 

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love the work

Name: Gilbert Allyn Frederick
Email: gilfred@mts.net
Date: Monday April 25, 2005
 

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Doug: Just got word about the 100th Anniversary of Powassan. I lived there from 1930-1941 - grandfather was John Charles Frederick, Tailor, who built the Frederick Block opp. the United Church and the blacksmith shop (Knight?). My mother was an Anderson, grandmother was a Topps. How can I get info about the programs, events, etc. about this 100th Anniversary? -Gil

Name: UZOAGBA OWERRI.
Email: Uzoagba@yahoo.com
Date: Friday April 22, 2005
 

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Dear Doug Iam of the UZOAGBA family iam doing my histroy and need help if u have anything on the Antoine family from Mattawa can u help me you can send it to Uzoagba@yahoo.com.

Name: Rebecca Antoine
Email: blackey4@hotmail.com
Date: Monday April 18, 2005
 

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Dear Doug Iam of the Antoine family iam doing my histroy and need help if u have anything on the Antoine family from Mattawa can u help me you can send it to blackey4@hotmail.com thank you

Name: Winnie Foster
Email: winnie.foster@btinternet.com
Date: Sunday April 10, 2005
 

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Whilst researching my husband's ancestry I have been told by a cousin that some of our family emigrated to Canada and they used to have a photograph of the family pictured outside Foster's Lumber Company. Unfortunately it has been lost. Did the original Foster's come from the Uk?

Name: Wayne Sullivan
Email: wayne.sullivan@unitz.ca
Date: Wednesday April 06, 2005
 

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I am doing a family tree of the Sullivan family. My grandfather (Ephraim Sullivan) was born in Calvin Twp. His father (Richard) and mother (Magaret) moved to Calvin Twp from Cumberland Twp (near Ottawa) sometime in the 1870's. Richard settled in Calvin Twp along with his brother (Henry). Ephraim had 4 brothers and 5 sisters and I do know married names of some of the girls (2 were Adams and one was Grant - she moved to Matchewan). If anyone has any information that could help, please email me with the details. Thanks

Name: Will Fellers
Email:
Date: Monday April 04, 2005
 

Comments

Congratulations on a great website! <a href=http://www.livingwills-in-1.com/>Living Wills</a>

Name: John Cameron
Email: john211@sympatico.ca
Date: Friday March 25, 2005
 

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Hello Doug. I have talked to you before and have the books you have written about Fossmill and area. I'm interested about the Kiosk book, and wondered what become of it. I see you very busy with your column, and that will keep you going. I still have the cottage at Kearney, and still looking for more old forgotten schools and churches in the area. Keep up the fantastic work, as your helping many people find their past years. John

Name: Shirley Hughes Johnston
Email: shirleyjohnston@hotmail.com
Date: Saturday March 19, 2005
 

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My children have just recently decided that Mom should be on line so I am very new to this game. Just found your site and enjoyed reading about Captains of the Clouds. I remember it well. Since Cagney, Morgan and Hale stayed at my parents camp I have fond memories of their time there. Have talked with Rudy Mauro and the pictures I had have been donated to the Callander Museum.Note some inaccuracies by some of your informants but don't suppose it matters at this late date. Will be checking your articles as time goes on. When you get to my age it is nice to go back and see familiar names. Great work! Shirley Johnston

Name: david ellis
Email: theelliss@tds.net
Date: Thursday March 10, 2005
 

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stoped in on your sight because my mother told me my father was wounded in a place called the Algonquin woods or argon. was hopeing to find some thing with his name. Richard R. Ellis 1942 to 1945 305th bg aaf WWII

Name: Dr.Aroha Page
Email: arohap@nipissingu.ca
Date: Sunday March 06, 2005
 

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Would love to meet and talk Great research++ Cheers=aroha

Name: David Barber
Email: dbarber@mtwest.net
Date: Wednesday February 23, 2005
 

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Great site! must order the book. I am in the process of opening High Creek Trading co. and hope to recreate that turn of the century atmosphere, looking for all the visual inspiration I can get. thanks, david

Name: Christopher Allen Dionne
Email: riddlethis123@hotmail.com
Date: Wednesday February 23, 2005
 

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Im related to the Dionne quints.I live in georgia and i have always wanted to get to know the dionne side of my family. My dads name is scott christopher dionne and my great grandaddy's name is gerald Dionne if there is anyway you can get intouch with my family up there then e-mail me. -thanks- christopher allen dionne

Name: Nancy Loucks-McSloy
Email: nancys.writestuff@sympatico.ca
Date: Sunday February 20, 2005
 

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Great website! I am very interested in Black History & am in the process of writing an article for East Side Story (a London, ON community newspaper). Feel free to visit my website at http://gweb1.com/nancyswritestuff/

Name: Dawn McKever Lukasik
Email: dawnie@sympatico.ca
Date: Wednesday February 09, 2005
 

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Dear Doug: I just wanted to Thank You for this well written story about the Livingstons. I am the niece of Betty McKever of Callander Ontario. My father was Victor McKever of Callander brother of Viv McKever married to Betty Livingston. I was just browsing through my computer and came upon this article and enjoyed this story very much. I grew up knowing Joe and Maurice and there Mother very well and I loved reading about them and there family. I live here in St. Thomas Ontario and when I talk to my Aunt Betty again I will mention that I read about her family on the internet. Thanks again Doug for making my day. Dawn McKever Lukasik

Name: Roberta Bidgood
Email: roberta.bidgood@sympatico.ca
Date: Tuesday January 25, 2005
 

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Hi: I was looking over all the comments , It was a great feeling seeing all the names from my childhood< My Father Was Mike O'Connor ,he wrote many great stories about Powassan and area ,they were published in The North Bay Nugget> He was also the <Inn Keeper @ The Windsor Hotel for many years> my sister and I are hoping to publish these wonderful memories soon> Keep up the good work! Roberta/O'Connor -Bidgood

Name: Mauricio Reyes Schencke
Email: mreyes_schencke@hotmail.com
Date: Wednesday January 12, 2005
 

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I´m searching papers and articles about Towers based forest-fire detection, and i want to compared Towers with other detection systems, and then make and spatial optimization using heuristics methods. Thank you.

Name: Barry Bridgeford
Email: canoe@algonquinadventures.com
Date: Monday January 10, 2005
 

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Hi Doug I love your columns. I'll be linking to the 'Algonquin' ones from my website's 'Resource' section. www.algonquinadventures.com.

Name: Liza Murey
Email: lizamurey@hotmail.com
Date: Friday January 07, 2005
 

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Site is fantastic - more of the same please!! Keep up the great work :)

Name: Ramona
Email: ramonamathew@hotmail.com
Date: Thursday January 06, 2005
 

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You have a great web site Keep it up!

Name: Allen Zeesman
Email: allenzeesman@rogers.com
Date: Monday December 27, 2004
 

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Thanks so much. Great inspiration for my logging railroad layout. Keep up the great work. Allen Zeesman

Name: June Picard Groulx LeBlanc
Email: wiki_66@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday December 21, 2004
 

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Merry Christmas and Happy Hollidays to One and All I am formerly from Mattawa, living in Toronto for many years now.If you might recognise my name I welcome you to contact me, my email address is posted. I've done alot of family geneology, I am finding it difficult to find information about people living in the Laurentian mountain camps,where my father was raised. If anyone has Groulx/Lapensee family history, stories or other related geneology material they would like to share I welcome all information. If you merely wish to say hello I welcome you to write also. Stay Safe this Holliday Season cheers.....June

Name: josephine dodge
Email: jope29@comcast.net
Date: Monday December 20, 2004
 

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i am from antwerp belgium with our e. mails i have contacted 15 belgiums we do have the ww11 warbrides group and have every jear our reunions this great group is like my own sisters we look forward to our next reunion in seatle washinghton . coming to the united states was not easy my husband came down with t.b. and was right away flewn to colo .sinds i was not a american i coulnd receive his pay check we just had our first child then born in germany we where stationd there this fine group of g.i. stationd in nordenham got togheter and colected money for me the wifes baked cakes and sold them .i had just enough to go see my parents in antwerp and say good by this was very hard i had a choice i could stay there or come to the states my way over would be paid then being the only child ,my mother decided that my husband needed me more then ever .that was then decided i never could say thank jou to all those brave soldiers in nordenham germany .the even mailed my german sheperd over one name i remember sargend shea .i was able to stay with my cousin on arival in the states she lived in the bronx and then after a couple days i was on the way to wisconsin i had to stay with my dear mother in law she lived in a very smal town the picked me up on the train station this trip was a very long ride and my 3 month old baby . on our way to her house there was not one word spoken .when we arived in her house i could not take it any longer i was tired and hungry i put my baby on the table and showed her to my new relatives .my mother in law never touched her and said are jou sure this is my sons baby .she said jou can sleep in the next room on a leather couch where i cried bitter tears holding my baby close to me next day i told her i wanted to call my cousin in new york when i did i asked to go back home i never could be happy here . she said let me talk to that women . she realy most off got real angry at this so and so . she completly chanced her tone my brother in law made a baby crib for my litle one ,first time i learned to go to the grocery shop . the men said wy dont jou go back where jou came from in german being from antwerp i understood him .how could i maried a guy with german back ground i never heard him say anything in german .i was surounded again by germans during the war the nazis stoped me and was called a friend off the jews .i was a slave laborgirl for almost 5 jears i sewed nazi uniforms somtimes 14 hours day after day i just hated them . and now here i was in nomans land .i was able to talk to my husband in fitzimons hospital . when i met 2 belgium girls the helped me to get out fast and try to see my husband .we decided it would be best to try to make our home in colorado he was a patiend for over 3 jears . the next chapter . will come oh boy josie

Name: Ray Luoma
Email: veeet2@hotmail.com
Date: Saturday December 18, 2004
 

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Dear Mr.Mackey I wish to thank you for writing the article dealing with the Cameron Township Finns. Your article brought back many childhood memories and fond rememberances of old friends and relatives. Thank you for your kind words about my Mom and Uncle Jules. As you may be very aware, my Mom is a very dynamic and sharp minded lady and a cherished member of our family. She has what Finns call "SISU", roughly translated means " Guts" or the will to never give up. She's one in a million ! Again Thank you and have an enjoyable Christmas. Regards: Raymond Luoma

Name: Ronald S Cole
Email: okcole@charter.net
Date: Friday December 03, 2004
 

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Did the younger Gordon Dufoe living in western Canada ever create abstract serographs? I have one titled "Engines of Destiny" that is signed Dufoe. If so , what might one of his works be worth?

Name: David Bayo
Email: D.Bayo@AOL
Date: Wednesday November 24, 2004
 

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Very interesting sight .I just finished reading White Hurricane.So many people do not realise the history of the lakes we live on ( I live in Chicago ). I have driven to Huron, Michigan, and Superior. I also own a library of books and post cards on ships/history.I own the two Fitzgerald prints by Colnkin autographed by Gordon Lightfoot. I also extensively flyfish them.There is just so much to be learned about them....

Name: Shanon Heath
Email: shanon_sweet_p47@hotmail.com
Date: Thursday November 11, 2004
 

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I am A daughter of Alfred Kuehni and I was wondering who my and cester were and who were my grandmother and grandfather were if any one would help me on this i would greatly appreciate it yours truly shanon

Name: Eileen Bashak
Email: eileenb@sprint.ca
Date: Wednesday November 10, 2004
 

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All your columns are so interesting to anyone even remotely connected to the Nipissing area. I eagerly await each new addition. Coincidentally, I had just been reviewing a memoir my mother wrote (with a paragraph on "The Hunt") this morning. The photos in "Oh Deer" were very evocative of her story and her pictures. It is incredible how so many of the men look alike. Then when I opened your Nov 5 column, there was mention of Bessie Beatty Gill who certainly deserved recognition for her service to the community. Her ancestor Elizabeth McMullan Beatty was sister of two other pioneer women --- Mary McMullan Armstrong and (my direct ancestor) Margaret McMullan Floyd Barr who were pioneers at Nipissing village in the 1860s. Thank you so much for continuing these valuable columns. Eileen

Name: Ian Paul
Email: grizwald@armourtech.com
Date: Saturday November 06, 2004
 

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Times change, but I appear to be stuck in the mud of 30 years ago. Reading some of your articles made me look out at the water, and really miss seeing "the mountain" on fire with fall maples, over Ronnie Ringlers barn. I am totally homesick for a place I lived in part-time. The Mick family is coming back! Watch for the new house, 1/4 mile east of Boundary road. I will be there, come summer. Thanks again Doug! Ian Paul, Powell River, B.C.

Name: Mike Coe Drynan
Email: mdrynan@cogeco.ca
Date: Friday November 05, 2004
 

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I'm looking for my family Howard Edgar Coe of the Coe Hill area. and also Nina Noreen Guppy. Could someone send me some information on theses families Thank-you Mike

Name: Paul Mackey
Email:
Date: Friday November 05, 2004
 

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Hello this is a test to see if the guestbook is working properly. I have atempted to remove the spam entries and get the formating correct. Thanks for your interest.

Name: Robert Dufaure
Email:

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I do not have a Email address, but i can give you my mailing address. You see,I am currently using a friends computer.The Antoines or should i say,, Kiwiwisens have a fabulously rich history and i do mean rich

Name: Valerie
Email: iwannaknow2004@yahoo.ca

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Can anyone tell me about the Emond Familly. They live in Sultan and Cartier. My grandmother was Maria-Louise Emond she was the only girl. She had 3 or 4 brothers. She appearently married Ernest Robitaille. 1930's. Any help would be grateful; Thank you!

Name: Pastor Clive Jenkins
Email: livingfountain@on.aibn.com

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very informative and insightful article... Thank you

Name: Sandra Ceaser
Email: sandg.ceaser@sympatico.ca

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I am doing some research on my father, Douglas Charles Peeler, who served in the Algonquin Militia. Yours is the first line of information I have been able to find. I hope to be able to complete our story of my Father's service to his country with this informatiion. I do have some pictures, but Dad's memory isn't what it used to be and we can not put names to a lot of the faces. There is the reunion in Holland this month and my parents are going over taking everything I have managed to put together at this time. We would really like to know if there is anyone else from Ontario who may know my Father and is going to Holland this month. If anyone out there would like to share information, or know my Dad, please email me and I will make sure he gets the contact. Thank you, very much. S.Ceaser

Name: Deborah Karas
Email: debkaras@comcast.net

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I have an original copy of No Retreating Footsteps. Does it have any monetary value? (Lots of sentimental value!!) Just curious. My dad thought I should get the book insured.

Name: Paige Dancy
Email: paigedancy@aol.com

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http://www.hulagusweb.com I love your site. I love the fact that women are phenominal! Women don't get enough credit for their accomplishments in life as it is. I have this great website I found about a new book that is coming out about a Women running for President. It will be fabulous when it is finally published. I urge you to check this Phenominal Site Out! www.hulagusweb.com

Name: Susan Pugsley Boon
Email: vasp@auracom.com

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Hi! I visited your site while "googling" info on Wilson Macdonald. He and my great-grandfather were first cousins, so originally my interest was strictly genealogical, but I have since purchased a couple of his books,and I find I really enjoy his work. As all genealogists are wont to say, I wish I'd pursued my interest when I was younger, when I might have talked to the fellow directly. Of course, he was not too fond of the Pugsley side of the family, as I understand! Thanks for including him. Cheers! Susan Pugsley Boon Orangeville, Ontario

Name: Theresa Smith
Email: bc_theresa@hotmail.com

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I;M SEARCHING FOR A BOOK CALLED,' NO RETREATING FOOTSTEPS,'A STORY OF THE NORTH NOVA SCOTIA REGIMENT BY;WILL R. BIRD. I WROTE TO AN ADDRESS TO NOVA SCOTIA HIGHLANDERS MEMORY CLUB IN AMHERST BUT THE BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. INSIDE THE BOOK IT LIST SOME OF THE MEN WHO FAUGHT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR,WHO ARE AND WERE LIVING IN CALLANDER. WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK.

Name: Marie LeBel
Email: pipersnag@yahoo.ca

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Hello Doug For some reason, my family and I started camping in Tobermory. But, my son, started to do his family roots. He came across your story of the ship The Asia. My mother- in- law Helen Bethune, Was related to Angus and Fergus Bethune. My son is so delighted with this find. He plans to use this story to tell his children while cottaging in Tobermory. Respectfully Marie LeBel

Name: Glen Dennee
Email: GVDennee@aol.com

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Hi, Came across your site while looking for some 1939 Convertible parts. Would you happen to know of any 1939 Woodies for Sale? Glen

Name: Suzanne Nadon
Email: suznadon@hotmail.com

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It has been a pleasure to do research on my ancestral roots, and to get so many leads from your articles. . . Many thanks S. Nadon

Name: sarah montgomery
Email: babbles13@hotmail.com

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hi i'm from Redbridge and me and my friends have visited the mica mine in mattawa and me and my friends are very interested in the mica mining. we have run aroundd the whole mountain but it feels like we are missing something. I seen the map on the web site and we haven't been able to find the dinning hall the bunk house and other interesting stuff. We found the shaft right on top of the hill, we have explored it. my friennds only what down 125 feet. and it keeps going down we ran out of rope. Is there anything that we should be aware of? Please right back that would be awsome. thanks for you time.

Name: Sue
Email: escd25@hotmail.com

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I would like to know if there are any books on the History of logging and logging sites in Temagami.

Name: mike sloan
Email: mikesloan@sympatico.com

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iI just read your page on Austin Airways and enjoued it very much. Being native of Sudbury, as a young boy I remember seeing and hearing daily aircraft. especially the DeHavilland Beaver takng off from Ramsey lake. Also my father in his younger days had worked for Austin Airways here. He described in detail the Norsmen aircraft as he had helped in the rebuilding and repairing of them. Also he had the honor of flying with Rusty Blakney a few times.This man was probably the best ever bush pilot. Again thank you.

Name: Mike Drenth
Email: mndrenth@onlink.net

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Thanks for the informative writeup on Grey Owl. For those that wish to see more of Temagami, visit <A HREF="http://www.temagamivacation.com">Experience a Temagami Vacation</A> to see photo galleries of the area, explore virtual tours, and take part in our forum discussions about Temagami and it's history.

Name: FRAN LAROSE
Email: fran00x@yahoo.ca

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hi i was suprise to see the name of garry larose i thing is my cousin from mattawa if that the same he is married to donna robitaille ,would like to hear from any larose familly i could added them to my tree

Name: Gilles Labelle
Email: g.e.labelle@sasktel.net

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Hi Doug. Could you tell me of a source for a basic course of the Algonquin language. Enjoyed your site. Keep up the good work.

Name: Asheley
Email:

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I had to do an independant study on pauline johnson and this site helped me alot.

Name: Ann Dahlby
Email: adahlby1@yahoo.com.au

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I enjoy your articles and website. The stories and photographs are excellent. I passed through the North Bay area in June 1986, whilst riding from Montreal to Vancouver on a bicycle. Running out of time, I caught buses, etc, from Thunder Bay onwards. No doubt, I would have stayed longer around North Bay if I had the benefits, special insights and information your articles provide. You have, and are still, capturing and preserving the area’s history and displaying it to the world. Regards, Ann Dahlby . Darwin,Australia

Name: Emanuel Nuss
Email: emanuelnuss@web.de

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Hello Kiosk friends, I am so happy, that I may come this year to Kiosk in the Algonquin Park. I like to catch snakes, the most are Garter or Red- Bellied Snakes. I like to find other species. Have fun, Manuel

Name: Marilyn Dusome
Email: lenard.dusome@sympatico.ca

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your column is fantastic. I love tracking the Dusome family. They are such an interesting group of people. My husband.s grandfather was also named Joseph. They lived on Champlain Rd on the Bay Penetang. The old homestead finally dropped 2 years ago and now stands a new home. My father-in-law was Lawrence Dusome and he was a captain of quite a few boats. His brothers worked on and off in different camps up in Minnicognishene. Anyway thank you for letting others share your findings.

Name: Terry Allard
Email: terry.allard@sympatico.ca

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In your article you mentioned The Daughters of Wisdom. Do you have any photographs of these Sisters woh taught in the area? Thanks

Name: Cleveland J. Way
Email: candtway@myexcel.ca

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Thanks again Doug. As you know My grand father worked for J.R. Booth in Alderdale He died In 1904 I can't find anything beyond that where was he buried? Perhaps there may be some one 0ut there who has the information I need I sure would be in debt to any one who could help me You sure have a great website here Doug many thanks .Bye the way his name was James Way.

Name: Rob Lourie
Email: rlourie2871@rogers.com

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Excellent articals, I enjoy reading about the area. My mother lived in Fossmills as a little girl, and I love to canoe in the park. Some how it feels like home when I'm in the area. I would love to visit the Fossmills site some day

Name: JOHN EMOND
Email: JEMOND@JP2G.COM

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WELL DONE . HAVE YOU ANY IDEA OF THE PRICE OF HIS ORIGINAL PAINTINGS... I HAVE ABOUT 30 OF THEM ... ALL ABOUT 12" X 12"???

Name: Wayne Bastin
Email: wwbastin@wightman.ca

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Hi All Can any one tell about the old general in ceylon ont now gone it was on the west end of town on the north side of the of the highway. all that is left is part of the stone wall. very happy to get any news of this store. Wayne

Name: Bill Bertram
Email: bbertram@hotmail.com

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For a nice article about barns, see newspaper columnist Rob Bignell's “Feeling young and easy again, thanks to another man's vision” at http://www.press-citizen.com/opinion/cornfieldsoul/041804cornfield.htm

Name: Stephanie Eggen
Email: lotr_nut_122@msn.com

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Really cool stuff you do!

Name: Margaret Darling Laflamme
Email: laflamma@yahoo.ca

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What a facinating article about the Darling family of Callendar, Ontario. I was researching information about Stan Darling after reading about his death this past weekend. Stan Darling was a 1st cousin of my father, Grant Darling, who was the son of Victor Darling, who was a son of Tom Darling. My father, Grant, was born and raised in Callendar. I really enjoyed your article. Thank you. Margaret Laflamme

Name: marc y hurtubise
Email: mhurtubise@travel-net.com

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Bonjour aux monde de temiscamingue

Name: fred himsworth
Email: fredh@bendcable.com

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I am very curious about the history of my family as I know next to nothing about it. My parents were both english emmigrants arriving in North America in roughly 1910. For instance, how did North Himsworth get it's name and the history behind it.

Name: Jeannette Janveaux
Email: janetjanveaux_2@hotmail.com

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Could you please send me everything you have on the Janveaux Family. My father was Donat Francis Janveaux (originally Jeanveau)and originally from Mattawa and was married to Adeline Gabrielle Guilbeault and he was Ferninand Janveau First Cousin. Thank You Jeannette Janveaux Phone (905) 728-8060 1057 Norman Crescent,Oshawa Ont. L1H 7W9

Name: brian fright
Email: cheryl@rosseaugeneralstore.com

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Sorry we did not realize until later that you had not written this book.Any info that you can give us regarding the last message would still be greatly appreciated.

Name: brian + cheryl fright
Email: cheryl@rosseaugeneralstore.com

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We were surprised and delighted to find your book on the general stores of Canada however we were dissapointed in the fact that our store which has operated since 1874 was not mentioned especially seeing as how you live in such close proximity to us.If you know of any general stores that are of the same vintage as the Rosseau General Store and are still opperating as a general store we would like to know about them. We are always interested in visiting other stores to get ideas for our store, to keep in character with the history behind the looks and operation of the old general store. Most recently we visited the Badjeros General Store in Badjeros Ontario which was built around 1886 and were surprised to see how similar in construction and operation that it was to ours.Any information on other stores that you could pass on to us would be greatly appreciated.

Name: brian + cheryl fright
Email: cheryl@rosseaugeneralstore.com

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We were surprised and delighted to find your book on the general stores of Canada however we were dissapointed in the fact that our store which has operated since 1874 was not mentioned especially seeing as how you live in such close proximity to us.If you know of any general stores that are of the same vintage as the Rosseau General Store and are still opperating as a general store we would like to know about them. We are always interested in visiting other stores to get ideas for our store, to keep in character with the history behind the looks and operation of the old general store. Most recently we visited the Badjeros General Store in Badjeros Ontario which was built around 1886 and were surprised to see how similar in construction and operation that it was to ours.Any information on other stores that you could pass on to us would be greatly appreciated.

Name: Steven Napper
Email: snapper145@cogeco.ca

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Good day. This is an excellent column that I'm happy to read and share with friends. We have a great interest in this matter also. Not just for the money, but for the preservation of our north country. I'm no "tree hugger", but I don't enjoy watching the forests disappear. Thanks for taking such inerest.

Name: Donald van den Bogert
Email:

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Just by chance I ame accross this site and guestbook. I have read a lot of messages from people who talk about their family during WW2. Coming from Holland, we are still so proud of our liberators ! And we always will be. That was the Greatest Generation ! Check out our fitting Tribute to some of these men: http://www.screamingducks.com

Name: Marilyn Potvin
Email: gramster2@hotmail.com

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Enjoyed your article titled, "How Papineau Township Got It's Name"! I was somewhat excited to read about The Fassett Lumber Company in or around Papineauville, Quebec. I am just beginning to search my family history. My great-grandfather (Onesime Frechette) lived in Papineauville and was a lumberjack. Could he have worked for this lumber company? Is there a source I can check to verify? Any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Name: Tillikasak Weetaluktuk
Email: tweetaluktuk@omhbkativikmhb.qc.ca

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I am looking for a person/pilot who use travel to a small community called then Port Harrison. to make things easier Jim Morrison

Name: carmelle dufoe
Email: carmelledufoe@hotmail.com

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Just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your articles of bygone days. They are very informative and interesting. They helped me research for a compilation of my memories in Kiosk which I am writting for my son. My maiden name was Fortin. Anyone recognize the name? Get in touch with me.

Name: Dave Robinson
Email: robinson-d@rmc.ca
Date: Friday, February 13, 2004
Time: 12:31 PM

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Recently I recived my grandfather's photo albums. One in particular caught my attention. It contained several dozen unlabled pictures he had taken during the time he spent working for the Pine Lake Lumber Co. of Pickerel. The family history has him moving from Qubec in 1922 to work in the French River area. He stayed ther until the company was sold at which time he moved to Hamilton ON. When we where children he would tell us stories from his time in the bush. In trying to determain the location of the photos I have found your articals extreamly usfull in understanding the area and some of the history. I will probably not be able to put names to all the places and people. It has been fun doing the reserch and in a sence reliving what my grandfather described as some of the best days of his life. Thank you for your help.

Name: Emanuel Nuss
Email: emanuelnuss@web.de
Date: Monday, February 02, 2004
Time: 05:13 AM

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The best place on the world is Kiosk in the Northern Algonquin Park. Last summer I staid there for 4 weeks whit the familly Hancock on the Wigwam. I hope, I may come this year again. That's not so easy, because I live in Germany! It is 'the spirit of Kiosk'!

Name: brian machell
Email: ecu1@telus.net
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Time: 02:34 PM

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yes i live there and whet to school out of town i love it there some day i will be back!

Name: Jo-Anne Hiscock
Email: jhiscoc@telus.net
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2004
Time: 02:54 PM

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I enjoyed your comments on the times and places. JH

Name: Joan Hill-Keast
Email: joanhillkeast@rogers.com
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2004
Time: 04:19 PM

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Hello, Thank you for your article, my son needed some info for a school project, this was helpful. Gordon Dufoe was my Grandfather's Uncle. We own the book in the article. all the best. Joan

Name: Kristin McCrea
Email: redwing@osha.igs.net
Date: Monday, January 05, 2004
Time: 10:56 PM

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My mother Shirley McCrea (Kervin) asked me to look up this site. Her father was Leo Kervin Reeve of Nippissing for many years and a pioneer of northern tourisim. May she call you. Kristin McCrea

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