THE LONG DRIVE by Ralph Bice Wednesday, September 4, 1974 In most all of the stories about Algonquin Park mention is made of the famous and unusual log drive when the Gilmore (Gilmour – Ed.) Lumber Company drove pine logs all the way from their limits in said Park to their sawmill at Trenton. The […]
GOSSIP and COMMENTS by Ralph Bice1974 On the front page of the Toronto Star was a news item concerning the death of a trapper who left money to the extent of $180,000.00, to a school near the area where he had been born. It does seem odd that a man who had trapped ever since […]
A BIT OF SEVERAL THINGS by Ralph Bice From Wednesday July 4, 1979 Seems like the last few weeks I have been finding some fault with the way things are going in the woods. Not that I expect my beefing will make things any better. Recently there was an announcement that fishermen could expect […]
WHAT IS AHEAD FOR ALGONQUIN PARK? By Ralph Bice From June 27, 1979 There are to be a number of meetings about the future of Algonquin Park this summer. I hope to attend at least two and no doubt will have a chance to expound my ideas though from past experience very few if […]
TO AGAWA CANYON by Ralph Bice From June 20, 1979 Edna and I had a very pleasant trip last week. We went with the busload of seniors to Sault Ste. Marie and then up the Algoma Central to Agawa Canyon and returned. There were two nights spent at the Sheridan Caswell. We were asked […]
SPRING, and THE FLIES! By Ralph Bice From June 6, 1979 I imagine there are still a few who many years ago had to memorize a springtime poem in the senior third book (now grade 7). Gardeners are busy and soon there will be talk of cut worms, bugs, groundhogs and all the things […]
PLACES TO REMEMBER by Ralph Bice From January 25, 1979 One of the earliest things l remember was a tall pine stub that stood in the woods perhaps a mile from our house. It must have been a magnificent tree when growing for it seemed to stand so far above the rest of the […]
SNOWSHOES by Ralph Bice From January 17, 1979 This is the time of year when people wear snowshoes. Some, because it gives them a bit of pleasure walking over clean snow and they can walk places they could not have gone when the ground was bare. Then, for some, snowshoes are an absolute necessity. It […]
WOMEN IN MY LIFE by Ralph Bice From January 10, 1979 I hope when anyone sees the title l have chosen this week they will not think l have been reading those confession magazines and have decided to make a wholesale confession. I have thought just how much it meant to know these very friendly […]
LET THERE BE LIGHT by Ralph Bice From December 20, 1978 Light is one of the very first things mentioned in the Volume of the Sacred Law. Almost at the beginning of creation we are told that the Maker said, “Let there be light.” Much further along in the Beatitudes we are advised to “Let […]
