Showing posts with label ian macdonald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ian macdonald. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Ian Macdonald on distinctive face of Smith and Chapple successfully adapted to the many different eras of retailing concepts in the Chapleau region.

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Note: Ian Macdonald shares the story of Smith and Chapple in Chapleau. Ian is professor emeritus and retired head of the departmnent of ar...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Chapleau winters described as 'long, cold and exhilarating" included skating parties to Mulligan's Bay

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On the pond circa 1954 In the beginning, back in the Winter of 1885-86 when Chapleau was a community made up of surplus boxcars and ten...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

'Fun to eat in the dining car' a highlight of trip on Canadian Pacific Railway passenger trains for young travellers

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Back in the days when passenger trains were the major way to travel across this vast and magnificent land, a meal in the dining car, wheth...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Aging better and enjoying the ride as the merry-go-round slows down with each week a new adventure of Chapleau Moments

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Gosh, with all the really big stories floating around the twitterverse recently, I thought that I would pontificate on at least one of the...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Early Tourism in the Chapleau Region: The 1905 Canoe Trip Of Dr. Howard A. Kelly

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1 Canoe Trip Staging Area at Old CPR Winnebago Siding (1905) Dr. Howard Kelly Note --- Thanks to Ian and Mike for their articles on ...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Michipicoten Ojibwe: A Permanent Home at Chapleau

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Ojibwe families at HBC Sub Post (1884) CP Archives and Ian Macdonald  Based on ongoing research, Mike McMullen and Ian Macdonald ha...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

Harry Alexander 'Butch' Pellow lasting memories of the most special of Chapleau friends

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Butch and Brigitte 2014 Several years ago I wrote a story about "finding a good stick", and even spoke about it at the 90th a...