1975 Big Trout Lake The first time I can remember talking about Big Trout Lake was perhaps 20 years ago when the late Dr. Harkness was Chief of the Wildlife Branch. An argument developed about where “north” in Ontario was. Some believe that when they get to Muskoka or Parry Sound they are in Northern […]
1974 Cemeteries Our own local cemeteries always are of interest. I have heard several people who once lived in this area remark that they felt more at home walking around amid the headstones, as there were so many of their friends there. I think the first graves I saw besides the regular places, were on […]
1974 The Saga of ‘Canthook’ Jack This is not an obituary. That has already been written. It is only a short story about a man who was as much part of the outdoors for the greater part of his life as were the rocks, the trees and the streams. And there are very few of […]
1974 GOSSIP and COMMENTS 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 the first […]
1974 BARNUM was RIGHT In the many summers I have been in the woods I have seen a lot of changes in the way people travel on camping trips. And, too, I have noticed a lot of changes in people. In the days when camping was at its peak, and I still think that Algonquin […]
1974 FISHING and BIRD WATCHING I had another short fishing trip over the weekend. Weather did not co-operate, and it was a bit windy and wet. In spite of the inclement weather, there were a great number of fishermen in the woods, even parties with small children. Too bad it got cooler so suddenly. Fishing […]
1974 BEARS and THINGS Couple of weeks ago I saw an article in a weekly paper, and the writer of an outdoor column was bemoaning the fact that there is a season for taking bears in the spring, claiming that too many bears with this year’s cubs would be shot. Bear season has been in […]
1974 Windy, Wet and Cold Couple of times I have set myself up as a weather prophet and tried to forecast the conditions for a few days or weeks ahead. Mostly I was wrong. That should set me up as an expert, for the weather we are told we are going to get by the […]
1974 The Things People do Soon another Hallowe’en will be gone, and the talk will be about the things the youngsters have done in the name of Trick or Treat. At times the kids do get a bit rough, and we read of very real damage being done in some places, but in the main […]
1974 It Was Good Venison In one of the recent magazines that I have read, there was quite an article on archery hunting. Over the years I have met a number of men who like to hunt with a bow and arrow, and it is surprising just how much game is killed in this way. […]
