OUT of DOORS with BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 A TRAPPER’S TALE – From 1984 Four river otter from Ontario were released at Rebel’s Cove, Missouri on November 10, 1984. Two males and two females were released, an adult and juvenile of each. Karen Bellamy co-ordinates the live trapping program of otter […]
TRAPPER JOHN and The SNOWMOBILERS For Reproduction Rights call Access 1-800-893-5777 Trapper John was in his 70’s, according to his younger brother who passed this tale on to me. He had miles of trap lines throughout the Burk’s Falls area in northern Ontario. In his younger days John travelled by snowshoe. The snowmobile was something […]
The Catch & Release Deer There are always two sides to the coin when it comes to the last day of the season in deer camp. The anticipation of opening day is well past and the reality of the last day is sinking in. Another year has come and gone. Many of the guys you […]
My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock Canadian currency, 1914 When I go into a bank I get rattled. The clerks rattle me; the wickets rattle me; the sight of the money rattles me; everything rattles me. The moment I cross the threshold of a bank and attempt to transact business there, I become an irresponsible […]
From The Landowner magazine 2017 THE ROOTS of HOCKEY FUNDRAISING DINNER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 The 6th annual Pond Hockey Classic tournament, organized by Captain Jeff Moorhouse and hosted by 436 Squadron, CFB Trenton, in support of Wounded Warriors Canada and the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation, took place from February […]
REMINISCING by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Someday I intend to write my memoirs. Not an autobiography but a memoir. Simply because our individual memory banks can play tricks. Have you ever wondered, “Did this REALLY happen or am I imagining it?” Certainly it helps if there is someone available who can affirm or deny. In conversation with […]
From The Time Traveller WATSON VOTED TO ALL STARS Congratulations to Bryan Watson of this Village (Bancroft), who is playing hockey with Peterborough Petes Junior Hockey Club in being chosen to the Junior All Stars. Bryan grabbed the other side of the blueline as defenceman. BRYAN WATSON, LOCAL HOCKEY PLAYER HAPPY WITH CANADIANS Bryan […]
AN EVENING with WALTER GRETZKY The CFB Trenton Pond Hockey Classic, organized by Captain Jeff Moorhouse on behalf of 436 (T) Squadron, ran January 17/18 using 3 natural ice surfaces at Batawa, Ontario. Funds raised were earmarked for the Military Families Fund and the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation. Featured guest speaker for the “Roots of […]
THE CFB TRENTON POND HOCKEY CLASSIC In 2012, Captain Jeff Moorhouse, on behalf of 436 (T) Squadron, organized a fun sports day pond hockey tournament to raise funds for the Military Family Fund “while promoting a healthy outdoor sport that fosters camaraderie and esprit de corps.” Rebranded as “The Classic” in 2013 this one day […]
The schooner sailed for Hudson Bay, and on the trip had numerous miraculous escapes from icebergs and ice floes, and was nearly wrecked several times. Finally Chesterfield inlet was reached. The party pressed inland, and for three years scoured a vast land some half a million square miles in area in a vain search for […]
