little-long-lac-mine – E.J. Lavoie's Blog 3

02 – EARLY DAYS : Arrival

from Prologue “This part of the story came from my mother’s memories. She told them to me. I was there but too little to remember. My dad and his partner, George Delbridge had staked a claim in Northern Ontario. It was a mile to the mine, Little Long Lac. They worked there and built homesContinue reading “02 – EARLY DAYS : Arrival”

Sapawe : Village of Memories

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”