THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS – Part 2 Part 1 introduced the challenges – and possible benefits – of the summer that never was in 1816. It wasn’t so dramatic to all regions of Ontario but the North West was particularly hard hit. Of the 7 basic food resources required by the Ojibwa and Hudson […]

THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS When guest columnist Ralph Bice wrote about the summer that never was of 1826 my subconscious subtly went into overdrive. Ralph, as he commented, was relying on what he remembered reading in a newspaper. My subconscious simmered until it overflowed to my conscious thought and I contacted Environment Canada who […]