A TRAPPING FIRST Carmen Cotnoir of Spanish, Ontario, was the first woman trapper to be voted President of the Ontario Fur Managers Federation. “I was elected August 28, 2016 at the OFMF Rendezvous convention in Thunder Bay,” she told me. Inspired to trap by her brother in Chalk River she would spend a few days […]
POISON IVY – A Dubious Distinction Poison Ivy, a noxious weed the source of many negative anecdotes. Such as my brother-in-law bedridden, covered head to toe. Not funny. Or those who used the leaves while in the bush due to a lack of toilet paper. You get the drift. The native to Ontario plant’s oily […]
ISLE ROYALE In 2018 the last remaining wolves on Isle Royale received an infusion of new blood and new DNA courtesy of a U.S. National Park Service airlift. Perhaps the oldest wolf/moose study in North America, since 1958, the new wave of wolves was being recruited to bolster the last remaining population which consisted of […]
REFLECTIONS by Ralph Bice From June 15, 1977 As we all know there was an election only last week. Like most elections and all wars nothing much was settled, but it did make for a bit of interesting reading. Then they picked a day when all of us would have had a better day if […]
A SILVER LINING FOR DEER HUNTERS by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, June 22, 1977 Several times I have referred to “Out of Doors” a strictly Ontario magazine which is fairly new as far as outdoor magazines go. I have had reason to find fault with some of the articles, some are really good, in fact […]
JUST CAMPING by Ralph Bice From July 13, 1977 If records mean anything, as well as the great numbers of cars heading into the woods, camping as a recreation has increased by leaps and bounds the last few years. I know in the rather small area where I have spent so many summers it does […]
JUST A BIT UNUSUAL by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, August 31, 1977 Sometimes something happens to bring back something that has been sort of hidden in a spot of your memory. This happened in 1918. It was my second summer guiding in Algonquin Park. Most of the time the younger guides, who did not mind […]
The 12th of September by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, September 14, 1977 Quite a few things have happened on this particular date. This is being written on September 12. The first one that I remember was in 1918. It had been a very nice summer with plenty of fishermen in the woods. The last trip […]
Some History – Another Hunters’ Meeting by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, September 21, 1977 There was another hunters’ meeting in the Legion Hall, Huntsville, on September 17. This was called by the newly reorganized Muskoka-Parry Sound Hunt Camp Association. A few hunters have been working for two years to try and get hunters interested again. […]
THE 49TH PARALLEL Although the 49th // (Parallel) may well be touted as the longest international border in the world covering 8891.63 km or 5,525 miles of land and water shared by Canada and the United States it is a border not respected, and certainly undefended, against the smoke of 2023 as Canada burned from […]
