Month: April 2025

3. Outdoor Caucus

THE OUTDOOR CAUCUS

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THE OUTDOORS CAUCUS of CANADA HISTORICAL MEETING Twenty-six members attended the founding meeting of the federal Outdoors Caucus (OC) in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 7, 2006. Considering the scheduling conflicts of parliamentarians, M.P. Garry Breitkreuz was “very pleased with the attendance.” All political parties and the Senate were represented. In keeping with its non-partisan focus […]

99. The Alligator Weslemkoon

THE WESLEMKOON

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THE WESLEMKOON ALLIGATOR The accompanying photo is of the alligator, The Weslemkoon (meaning bank beaver), that was employed to tow logs on Lake Weslemkoon during the 1890’s. It is a photograph taken during a picnic as the craft was travelling from Weslemkoon down the Mississippi branch of the Madawaska River past McArthur’s Mills to the […]