CEMETERIES by RALPH BICE 1974 At a recent meeting of the Board of Education a group of students who spent part of last summer delving into the early history of East Parry Sound District, gave, with pictures and commentary, some of the things of interest they had discovered. Some of their pictures were even before […]
Author: Barney
FOR SALE 2021
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA 1963 edition; Volumes 1 to 23 – White covers; Atlas – Brown cover PLUS its accompanying book cabinet. The white volumes are in Very Good condition; the atlas reflects some service. Original owner. 1768 Gold Crest on each white cover. Sale price: best offer. To purchase contact barney@thetimetraveller.ca.
FOR SALE 2021
The Algonquin Centennial Series by Barney Moorhouse In the year 1993 Ontario celebrated the 100th anniversary of the creation of its provincial parks. Algonquin Provincial Park, perhaps the best known park, was the flagship for this provincial fleet. In this Centennial Series I have attempted to highlight the Algonquin story focusing on the people and […]
FEBRUARY DIGEST 2021
THE PREYING MANTIS Learned some interesting information recently about the Preying Mantis while listening to Bob McDonald on the C.B.C.’s popular Quirks and Quarks radio show. Apparently, and someone has studied this, 35% of the time the females eat the male before breeding and 13% after. The males tend to be smaller in size and […]
FEBRUARY DIGEST 2021
SYRUP TIME On February 15, 2020, the Ides of February, almost to this day of publication, I attended opening day celebrating the beginning of maple syrup season at Bata Maples which was symbolic of course, but not by much, as the sap began running by the end of that month. I don’t know if there […]
FEBRUARY DIGEST 2021
SIGNS OF SPRING Two out of three isn’t bad. Perhaps it’s a Canadian versus American phenomenon. On February 2, 2021, at 8 a.m., Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam called for an early Spring. Sam, by the way, is short for Samantha. She made her prediction an hour before Wiarton Willie, an albino, and Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil. […]
THE BICE PAPERS 1973
NOT A GOOD PLACE TO HIDE WHISKEY by Ralph Bice December 5, 1973 This little episode happened many years ago. In fact it was many years ago, nearly sixty, that it was told to me, or rather to a gathering where I happened to be. The men who took part are long gone, though the […]
JANUARY DIGEST 2021 – Name Change
WHAT’S IN A NAME? Ontario’s Geographic Names Board’s mandate is to approve any new names for unnamed bodies of water within the province. Should you wish to name an unnamed lake all applications are free. Many lakes are named after people. As am aside I recall actor Jim Carey wanted to change the name of […]
JANUARY DIGEST – 2021 Smokey the Bear
FIRE PREVENTION POSTER At one time the then MNR had a Smokey the Bear costume that some poor sole had to wear on occasion during public appearances aimed at educating the public about forest fire prevention. I can identify and commiserate because at one time I had to wear a walrus costume at a springtime […]
JANUARY DIGEST -2021
GHOST MOOSE During the week of October 26, 2020 poachers killed two female moose, one of which was white, northeast of Foleyet on Nova Road near km 18. Under the 1997 Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act it is illegal to kill white moose in Wildlife Management Units 30 and 31. White moose have been protected […]