I have been involved with the boys’ camping movement for fifteen years beginning as a camper and working my way up the ladder of staff personnel. I have come to focus my philosophy upon the canoe trip. All that is important, not only to the camping movement but to life as well, which rotates about […]
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A CAMPING MEMO Part 1
Muskoka, the Kawarthas and other areas such as the Haliburton Highlands are suffering the growing pains of affluence and overpopulated cities. Man is beginning to realize that the natural environment is there for the enjoyment. No longer is it the dedicated hunter or fisherman who braves the weather and insects to reach the interior of […]
THE BICE PAPERS – Introduction
Ralph Bice was a legendary trapper, lay minister, Mayor, teacher (trapping), columnist. Along the Trail in Algonquin Park has delighted thousands of readers across Canada and the United States from the time of its first publication in the summer of 1980. This is the fourth reprint of the classic work by the late legendary outdoorsman, […]
THE BICE PAPERS – Gun Control
Periodically, as regular readers know, I delve into my Bice archives to reflect upon current issues. Ralph was a legendary trapper, lay preacher, former Mayor of Kearny (“Carney”) and author. He penned the following about gun control on August 27, 1975. As anyone who reads the papers, or watches the news on TV knows there […]