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Showing posts with label g b nicholson. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

George Brecken Nicholson "Father of Town of Chapleau" served as first reeve from 1901 to 1913

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The Chapleau Post reported that the town had received a "great shock" with the news that the "Father of the Town of Chapleau...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

Miss Teenage Canada Emma Morrison and Griffin Poetry Prize winner Liz Howard both important to sound of Chapleau story

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Before I get specific about some of the sounds of the Chapleau story as I officially mark 10 years of writing Chapleau Moments,  let ...
Thursday, May 2, 2019

St. John's Parish House completed in 1919 became 'The Legion' a lasting landmark in history of Chapleau

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From St. John's Parish House completed in 1919 to the Royal Canadian Legion Hall of today, the building is a "lasting landmark...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Mageau and Leblanc establish first lumber mill on Nebskwashi River at Chapleau in 1899

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The only lumber mill known to be located at Chapleau prior to the 20th Century was built by Zotique Mageau and Aldye Leblanc in 1899 jus...