1975 Snowshoes I read an article wherein the writer stated that the art of making snowshoes had been brought to North America when the first men crossed over into the continent from Asia. Too, the writer mentioned that they also brought the knowledge of skiing, but this had been discarded in favour of snowshoes, as […]
1975 Trappers’ Workshops in NW Ontario The flight from Toronto to Dryden was uneventful. We drove to Ignace for the first course. There was not a large crowd, due to a heavy snowfall that made travelling very bad. Back in Dryden there was a big turn out. There was much interest in fur handling though […]
1975 Tea I have heard it said that when you mention “tea” to an Englishman he will at once think of the four o’clock break that has been the custom for so long in England. An American will think of the Boston Tea Party although I have yet to meet an American who can tell […]
1975 Big Trout Lake The first time I can remember talking about Big Trout Lake was perhaps 20 years ago when the late Dr. Harkness was Chief of the Wildlife Branch. An argument developed about where “north” in Ontario was. Some believe that when they get to Muskoka or Parry Sound they are in Northern […]
1974 Cemeteries Our own local cemeteries always are of interest. I have heard several people who once lived in this area remark that they felt more at home walking around amid the headstones, as there were so many of their friends there. I think the first graves I saw besides the regular places, were on […]
1974 The Saga of ‘Canthook’ Jack This is not an obituary. That has already been written. It is only a short story about a man who was as much part of the outdoors for the greater part of his life as were the rocks, the trees and the streams. And there are very few of […]
1974 GOSSIP and COMMENTS On the front page of the Toronto Star was a news item concerning the death of a trapper who left money to the extent of $180,000.00, to a school near the area where he had been born. It does seem odd that a man who had trapped ever since the first […]
1974 BARNUM was RIGHT In the many summers I have been in the woods I have seen a lot of changes in the way people travel on camping trips. And, too, I have noticed a lot of changes in people. In the days when camping was at its peak, and I still think that Algonquin […]
1974 FISHING and BIRD WATCHING I had another short fishing trip over the weekend. Weather did not co-operate, and it was a bit windy and wet. In spite of the inclement weather, there were a great number of fishermen in the woods, even parties with small children. Too bad it got cooler so suddenly. Fishing […]
1974 BEARS and THINGS Couple of weeks ago I saw an article in a weekly paper, and the writer of an outdoor column was bemoaning the fact that there is a season for taking bears in the spring, claiming that too many bears with this year’s cubs would be shot. Bear season has been in […]
