Author Archives: edgarlavoie

3  ̶  The History Events in the year 1934 triggered a new era in Jellicoe. As that year began, Jellicoe was a sleepy railway town in which the most exciting event was the daily arrival of the eastbound train after midnight from Port Arthur and the westbound train in late evening from Longlac. In MayContinue reading “THE STURGEON BRIDGE OUTING (Chapter 3 of 4)”

I heard that there was a fellow who sold “bear sticks” at Kakabeka Farmers’ Market and I found a number for him. Jim Morris, it turns out, lives in Thunder Bay, and he agreed to meet me at his workshop in Current River. I turned up just before 7:00 p.m. on Sunday and he wasContinue reading “A Stick With Attitude”

2  ̶  The Bridge A short walk on a well-trodden trail brings one to a small cove and face-to-face with Kinghorn Falls. The water level has dropped so dramatically that one can walk across mud flats to where the trail picks up in the trees. At this point I started looking around for bears. IContinue reading “THE STURGEON BRIDGE OUTING (Chapter 2 of 4)”

1  ̶  The Falls In the mid ‘30s, between Beardmore and Geraldton, there was only one Sturgeon Bridge. At Mile 44.4 (measured from Longlac), the Canadian National Railways tracks crossed the Namewaminikan River. That bridge is still there, though the tracks are long gone. On Thursday, August 5th, 2021, I set out to rediscover theContinue reading “The Sturgeon Bridge Outing (Chapter 1 of 4)”

This is a companion to Facebook’s Greenstone History PLUS. Previous posts are in E.J. Lavoie’s Blog and E.J. Lavoie’s Blog 2.  WordPress does not permit further posts on these sites “for security reasons”.

E.J. Lavoie’s Blog 2 does not permit adding posts due to “security reasons”. Here they are: https://bit.ly/3khT2pq