From January 2007 When he made plans for the impending moose hunt I doubt that Ricky Burke gave any thought to being trampled. Burke, age 27, is an independent logger. In short he’s a strong, well conditioned young man who is at home in the bush. The drive from Bancroft to Terrace Bay takes about […]
Camp Madawaska is a former Salvation Army camp in Nipissing District Ontario, Canada, near the entrance to Algonquin Provincial Park. It was named after the Madawaska River as the Opeongo River, one of its tributaries, flows through the camp. The main lake on the property was Victoria. Two islands are in the lake, known by […]
Lord Combermere (1773-1865) was a distinguished British Cavalry commander in the early 1800s. Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, England, was founded by Benedictine monks in 1133. King Henry Vll kicked the Benedictines out and ultimately the Abbey came into Lord Combermere’s ancestral family from whence he took his title. Today it is both a tourist attraction and […]
CAPTAIN JOHN DENNISON BORN – Penrith, England, 1799. Held a commission in the British army serving in the Peninsular war and in India under Sir Charles Stapleton Cotton, Viscount of Combermere Abbey. Sir Charles was known for his “splendid appearance in battle” which earned him the moniker “Lion of gold.” Dennison married Anne Sanderson of […]
