In my casual reading today, what should pop up but the names of Tom Johnson and Tony Oklend. Johnson and Oklend, discoverers of the Little Long Lac gold mine in what is now called Greenstone. A week ago, I picked up a volume at a book fair: The Sage of Sapawe: Woodland Writings. It wasContinue reading “Sapawe : Village of Memories”
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WOLVES DON’T BITE : a Critique Part 2
Yes, timber wolves are a protected species in Ontario except when and where they are not. Almost from the beginning, Ontario tried to extirpate its wolves. Yes, “extirpate”, meaning something like “to encourage the destruction of wolves” (1914 Wolf Bounty Act). The first bounties began in 1793, when Ontario was still Upper Canada (“Of BountyContinue reading “WOLVES DON’T BITE : a Critique Part 2”
WOLVES DON’T BITE : A Critique Part 1
This book by James W. Curran, published in 1940, starts with a frontispiece. A frontispiece is an illustration or photo immediately preceding the title page. In books published today, a frontispiece is an anachronism. What a shame. But Curran is a writer from the old school, and he is about to teach us about lifeContinue reading “WOLVES DON’T BITE : A Critique Part 1”
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