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TIME TRAVEL TO ATIKOKAN – Part 2 of 2
For lunch we met Linda and Cheech, life-long friends, to whom we last spoke twenty-five years ago. We ate Chinese at the Nite Club. Nobody wore evening dress. The fog was lifting, and before we left the sun was shining ̶ as per the forecast. Hey, Environment Canada is entitled to be right once in
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TIME TRAVEL TO ATIKOKAN – Part 1 of 2
On Thursday, September 12, Environment Canada promised sunshine and warmth. At 7:00 a.m. in Thunder Bay, it was dark and foggy. The fog persisted for 200 kilometres, all the way to Atikokan. My sister Sue and I picked up our coffee mochas at Timmys. Any trip longer than 5 klicks demands a coffee mocha.
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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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COURT STREET WALKING TOUR – Part 1 of 3
Thursday, August 8, 2024 Five members of the Lavoie family met the tour leader at 11:00 a.m. at the old Canadian Northern Railway station. Kim Korioja works for Thunder Bay Historical Society. She handed each person an electronic earpiece to follow her monologue . Two others who signed up for this tour failed to show
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For years it’s been my practice to compose and post historical articles on WordPress. Then I link the article to my Facebook page Greenstone History PLUS. WordPress developed a habit of aborting my page (site), E.J. Lavoie’s Blog, followed by E.J. Lavoie’s Blog 2, and then E.J. Lavoie’s Blog 3. I believe I have solved
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