Showing posts with label michael j morris reports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label michael j morris reports. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2020

In the blink of an eye, everything can change...

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"In the blink of an eye everything can change..." I went for my morning walk here in Cranbrook, and met the manager of...
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...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Perpete's "store" included store, an ice cream parlour, dance hall, hotel, rooming house and home, contained in one large building

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Victor Perpete began his life in Canada in Saskatchewan in 1888 but ten years later he was in Chapleau working as a fireman with the Cana...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Chapleau 'boom years' underway as Canadian Pacific Railway shops undergo change to accommodate diesel power in 1950

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Reeve B W. Zufelt Work was being "pushed forward rapidly" on the changeover at the Canadian Pacific Railway shops at Chaple...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Stanley Deluce inducted into Canadian Aviation Hall of fame put 'incredible entrepreneurial stamp on aviation'

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Stanley Deluce, born and raised in Chapleau,was "a genuine aviation pioneer", according to Michael Posner of The Globe and Mail...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Ontario Provincial Police take over Chapleau policing in 1967 with Ron Lewis in charge of detachment

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Ron Lewis The Ontario Provincial Police took over policing of Chapleau on March 20, 1967 with Corporal Ron Lewis in charge of the detac...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Patrick and Annie Downey reflected pioneer spirit raising family plus involvement with church and community

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Settling in Chapleau just before the beginning of the 20th century, Patrick 'Paddy' and his wife Annie Downey reflected the pione...