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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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DRAFT No. 1
EDITING DRAFT NO. 1 This is me fooling around, trying out new features in WordPress. Just ignore this post. END NOTES 03 The Hudson sank on September 16, 1901, off Eagle Harbor, MN. It was a steamer 288 feet long with a 41-foot beam, transporting a cargo of flax and wheat. This image is undated.
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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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NO. 2, MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – Preface to True Nature Stories
TRUE NATURE STORIES(1) by T.A. Reynolds (pen-name Martin Hunter)(2) Mr. Reynolds lived at Long Lake Post (modern Longlac) ca 1875 where he was a clerk with the Hudson’s Bay Company. In Longlac he married Elizabeth Finlayson, an Indian lady.(3) In retirement at his Brockville, Ontario home, “The Last Camp” he wrote articles for several
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E.C. EVERETT SERIES, NO. 1 – Traveling Salesman
The Huckster(1) From 1917 to 1944 I continued making weekly trips on the Canadian National Railway from Nipigon to Hornepayne and sometimes as far as Foleyet by wayfreight(2), box car, dog team, velocipeder (3), bicycle, or by walking the track carrying anything from a packsack and two big suitcases up to six trunks filled
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MARTIN HUNTER SERIES, NO. 1 – Dealing With a Desperado
T.A. Reynolds Served Forty Years(1) Retired H.B.C. Fur Trader Interviewed at “Last Camp” By W.M. Conn MR. T. A. REYNOLDS(2), after serving for nearly forty years inland for the Hudson’s Bay Company, retired in 1903 and returned to civilization, settling at Brockville, on the St. Lawrence. There he built a most delightful rustic home and
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1940 TRUCKING FROM ST. BONIFACE TO GERALDTON
Truck Takes Load From St. Boniface to Mining Center (Special to the Times-Journal)(1) GERALDTON, Mar. 1. ̶ A new record for the highway to Geraldton was set with the arrival of John Reuter here last night. (2) Mr. Reuter, who is president of a manufacturing company of that name, brought in over 2800 pounds of
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