ALGONQUIN PARK – RICH IN TRADITION One of the six original aims of the Algonquin Royal Commission in recommending the creation of Algonquin Park was to promote it as a health resort, a place of recreation. This was to be a serious attempt to keep the tourism dollar at home, to stem the tide of […]
A Year of Celebration 1893 – 1993 On August 15, 1992 Algonquin Park officially presented the new Logging Museum to an adoring public. “The opening of the new Logging Museum, one of the two unique attractions being constructed to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Algonquin Park in 1993, could not have come at a […]
PARK PRANKS by Barney Moorhouse To the trapper who entered Algonquin Park on stilts or the one who strapped his snowshoes on backwards, intent on fooling the game warden, it was no prank. Nor was it to the individual who exchanged his old worn out boots for those of the sleeping park ranger. These guys […]
THE MOOSE HUNT With the 2024 moose season upon us in Ontario I thought readers might enjoy some tongue in cheek penned by ANON, undated. 3:00 a.m. – Out of bed first day of the hunt after a restless sleep. 3:05 a.m. – Assure the wife of moose meat for supper. 3:15 […]
RALPH BICE – TRAPPER, WRITER, OUTDOORSMAN – by Margaret Sochasky He says he was only three when he set his first trap, but never did say if he skinned that rabbit. That’s my dad, Ralph Bice of Kearney, Ontario. Born March 2, 1900, he was the second child of seven. My grandfather was a ranger […]
Ralph Bice; an incomplete biography plus recollections Ralph was born on March 2, 1900 at West Guilford to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bice, a Park Ranger. February 23, 1911 they moved to Kearney. Ralph began life as a guide in 1917 on August 4. In 1918 he built a trapping camp in McCraney. At […]
ONTARIO DEER HOUND ASSOCIATION CORRESPONDENCE – 2009 – 2023-10-15 The Ontario Deer Hound Association (ODHA) was formed in February 1999 by dedicated deer hunters/houndsmen who were concerned with the increasing threats to terminate deer hunting with hounds in Ontario. They recognized that it was crucial to unite as one organization to protect their passion. In […]
LAC LA BICHE – A SHORT HISTORY by Ralph Bice December 3, 1973 I managed to borrow from the Centre Libary a very fine history of the little town of Lac La Biche. That name was given to the lake by the early French trappers and means, I believe, ‘Lake of the Little Deer’. The […]
WEATHER DÉJÀ VU by Ralph Bice December 12, 1973 Note: Although written in 1973 readers may wish to compare to 2024. Y.T. This fall, 1973, will be remembered as one of the very mild falls we have had. Listening to the weather reports on the radio or T.V. we heard several times that old records […]
THE SECOND WEEK (of the deer season) by Ralph Bice November 28, 1973 There were still, in spite of the very poor hunting the first week, quite a number of hunters around for the second week. The weather was a bit on the cool side but there was snow and not a day where weather […]
