Showing posts with label chapleau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chapleau. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2020

Canadians continue to celebrate the birthday of Queen Victoria marking the start of swimming and camping season (weather permitting!)

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Remember the old ditty that goes something like this: "The 24th of May is the Queen's birthday. If you don't give us a holid...
Friday, May 8, 2020

Pat Bamford very popular Chapleau High School teacher active in community dies in Timmins

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Claude Fortin with Pat CHS reunion 2012 Pat Bamford, a very popular former teacher at Chapleau High School died in Timmins last week,...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Two rows of boxcars became temporary homes in Chapleau by late 1885

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Although Chapleau is located on the Kebsquasheshing and Nebskwashi Rivers, the first site selected for the community was Tawagami, about f...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

Chapleau Legion Hall opened as St John's Parish House marks its 100th anniversary in April 2020

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Here we are at a new year and a new decade. My very best wishes to all of you!! MJM As 2020 gets underway, a highlig...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Chapleau Roman Catholics will celebrate 100th anniversary of first midnight mass in present church this Christmas Eve

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When members of Chapleau's Roman Catholic community attend midnight mass on Christmas Eve this year, they will be celebrating the 100...
Saturday, November 30, 2019

Ian Macdonald reports on St. John's Chapleau as project draws international attention at 2019 National Trust Conference as Jason Rioux wins award for transformation of church into vibrant, socially useful and profitable facility

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JASON RIOUX Note from MJM: I am delighted that Ian Macdonald, retired head of the department of architecture and professor emeritus at...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

May 8, 1945: "It's all over... Germany has surrendered ... the war's over" and peace gradually prevailed

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George Tremblay World events were moving quickly in April and early May 1945 as there were growing signs that the end of Wor...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Chapleau known as 'premier sporting town' in early years but who was the best hockey player in its history!

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Chapleau was once known as the "premier sporting town of the north", according to Vince Crichton in Pioneering in Northern Onta...