Category: Thunder Bay
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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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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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1947 MURDER IN GERALDTON : Part 3 of 3
Reviewed by Don Crosby, a journalist in Durham, Ontario. Dead and Alive, a novel by Jane Bow, published in 1993. This novel is based on the trial records of Rodger Pearse Brown, who in1971 gave himself up to Vancouver police authorities because of hispossible involvement in the unsolved murder of a cab driver outside ofGeraldton, Ontario,…
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1947 MURDER IN GERALDTON : Part 2 of 3
This story appeared in The Winnipeg Tribune, Wednesday, April 23, 1947. The Geraldton Times Star did not cover this story. (Continued in Part 3)
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1947 MURDER IN GERALDTON : Part 1 of 3
This story is posted in Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides: Albert Richer (taxi-library.org). ALBERT RICHER, GERALDTON, ONTARIO / APRIL 20, 1947 Albert Richer, 22, was shot to death seven miles from Geraldton on the evening Sunday, April 20, 1947, after picking up a man from a hotel taxi stand. He had been hired by Gerald Lemontaine,…
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Thunder Bay Harbour Cruise – Part 2 of 2
August 9, 2024 As we sailed toward the waterfront, I noted the prow swinging several degrees left and right, maybe due to the angle we were meeting the waves. Our guides, Joshua, captain, and Nikko, captain-in-training, were aiming to meet the breakwater at a steep angle. And, the lone freighter anchored in the bay came…
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Thunder Bay Harbour Cruise – Part 1 of 2
August 9, 2024 We picked a fine day to book with Sail Superior. At 11:00 a.m., we gathered at Pier 3 in the Marina, all seven of us. The first step was our group photo. Nikko and Joshua herded us onto the dock in front of the Frodo, a single-masted monohull, and a cameraman was…
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COURT STREET WALKING TOUR – Part 3 of 3
Thursday, August 8, 2024 On Algoma Street North, we walked south, crossing the bridge over McVicar Creek. We came to the HMCS Griffon property. I made a quick trip to the crest of the hill to snap the historic mansion. To learn more about this building, Google Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Griffon. The site gives…
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COURT STREET WALKING TOUR – Part 2 of 3
Thursday, August 8, 2024 Court Street North runs north and south, paralleling the shoreline of an ancient beach. I confess that I missed a lot of Kim’s, our guide’s, monologue, but I trust I am not forgetting the most important stuff. Gesturing westward, up the hill, Kim pointed out the old Court House, fronted by…
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