THE SECOND WEEK (of the deer season) by Ralph Bice November 28, 1973 There were still, in spite of the very poor hunting the first week, quite a number of hunters around for the second week. The weather was a bit on the cool side but there was snow and not a day where weather […]
THINGS IN GENERAL BY Ralph Bice From July 7, 1976 Does not seem right that we could have such nice weather during the week and then when the holiday starts it gets wet and cold. This was the week or date that the Ministry decided the proposed quota on parties going into Algonquin Park. […]
STORES OF WOLVES and PEOPLE THE BANCROFT TIMES (B.T.) – July 1904 – “At Portlock, Algoma district, wolves are causing great havoc among cattle and sheep. The farmers are much alarmed. Children are not allowed from their homes.” February 1904 – Alex Morrisey of Turtle River, near Dauphin, had a thrilling experience with a pack […]
THE ALGONQUIN MOOSE AIRLIFT – Part 1 1985 One hundred and fifty years ago (1835) moose were native to Michigan. Then the settlers and loggers moved in, cleared the land and the white-tailed deer followed. When the mature trees were removed new growth generated favoured deer food. The increased population of people and deer were […]
TOM THOMSON by Ralph Bice Guest Columnist Part 1 Ralph penned this article when he was 77 years of age. I never talked to Tom Thomson. I did see this now well remembered artist on a couple of occasions before his tragic end, but I did not realize until afterwards that it had been he […]
WHY? by Ralph Bice (July 1973) I will likely get told off a few times for writing this article, and perhaps I should wait until I simmer down a bit, but I have been reading some pamphlets, etc., the last couple of weeks, and I feel I should get this off my chest. Last week […]
