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NO. 4, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – East of Nipigon: Part 2 of 3
BEFORE THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ̶ AND NOW During the summer months we had three mails a month, delivered by the Sarnia boat and we wrote our reply to our mail ready for the next trip ten days hense. In winter we had one mail a month delivered by dog team from Port Arthur.…
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NO. 4-3, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES sidebar 3 of 3 – Shipwreck Coast and the Comet
In 1876, Whitefish Bay and an 80-mile stretch of coastline to the west were well on the way to acquiring the sobriquet Shipwreck Coast. The steamer Comet became one of its victims. One of the directors of Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society recently commented, “There are 550 confirmed shipwrecks [in Lake Superior], and…
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Protected: NO. 4-2, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES sidebar 2 of 3 – The Manitoba-Comet Collision
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NO. 4-1, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES sidebar 1 of 3 – “Manitoba”‘s History
The wooden-hulled, double-decked, sidewheel, passenger and package freight steamer Manitoba was built of oak back in 1871 at the village of Port Robinson, Ontario. Manitoba was 173 feet in length, 25 feet in the beam across the hull but some 45 feet over the guards, and 11 feet in depth. Her tonnage was originally recorded…
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NO. 4, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – East of Nipigon: Part 1 of 3
BEFORE THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ̶ AND NOW(1) Comparisons, I am aware, are considered odious, that is a general rule and like all other rules there are exceptions, and writing of conditions before the construction of our first transcontinental road and now is well worthy of comparison.(2) I left the Lake Superior country…
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NO. 3, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – Table of Contents
INDEX(1) GEOGRAPHY — 1. BEFORE THE CANADIAN PACIFIC, AND NOW. 2. THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. 3. NIPIGON. MINING — 4. MINING ROMANCE. POST ROUTINE — 5. FORTS 6. POSTS 7. OUTPOSTS PIONEER CRAFTS AND SKILLS 8. ECONOMY 9. LEARNT FROM GLASGOW 10.…
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