ONTARIO WOLVES – An Update First Some Background 2001 – COSSARO, the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario, deemed the eastern wolf a species of “Special Concern” and the provincial government announced that trapping/killing them in the 39 or 40 (depending upon your source) townships surrounding Algonquin P.P. has come to […]
The IODE by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights call Access 1-800-893-5777 PART 2. 1940-1949 The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire raised $100,000 in just one month to purchase a Bolingbroke Bomber. In 1990, members agreed to help the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum restore a Bolingbroke Bomber, Number 704 IDA, the very same […]
IODE by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights call Access 1-800-893-5777 PART 1 The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire I first learned of the IODE during Miss Coverdale’s, a.k.a. Miss Covergirl’s, grade 13 history class in 1964. In addition to the regular material we learned about The Depression, which, like the war, was seldom mentioned […]
Evolving Name Changes for the MNR Since the birth of our nation the present Ontario MNRF has undergone some name changes. Following are the timelines as of April 16, 2023. 1867 – 1905 – Commissioner of Crown Lands 1905 -1906 – Ministry of Lands and Mines 1906 – 1919 – Ministry of Lands, Forest and […]
Algonquin Fire Towers At one time there were at least 23 fire towers in Algonquin Provincial Park. One of the first was built on the top of a giant white pine at Smoke Lake which featured a rough observation platform at the top. A ladder at the base helped the climbers. Clearly safety concerns were […]
ONTARIO’S FIRE WATCHTOWERS by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 During the late 1960s and early ‘70s I did a lot of canoe tripping throughout Ontario. Whenever I saw a fire tower I was obsessed to find and climb it. Somewhere, among boxes of film and slides, are loads of photos and the […]
