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PEOPLE • COMMUNITY • CULTURE • HISTORY
Autumn Days
15 tips for an awesome autumn
Learning from the Land
A unique master's program
Back to School
Lunch Ideas
Reeling in the Big One
Trout Challenge in Cranberry Portage
Photo
Contest
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Table of Contents
Events & Activities
Calendar of Events/ 6
People & Community
A Landscape of Stories: The Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map/8
By Scott Gilmore
Learning from the Land
p. 11
Learning from the Land: A Unique Master’s Program/11
By Dr. Alex Wilson
In a Nutshell: A Miscellany of Arts, Sports & Cultural News/46
Arts & Culture
The Book Room: Review of Shadows to Sunlight by Glenda Walker-Hobbs/23
Review by Alex McGilvery
Waskesiu p. 13
Photo Contest Round 2: Faces of the North Winner & Runners-up /24
The Dance/43
Pat Vickery
Photo Contest p. 24
Sports & Outdoor Living
Special Olympics: Spotlight on Jennifer Milton, Flin Flon’s Bocce Star /29
Reeling in the Big One: the Annual Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge/31
By Libby Stoker-Lavelle
History & Heritage
Gateway to the North: The Pas…Then & Now/39
By Morley Naylor
Memoir
Waskesiu /13
By Jim Parres
Trout Challenge p. 31
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Look Back at my School Days/33
By Harry Hobbs
Lifestyle
Your Guide to an Awesome Autumn: 15 Tips for a Happy Transition into Fall/19
By Shannon Smadella
Featured Business
Healing from Within: K&D Wellness in Flin Flon/22
Gateway to the North
p. 39
Health & Wellness
Don’t Forget Your Lunch! Back-to-School Lunch Tips /44
By Joanna LeDoux, Registered Dietitian
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Editor’s Note
While September 1st may not be the official new year, to me it has
always marked a season of fresh starts. Autumn is a season that bustles in
with a flurry of activity, and the launch of a new school year always brings
with it a sense of hope, fueled by the bold potential of a new beginning. As
we shake off our summer languor, we each get the opportunity to be a
student again, starting fresh.With that in mind, this issue of Cottage North
is a reflective one, where we take a moment to explore what we’ve
learned from the past, while envisioning the promise of the future.
In A Landscape of Stories, you’ll discover how Scott Gilmore is preserving his grandfather’s legacy by sharing the stories of this region with a new
generation. In Learning from the Land, Dr. Wilson tells us how she is teaching educators how to respect, value and ‘read’ the land, in the hopes that
they will, in turn, pass on that knowledge.
As the kids march back to school, armed with new backpacks, and the
wisdom gained from a summer full of experiences, I hope you’ll take a
glimpse at a thoughtful piece by Harry Hobbs (p.33). In The Good, the Bad,
and the Ugly, Hobbs looks back at the teachers who influenced him as a student, and, inadvertently, shaped his career
as an educator. His story is a timely reminder that each of us, no matter our age or stage of life, has the power to
make a difference to another human being. So I’ll echo Shannon Smadella’s words (p.19): “This season, be kind to others, no matter what. As Emerson once said, ‘You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon
it will be too late.’”
As the autumn approaches, with its new opportunities and new
challenges, we hope you find some light, some insight, and some laughs
within these pages (and for the latter, be sure to stop by Waskesiu on
p. 13). Thanks for reading, and best wishes for a happy fall!
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Cottage North Contributors
Scott Gilmore
Scott Gilmore is the founder of the
charity Building Markets. He was born in
Flin Flon and still considers it home. If
you have stories or names you think
should be included on Gilmore's Rock on
Both Sides Canoe Map, please contact him
directly at [email protected].
Harry Hobbs
Harry Hobbs, originally from Cobourg, Ontario, was a
teacher-librarian at Hapnot Collegiate
for 23 years. Since retirement he has
published one novel, “A Dozen Years”,
and has another novel in the final stages
of revision. Hobbs is President of the Flin
Flon Writers Guild, Secretary at the Flin
Flon Toastmasters Club, and Co-chair of
the Community Adult Learning Centre.
Jim Parres
Jim Parres is a prospector/geologist who
was born in Timmins, Ontario, but raised
in Flin Flon, Manitoba. He has coauthored two Manitoba mining books,
“The Nor Acme Gold Mine Story” and
“Headframes, Happiness and Heartaches” along with Marc
Jackson, editor of the Underground Press newspaper in Snow
Lake. Parres also writes a bi-monthly column in the Snow
Lake paper.
Shannon Smadella
Shannon grew up in Cranberry
Portage. As a humanitarian, entrepreneur, author, and business professional
she enjoys spending her time with what
she values most in this world, her son.
Web: www.shannonsmadella.ca
Pat Vickery
Pat Vickery was born and raised in Flin Flon. She
attended the U of S and obtained a B.A. and a B.Ed, teachAlex McGilvery
Alex McGilvery is a book reviewer ing in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Wisconsin. Vickery’s
and author as well as minister with work for children was published in W.J. Gage anthologies,
Northminster Memorial United Church. textbooks, and workbooks and her poetry has been pubRead McGilvery’s book reviews at www. lished in Canada and the U.S.
celticfrogreviews.com/
Dr. Alex Wilson
Dr. Alex Wilson is from the
Morley Naylor
Opaskwayak Cree Nation. She is the
Morley Naylor was born in Sherridon
Director of the Aboriginal Education
and has lived in Flin Flon since. For 32
Research Centre and a professor in the
years, he has travelled all over northern
College of Education at the U of S. Her
Manitoba and Saskatchewan with CBC
focus is Indigenous land-based educaTV and CBC Radio. “I’ve really come to
appreciate the beauty and diversity of
our area,” Naylor
says, “there are so
many stories to
tell.”
We welcome submissions of
photos, art and articles at all
times. Contact us if you have
something to share!
204-687-3454 or
[email protected]
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Calendar of Events
Flin Flon, Creighton, Denare Beach & Area
K.C. Adams Exhibit, September, NorVA Centre
Painting workshop, Sept 21 and 22, NorVA Centre.
Facilitated by artist Lloyd Major. For more information contact
Ron Watt: 204-687-3553 or [email protected]
Pauline Braun Exhibit, October, NorVA Centre
tickets: 204-687-7768
Rosie & The Riveters folk-gospel quartet. Oct 6.
Contact: FF Arts Council
Home Routes Concert: Theresa Doyle and Patrick
Bunston from PEI, Oct 25 and 26. 204-687-7768
Yadong Guan Trio. Performing the guitar, pipa and cello.
Nov 3, Contact: FF Arts Council
COMMUNITY EVENTS
FESTIVALS
Under One Roof, Sept 6-7, FF Community Hall. Learn
about community groups, teams, and organizations for kids and
adults. Friday, 6-9 pm and Sat, 11-4 pm.
Relay for Life, Sept 7. Nationwide fundraiser for cancer
research. To participate call Ashley at 204-687-7730 or Nicole
at 306-688-3030.
Creighton’s Annual Home Business Show. Sept 14,
Sportex Arena. 10 am – 3 pm Book a table: 688-3538
5k Fun Run by Flin Flon Parks & Rec, Oct 6. Race starts
at 9 am at Phantom Lake. $30 entry, ages 12 and older. Register
by Sept 20: 681-7542
Culture Days: A jam-packed weekend from Sept 27-29.
Highlights:
Check out a Living Book at the Library. Friday, 8 pm
featuring local guest speakers
Culture Shock Concert: 6 Great Bands. 8 pm - midnight,
$10, Jubilee Hall Tent
Culture Days at Bakers Narrows Lodge: live music,
hoop dancers, fiddling, Aboriginal storytelling, ceilidh, instructional demonstrations in traditional crafts, and more. Sat, 8:30
am – 4:00 pm
Wild Rice: A celebration of women in art. Saturday 7:00
pm, R.H. Channing Auditorium.
Dancing Down Main Street. Join in! Sun, noon at Pioneer
Square
Pictures at an Exhibition. Musical Improv and Artwork.
Sunday 1:00 pm, NorVA Centre
Film Showing: Twenty Feet from Stardom of the Toronto
International Film Festival Series. Sun, 3:00 pm at Hapnot
Theatre
VISUAL ART
MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
Habitat 53° Coffee House,
Sept 21. Entertainment, raffles,
50/50 and desserts. Tickets available
at Northern Rainbow’s End and at
the door. 7-9 pm, Creighton
Community Hall
Home Routes Concert: Hills
and Lemelin – Folk/Blues from
Victoria, Sep 26 and 27. Contact
Tim Spencer for location and
Thompson & Area
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Northern Market. Local and regional crafters, food, and
home-based businesses.
Health & Leisure Mart. Register for sports, arts, and
other leisure activities. Both events: Sept 6-7, TRCC. 5-9 pm
Fri and 10-2 Sat. Info/register: 677-7952.
Eleven Past One Concert with DJ Fin-S. Pop Music.
Sept 21, CA Nesbitt Arena, 8-10 pm Info/tickets: 677-7952 or
Thompson.ca
Cozy 2 bedroom log cottages – short term or long term stays.
15 min from Flin Flon – ½ mile from airport
Call 1.866.603.6390
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Classical
Home
Routes:
Harpsichordist Hank Knox. Sept 20,
The Pas Fellowship Church (LaRose
beside the Rupert House). Tickets $20 at
the door. Contact [email protected]
Home Routes: Hills and Lemelin
Folk & Blues. Sept 24, Sam Waller
Museum. 7:30 pm. Tickets: $20 at the
museum
Home Routes: Teresa Doyle and Patrick Bunston,
Oct 23. Sam Waller Museum 7:30 pm. $20
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Parade of Programs: Learn about and register for community programs. Sept 14, Roy H. Johnson Arena. Info: Kelsey
Rec, 627-1131
Opaskwayak Cree Nation Powwow 2013, Sept 27-29
Citizen/Business of the Year Award Dinner & Dance. Oct 25.
Call 204-623-7256 for more info.
FESTIVALS
Culture Days in The Pas. Sept 27-29. Numerous activities, including: Craft Day (Fri), Dance Craze (Sat night, Legion);
Art in the Park (Sun) – with a family mural drawing. Come out
for Zumba, a farmers market, fishing derby, family picnic, and
much more. Email [email protected] for more details.
VISUAL ART
Quilt Show at
the Library Annex.
Sept 14, 10-5 pm.
Exhibits of local quilters’ work, with demonstrations throughout
the day. Coffee, tea, and
dainties for sale.
Nightlife/
Wildlife Exhibit at the Sam Waller Museum. September, 1-5 pm
daily. Featuring diverse artwork by fourteen local artists.
Prince Albert & Area
around the world, in conjunction with local short films.
Tickets: $10/film or 3 for $25 in advance. Info/tickets:
Tribute to Stompin’ Tom Connors, Sept 15. E.A. (306) 763-7080
Prince Albert Metis Fall Festival, Sept 20-22, P.A.
Rawlinson Centre, 2 pm
Rose Cousins, Sept 23. E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7:30 Exhibition Centre. Jigging, fiddling, square dancing, talent
show, Metis youth ambassadors and role models, chilpm
The Sojourners, Oct 8. E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7:30 dren’s events, art/craft booths, displays, concessions, and
pm
more. Info: (306) 922-1998
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Oct 23.
PA Multicultural Council’s Tapestrama 2013.
E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7:30 pm
Sept 28-29: Prince Albert’s premier cultural showcase, a
Oh What a Night! A Tribute to Frankie Valli and The two-day multicultural art and folk festival. Music, dance,
Four Seasons, Oct 31. E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7 pm
performers, and children’s activities; taste food, drinks,
and international beer and wine from around the world.
FESTIVALS
Sat night dance party featuring “Oral Fuentes Reggae
10th Annual Reel Rave Film Festival, Sept 7 and Band.” Free admission. Info: http://www.pamcsk.com/
8, Twin Pines Cinema, Waskesiu. Showcasing six films from tapestrama.html or (306) 922-0400
Contact Info for Frequent Events
Culture Days – Manitoba & Saskatchewan
www.culturedays.ca
E.A. Rawlinson Centre, Prince Albert
1-866-700-ARTS
http://www.earawlinsoncentre.ca/
NorVA Centre, Flin Flon
Norvacentre.com
204-687-4237
Thompson Recreation
www.thompson.ca
204-677-7952
Flin Flon Arts Council 204.687.5974 flinflonartscouncil.com
Email: [email protected]
The Pas Arts Council
https://www.sites.google.com/site/artscouncilthepas/
[email protected]
204-623-7035
Sam Waller Museum
Samwallermuseum.ca
204-623-3802
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A
Landscape
of Stories:
The Rock on
Both Sides
Canoe Map
Scott Gilmore learned to love the landscape of Northern
Manitoba through the evocative stories told by his grandfather.
Today, Gilmore is passing on his grandfather’s legacy by sharing
that local knowledge with a new generation.
A draft version of the Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map
– Scott Gilmore –
y grandfather, Watson Gilmore, arrived in
Flin Flon in the 1930s, and within the scope
of six decades he had played baseball,
worked underground, ran a store, cut timber, and prospected. As a child, I would spend evenings in his cabin
at Bakers Narrows and listen to him visit with friends.
During those long summer nights, I absorbed my
grandfather’s stories and legends about Lake
Athapapuskow, and, in my mind’s eye, I built a mythic
landscape. My grandfather’s tales gave every landmark
a story. Paddling my canoe past an island, I wouldn’t
simply see rock and trees. I would see the Cree hunter’s camp, the early trap lines, and the prospector’s
claim.
When I began to bring my own children to the lake,
my grandfather was long gone, and so were his tales.
Canoeing up Mistik Creek with my daughter, she saw
only portages. I saw an ancient hunting trail, each lake
named from one to fourteen in Cree: Payuk, Neso,
Nisto.....I realized that my children were not inheriting
the mythology that brought the land to life for me.
One day, I found a tattered copy of Real Berard’s
illustrated canoeing map for Mistik Creek. Berard, an
artist and naturalist, created a series of beautiful hand
drawn maps in the '60s and '70s for paddlers. His
detailed sketches of wildlife, landmarks, and artifacts
along the route communicated a deep love for the
region, but also gave the land character and history.
Inspired by his example, I decided to create an illustrated map for my children, one that told the history
of Lake Athapap and its surroundings.
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I began by collecting old maps. I visited the Hudson
Bay Company archives in Winnipeg, spent hours in the
University of Toronto Library, found prospecting journals, and obsessively searched newspaper archives. I
read through history books and canvassed friends and
relatives for stories. Gradually, I filled in the lakes,
traced the old portage routes, added facts and tales,
and sketched moose tracks, pictographs, and old
canoes. The “Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map” began to
take shape.
While researching, I learned that this summer is the
250th anniversary of the first recorded visit by a
European to the region. In 1763, fur trader Joseph
Smith paddled from York Factory to Cranberry Portage,
guided by a First Nations leader named Meesinkeeshick.
Unfortunately, the visit did not end well: Smith died on
the return journey.
Sitting at the crossroads of many canoe routes,
including the historic “Upper Track” to Hudson’s Bay,
the Athapapuskow area has seen many of Canada’s
most important explorers. The famed English explorer
Samuel Hearne came through in 1774. He was sent
inland by the Hudson Bay Company to establish
Cumberland House, the first permanent European
settlement in Saskatchewan.
In the late 1700s, Peter Fidler paddled through on
one of his survey trips. His descendants still live in the
region today. David Thompson visited in 1813 on his
way west. And in 1896, J.B. Tyrrell, who mapped most of
Western Canada, arrived. In his journal he described
Athapap’s “beautifully clear transparent water.”
As my research continued, many less well-known
but equally remarkable characters emerged from the
region’s history. There was the “mad” trapper Holt.
Originally from the U.S., in the 1920s he kept a tame
wolf and lynx in his
infamously dirty
cabin on what is
now called Holt
Lake near Mistik
Creek.
Robert Foote
was another character, a “remittance
man” from England
and one of the first
Gilmore with daughter Maddy
settlers on Lake
Athapapuskow. He was a famous dandy, with expensive
taste: in the 1930s Foote would pay bush pilots to fly in
fresh roses to his cabin in the winter. Sally’s Beach is
named after his German Shepherd, who often played
there.
The map also records the role of the First Nations
in the region. Several families from Cumberland House
were the first homesteaders, settling around Bakers
Narrows over 100 years ago. These include Bill Baker
himself, as well as the Moodys, Collins’, and McNichols.
They trapped, prospected, logged, and in the case of
David Collins, led Tom Creighton to the ore body that
became the Flin Flon mine.
As these stories were added to the map, I worked
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many local place
names as possible.
They may not be
listed on the official government
maps, but the traditional names of The
Swimming Islands,
Washing Machine
Gilmore’s map records the stories
Bay, Burnt Point,
behind place names, like “Washing
and Haystack Rock
Machine Bay” on Lake Athapap
still deserve to be
recorded and passed on.
The first draft of the Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map
is now complete. As I hoped, my children are fascinated
by it, and they pore over the details, building their own
mythic landscapes.
Scott is now circulating copies of The Rock on Both Sides
Canoe Map in order to gather more local place names and
legends to include in later versions. In the autumn he will
share it with local schools and libraries, and find a distributor if members of the public want copies. If you have stories
or names you think should be included in the map, please
contact Scott at [email protected].
Maddy paddles along Mistik Creek with her dad. Photos courtesy of Scott Gilmore.
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Learning from the
Land
An evening class on the water. Photos submitted by Dr. Alex Wilson
and seek out and use some of the medicinal plants of the
area. They travelled by boat to explore the petrographs at
Tramping Lake and interviewed elders from the Opaskwayak
Cree Nation. They were visited by a number of guest lecturers, including conservationists, athletes, elders, and environmentalists. The two weeks ended with the students
– Dr. Alex Wilson –
preparing and hosting a feast to thank the elders, commun a time when the land is being exploited and our nity, and the staff at Bakers Narrow Lodge.
eco-system is in crisis, we need to fully understand
Many of the procedures and processes in this master’s
our relationship to, and responsibilities to, the land. program are driven by the Cree concept of pastahowun,
This summer, 23 students from across Canada came to which explains that we are related to, and must live in
northern Manitoba to take part in an innovative master’s respect and harmony with, people, plants, animals, fish,
degree program that is based on the primary concept that rocks, the air we breathe, the constellations we see, the
the land and water are both the text and the teacher.
water that sustains our life, and the soil on which we tread.
This unique program, which graduated its first cohort of Although the students who attended were from many difstudents in 2011, seeks to teach an alternate way of learn- ferent language groups, this concept of pastahowun seems
ing, one that places a high value on Indigenous knowledge. common to all Indigenous groups. In order for Aboriginal
As the initiative’s co-founder, Dr. Stan Wilson, explains, “It teachers to pass on this philosophy to their students, they
sprung from the need for Aboriginal teachers to receive a must learn about it themselves. This program certainly
more relevant form of education, one which would encour- provides that foundation.
age them to get out of the classroom and use the land and
Days for the students were long but fulfilling; they were
resources around them.” The graduate classes are run by up at 7 a.m., then running or paddling before breakfast,
the University of Saskatchewan and taught by professors which was followed by classroom lectures either in the
who specialize in land-based and Indigenous education.The “classroom” (a tipi or the dining room at Bakers Narrows
students in the program are all working in the field of edu- Lodge), or out on the land.They then had physical activities
cation as certified teachers, school principals, or adminis- again and time for writing and analyzing their experiences,
trators.
and the days concluded with classroom lectures typically
Throughout the program, students learn about their after 10 p.m. Many students worked well into the nights.
own collective histories and obligations to the earth. This
This land-based initiative received the U of S Provost’s
summer, the master’s students were based in Bakers Award for Innovation in Learning, the Manitoba Spirit of
Narrows, a provincial park near Flin Flon. There, students the Earth Award, and, most recently, was recognized in the
learned how to paddle in voyageur canoes, read the waters, Manitoba Legislature. In his speech to the assembly, MLA
Students in the Land-Based Master of Education Program at
the University of Saskatchewan leave the textbooks behind.
Instead, they focus on studying the land as a text, and in the
process, develop a rich understanding of Indigenous knowledge
and ways of being.
I
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Frank Whitehead said, “The course focused on a holistic from all things.”
approach to education by going back to the land and learning
from local elders…..By expanding the notion of the classTo learn more about this innovative program, visit the U of S
room to include returning to and learning from the land, the website: http://www.usask.ca/education/efdt/m-ed-program/
students are able to connect with their roots and learn the land-based-indigenous-cohort/
importance of protecting the environment. While many students are increasingly disconnected from their natural environment, these students are truly learning from theirs.”
Although the curriculum for the program is primarily
focused on land-based learning, the students are also expected to excel in scholarly writing and research. All of them will
be presenting their work at an International Educational
Conference.
Now that the students have completed their first courses this summer, they will be taking an online course that
focuses on Food Sovereignty.They will then travel to Hawaii
where they’ll study Indigenous language revitalization. After
another online course, next summer they reconvene for
land-based coursework in Stl’atl’imx First Nation, Lilloet, BC.
Their final courses will be offered during the summer of
2015, and the students will graduate that fall with Master’s of
Education degrees.
As professionals in the field of education, these graduate
students will have a unique opportunity to teach younger
generations how to understand, and value, the land on a
deeper level. Pearleen Lachlab, a teacher in Little Pine First
Nation, and a graduate student in the program, offers her
U of S students and professors with MP Niki Ashton.
insight: “Anyone can develop Indigenist ways of being and
The tipi served as a sometime-classroom for the course at
understanding. It helps us develop a closer connection to
Bakers Narrows.
land, and its elements, and the spiritual energies emanating
the
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Waskesiu
Lake Waskesiu and Grey Owl’s Cabin today. Photo courtesy of Parks Canada.
– Jim Parres –
Waskesiu Lake in the 1950s was home to fearless bears,
awe-inspiring hockey players…and a young Jim Parres, on
summer vacation. Here, Parres shares his funniest memories
of summers spent in Saskatchewan’s Playground.
and camping facilities. There are private cabins up on
Golf
Course
Boulevard, where
an 18 hole course
attracts
many
Saskatchewan golfers as well as golfers from all over
the world.
Grey Owl, the
famous conservationist, and his
Grey Owl
Ojibway
wife,
Anahareo, had a cabin in the park and raised several beaver kits by the bottle. In 1931, Grey Owl (Archie Belaney)
was appointed full-time conservation officer for the Park.
He wrote several books on conservation that later
Waskesiu, Saskatchewan
About Waskesiu
Waskesiu is a true jewel in the Wilderness, the
“Playground of Northern Saskatchewan”. Located 70 km
north of Prince Albert, on the shore of Waskesiu Lake in
Prince Albert National Park, Waskesiu is known as a holiday get-away spot. The village of Waskesiu is situated near
the east boundary of the park. Prince Albert National
Park was established in 1927 and covers 3875 square
kilometres of typical boreal forest on the southern edge
of the Precambrian Shield.
Waskesiu is well known for its gorgeous sand beaches
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Billie Parres, Jim’s mom, tent camping in Waskesiu
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became international best-sellers when he went on tour,
a tour which included an audience with the British Royal
Family.
My parents and all their siblings were from Saskatchewan,
mainly Saskatoon. My mother had visited Waskesiu and
tent-camped there with her girlfriends in the 1930s. She
visited Grey Owl and Anahareo at their cabin and took
pictures of their furry pets. My dad also played golf there
in the ’30s. Waskesiu was in his heart.
***
Fortunately for us, my Uncle Jim made some money
from one of Saskatchewan’s early uranium booms and
bought a cabin in Waskesiu, next to the cabin belonging
to A. A. Murphy (a businessman from Saskatoon). The
cabins were located on a high bluff overlooking part of
Waskesiu Lake up by the golf course. Looking back, our
family had a myriad of awesome adventures at Waskesiu,
and I will recount a few that involved NHL hockey stars,
bears, and a hole-in-one.
***
Photo courtesy of the Waskesiu Golf Course
then darted off into
the bush. My uncle,
a true prospector,
followed the fox in
the direction of its
travel and came
upon its den. There
was a stash of nearly 200 golf balls,
many showing teeth
marks, probably
chewed up by the
kits as they were
growing up. Mystery
solved, and my uncle
got a bunch of pracLew shows off his hole-in-one putt
tice balls to boot.
Our visits usually coincided with the Lobstick
Tournament. My dad and uncle would golf every day for a
week or so as a tune-up for the tournament. Quite often
I would caddy, which involved not only carrying a bag of
clubs, but washing the golf balls and holding the flag and
pin by the edge of the cup while they were “putting
out”.
My dad was paired with a medical doctor on the opening day of the tournament, on August 18, 1952. His opponent was F. G. Hodgson. The second hole was very short
Lew Parres, Jim’s father, at Waskesiu Golf Course in the 1930’s with an elevated tee and a sloping green below. My dad
hit a wedge. The ball landed on the upside of the green
Misadventures on the Green
and rolled tantalizingly towards the cup, then dropped. A
When we stayed at Uncle Jim’s cabin, golfing was the hole in one!
main summer fun for my dad and his brother as well as
My dad knew there was a trophy for a hole in one, but
their wives. The 18 hole golf course, which was near the what he didn’t know was that tradition called for the
cabin, was the source of many of our adventures. My dad lucky person to buy a round for the clubhouse! This was
liked to compete in the Annual Lobstick Tournament, an expensive experience, but my dad good-naturedly paid
named after a huge lobstick tree (portage marker) on the the bill. The next day he had quite a gallery following him.
first fairway on the crest of a hill. One summer, a lot of When we arrived at the second hole, a man shouted out
the golfers that hit their ball over the hill had a problem “$100 you can’t do it again, Lew!” Crack. He hit the same
finding it. My uncle was determined to solve the mystery. shot with the same iron. The ball landed almost exactly
The first day he took a chair and sat just off the fairway, where it had the day before and rolled towards the cup.
in the bushes, thinking someone must be sneaking out The ball rolled right up to the edge of the cup...everybody
and stealing the golf balls. The first hour – nothing. Then gasped as it started to drop...then stopped. The twosome
at about 9 a.m. several people drove off the tee. A fox ran before had replaced the flag on a slight angle, preventing
out on the fairway and grabbed one ball in his mouth – the ball from dropping in the hole. A mighty groan went
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up from the gallery. My dad looked at the man who had
yelled out the bet and said, “Well, at least your hundred
bucks would have helped pay for the round!” Everybody
laughed. I caught heck for not going down to the green
and adjusting the pin, as a good caddy would have.
***
gave him his shake and the change. “How much were they
each?” he queried. I told him the price. “Well, get back in
there and get the correct change,” he stated, handing me
back the coins. I was sort of embarrassed, but Johnny just
laughed and gave me more change. “Tell Lew that was
supposed to be my tip!”
***
One of Waskesiu’s infamous bears
Brushes with Danger
Another big attraction was to drive out to the “nuisance grounds” and view the black bears. There were
usually a few bears foraging, and the odd person would
Gordie Howe, #9, and Johnny Bower get out of their vehicles to feed them. My dad wouldn’t
allow us to get out, and for good reason. One day a
Rubbing Shoulders with the Greats
While the adults golfed, swimming at the main beach cranky bear attacked and mauled a person who got too
was a priority for us kids—that beach made for a great close. After that, people would hand scraps out their
babysitter. The beach was natural, with a breakwater and vehicle windows. Of course, the bears became habituated
a lifeguard on duty during the day. Inside the harbour was and started roaming through the village and campgrounds
looking for “easy pickings”. A woman saw a bear in her
a floating dock with two levels of diving boards.
One evening my sister Bev and I were at the beach garbage can and came out to shoo him away with her
when a slope-shouldered, muscular 24- year-old man broom. The bear was a sow with cubs. She attacked and
dove in and swam out to the floating dock. He com- killed the woman. Now there was a posse out to hunt
menced doing jack-knife dives and flips off the higher level down the bear.
Shortly after the attack, which was unbeknownst to us,
board. He was very athletic, and it was like having our
own private performance as there were very few people my sister and I left my uncle’s cabin to walk the lake trail
around that night. We were enthralled and watched to the beach.We normally took the road, but the lake trail
intently, clapping after every exhibition, for almost an was more of an adventure. We came around a corner on
hour. A man walked up to us and said, “Isn’t he great?” We the trail, and there was the bear with her two cubs. She
heartily agreed and asked, “Do you know him?” “Yes, started towards us, and I took off running at full tilt. We
that’s Gordie Howe, the NHL hockey star with the ran back along the trail to where a survey line was cut up
the hill to the highway. My sister was screaming while
Detroit Red Wings.”
When Howe swam back over to the main dock, I shyly running behind me, but it was ‘every kid for himself’. We
asked for his autograph. “Sure, kid,” he said, “…what do I tore up the line, through the stumps and brush and
sign on?” We both laughed because we were both clad flagged down the first car we saw. We excitedly told the
only in bathing suits with no paper or pen in sight. He said, driver about the bears, and he told us to jump in the back
seat. We breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly a large figure
“See me later, young fella.” I’m still waiting!
A few days later, my dad and I stopped at the ice cream came over the front seat and let out a ferocious growl.
parlour run by Johnny Bower, the NHL star, and goalie for Now we both screamed at the top of our lungs until we
the Leafs. My dad, Lew, was well known for playing hockey realized it was our dad. He had been slunked down, hidin Saskatoon, and he knew Gordie and Johnny and the ing.
He had heard about the fatal attack, and they were out
Bentley brothers as well. Dad gave me some money and
instructions to get two milk shakes. When I returned, I searching for us on the road, not realizing we had taken
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the lake trail. They drove down to the village and reported the location of the bear to the MNR.
Years later, I took my own family into the dump area
to see the bears, but the dump had been moved. You had
to walk about a thousand feet down a road. About twenty people were assembled, so we joined them and all
walked in. There were two small bears foraging, but all of
a sudden, a huge bear appeared. After a short, nasty
scuffle, only the big bear remained.
Two young men, who had obviously been drinking,
took exception to the big bear’s bullying and started to
toss rocks at him. I grabbed the kids, and we started back
down the road. Some people thought it was hilarious,
until a rock hit the bear and he came out of the garbage
so fast nobody had time to move. The two young guys
were closest, and the bear was almost on them. Everyone
started screaming and running. Once the two tormentors
finally took off running, the bear stopped, but could easily
have mauled at least one of them. Almost a deadly lesson.
***
Well, the two NHL-ers are long retired, the 18 hole
golf course has been redesigned, and the Lobstick tree is
being replaced by a smaller, younger tree on September
1, 2013. I’d sure like to get back up to the Playground of
Northern Saskatchewan one of these days, maybe to see
Grey Owl’s new cabin on Ajawaan Lake near Kingsmere
Lake (north of Waskesiu Lake). This new cabin was built
to replace the original cabin that burned down. Would be
nice to play a round of golf too, but I think I’ll pass on the
bears...I’m not as fast as I used to be.
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Your Guide to an Awesome Autumn
15 tips for a happy transition into fall
Photo by Moyan Brenn
– Shannon Smadella –
‘Tis the time when the luxurious lake days and summer breezes turn to shorter and colder “rake-days.” But to
everything there is a season, and this is a time to embrace change, jump in the leaves, and take a moment to love the
little blessings that are all around you. With that in mind, here are a few tips to help you make your autumn truly
awesome.
1
Host an autumn potluck
There’s no better way to bring in fall than to get together with
friends and family for a feast. Room-temperature salads are wonderful for autumn eating; they work well for a gathering, especially
when you know that guests will be arriving at various times. Finish off your
healthy meal with toasted marshmallows squished between delicious graham
crackers and chocolate…enough to get any mouth watering!
Garden-Fresh Salad
This tasty vegan salad is perfect for autumn potlucks.
Serves 6-8
Why not eat that organic goodness deep into the fall season?
Ingredients: There is nothing as sweet as homemade jam on some freshly baked
Zest and juice of 1 lime
bread, or chili made with tomatoes from the greenhouse.
2 tsp butter, melted
1 tsp cayenne pepper
4 ears corn, husked
Baba Smadella Dill Pickles
sealers
sweet red pepper, diced
Recipe shared by Cindy Smadella
Pour hot brine (water and vinegar
¼ red onion, diced
Makes about 18-20 Jars
mixture) into jars (fill to brim). Seal
1 ½ green onions, thinly sliced
Ingredients:
Shake jar to dissolve sugar and
1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes, Water: 20 cups
salt.
halved
Vinegar: 4 cups
Place jars in a hot water bath for
1 cup shelled edemame, Cucumbers: 20 lbs. (at least)
20 min (do not let boil). Take jars
blanched
and
cooled
Jars/Sealers:18-20
out, place on counter and let cool
1/3 cup olive oil
Garlic: 18-40 cloves or for lids to seal.
1 tsp salt
buds (1-2 cloves/jar)
Leave about two weeks before
avocado, cubed (optional)
Dill: 36-40 heads (2 heads /jar)
enjoying!
Directions:
Pickling salt:18-20 tsp (one tsp/ Preheat grill to medium. Stir
jar)
together lime zest, butter, and cayWhite sugar 18-20 tsp (one enne. Brush on corn. Grill, turning
tsp/jar)
every 3-4 minutes, until soft and
Directions
lightly charred, about 10 minutes.
Mix 20 cups of water with 4 cups
Remove from grill, let cool.
of white vinegar and boil
Into a large bowl, cut corn off of
Prepare Sealers: In each clean 1 qt
the
cob. Add red pepper, red onion,
jar, add 1-2 cloves of garlic and 2
green
onions, tomatoes, edemame,
heads of dill. Pack jars with cleaned
olive oil, salt, and lime juice. Stir well.
cold crisp dills (cucumbers).
Cover, refrigerate overnight. Add avoAdd 1 heaping tsp of pickling salt
cado (if using), just before serving.
and 1 heaping tsp of white sugar to
2
Freeze or can garden produce
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3
Give back as a family
4
Send a postcard
It’s easy in life to forget how lucky one is, and to take things for granted. Use this “season of change” to
help people in your community or even in far-off places, whether through donations of time or money.
Sponsoring a child is an amazing way to give back and teach your kid about the world beyond their own
community. It also may make them decrease the size of their Christmas wish list, knowing how lucky they are compared to their new pen-pal. To find meaningful ways to give back, look for a personal connection: Are you an animal
lover? Help gather supplies, or walk dogs, for the local SPCA. There is ALWAYS something good that you can do!
Sure, it’s easier to upload your summer vacation photos to Facebook or send email greetings to your family
and friends, but getting a note or a photo via snail mail is
a real treat. Pick your favourite summer family pic and send to
your loved ones.
6
Switch out your wardrobe
5
Have a lazy day
Sometimes in life we need to just do
absolutely nothing. Stay in your PJs until
lunch time, take a walk in the park, go
read a good book in a pile of leaves under a tree
or go watch the sun set on a park bench. Cherish
every moment. Just be.
This is a great time to store all of your summer
clothes but also go through what you don’t wear anymore. Giving to goodwill or the second-hand store will
not only give you good karma but will leave more room for a clean
closet and a clear mind. Do the same with your kids’ clothes everyone knows someone who could use hand-me-downs.
7
Enjoy the outdoors
Fall is a great time to go for a walk down a path in the
woods or enjoy the bike paths and get your last fix of
summer activities before the
snow hits. If hunting and fishing are your hobbies, get out
and take in the beautiful
scenery that the great north
has to offer.
8
Re-evaluate your New Year’s
resolutions
9
Complete this year’s home
improvement projects
In classic literature, fall symbolizes the evolution from youth to a
more mature part of life, full of wisdom and knowledge. Make this a time to
reflect on your year and make the changes necessary for personal growth.
If you’re like most people, when it comes to home renos, it seems
that one runs out of summer when trying to get everything done to the house.
Use the last few “snow-less” weekends to complete the final touches on your
home project or renovation. For the keeners who have completed their projects mid-summer, fall is a great time to plan next year’s!
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Greet the day with some
early-morning yoga
Yoga is a gentle way to ease into your day and stay limber. Just a couple of poses in
the morning can get you and your kids energized and enthused to face the morning. As a trained
yoga instructor I’ve taught students from 4 through 85, and have found some great “wake-up”
sequences.
Check out the full workout online at www.miss-canada.com/yoga
-Downward-Facing Dog
(Adho Mukha Svanasana)
is an all over, rejuvenating
stretch! It is known to energize the body, improve digestion, and relieve stress and
mild depression.
-Triangle
pose
(Trikonasana). This pose is
great for people with backache and is known to be
therapeutic for anxiety, neck
pain. and osteoporosis.
-Tree-Pose (Vrksasana)
will help improve your sense of
balance throughout the day.
11
12
Wash the windows, put away your summer gear, and get organized for the school
year.
Read a good book
13
Fill the freezer
with plan-b meals
14
Take time to smell the
leaves
Sometimes life can get busy… and
making nutritious meals can easily slip from the
priority list. Having some “ready-to-go” meals
in the freezer is a great way to eat healthy,
while still making it to hockey practice on time.
Whole-wheat pastas with creamy Alfredo sauce
and chicken or homemade tomato sauce work
well, and you can never go wrong with chili.
Fall cleaning
There’s nothing better than snuggling deep into your
blanket, with a cup of tea and a good book on a chilly fall
evening! Some personal favourites: The Power of Now or
A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle, Outliers or Blink – Malcolm Gladwell,
or for those in business, Redefining Success – a recent book by my
friend, the amazing philanthropist and entrepreneur, W. Brett
Wilson. Oprah always has some great suggestions too, at www.
oprah.com/book_club.html
Too often we get wrapped up in the day-to-day tasks
and routines that we perceive as “life” or “living”. Take some time to
appreciate the crisp fall breeze, or the laughter of children as they
leap into a pile of freshly fallen leaves. Gaze at the stars on a clear
night, even if it is for just a minute. Enjoy the Northern Lights. Every
day, you have a choice to awaken and enjoy the simple things in life,
the things that truly make it worth living.
Tolle, Outliers or Blink – Malcolm Gladwell, or for those in business, Redefining Success – a recent book by my friend, the amazing
philanthropist and entrepreneur, W. Brett Wilson. Oprah always has
some great suggestions too, at www.oprah.com/book_club.html
Photo by Carolyn Tiry
15
Be kind
Last but not least, this season:
be kind to others, no matter
what. Emerson once said, “You
cannot do a kindness too soon, because
you never know how soon it will be too
late.”
To everything there is a season, and as the leaves turn (turn, turn) make some time for every purpose…make this
an awesome autumn!
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Healing from Within
Flin Flonners Get Their Groove Back at K & D Wellness
educating herself and undergoing extensive training,
Brown was convinced that these therapies could
make a real difference to residents in her home town.
So, three years ago, Brown opened K & D Wellness
out of her home in Flin Flon. From the beginning,
Brown says, the response to her business was amazt K & D Wellness, Diane Brown helps clients ing – clients told their friends how much better they
who suffer from a wide range of conditions, felt, again and again - and over the years K & D
including arthritis, fibromyalgia, anxiety, and/ Wellness has grown considerably, largely through
or skin problems such as psoriasis. As Brown explains, word-of-mouth advertising.
“A lot of people here in Flin Flon suffer from chronic
While Brown notes that every client’s situation,
pain, anxiety, or depression. Many elderly residents in and healing process, is unique, her ultimate goal is to
particular are experiencing limitations from arthritis help her clients reduce their pain, improve their
or steady back pain. They can’t get out gardening, health, and become less dependent on the therapy
walking, or doing the things they want to do.”
over time. As such, Brown has invested in equipment
Several years ago, Brown first heard about Far that stimulates the body’s own healing processes. For
Infrared, an alternative form of therapy designed to example, Far Infrared therapy has been shown to
address a wide range of ailments by activating the reduce stress and anxiety, and improve oxygen flow
body’s own healing processes. Curious, she began to and circulation, among other benefits. These benefits
do more research into similar methods, including improve the body’s ability to repair itself, engaging the
Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field, or PEMF, therapy, immune system and strengthening the body’s selfWhole Body Vibration Machines, and others. After healing mechanisms. As a result, over time, Brown’s
clients find they recover more quickly from ailments
and are less prone to injury – and start to feel better,
consistently.
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I haven’t been able to do for years.” – Mary Busby
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Local Reads: Shadows to Sunlight: One Woman’s Journey
Poems by Glenda Walker-Hobbs
Reflections
She views her image
reflected in the mirror,
sees the double chin,
thunder thighs,
drooping abdomen,
turns away in disgust.
She walks along the street,
feels eyes sweep across her body.
She sees herself
mirrored in the bodies
of other women like herself.
Revulsion sweeps over her
as she turns her eyes away.
Glenda Walker-Hobbs with her book Shadows to Sunlight
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hadows to Sunlight is a collection of poetry by
Glenda Walker-Hobbs on her journey through
weight loss and all its attendant issues of triumph,
failure, and guilt.
Poetry is different than prose. That may seem selfevident, but it is important to realize that this is a book
best savoured over coffee and a thin biscuit or perhaps a
slice of cheesecake slathered with chocolate. You see this
is a book by a woman who has been both places. If she
hasn’t exactly made peace with herself and her body, she
is able to look back with wiser eyes and an occasional
droll sense of humour.
The poems in the book range from “Stigma” to
“Chocolate”, from “Dear Fat” to “The Way I’m Built”,
from “Shadowlands” to “Sunshine”.This is no collection of
easy poems either. There is real struggle and pain, but also
glimpses of redemption and as promised plenty of
humour.
If any poems are aerobics for the mind, these are. They
lurk quietly waiting to cause a wince, or a laugh, or sometimes both. Glenda’s poems are tightly crafted and vary in
style from one to another. They are poems that can be
re-read and new things discovered each time.
I would recommend this slim volume to anyone who
struggles with their weight or knows someone who does.
That should cover just about everyone. It is available
through Lighthouse Publishers 2002 at their website: www.
lighthouse-publishers.com/html/books.html
Reviewed by Alex McGilvery
Read more of Alex’s reviews at
www.celticfrogreviews.com
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Dear Fat – First Letter
When I meet you
I want to smash
your face.
I want to pulverize
your substance to dust
with a sledge hammer.
I want to toss you
into a live volcano,
hear you scream
as your flesh is scorched by magma.
I want to hold you
under water,
watch you gasp for breath
when you try to surface.
I want to hurt you
as you have hurt me,
make you feel the pain
that I have felt.
Most of all
I want
revenge.
Know of a book that you’d like to see featured here?
We’re on the lookout for great books by local writers,
and/or books about the region – so drop us a line at [email protected] or call 204-687-3454.
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Capture the North Photo Contest
F
or this round of our year-long contest, we
asked readers to show us “Faces of the
North.” Photographers across the region
responded with diverse images that portray the north
through landscape, animal and human life.
Congratulations to Sharon Walker, winner for this
round, whose photo is featured on our cover. Thanks
to all the participating photographers, who’ve shown
us that the North has many faces—each with a beauty, and a story, all its own.
Winning Photo
Runners-up
Young Bull Moose
by Scott Kurytnik of Prince Albert SK
I came upon this young bull moose
while hiking in Northern Saskatchewan
near Weyakwin and feel that he has a true
face of the North. This picture is special to
me due to the rarity of getting this close to
a young moose, as well as the depth of
character in his face.
Are you a budding photographer?
Photographer: Sharon Walker
Owl Face
Owl Face by Sharon Walker of Melfort SK
I took this picture of an immature Barred Owl near Emma Lake in
July 2012. The mother had recently abandoned him and he was more
curious than scared. I therefore was able to get fairly close to get this
picture. We want to see your photos!
Enter Round 3 of the
Capture the North
Photo Contest
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Judges: ‘This is a great nature photograph – the owl is looking right
at you, and the photo is well-composed.’ ‘The depth of field, with the
background out of focus, works so well.’ ‘The catchlight in the eye really
draws you in.’
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Next Time We Walk Around
by Brenda Henderson of Flin Flon MB
The water was up fairly high on the Grass River, so
Louck’s Falls (MB) made for some fun running. The two
paddlers spent the afternoon practicing eddy turns. That
and self-rescue techniques.
Papa’s Helper
Backyard Hunter
by
Pamela
White of Flin Flon MB
by Crystal Banting of Denare Beach SK
This
picture,
from
a few years ago, is of our oldest
Spending a sunny afternoon in the yard in Denare Beach,
granddaughter,
Shayna.
We were at our cabin on
searching for grasshoppers, bees and bugs. This hunter
Defender
Lake
and
Shayna
was helping her papa bring
obliged, but was not excited to be distracted from his
wood
into
the
cabin
on
a
cold
winter day. I believe “Faces
search.
of the North” is about the different seasons in the
North and the future generations enjoying each and
every one.
Commercial Fishing on Wekusko
by Jeff Henderson of Flin Flon MB
Went out for the day getting some commercial fishing
photos on Wekusko Lake, MB during the winter season.
Awesome day, lots of good photos. I chose this one for
the contest because of the eye contact, and it seemed to
fit the theme.
Enter Round 3
See page 26 for entry details.
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Capture the North Photo Contest: Guidelines
How it works:
We will have five rounds of the Capture the North Photo
Contest – one for each issue from July 2013- April 2014. Each
issue will feature the round-winning photo and runners-up.
At the end of the contest, a grand prize winner will be chosen
from the five round-winning photos.
Round 3 Theme: Open Theme
Deadline: October 1
Deadlines: Round 3: Oct 1, Round 4: Dec 1,
Round 5: Feb 1
Submission Limits: Limit one photo submission per round
per photographer and a max of five photos per photographer for
the duration of the contest. No photographer can win more than
one round.
How to Enter:
Submission Details
All submissions must include:
Photographer’s full name
title of the photo and a short description (less than 50 words)
location where the photo was taken
photographer’s mailing address
photographer’s phone number and/or email address
Digital and print photos will be accepted.
Minimum file size 1.5 MB or 8x10 prints. Submit the best
quality file possible, please!
How to submit: choose one of the following options
Email: [email protected] ; subject line: “Photo
Contest Entry” and attach digital photo (preferred) and submission details
Drop off: your print photo or digital media and submission
details at The Reminder Office from Mon-Fri 8:30 – 4:00 p.m.
attn.: Cottage North
Mail: Send photo and submission details to The Reminder/
Cottage North offices, 14 North Avenue, Flin Flon, MB R8A
OT2 attn: Cottage North
All personal information submitted to Cottage North Magazine
will be kept confidential. Cottage North is not responsible for
returning physical media or photo submissions.
Quick Tips for Outdoor Photographers
Our judges share their advice.
1. Use the “rule of thirds” to your advantage. “This guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into
nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two
equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional
elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.”
(Bryan Peterson, 2003, Learning to See Creatively) In the photo
here, for example, positioning the lighted pathway on the right
third of the shot draws the reader’s
eye and makes for a more compelling photo. Use the grid feature
on your camera to place your
subject, or your horizon, off-centre, and observe the difference this
makes for the viewer.
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Terms of Entry and Disclaimers
Cottage North Magazine and the contest sponsor reserve the
right to alter the terms of the contest at any time.
The Capture the North Photo Contest is open to residents of
Canada, excluding residents of Quebec, over 18 years of age.
Winners will be selected based on the merits of the photos
submitted.
Elements to be considered may include, but are not limited to:
content/subject matter, composition, overall execution, technical
merit, and impact.
Cottage North reserves the right to refuse to print or deem
inadmissible any photos that we receive.
By entering the contest, you:
Affirm that you are the owner and the photographer of your
submitted photo, and you have the right to distribute the photo
and have permission from any individuals who appear in the
photos (or permission from parents or guardians in the case of
photos that portray individuals under the age of 18) for their use
in the contest and in the magazine.
Grant Cottage North Magazine permission to publish and use
your photo in future issues of the magazine in perpetuity
Acknowledge having read, understood, and agree to be bound
by, the contest rules and decisions
In the event that you are the winner of the grand prize, commit
to submitting a minimum of ten photos taken during the Lazy
Bear Lodge tour to Lazy Bear Lodge after the trip. These photos
may be used by Lazy Bear Lodge in their promotional materials in
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2. Decide on your subject and focal point when you compose the shot. Even a sunset photo should have a subject or a focal
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point.
3. Remember that, with camouflage, wild animals will
naturally disappear into the landscape. Be mindful of the negative space behind your subject when you are shooting wildlife. The
closer you can get, the better. Try to find a contrast to draw out the
detail in your subject.
4. Get creative and experiment. Look for a shot that is
unique or striking for the viewer, like an unusual combination of
colours or subjects, or an innovative angle. The more photos you
take, the better you will get as a photographer: bring your camera
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Spotlight on
Northern Athletes
– Manitoba Special Olympics –
Athlete: Jennifer Milton
Age: 40
Hometown: Flin Flon, MB
Sports: Swimming and bocce
Favourite Food: Spaghetti
Favourite Sport: Swimming
Favorite Teams: Flin Flon Flyers Swim Team and Saskatchewan Roughriders
J
ennifer Milton has been
involved with Special
Olympics for the last 25 years, starting out as
a swimmer and then taking
part in the 5-Pin Bowling program in Flin Flon. Currently,
Jennifer is on the Flin Flon
Flyers Swim Team and the Flin
Flon Bocce Team.
Jennifer is a very coachable athlete. She has competed at local swim competitions
and in The Pas, Thompson,
Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and
Brandon. Jennifer’s dedication
to swimming has earned her a spot on provincial teams, and
taken her to national competitions in Halifax and Brandon.
Throughout the years, Jennifer has shown exemplary sportsmanship and has treated both her coaches and her fellow
athletes with kindness.
Recently, Jennifer participated at the Provincial Swim
Competition in Winnipeg and Bocce Provincials. She won
several medals at the Provincial Swim Competition and won
silver at the Bocce Provincials. Jennifer rises to any challenge
presented to her, whether in the pool, on the bocce course,
or further afield.
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It is a worldwide program providing sport training and
competition for people with an intellectual disability. Special
Olympics in Canada is recognized by Sport Canada as the
main provider of services to individuals who have an intellectual disability.
Special Olympics Manitoba is the provincial sport governing body responsible for the delivery of sport for people
with an intellectual disability in the Province of Manitoba. It
is a not-for-profit organization, registered as a charity within
Manitoba. Their mission is enriching the lives of Manitobans
with an intellectual disability through active participation in sport.
The following programs are currently available in
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Thompson: Swimming, 5 Pin Bowling, and Curling
We are currently looking for a Youth 5 Pin Bowling coach and
assistant coaches for the Adult 5 Pin Bowling programs in
Thompson.
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Reeling in the Big
One in Cranberry
Portage
– Libby Stoker-Lavelle –
The annual Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge draws
anglers from throughout the region in search of that perfect
trout.
The top 11 teams at this year’s trout challenge
I
magine “two days when you don’t have to worry
about anything else…you’re just fishing all day long.”
Sounds like a dream long weekend for the dedicated
fisherman—or reality for the 62 pairs of anglers who
competed in this year’s Cranberry Portage Trout
Challenge.
For 24 years, the close-knit community of Cranberry
Portage, Manitoba, has hosted this two-day catch and
release tournament every August long weekend. The
derby takes place on Lake Athapapuskow, and the event is
run entirely by volunteers, most of whom are either
anglers themselves, or the spouses who love them.
They Keep Coming Back for More
This year’s 62 boats included anglers from Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario. Kori James, a longtime volunteer, reflects on what brings local and visiting
fishermen back, year after year, to the competition: “Well,
these people just really love to fish…and they like the
bragging rights!” Of course, the hefty prizes are a nice
bonus, with guaranteed cash prizes of $3500, $2500 and
$2000 for the anglers in first, second, and third place,
respectively. The whole operation is built to be self-sustaining: entry fees from the competitors go back into the
prizes for the winners, and a penny parade with donated
prizes contributes to the total amounts available to win@CottageNorth
ners. Local businesses lend support each year, and the
Department of Natural Resources helps out as well, with
one officer on the planning committee and another kicking off the shotgun start to the derby.
A New Tradition
For the past two years, the committee has run a
smoked trout competition at the rules meeting, held on
the Friday night before the derby begins. The committee
introduced the competition last summer as a tribute to
local angler Cameron McLean. McLean, who passed away
two years ago, was “a big part of the Trout Challenge,”
according to James. McLean participated in the fishing
derby for years and later served as Discrepancy Judge,
and he was well-known for sharing his smoked trout at
the rules meeting each year. An annual smoked trout
competition seemed like a fitting way to honour McLean’s
contribution to the community.
This year, several contestants took part, each bringing
two smoked trout to the rules meeting. The first trout
was for judging purposes, and the second was shared with
the appreciative crowd. This year’s prizes went to (first third) Barry Anderson, Ted Smith, and Rob James.
The Hard Luck Prize
Shotgun Start to the Trout Challenge
Every year, the main event begins on Saturday morning,
when, following an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start, the fishing
boats head out from Cranberry Portage onto ‘Big
Athapap’. At least…most of the boats do. Danny
Fosseneuve and Gunthar Lundie, winners of this year’s
‘Hard Luck Prize’, weren’t so lucky. The 2013 Awards
records document their experience:
The pair’s boat fell off the trailer at the boat launch.
Once the boat made it into the water, their motor
wouldn’t start. Danny got gas in his eyes. Then they pulled
the boat out and patched together a boat from one person and a motor from someone else, and launched. They
then discovered they had the wrong gas tank – and had
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to go back for the
right one. The boat
then wouldn’t start,
even with the right
tank. Finally the
motor
started.
Everyone cheered…
and the boat died.
Eventually they
chugged out of the
bay. We were just
happy to see they
made it back at the
end of the day, so
Danny Fosseneuve and Gunthar we didn’t have to
Lundie, Winners of the Hard Luck switch into search
Prize and rescue mode!
prizes during the awards ceremony.
The Trout Challenge is a serious fishing derby, but it
doesn’t take itself too seriously: take a glimpse at the
photos from this event and it is clear that every participant, no matter what his or her outcome, had a great
time (and…probably got a sunburn). And for those who
“just love to fish”…isn’t that what it’s all about?
Visit the Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge online at
https://sites.google.com/site/cranberryportagetroutchallenge/
and
https://www.facebook.com/
groups/203549676357900/
Judging
The competing teams are all ranked according to a
point system, and the judging for the event has evolved
somewhat over time, to incorporate new technology.
These days, each team is provided with a panel board,
which the participants use to photograph their catches
(four per day). At the end of each fishing day, the teams
hand in the SD cards from their cameras, along with their
panel boards. On Sunday evening, the fun begins for the
audience as the “picture committee” sets up computers
at the lake with a projector screen. As the committee
judges the photos and totals up the points for each team,
contestants and fans can look on and see for themselves
just how big the catches really were.
Getting Everyone Involved
2013 1st Place Winners Blaine Hyska and John Highmoor
Photos courtesy of Kori James
Greetings to
Cottage North
readers
Young Trout Challenge Volunteers, aka “Minnows” got up at
6:00 am to help out at the event.
The Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge is “a big family event,” James explains, and the community at large
takes part in the weekend’s festivities. Kids of all ages are
encouraged to participate during the weekend, both as
volunteers (or ‘Minnows’) and as competitors. The two
youngest anglers in the 2013 derby, eight-year-olds
Michael McCracken and Neena Lundie, received special
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The Bad, the Ugly and the Good:
A Look Back at my School Days
– Harry Hobbs –
When I was six years old, school really began for me.
I attended grade one in Central School, so named because
What difference can one teacher make? As the new school of its central location in town. While the white-pillared
year begins, a retired teacher-librarian reflects on the teachers red brick building faced on George Street, the school
who influenced his career as an educator.
yard extended down most of James Street where we
lived, meaning I literally had only to cross the street to be
eptember is back-to-school month. As someone in the school yard. My first days of school were daunting.
who spent just over thirty years in some facet of I still recall the old classroom with hardwood floors,
teaching or school library work, I remember desks with ink wells and some initials still carved into the
September as a time to bid farewell to the summer and desks. My first teacher, Miss Tinney, was a tall grey haired
look forward to the challenges of the school year ahead. lady with glasses and bangs barely covering her face. She
But had you asked me prior to completing my Arts was soft-spoken and didn’t instil any fear. But the principal
Degree if I planned on entering education I would have did. The first or second day of school she called him in to
given you an emphatic “no”. Still, looking back now, I’m strap a boy in front of the entire class. I don’t remember
sure that my first thirteen years of education all had their what the boy did, only that it made me fear principals for
impact upon the kind of educator I became.
all my days in education. I learned early on that some
My formal education began in kindergarten, which I teachers didn’t earn respect, but got someone bigger and
attended mornings in the fall of 1949, at St. Peter’s stronger to attempt to do it for them.
Anglican Church in Cobourg, Ontario. I don’t remember
much about kindergarten, but my parents told me I did
Mrs. Martin
exhibit some of the colourful language I learned at home.
One day, my father’s friend picked me up as my father was
Grade five was a year memorable for almost the same
unable to come.
reason. Mrs. Martin was the only teacher I ever hated.
“Well, Harry, how’s school?”
When you are young, some teachers are overly strict and
“It’s okay, except for the teachers.”
you don’t like it at the time, but later in life you appreciate
“What’s wrong with the teachers?’
what they tried to do for you. Not so Mrs. Martin. She
“They’re stupid. When us kids are noisy they don’t say poured on the homework as if it were some kind of ven‘for Christ’s sake shut up.’ They just play some silly tune detta against all ten-year-olds. We had close to three
on the piano.”
hours every night and I resented it, especially in the
My father claimed he got a lot of ribbing over that.
springtime. I sat in my bedroom with the windows open,
the warm breezes blowing in the fragrance of lilacs, the
Miss Tinney
sounds of robins chirping and more distressing the
sounds of other kids’ laughter as they played outside.
Clearly, they all had a more humane teacher than Mrs.
Martin.
I was not really a rebellious kid, and my fear of authority had never disappeared since my grade one experience.
But I could be influenced by my peers, believing that
acceptance by them was more important than respecting
a teacher I disliked. Unwittingly Mrs. Martin taught me a
lesson about that. One night as she drove home from
school my friends pointed at her car and laughed. “Old
Lady Martin,” they chanted.They nodded towards me, and
I looked at them and then at the old witch Martin driving
out of the school parking lot in her small blue car with a
canvas top. “Old lady Martin,” I repeated.
To say Mrs. Martin was not amused would be an
understatement. The next morning we were summoned
to the principal’s office and notified we were going to be
strapped for our terrible rudeness. It was the first and
only time I got the strap at school. But the deeper lesson
I learned was about turncoat friends. They spread it
around the classroom they heard me crying in the office
when I received the five whacks on each hand. I confess I
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Harry, left, and his brother Walter in Cobourg, 1949/50
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said “Ouch” and perhaps hopped from one foot to the
next after the leather stung my hands, but I didn’t cry. I
learned that true friends are not people you try to
impress, especially when they can turn on you in the next
moment.
My parents made me apologize. They had me recite a
number of times “I’m very sorry for being rude and I’ll
never do it again.” It wasn’t much to memorize, and I
didn’t know why there were so many rehearsals unless
they feared I’d lack sincerity. I received no punishment at
home, which I found odd as I was always told “if you get
punished at school you’ll get it double at home.” My parents would never admit it, but I think they felt a little
sorry for me.
Mrs. McCaig & Major Brown
took the constant torments until I finally blurted out:
“If you don’t leave me alone I will make you all pregnant.” I’m sure I didn’t use the “F” word. It wasn’t
part of the common vocabulary as it is today. If I’d
used it followed by “off ” I might have got into less
trouble. To tell you the truth I’m not sure why I said
that. My sexual knowledge at fifteen was minimal to
say the least. It was the first thing that came into my
head, and I regretted it instantly. However, the damage
was done. The girls went immediately to tell Mrs.
McCaig. I was sent to see Major Brown, the guidance
counsellor
I’m sure Mrs. McCaig meant well. I was a troubled
teenager crying out for help, but Major Brown was
the last person on earth to give it. Although later on
I would work for him, cutting his grass in the summer,
he was not the kind of man who garnered respect. I
remember him walking to and from the men teachers’
toilet carrying his briefcase and smelling of alcohol. In
my interview he raked me over the coals, comparing
me to Carryl Chessman who had just been executed
as a kidnapper and rapist. “If you don’t smarten up,”
he advised “you will spent the rest of your life behind
bars.” I left his office thinking that fighting back was
pointless and seemed only to get you in more trouble.
Mr. Dillon & Mr.Henshall
Harry’s grade nine class (Harry: 2nd row, second from left)
High school was a difficult time for me. Even
though my brother Walter had been institutionalized
for close to a decade, his ghost still haunted me.
Walter had serious health issues brought on by a
combination of childhood meningitis and the incorrect administration of ether which resulted in brain
damage and epileptic fits. He could not speak properly and when excited jumped up and down tapping
objects with his hands. To the young people in
Cobourg, egged on by their parents, Walter was just
mentally ill. When he was institutionalized at the age
of six they all thought he was sent to an insane asylum. Having him less visible made the teasing all he
worse. Feeling guilty by association I didn’t know
how to respond. In grade nine English a member of
my class who was always teasing me got sent to the
office. In big letters I carved this information on one
of my desks. Life seemed unfair when my revenge
meant a trip to the office. I was informed I’d have to
spend time cleaning desks that summer, although the
punishment was never administered. The worst taunts
came from the girls. As I left school frequently they’d
chant, “You should be in the nuthouse with your
brother.” Mrs. McCaig, my grade ten homeroom and
English teacher, took me aside. “You should fight
back,” she advised. I wasn’t sure about that. Fighting
back had only got me in trouble the year before. I
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Harry Hobbs in Grade 11 at CDCI East
But high school wasn’t a total washout. In the fall
of 1961 I transferred to Cobourg District Collegiate
East. The population of Cobourg was burgeoning and
grades 11-13 were moved to the new high school
while grade nines and tens remained at what was to
become known as “the West School”. Although Phys.
Ed and Health was a compulsory subject I had failed
it miserably in grade ten. Health was the lesser of the
two components of the course, and most of the mark
was weighted on how far you could throw a football,
how many set shots you could sink in basketball, and
whether or not you could make it across the pummel
horse without wiping out. My dismal efforts only
added to more ridicule from my classmates, while Mr.
Lawless shook his head and gave me a four out of ten.
You could tell he had no patience with uncoordinated
spastics like me.
Late in August, before I began grade eleven, my
parents went to see Charles Hagen, principal of the
school, to ask if I could drop Phys. Ed. Mr. Hagen suggested that they reserve judgment until they had the
opportunity to talk to Del Dillon, the Health and
Phys. Ed instructor. Del Dillon was not a by-the-book
instructor, which was very unusual in the 1960’s when
breaking the strict guidelines of curriculum was
almost unheard of. He welcomed me into his classes
and did all he could to help. He weighted my mark
with the emphasis on Health and I got A’s and B’s
rather than F’s. In my previous school I was bait for
ridicule by all the jocks. Del arranged for me to
become manager of the basketball team under the
tutelage of Hank Henshall, the team coach. Mr.
Henshall had a handicap of his own. He suffered from
MS, and when we met he was in the final two years of
his life. He was no doubt a good athlete in his time,
but the MS had given him a special penchant for others who suffered physical handicaps. Cobourg made it
to the finals the two years I managed the team, and I
was there as part of the team. But that was not the
end of Mr. Dillon’s help. He created the position of
School Athletic Manager and assigned me the job. No
sports equipment for noon hour intramurals could be
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taken out unless team members came to me. With the
position came a seat on the Boys Athletic Council,
Junior Basketball Team with Mr. Hank Henshall
Photos submitted by Harry Hobbs
and I was elected secretary. I sat as an equal with
some of the best athletes in the school. They no longer ridiculed me, as they learned that those who
helped organize sports had as much value as someone
on the court or field. Mr. Dillon had paved the way by
giving me my first break.
When I got to grade thirteen, Phys. Ed was optional, but I signed up to take Mr. Dillon’s class and after
graduation began a lifelong friendship. When I got my
first teaching job he sent me a card saying “welcome
to the profession.” When Glenda and I visited
Cobourg after our marriage, Del Dillon was one of
the first people I took her to meet. I really hoped he
approved because living up to his standards was very
important.
Mr. Hobbs
As I entered the field of education I took a lesson
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about earning respect. Principals who strap kids in
front of classes may earn fear but not respect.
Teachers who push kids until they rebel, and see punishment as a solution, or feel that a kid in trouble
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doing what you can to bring them along, even if it
means bending some of the rules. This was probably
one of the most important lessons I learned in school
and tried hard to carry forward in my own teaching
career. Sometimes my colleagues criticized me for
helping students too much in my library days. But
when students came back later and thanked me for
how much I had helped them, that made it all worthwhile. I remember a young teacher coming to me in
the library and asking if I could teach her grade tens
something I had taught her in grade ten. It made me
feel that I had honoured Mr. Dillon, and the legacy he
had left me.
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Early days in The Pas, circa 1920
– Morley Naylor –
Morley Naylor explores the pivotal role of The Pas in the
development of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
a boxer-turned-mining-promoter, teamed up with Tom
Creighton in the (soon to be) Flin Flon area. After being
shown outcroppings by prospector David Collins in 1915,
Hammell and Dan Mosher quickly set out to The Pas, the
nearest financial centre, to register the claims. “I went to
The Pas,” Hammell later explained, “rounded up all the
merchants and said ‘We’re going to buy everything from
your shopkeepers here - and don’t push it above ten
percent on cost price.’ By the time the project engineers
arrived, I had purchased two mining plants and had
enough stuff for 118 men for eight months shipped in. It
astounded them to see ten tonnes of bacon, ten tonnes
of ham, and all that…..” Hammell never did get the financial backing to develop the gigantic Flin Flon ore body, but
his experience at The Pas represented a turning point in
the history of the community, which was quickly establishing itself as a business support centre for the north. In
the next few decades,The Pas would become a key player
in the development of northern Manitoba and
Saskatchewan.
T
he year was 1913, and Saskatchewan’s first gold
rush had begun. Prospector Tom Creighton had
discovered gold on Amisk (Beaver) Lake, near
the area known today as Denare Beach, and many ‘wouldbe millionaires’ were drawn to the railhead at The Pas,
enroute to Amisk Lake. The water route, which had
originally been established by the fur trade, took prospectors out west from The Pas on the Saskatchewan River to
Cumberland House, north across Cumberland and
Namew Lakes to Sturgeon Landing and then up the
Sturgeon Weir River to the south shore of Amisk Lake.
When prospecting changed focus from gold to copper
due to the demands of munitions for WWI, Jack Hammell,
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The Rail Bridge in The Pas today
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Early History
It is believed that the Pas was first known as Devon
Mission, after Devon, England. The most universally
accepted origin of its current name is from the Cree
pasquia meaning “land between wooded banks” as the
area was at the junction of the Saskatchewan and Pasquia
rivers. The original inhabitants were Cree, thought to
have migrated to the area over 9000 years ago. The first
European to encounter the Cree was Henry Kelsey of
the Hudson’s Bay Company, around 1690 on his way to
the prairies. During the years of New France, LaVerendrye
directed that a fort /trading post, Paskoya (or Pascoyac,
Pasquia) be built very near The Pas on the lower
Saskatchewan River above Cedar Lake.
In the 1870s the Hudson’s Bay Company began to use
steam boats to carry goods to Fort Carlton, southwest of
Prince Albert on the Saskatchewan River. The growing
number of settlements on the Saskatchewan River
increased the importance of The Pas to the flourishing fur
trade. The Saskatchewan River became much deeper at
The Pas, and the width of the Pasquia River provided
protection. Several steamboats were constructed at
Grand Rapids. The first steamer to arrive at The Pas was
the SS Northcote in 1874. This bustling trade centre was
establishing itself in importance, but no one could have
imagined the future that The Pas would play in opening up
the north.
Development on the Saskatchewan River
There had been talk of a railway to Hudson Bay since
the late 1800s, and the line in to The Pas was the first
step. Political wrangling had delayed the line’s construction, but the bourgeoning commercial demands of the
lumber industry prevailed, and by 1908 the railroad had
reached the Pas.The rail line was a branch of the Canadian
Northern Railway out of Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan. In
1911, Herman Finger established the Finger Lumber
Company, and a lumber mill, complete with a housing
development for employees, began operations in The
Pas.
In 1912 The Pas - now one of the oldest settlements
in northern Manitoba - was incorporated. A few years
earlier the Government of Canada had purchased the
land for a town site on the south bank of the river. The
land was purchased from First Nations peoples who
moved north across the river to the present town site.
The Pas was now not only a river port, but a growing
community in its own right, and a lifeline between northern Manitoba and southern markets.
Although a railroad bridge had been constructed over
the Saskatchewan River (1910-11), and work on the “Bay
Line” had begun, the mighty Saskatchewan River was still
very much the economic engine. Riverboats were
employed for driving and pulling booms and towing
barges. Shipping activity on the river was important, and
the Ross Navigation Company built three steamships
during these years. These vessels and several others were
active into the 1920s. This time frame also witnessed
more attention being focused on Canada’s north – and its
potential for lumber and ore bodies, as the fur trade was
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waning.
As fate would have it, a very high-grade ore body was
discovered, and The Pas would play a major role in its
development.
The Pot of Gold in the Middle of Nowhere
In the fall of 1915, Fred Jackson and Sydney Reynolds
practically camped on top of an outcropping 35 metres
wide that would yield 30 percent copper as well as high
levels of gold and silver. The soon-to-be Mandy Mine was
located on a small peninsula on the west side of Schist
Lake about three miles from the future Flin Flon mine.
Basically stated, there was a ‘pot of gold’ in the middle of
no where. How was this rich resource going to make it
to market without a railroad?
It was not an easy task, but freight hauls began from
The Pas in 1916, after horse stables had been erected and
85 miles of winter road had been completed. In December
of that year a contractor was needed to haul the ore
from the mine site to the head of navigation on the
Saskatchewan River at Sturgeon Landing, a distance of 40
miles over frozen lakes and muskeg. Charlie Morgan of
The Pas was the man chosen to accomplish the mission.
In just two weeks, three complete sets of camps were
established, including 110 men and 22 horse teams. That
summer, the ore was loaded on to barges and transported 200 kilometres from Sturgeon Landing, across
Cumberland Lake south, then out the Bigstone River to
the Saskatchewan River. The precious cargo was then
barged downriver to the railhead at The Pas for transportation to the smelter at Trail, British Columbia. Ross
Navigation was the original company in charge of the
water route from Sturgeon Landing to The Pas. The company was owned and operated by Horatio Hamilton Ross,
‘Laird of the River’, an icon of The Pas and a flamboyant
character also famous in Flin Flon’s naming of Ross Lake
in the centre of the mining community.
The Pas had played a key role in extracting a precious
commodity “miles from nowhere.” At the same time it
helped to open up a resource-rich area in north central
Manitoba. There was much more to come.
Sturgeon Landing Barge to The Pas with Mandy ore, circa 1918
Rail Lines from The Pas
After the railway bridge across the Saskatchewan
River was completed, construction began in earnest on
the rail line to a proposed new shipping harbour at
Hudson Bay.
Although initial surveys were done on both ports of
Churchill and Port Nelson, it was decided to proceed to
Port Nelson in 1912. The Port Nelson concept was subsequently abandoned, and construction of the railway
came to an end. Following the bankruptcy of the Canadian
Northern Railway in 1918, the Canadian National Railway
(CNR) was created, and the Hudson Bay railway was
completed to Churchill in March 1929. The line from The
Pas had opened up a vast remote area from west to east
and then north within the province to trappers, traders,
prospectors, and the like. The “big event” came in 1956,
when an airborne electromagnetic survey discovered the
huge nickel ore body at soon-to-be Thompson. An agreement was signed by the government of Manitoba and
INCO Limited requiring INCO to provide financial assistance towards the Kelsey Generating System, and a spur
line to connect Thompson to Canadian National’s Bay
Line near Thicket Portage.
The “Hub of the North” which would become the
third largest city in Manitoba
- had been born.
In 1915, the huge, rich
copper/zinc discovery at
Flin Flon had galvanized the
entire area north of The Pas
in a mining claim-staking
frenzy. There was one major
obstacle to further development: no railroad. The C.V.
(Sonny) Whitney interests
were willing to put up the
millions required to conHarry F. McLean. Photo cour- struct a metallurgical plant
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generating station at Island Falls, SK, but a railroad to Flin
Flon was essential. Fortunately, the rail bridge at The Pas
was in place due to the Bay Line project, and Dominion
Construction’s fiery president Harry Falconer McLean
was up to the job of completing the 84-mile branch line
between The Pas and Flin Flon. Dubbed “Big Pants”,
McLean was famous for his attitude toward the numerous mammoth projects that he had been involved in: “Get
the damn thing done – never mind asking anyone’s permission.” He reportedly bragged, “I’ll have steel in to Flin
Flon in half the contract time” – and so he did. The
Premier John Bracken is assisted by Irene McLean as he drives
the golden spike on the CNR line to Flin Flon, September 22,
1928. Photo Courtesy of Teresa Barrett-Ryan, “ author
of Building an Empire: “Big Pants” Harry F. McLean and his
Sons of Martha (2007). 24-month job was completed in 9 months. He and his
men overcame sinkholes, muskeg, rock, cold, frostbites,
blizzards, mosquitoes, lice, and fever to open up the area
north of The Pas.
The result, of course, was the origination of the gigantic HBM&S industry in Flin Flon which is still in operation
today. A few months after the last rail spike was driven on
the Flin Flon line in September 1928, a rail junction just
north of Cranberry Portage was constructed to allow a
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line in to Sherridon (Sherritt Gordon Mines) to service a
high-grade copper mine and concentrator with the
resulting concentrate being railed to the Flin Flon metallurgical plant.When the Sherridon ore body was depleted
in the early 1950’s the rail line was extended further
north to a nickel/copper find at Lynn Lake, which was
completed in 1953.
In the late 1950s, HBM&S began opening new mines in
the Snow Lake area with a rail line from Chisel Lake west
to Optic Lake on the Lynn Lake line to transport the ore
to Flin Flon.
This previously unimaginable, expansive development
in the mining industry north of The Pas was made possible and operational because of the rail line from The
Pas—not only for mineral processing in the north, but as
a rail route to southern markets. Lumber, fur, and fishing
industries developed alongside mining. The Pas had clearly established its legacy as a pivotal player in the successful development of the northern half of two provinces.
The Pas is well deserving of its reputation and place in
history as ‘Gateway to the North’, and the town continues to be a major driving force in the north.
The Pas Today
Pas will likely always be a lumber town and, who knows,
it may even cash in on the mining industry in which it
has played such a key role for so many years.
So, as our story about this unique town comes to a
conclusion, we take a brief glimpse at The Pas in more
recent times. The Town of the Pas currently serves a trading area estimated at 15,000 people, including farming
communities at Rall’s Island to the east, farming in the
Carrot River Valley to the west, Clearwater and Rocky
lakes to the north, as well as a number of First Nations
communities including Moose Lake, Cormorant, and
Easterville. The economy is driven by Tolko Industries
(lumber products), a large University College of the
North campus (UCN), Manitoba provincial offices and
services, Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), the Hudson
Bay Railway, as well as farming and fishing industries.
Tourism remains a big ticket item with the winter
“Trappers’ Festival” becoming increasingly famous worldwide. The Pas remains the focal point of northern transportation and a base for economic activity further north
as well.
The rich history of The Pas is reflected in its famous
structures – the grand houses on LaRose
Avenue, historic church facilities constructed in the
earliest days, the Post Office, St. Anthony’s Hospital, the
Lido Theatre, and the Sam Waller Museum, which resides
in the former court house and civic offices. My favourite
monument to the past, oddly enough, is the old railway
bridge across the Saskatchewan River. What stories it
could tell—from the earliest days, when the bridge could
turn open and closed to allow river traffic, to today as it
remains the “friendly giant” in the transportation of heavy
loads in and out of Cottage North Country. All in a day’s
work, for the “Gateway to the North”.
Entrance to The Pas, 2009. Photo by Bobak Ha’Eri
A lot of water has passed under the rail bridge since
its construction in the early 1900s, and the north has
opened up in ways that would have been inconceivable
at that time. Today, rail traffic has largely been replaced
by highway haulage, but The Pas remains an important
link and service centre for northwestern Manitoba. The
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The Sam Waller Museum, former court office . Originally
constructed in 1969
Photos submitted by Morley Naylor, unless otherwise noted.
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Quick Tips for Back-to-School Lunches
-By Joanna LeDoux, RDFor many parents, back to school means back to packing those school
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Get organized for easy packing. Make sure you have all
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boxes, napkins, and reusable utensils.
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Get your kids involved. Children are more likely to eat
healthy food if they have helped prepare the meals.
Pack healthy meals. The Canada Food Guide is a great source for meal
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guide in mind. Aim to have three out of four food groups in the lunch and avoid processed foods that are high in fat, sodium, and sugar. See Basics for a Healthy Lunch, at
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not only help to keep the food safe, but act as a source of nourishment. Check if microwaves are available to the students. Keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot!
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Pack water to drink. Fruit juices and pop can add a lot of added
sugar and calories that may not be healthy for your child.
Add something special. Write a special note for your child or add a
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just to make them smile.
Basics for a Healthy Lunch
Aim to include a variety of choices from this list:
Vegetables - a leafy green salad, veggie sticks or vegetables cooked in a soup, stew or pasta;
Fruit - fresh, canned (unsweetened), or dried;
Grain (whole grain or enriched) such as bread, tortilla wraps, bagels, buns, crackers, pasta, rice,
muffins;
A milk product or substitute - milk, yogurt, cheese, yogurt drink, or fortified soy beverage;
Lean meat, fish, poultry or meat alternative such as an egg, peanut butter, hummus or other
legumes in soups, salads and dips.
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In a Nutshell:
A miscellany of arts, sports and cultural news in our region
Young drummers from Flin Flon’s Friendship
Centre perform at Flinty’s Birthday Party on
August 4th. The girls have been having fun and
practicing hard - “three times a month”,
explains the group’s leader, Loretta McDermott.
The group will soon incorporate dancing into
their repertoire.
Submitted by S. Barbeau
Courtesy of alangerber.org
Four crafty knitters celebrate the
newly “yarn-bombed” library entrance
in The Pas. Yarn-bombing involves surprise installations of knitted creations
in public spaces – it’s a new type of
street art which is gaining popularity
around the world. Want to help these
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Creighton’s Community Hall was
alive with music this summer with the
“Cabar-eh” concert series, featuring
lively blues/rock musician Alan Gerber.
Gerber fiddled, sang and played guitar
and piano. He was accompanied by his
daughter, Hannah.
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Chief Michael Constant shoots a flaming
arrow, marking the traditional start to the
celebrations at Opaskwayak Cree Nation
Indian Days, held from August 12-18 this year.
OCN Indian Days has been running for fortyeight years, and features a week full of events
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Follow
Submitted by S. Barbeau
Flower Broome and Colleen
Ducharme lay out vamps for the
Walking with our Sisters Project.
Beaders in Flin Flon and The Pas have
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exhibit will be in Flin Flon’s NorVA
Centre from July 21- Aug 16, 2014.
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