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a magazine about life in north central canada
julyaugust2015
Cooperative
Art
A new initiative comes
to life in Thompson
Flin Flon, The Pas, Thompson, Prince Albert & surrounding areas
In this issue
Julyaugust 2015 • Volume 13, Issue 4
features
12 A place for artists
New Thompson collective fosters arts in the north
By Molly Gibson Kirby
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18 In search of
26
a grandmother
Jeanne Treat’s journey into history leads to her Cree heritage in Norway House
By Jeanne Treat
24 Books:
Favourites
6 Calendar of Events
7 Facing North
37 A Good Taste
the greatest escape
A program through The Pas Regional Library opens doors to reading for inmates
By Lauren Wadelius
27 Roaming the streets
of Flin Flon
Morley Naylor tells the stories behind the names of streets, places and landmarks
By Morley Naylor
34
34 The call of the loon
The life and times of the
iconic northern bird
By Gerry Clark
38 Profile: Griffin Wadelius
Gavroche from Flin Flon’s spring performance of Les Misérables
sets his sights on Hollywood
By Libby Stoker-Lavelle
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ON THE COVER
Anthony Clemons, president of the
Northern Culture Artists Cooperative,
creates a work of art using spray paint
on canvas. Clemons uses a controlled
flame to quickly dry each layer of paint
so he can add successive layers of
colour to the canvas. See story p 12.
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From the Editor's Desk
cottage
a magazine about life
in north central canada
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Publisher
Valerie Durnin
Editor
Libby Stoker-Lavelle
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Krista Lemcke
Graphic design
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“School’s out for summer!”
What other words could inspire
so much collective joy? From the first
icy dip in the lake to the taste of sunwarmed blueberries, summertime
seems to bring out the seven year-old
in everyone.
To help you enjoy those endless
days, we have a lineup of juicy stories to share. Molly Gibson Kirby tells
us all about an exciting new artists’
cooperative in Thompson; Gerry
Clark, resident wildlife writer, discovers some little-known facts about
Canada’s most beloved bird; and
Morley Naylor takes a trip around
Flin Flon to discover the local history
behind our street names.
Summertime is also the perfect
season to reach out and connect
with family, friends, neighbours, and
even strangers—somehow the warm
weather seems to draw us out of our
shells. Within these pages, you’ll
meet some interesting characters: an
Libby (Elizabeth)
Stoker-Lavelle
insect hunter, a promising young actor, and a writer who travelled from
Niagara to Norway House in search
of her heritage.
Whatever your summer brings—
quality time with family and friends,
a busy outdoor project, happy afternoons spent with a rod and reel—we
hope you enjoy it to the fullest.
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Cottage North is published six times a year by the Flin Flon Reminder in Flin Flon and is distributed free of
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throughout northern Manitoba and
Saskatchewan.
Precipice Lake, MB. Photo by Wayne Pachal
Vol 13, Issue 4
July/August 2015
Printed in Canada, 2015.
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Contributors
Do you have an opinion, a photo or a
brief story to share with Cottage North
readers? Send in a contribution to our
Letters to the Editor section.
Thank you for reminding me to
renew my subscription. I was in
Flin Flon in 1935 and I really enjoy
having the connection that your
magazine gives me.
Kathleen Zanyk
(Née Martindale)
Sarnia, ON
Thank you for sending Cottage
North. I love it!
It’s also put me in touch with my
friend Sheila (Marchant), whom I
called “Grandma Moses of Poetry.”
She should put out a book, eh?
Noreen Lockhart
Pitt Meadows, BC
The May-June issue of Cottage North
included stories about the 4-H club in
The Pas and two new museums
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Molly Gibson Kirby
Jeanne Treat
“A place for artists” p. 12
“In Search of ...” p. 18
Molly Gibson Kirby is a journalist
originally from Nova Scotia, living
in northern Manitoba. Molly studied
radio television arts at Nova Scotia
Community College, and majored in
broadcast journalism. Now working for
the Thompson Citizen, the passion she
has gained for writing keeps growing
with every passing minute.
Jeanne Treat is the author of the
Dark Birthright Saga, a trilogy set
in 17th century Scotland, England,
and the Colonies. To research her
books, she travelled to Scotland,
visiting castles, seaports and stone
circles. She lives near Niagara
Falls, New York with her husband
and two Scottish terriers.
Morley G. Naylor
Lauren Wadelius
“Roaming the Streets ...” p. 27
“Books: The Greatest ...” p. 24
Morley was born in Sherridon
and has lived in Flin Flon since.
For 32 years, he has travelled
all over northern Manitoba and
Saskatchewan with CBC TV and
CBC Radio. Morley is a regular
contributor to Cottage North
magazine.
Lauren Wadelius is administrator
of The Pas Regional Library. She
has served as president of Theatre
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Hockey and is member of the Arts Guild. Lauren has resided in
The Pas for over 15 years with her
husband and three children.
Sheila Marchant
Gerry Clark
“We Are Home” p. 36
“The Call of the Loon” p. 34
A longtime resident of northern
Manitoba, Sheila enjoys capturing
the natural beauty of this region
in poetry. She gathers inspiration
everywhere, but particularly from
her scenic views on her monthly
bus rides from Flin Flon to Prince Albert.
Gerry Clark is a retired teacher
whose whole career, starting in
1969, was at Hapnot Collegiate
in Flin Flon. His interests include
drawing; photography, mostly
wildlife but also sports, involving
his four grandsons; and writing,
mostly about local history.
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Calendar of Events
July | August 2015
Here’s what’s happening in your community!
Borealis Festival in Prince Albert
The August long weekend will be a loud one in Prince Albert
this summer. For three days the city will come alive with folk
and roots music during the inaugural Borealis Festival. As of
June 18, the line-up will include: Fred Penner, Close Talker,
Harlan Pepper, Until Red, The Dead South, Mario Lepage, I Draw Slow, Andino Suns and The Harpoonist & The Axe
Murderer (left).
Trout Festival
in Flin Flon
Thompson
July 6-10: WISE Kid-netic Energy camp, R.D. Parker
Collegiate and Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre
July 2-31: Carole Hyndman Art Exhibit, Heritage North Museum
Prince Albert
July 14-16: AirFair 2014, Prince Albert Municipal
Airport
July 28-Aug 1: Summer Fair, Prince Albert Exhibition
Centre
Flin Flonners
from near and
far, including
Teddy Trout,
will flock to
the city for the
annual Trout
Festival from July
1 to 4. Highlights
will include the Main
Street Days midway, a free
community concert at the Creighton Ball Diamond on
Friday evening, and a Battle of the Bands and Fish Fry
on Saturday.
July 31-Aug 2: Borealis Music Festival, Kinsmen Park
Flin Flon, Creighton & Denare Beach
Aug 21-23: Polkafest 2015, Prince Albert Exhibition
Centre
July 1-4: Flin Flon Trout Festival
July 3: Wood ’n’ the Wire musical event, Johnny’s Social Club, 8pm
The Pas
July 6-11: Kids’ art classes, NorVA Centre
June 6-Sept 28: The Great Five local art exhibit, Sam Waller Museum
July 6-Aug 14: Into the Wild Summer Day Camp, UCN
July 14-19: Million Dollar Hole-in-one Fundraiser,
Foster Park
July 27-31: WISE Kid-netic Energy camp, Location
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Aug 9-15: NorVA Artists’ Retreat, Bakers Narrows
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By Valerie G. Barnes-Connell
Photo by Valerie G. Barnes-Connell
Both newbies and seasoned wakeboarders alike will get an opportunity to ride the waves this August 4,
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This travelling clinic is offered
in towns and cities province-wide.
Instructors are seasoned wakeboarders, many of whom compete
nationally and internationally.
The instructor fits each participant
with equipment and gives them some
pointers, then it’s hands-on learning—
and plenty of fun—from there.
New anthology of Flin Flon writing
Cover art features the work of local
photographer Colin Knight.
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“Those who love the North and
stay remain under its spell. Those who
remain under its spell are forced, like
Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, to reflect the reality they have experienced
here.”
So ends Gerard Jennissen’s foreword to the anthology Words on the
Rocks, a collection of diverse local
writing published by the Flin Flon
Writers’ Guild this year. Over the past
two years, Alex McGilvery, minister at
Northminster United Church and an
active member of the writers’ guild,
has been spearheading the project
with support from guild members and
a book committee. Twenty-two local
writers contributed short pieces of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.
Words on the Rocks is a second anthology for the Flin Flon Writers’ Guild;
in 1992, the guild published Between
Beaver Lake and Athapap.
In late June, readers will be able to
pick up a copy of Words on the Rocks
at the Orange Toad and the Flin Flon
Public Library; an e-book version will
be released in the fall.
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A pollinating beetle in Thompson.
Photo by Marijo Readey
Insect hunting in northern Manitoba
It is 7 o’clock on a warm Thursday
evening in June, and I am catching insects on the bank of Flin Flon’s Ross
Lake. With me, canvas net in hand,
is Marijo Readey, a biology and entomology professor, who is here to study
the creatures that Northerners love to
hate.
As diners at the picnic tables at
Mike’s Ice n’ Burger Hut swat away
flies, eyeing us suspiciously, Readey
shows me how to scoop the net through
the long grasses and identify the insect
species that collect there.
The insects that Readey is collecting will suffer a brief demise but will
live on, preserved in alcohol, and in
images, to serve a higher purpose.
Readey is an adjunct professor at
Northeastern Illinois University and the
Dean of Studies at Noble International
University (NIU), a new university that
aims to offer affordable online-based
programming for students around the
world.
As part of this latter role, Readey
has been making regular trips to northern Manitoba to develop a bank of
insect specimens and photographs to
build a research collection for NIU.
Readey’s travels have taken her to
Ashern, Thompson, Split Lake, Pisew
Falls, Grass River, Snow Lake, and
Flin Flon.
“Northern insect life remains understudied and under appreciated,” says
Readey, noting that these specimens
will be valuable tools for teaching students about Canada’s boreal forests.
As Readey explained in a proposal for
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a recent Kickstarter funding campaign,
an abundance of boreal specimens
will also give the university a unique
advantage. “Insect collections from
northern boreal forests are less common than those from the midwestern
states and southern Canada. Thus, NIU
will also gain the advantage of being
able to increase their collection by
the exchange of specimens with researchers at other universities. These
recipients will likewise increase their
collections. It is a win-win situation for
all institutions involved.”
While it might be hard to comprehend a desire to study the creepycrawly creatures we love to hate,
Readey assures me that there is worldwide interest in insect research. In fact,
insects are a subject of interest for a
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growing field of study: biomimicry.
Biomimicry is a scientific approach to design innovation whereby
biologists collaborate with engineers
to study, and learn how to replicate,
mechanisms found in nature. As an example, Readey points out that butterfly
scales collect solar energy. By studying the structure of butterfly wings,
researchers are learning how to build
more efficient infrastructures for harvesting solar energy. “Nature has had
half a billion years of product testing,”
Readey says with a smile. “There is a lot
going on we never looked at before.”
So the next time you slap a spruce
bug off your shoulder, just remember
there are students all over the world—
or at least one biologist—who would
love to take it off your hands.
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The sun sets over Bigstone Lake near La Ronge
amid smoke from 47 wildfires on June 6.
Dry conditions and lightning strikes led to the
wildfires in the area. Steve Roberts, executive
director of the Wildfire Management Branch
of Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Environment,
suggested cabin owners consider sprinkler
systems for their property and follow FireSmart
procedures to keep their properties safer.
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Caring for Our Elders
Humility, honesty, respect, courage, wisdom, truth, and love. These
values, known as the Seven Teachings
in Cree culture, were highlighted in the
Caring for Our Elders Conference at
the Kikiwak Inn on Opaskwayak Cree
Nation. The conference was held on
June 15, which is World Elder Abuse
Awareness Day.
“The planning group wanted to
provide a gathering for seniors so
they knew that the community cared
about them and that there was somewhere to turn if they were being hurt in
some way,” explained Carie McIntosh,
one of the organizers. “The gathering
brought together 100 elders, community members, and service providers to
share stories, hear presentations, and
raise questions.”
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Learning from the land
at the Boreal Discovery Centre
By Molly Gibson Kirby
Thompson kids will have an opportunity to learn about the forest around them through summer workshops at The Boreal Discovery
Centre, a multi-faceted facility that is the successor to the former
Thompson Zoo. Keith MacDonald, chairperson for the centre, explains
that the focus is on teaching children information that they might not
learn in school, in a fun and inclusive environment. “We talk about
birch bark, we build a teepee, and we talk about herbal medicines,
like teas and how to prepare that, as well as other plant life that we
can use for food. It’s all based on the cultural Aboriginal way of life.”
Along with the cultural workshops, the centre features community
gardens, a petting zoo, which is open on Saturday and Sundays, and a
sturgeon presentation and viewing area.
MacDonald says workshops will continue and only grow following the development of the Boreal Discovery Centre. The centre will
be holding a gala on September 18 to raise money for the ongoing
development project.
Shane McNevin showed off his skills
at a skate and BMX competition hosted
by the Hapnot Collegiate student council at
the Flin Flon Skate Park on Sunday May 31.
Photo by Daniel Dillon
Where all our profits
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Cooper says:
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We offer only the freshest choices
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have a full service specialty meat
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A new art cooperative in Thompson
A place for artists
story and photos by Molly Gibson Kirby
The Northern Culture Artists
Cooperative has put down its roots in
Thompson, and members are looking for new artists to join in on their
movement.
Allan Chapman, the elder of the
co-op, and co-op artist, had the idea to
start the group in Thompson after he
successfully started one in Churchill
which ran for two years. “I came
to Thompson about 10 years ago, I
thought there should be something for
artists here, since there are so many
here, and in the outlying communities
too,” he explains.
Chapman began by speaking to
Shane Cripps, who owns the Thompson
Lodge and Ecotourism Centre, as
well as Riverview Restaurant. Cripps,
now treasurer of the cooperative, has
played a large part in the creation of
the group. “I wanted to help the artists that have come to our lodge and
Rapper Messy Jesse McKay (left),
a member of the cooperative, at a BMX
bike tournament in Thompson. McKay
says the cooperative’s design and
production equipment has helped him
reach a wider audience.
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our restaurant, who had just finished
a work of art, travelling in their cars
having to sell them. I thought it would
be good to some way promote them.
There’s a gap for facilities to work together on art and promote arts in general,” he says.
In June, the co-op will be opening
a studio at 97B McGill Place. Members
of the cooperative will have access
to this space to create their art, and
Markus Mercredi, vice president of the
cooperative, will be setting up a tattoo
parlour there.
Mercredi says he wanted to be a
part of this movement to become a
role model for children and to help
people realize their artistic potential.
“I’m currently reaching out to people
who are incarcerated, they have a
lot of talents there,” he explains. “I’m
reaching out to the reserves around
Thompson. I want them to be artists, and I want them to learn how to
draw.”
In addition to the studio space at
McGill Place, artists will be able to
show off their work at a gallery and
gift shop in The Riverview Restaurant,
and there is now a stage set up in the
restaurant’s dining area as a space for
the performing arts. “Art isn’t just on a
canvas, and we want to highlight that,”
noted Cripps.
The Northern Culture Artists
Cooperative has set up a website
where all member pieces will be photographed and put up, and purchases
can be made online, all over the
world.
Cripps says although the co-op is
located in Thompson, that doesn’t
mean it’s only available to residents
of the northern city. “We’re hoping it
doesn’t become a Thompson thing
because of the outlying communities.
In the past the relationship(s) with
some larger centres were not the greatest, they thought they got less, so we
don’t want that impression at all. It’s
northern Manitoba. We’re starting in
Thompson because we’re here, but
the region we’re hoping to unite is
northern Manitoba.”
In order to do this, Cripps explains,
the co-op has been reaching out to outlying communities to nail down community champions. These champions
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the arts
will bring in promising artists, upload
their work to the website, and stay in
touch with the Thompson base. Cripps
says good champions would be librarians or community members with access to the Internet.
Currently the business has seven
members, all of whom are board
members. Individuals can sign up for
a lifetime supporting membership,
which is for people who wish to support the cooperative, but may not
be artists themselves, for $10. Artists
wanting to distribute and sell their art
to the larger market areas can sign up
for a producing lifetime membership
for $50.
Both sets of memberships have different benefits which include use of
the website for revenue and access
to studio space, computers, audio
and video editing equipment, cameras, and even printing equipment for
graphic design.
“It’s open to all artists, and all cultures, and it’s democratic,” Cripps explains. “Once you’re a member, you
have a vote to who is on the board;
you have a vote in the running of your
business.”
Rapper Jesse McKay, known as
Messy Jesse McKay, says joining the
cooperative has done wonders for his
career. “It’s become [an] asset for us.
In the North here there are a lack of options in the art world, and you have to
create them for yourselves. Having this
co-op and everything that it offers is
really helpful.” McKay explained that
having access to graphic design and
video production equipment will help
him to get his name out and communicate what he has to offer.
According to Chapman, this new
cooperative is a non-competitive place
for artists to make their way in the industry and to promote their pieces on
a website which will reach around the
world. This will give northern artists
access to a new, welcoming environment to create art they may not have
been able to beforehand, and to have
a place to sell their work at top price.
Artists wishing to join The
Northern Culture Artists Cooperative
can email recruiting@northernculture
artistscoop.ca.
Board members of the Northern Culture Artists Cooperative join together for a hip hop night at the Riverview Restaurant. Back
row, from left, Bruce Thera, known as KP on stage, stands with Markus Mercredi, Jesse McKay, known as Messy Jesse McKay,
Anthony Clemons, Josh Deschambeault, known as Dag and Shane Cripps. Allan Chapman holds one of his paintings in front.
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Markus Mercredi (top), vice president of
the Northern Culture Artists Cooperative,
is opening a tattoo parlour in the co-op’s
Thompson studio.
Tattoo artist Ashton Wright, a member of
the co-op, helped face paint during the 2-15
camp day in Tim Hortons. Wright is a tattoo
artist, but plans to stick to the fundamentals
of drawing and painting with acrylics, oils
and watercolours.
She’d also like to work with leather carvings
and needlework.
Allan Chapman, local elder and member of the cooperative, hangs his painting in
the gallery space at the Riverview Restaurant.
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American author
Jeanne Treat
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journey through
Saskatchewan and
northern Manitoba to
discover her roots.
A tintype photo of Clara Crate,
the author’s great grandmother.
In Search of a
Grandmother
I have always been the family historian, researching genealogy, recording the stories of elders, and tracking
births and deaths. I had been successful with my father’s side of the family,
documenting our history back to the
1500s in England and Scotland.
My mother’s side was another
matter. There was a story told that
her grandmother had been a Native
American medicine woman before she
married a Hudson Bay man, moved to
Saskatchewan, and founded the town
of Rocanville. They said that she practised hands-on healing and herbal
medicine, delivered babies, treated
wounds, and set fractures. Known as
Granny, she was the only midwife for
miles around.
In 1994, my 73-year-old mother
found a tintype picture of her grandmother and expressed a desire to
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learn about her heritage. There was
very little to go on. We knew that her
Christian name was Clara Crate and
she’d married a Hudson Bay man
named Auguste Rocan Bastien.
I sent out letters of inquiry to research societies, churches and government agencies in Canada. We were
able to find information on Auguste in
the Hudson Bay profiles, but nothing
on Clara. The town of Rocanville accottagenorth
her story
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knowledged that she had lived there,
was buried there, and had been an
important part of the town. But they
claimed that no one asked about her
tribe because it wasn’t proper.
Early in 1995, my uncle offered me
some engineering diaries that his father James (Clara’s son) had kept after he moved his family from Canada
to Niagara Falls. They were faded
texts with crumbling covers, written
partly in French and partly in English.
Drawing on my high school French, I
spent months translating these diaries.
Towards the very end of the last
book, I translated an entry that was to
be a clue to finding Clara.
11/06/1933
Sister Eveline’s 65th birthday.
Oh how I think of when we were
little tots. Don’t seem so long
ago but what changes since. Our
mode of travel from Norway House
northern Manitoba was by York
Boats, 8 oared and helmsman.
There were 5 of these boats about
6 tons each fitted for the Hudson
Bay Company. We went from
Norway House to Fort Carlton
on the Saskatchewan River in
the year 1875. I believe it took us
4 weeks to make the trip. I was
baptized at Pas (or Ross) Mission,
close to Norway House.
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voice was persistent and won out.
I began the process of booking a
trip. It was easy to get transportation and
accommodations in Saskatchewan,
but getting to the reservation was another matter.
I wanted to rent a truck in Winnipeg
and drive north to the reservation at
Norway House, but there were no real
roads going up there. At Travel Canada
I was told that the roads were dotted
lines on the map, which meant that
they were dirt roads at best. Once we
left Winnipeg to travel around the lake,
there would be no place to stop along
the way. Not real friendly for a 73-yearold woman and me.
I asked the logical question. Was
there any other way to get there? I was
told that Perimeter Airlines flew out of
a small airfield in Winnipeg.
Later that day, I sat across from a
confused AAA agent, insisting that this
airline existed. She called dozens of
contacts at Winnipeg airport before
anyone would acknowledge it.
With phone number in hand, she
called Perimeter Airlines for reservations. The girl on the other end said,
“Just bring cash. We will get you on.”
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We had no set itinerary, yet my inner voice was insisting that we go. It
was telling me, “All you shall need will
be provided.”
Two days before the trip we still had
no definite plans. Then a miracle occurred. I received a phone call from a
historian in Winnipeg. The letter I wrote
to the pastor at Norway House had been
sent to him. Ray Beaumont had our entire history for us in written form. There
was so much information on Clara’s
mother, Sarah Nekahwiw, that they’d
made a school project about her. The
school district had always wondered
where the medicine woman, Clara, had
gone and who her descendants were.
He was eager to talk to us.
We juggled our trip schedule so that
we could meet with Ray in Winnipeg.
Two days later, my mother and
I flew out of Toronto for Regina,
Saskatchewan. Traversing that province, the ground appeared below us
like a patchwork quilt, blanketed with
squares of bright green canola and
purple-blue flax, and adorned with
miniature oil wells.
In Regina, we visited a local museum and spent time at a library researching birth and death records on
microfiche. The next morning, we
headed east across a desolate prairie
to the town that my great-grandparents
founded.
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An inner voice told me loud
and clear “Yes, you are Cree.”
Downtown Rocanville had been
a hub along the Canadian Pacific
Railway in years past, but no more.
What remained was a wide street with
tiny stores, a post office, a bar, and a
dreary-looking Chinese restaurant. A
sign claimed that the population was
918, but even that looked outdated.
The townspeople were nice and
showed us the cemetery where
Clara and her husband were buried.
Tombstones claimed that many had
been lost in the world flu epidemics in
1916 and 1917. We toured a little museum where my mother saw a chair that
her grandfather had made.
In the morning we were off for
Manitoba! We spent the day with the
historian, Ray Beaumont, who provided us with a complete family tree
from my great-grandmother back five
generations. We received information
on the Cree syllabic language, the
Hudson Bay settlement, and Clara’s
mother Sarah. We learned about her
marriage, her children, what jobs she
held, ceremonies she attended, and
what she bought and sold. We found
out why we had trouble locating information on Clara Crate. She had been
born Clara St. Germain. When her father died, her mother remarried a man
named Crate, and Clara took his last
name.
The historian asked us if we had a
guide once we got to Norway House.
We told him that we weren’t sure what
we were going to do once we got there.
He made a call and arranged for us to
have a guide meet us when we arrived.
He also offered to connect us with a
distant cousin of ours, a Cree man living in Winnipeg.
When we returned to the hotel,
our cousin Ken called and asked if
he could come over to meet us, so
we gave him our room number. In the
meantime, we went down to the lobby
to have coffee.
Fifteen minutes later, a man came
into the hotel, looked us over, and
walked to my mother. He touched her
cheek tenderly with the back of his
hand and held it there. It was Ken.
He said, “You don’t even have to tell
me who you are. I know who you are.
You look just like my grandmother.”
We spent an evening with him
looking over the genealogy, discovering how we were related, and talking
about Norway House.
Early the next morning, we boarded
the Perimeter flight for Norway House.
The aircraft was so tiny that you had to
stoop to enter it and keep your head
low as you walked the narrow aisle.
We were separated from the cockpit
by a drape, and the pilots looked like
My mother and I flew out of Toronto for
Regina, Saskatchewan. Traversing that
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a patchwork quilt, blanketed with squares of
bright green canola and purple-blue flax, and
adorned with miniature oil wells.
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her story
An aerial view of Saskatchewan farmland,
the “patchwork quilt” that Treat observed
while flying into Regina airport
He said, “You don’t
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me who you are.
I know who you are.
You look just like
my grandmother.”
A rock mural at the entry to Mission Island in Norway House.
they were 19 years old. We sat down
and looked around. The plane carried
ten Aboriginal people, who promptly
put earplugs in their ears.
The noise level was deafening, and
without earplugs you could hear the
pilots fighting over the gauge alarms
going off. This was quite an unnerving
feeling as we were flying over the waters of Lake Winnipeg. Due to a lightning storm, we were diverted to Cross
Lake where we landed hard on a dirt
runway.
The pilots collected money from a
rider, and we waited an hour for the
weather to break. When it cleared, we
continued on to Norway House, where
we landed on a rough gravel road.
As we disembarked, we learned
that the airport terminal was a deserted
shack with a telephone inside.
I called our hotel and said, “This is
Ms. Treat. My mother and I are expected as guests. Will you send a shuttle to
the airport to pick us up?”
This evidently was not something
anyone had asked for before, as it
caused a stir on the other end of the
phone. They agreed to send someone,
and 15 minutes later we noticed a vehicle approaching in a cloud of dust.
Soon, an old man covered with plaster arrived in a beat-up pickup truck.
Without a word, he tossed our bags
into the back of the truck, nodded, and
helped us up onto the bench seat.
The hotel turned out to be the local
greasy spoon with a couple of rooms
above it, vintage 1950s with dark furniture and chenille bedspreads. We
were informed that for the most part
only hydro engineers stayed there. My
mother and I settled into our room and
went down to the restaurant.
While we were having a late breakfast, a man appeared at our table. He
stood silently for what seemed like five
minutes. My inner voice was telling me
to be still and listen.
At last he said, “I am Byron, and I
will be your guide.”
Byron drove us around the reserve,
then to the old Hudson Bay cemetery,
where Sarah Nekahwiw, my greatgreat-grandmother, was buried. He in-
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troduced us to his people and showed
us their community centre.
Norway House was beautiful. We
saw shimmering lakes and fast-moving
rivers, with little islands in the middle of
them. Byron then took us to Rossville,
where we went to the church on the
point and met the Reverend John
Crate. If you ever needed a beautiful
setting to believe in God, this was the
place.
Our guide took us to see the York
boats up close and a team of women
rowing one in preparation for York
Boat Days, an annual festival.
What more could we want? We
thanked Byron and returned to our hotel with a sense of satisfaction. Our trip
seemed to be over.
The plane was scheduled to leave
the next day at 4:45 p.m. At this point
we didn’t expect anything else to
happen.
The next morning, as we were having breakfast, Byron appeared, sat at
our table, and lowered his head. He
sighed and said, “This is a very small
place.”
Everyone wanted to know the two
new women and their story. The tribal
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The elders offered prayers about ancestors and family and
held a ceremony to accept their lost sisters back into the tribe.
council wanted to meet with us.
First, Byron took us to the school,
where he gave us books on the Cree
and videos of the history of Norway
House. Then he took us to the longhouse to meet the elders. It was more
modern than I expected; we sat around
a conference table and listened to the
sounds of a fax machine.
I had photocopied my family tree
and gave each man a copy. Talk was
friendly, and we soon found that we
were related to three of the men on the
council.
My mother spoke at length about
her father’s diary, so we gave them
a copy as well. When she told them
about James’ account of his trip on a
York boat, they presented us with a
three-foot replica of the boat to take
back with us. I wondered how I would
get it on the plane.
At last we stood. The elders offered
prayers about ancestors and family
and held a ceremony to accept their
lost sisters back into the tribe.
My inner voice came forth loud
and clear, “Yes, Granddaughter, you
are Cree”.
•••
My great-grandmother followed
me back that day. From that time forward, I felt unafraid to touch others
who needed healing or reassurance.
I began to intuitively know about plants
and to practise herbal medicine on myself and family members. I sought out
a local tribe, participated in rituals and
drumming circles, and studied alternative therapies.
Many years have passed. My
mother died in 2010, but I shall always remember the times we spent
reminiscing about the discovery of her
grandmother.
Granny has been a dear companion to me, helping me to heal myself
and others, and protecting me from
those who would do me harm.
It was a worthwhile trip, a grand
awakening, and I will always be grateful for her love.
This article has been adapted
from the original blog post with
permission from the author.
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Lauren Wadelius, library administrator at the Pas Regional Library, shares insights
into the library’s latest initiative: bringing the joys of reading to the lives of inmates
at The Pas Correctional Centre.
At The Pas Regional Library, we
have always had an interest in finding new ways to introduce library
services to the public, and reach out
into the community. Several months
ago, I came across a peer-reviewed
online journal, called In the Library
with the Lead Pipe. There I found an
article called “Books Behind Bars: A
Volunteer-run Prison Library Service in
Winnipeg, Manitoba.” The article was
written by Kim Parry, a librarian who
developed a weekly drop-in library service at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.
This story inspired me to explore the
possibility of providing library services
to inmates of The Pas Correctional
Centre, which houses approximately
150 people—men, women and occasionally youth.
As my research continued, I discovered how prison library services
can impact the lives of incarcerated
people, individuals who are a part of
our community. Benefits can be recreational, educational and spiritual.
I viewed the library services at
the Winnipeg Remand Centre, and
met Manitoba Library Association
Prison Libraries Committee members, Monique Woroniak and Kirsten
Wurmann. The information I found
prompted me to contact TPCC Assistant
Superintendent Marlene Rumak. It
turned out the TPCC did have a small
collection of books, put together over
the past five years through the efforts
of the recreation officer, Vienna Ford.
With support from the staff of TPCC,
the staff of The Pas Regional Library
Building a collection
Vienna Ford, recreation officer at TPCC, started building the
book collection at The Pas Correctional Centre five years
ago. “I love to read, so I would go garage sale-ing, and pick
up secondhand books wherever I could get them,” she
explains. Ford says the library has had a positive impact on
the facility and the inmates. “Someone will say, ‘I’ve never
read a book,’ so I tell them, ‘I’ll find you a book, and you’ll
love to read.’ Then after a while, I’ll see them progressing to
asking the library for certain books. That’s a huge step.”
made preparations to start a library
in a small room off the facility’s gym.
With the installation of bookshelves
and a few boxes of donated books, the
library was open for the inmates on
April 8, 2015.
Our experience has been amazing
so far. The inmates of TPCC have been
making good use of the library, which
we run once a week during recreational time. Inmates are welcome to borrow up to two items at a time. Many
check out books weekly, and request
certain books or genres, which we try
to accommodate. We have found the
inmates to be very respectful of us and
the materials, and they welcome any
new items we bring in to the library.
Inmates share some of their personal
stories, and often will ask for authors
A book can help build connections. “You’ll have an inmate
who wouldn’t say two words for months,” says Ford, “Then
you would start talking about a book and they get right in
there and they are talking about it. It opens them up.”
Reading has also helped Ford get to know the inmates
better. “A lot of men like cookbooks. More men ask about
recipes than women do. Then they’ll come to me to talk
about a recipe, or they’ll ask me about a food item, or
recipes that their children would like. Then a conversation
will start about what their granny used to cook, or they’ll
ask me if I’ve eaten sturgeon. We learn together.”
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that they have read in the past, such
as John Grisham and James Patterson.
Library staff members have told us that
they are able to discuss books they’ve
read with the inmates, making the experience more personal for both staff
and inmates.
As the program develops, we are
finding new and more efficient ways
to provide services to the inmates, and
take into consideration their needs
and requests. Being flexible has been
very important to our success so far.
We have adjusted dates and times of
the program to accommodate more
inmates, and adapted our methods of
signing out items. We do not have a
computer system for the library, so
everything is done on paper, and we
have been working on finding the most
efficient ways to do this.
The support of the staff of The Pas
Correctional Centre and the Board of
The Pas Regional Library have been
important to the success of our program. To continue to grow from our
current 1,000-book collection, we rely
on weeded out materials from our library’s own collection, as well as donations of paperbacks from the public.
Volunteers will also be instrumental in
keeping the library running smoothly.
We are always looking for people who
can offer a small amount of time with
the program.
Throughout the country, there are
many supporters of an inmate’s right to
read and access information. They can
see the many benefits to inmates and
society as a whole. The Pas Correctional
Centre is the first Manitoba facility outside of Winnipeg to provide a library to
incarcerated people. I hope that with
our success as a model, other libraries and correctional facilities throughout the province will build similar
partnerships.
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What’s in a name? Morley Naylor explores
Flin Flon’s historic streets and landmarks.
Have you ever wondered how
and why your community’s
streets and landmarks were
named as they are? Join us
on a journey up and down the
streets, neighbourhoods, and
subdivisions of Flin Flon (with
the odd excursion in to the bush).
We track down the origin of their
names, and delve a little deeper
in to the stories behind our streets,
and the people who helped build
this city on the rocks.
Historic photos courtesy of the
Flin Flon Heritage Project.
Additional photos by Morley Naylor
and Valerie Durnin.
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The Mayors
Flin Flon was, in the early days after
ore body evaluation, expected to last
about 17 years. The mining camp and
town sprang up around the mining complex area, and then as the expected life
of the ore body expanded and population increased, developed out in to a
very scenic community.
The development and naming of subdivisions and streets fell to the municipal
mayor and council of the day; many of
the initial streets and landmarks were
named in recognition of these officials.
Evans Avenue: George Wellington
Evans was mayor from 1937 to 1938.
He was a teacher, businessman, and
first manager of Transport Limited, a
draying company. He managed the
Imperial Oil Agency and was active in
the school board and Flin Flon Highway
Association.
Foster Park: Ernest E. Foster was Flin
Flon’s first mayor and a businessman who
owned a store and later a hotel. In office
from 1933 to 1934, Foster guided the community through the mine strike of 1934.
A dedication ceremony for the park
named after him was set for September 4,
1939, but was pre-empted by the outbreak
of the Second World War.
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Freedman Street: Mayor from
1953-56, 1961-62 and 1965-70, Jack
Freedman was a businessman who
served on council before becoming
mayor. Freedman, a newsie on the
rail line to Flin Flon, went on to open
a confectionary newsstand. Easily
the most colourful figure to hold office, he is remembered for his chalkboard messages outside his business,
which served as a sort of soapbox for
the self-appointed civil affairs critic.
Freedman’s store on Main Street sunk
in the muskeg, creating a large drop
down to the entrance. He erected a
tongue-in-cheek sign: “Freedman’s
Fall In.”
Jobin Park: Francis Lawrence
“Bud” Jobin was Flin Flon’s mayor
from 1975 to 1977. He came to Flin
Flon and worked at HBM&S while
pursuing his passion for politics with
a great deal of success. He served as
MLA and municipal councillor and
went on to serve as the Lieutenant
Governor of Manitoba from 1976 to
1981. Jobin Park and fountain area
is at the Jubilee Residence on Green
Street.
Mainwaring Street: George
Baskerville Mainwaring took over from
Foster in 1935 and was mayor until
1936. He had previously been a councillor, as well as an editor, accountant,
and teacher. He was the editor of the
HBM&S magazine, Northern Lights, for
many years.
McSheffery
Avenue:
Peter
McSheffery succeeded Evans as mayor for the 1939-40 term. Originally employed in the mechanical department
of HBM&S, he was a prominent figure
in the Trades and Labour Council,
Manitoba Federation of Labour, and
later, the Workman’s Compensation
Board. He served on council prior to
becoming mayor. McSheffery Avenue,
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which was to be named in his honour,
through a weird twist of fate never
came in to being. The area in question near Ross Lake Cemetery was
never developed as a road, although
it existed on municipal maps. The City
of Flin Flon recently sold the property
to a homeowner to build a garage.
Mitchell Road: Gordon Mitchell’s
stint as mayor was from 1987 to 1992.
A northern pioneer who excelled in
aircraft engineering, Mitchell helped
open up this remote area. He owned
an aircraft and marine support business, and is remembered for his longtime positions on the board of the Flin
Flon Bombers hockey team and the
school board.
Steventon Boulevard: Cyril
Steventon worked in the mechanical
department of HBM&S and went on to
become the superintendent. He was
mayor from 1944 to 1952. He was an
active Royal Canadian Legion member, serving on the executive and as
auditor. He was a key figure in establishing the Northern Health Unit, and
was an avid photographer.
Wright Avenue: Orson F. Wright
served as mayor from 1940-43. He was
a lawyer, magistrate, and was appointed King’s Counsel. He partnered in the
law firm Wright, Ferg, and Wright and
took an active role in the local school
board upon arriving in Flin Flon.
Over the years Flin Flon has had
11 other mayors who could just as
easily have appeared on this list:
Frank Dembinsky (1957-1960), James
R. Conner (1963-1964), Ed Yauck
(1970-1974), Bruce Keddie (19761977), Howard Abrahamson (19771980), Nazir Ahmad (1980-1986),
Graham Craig (1992-1998), Dennis
Ballard (1998-2006), Tom Therien
(2006-2010), George Fontaine (20102014), and Cal Huntley (current).
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mayors TOP: Evans Avenue; Foster Park, 1951; George Mainwaring. BOTTOM: Jack Freedman; Freedman Bridge
The Councillors
The Company Officials
There was a trend of naming streets
after municipal councillors in the
earliest days as the town stretched
farther away from the metallurgical
plant. The following streets and avenues were named after individual
councillors from the early years of the
community.
A later street name, Dadson Row,
was accorded in honour of R.W. (Bob)
Dadson. He served on town council
from 1940 to 1950 and was a prominent supporter of the Boy Scout and
Cub movements.
These HBM&S officials, most of
whom were Americans, were pioneers in the truest sense – blazing the
wilderness of Canada to build a huge
mining and smelting complex and a
hydroelectric dam to power it. They
were committed to the company and
the community.
Channing Drive: Roscoe Henry
Channing, the original HBM&S president, was instrumental in the start up
and development of the plant. He led
the company through the 1934 strike.
When the new community hall was
completed in 1957, the main auditorium was named after him. In addition
to the R.H. Channing auditorium, the
community of Channing is named for
him as well.
Green Street: This long road artery was named for Waldron Alvord
“Baldy” Green, the long-serving local
general manager who left Flin Flon
in 1959. Green became president of
the company in 1962 upon moving
to New York. A green room, in show
business jargon, is a room that func-
Anderson Avenue�� Miles Anderson
Adams Street�� Jacob R. Adams
Bell Avenue ��L.S. Bell
Boam Street ��George T. Boam
Burke Avenue�� Albert Burke
Danard Avenue �� Martin Danard
Longmore Avenue ��Ben Longmore
Milton Street��Bob Milton
Murton Boulevard��
��George
H. Murton
Scarth Street��W.B. Scarth
Willis Avenue ��Fred W. Willis
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tions as a waiting room and lounge
for performers. However the Flin Flon
Community Centre’s Green Room, a
small meeting room upstairs, is named
after Baldy Green.
Phelan Avenue: Robert Early
Phelan is best remembered as
chief engineer, and a key player in
the development of the Flin Flon
property.
Roche boulevard: Maurice A.
Roche was mine superintendent and
assistant to the general manager from
1926 to 1960. He received Knighthood
in the Order of St. Gregory The Great.
The Sir Maurice Roche School, now
closed, was also named for him.
Whitney
Street:
Cornelius
Vanderbilt “Sonny” Whitney was responsible for exercising the option
on the Flin Flon property and founder of HBM&S Co. Ltd. He was chairman of the board from 1930 to 1957,
when he assumed the president’s
role. Also named for him are Camp
Whitney on Lake Athapap, and the
Whitney Forum.
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A few Saskatchewan names to note
From grocers to prospectors to a princely visit,
streets and landmarks have names that reveal pieces
of local history.
’57 Memorial Cup Drive: This drive, near the
Whitney Forum, recognizes the Flin Flon Junior
Bombers’ victory at the Memorial Cup championship
in the 1956-1957 season.
Angel Avenue: This name was an initiative of the
Women’s Resource Centre, a tribute to women and
children who have been victims of domestic violence.
Bakers Narrows: Bakers Narrows is named after
William Edward Baker, a trapper and prospector who
resided with his family in the area in the 1920s. Bakers
Narrows Provincial Park also take its name from him.
Barrow Provincial building: Flin Flon’s provincial building was officially named in honour of long
time MLA Tom Barrow, though it has been dubbed
“Red Square” for its colour and shape – and as a joking reference to Moscow.
• Once the site of a popular local recreation area
between Flin Flon and Creighton, Phantom Lake was
so named because of its many deceptive bays. When
exploring the lake, you think that you are going one
place, and then you wind up somewhere else.
• The flamboyant mining promoter, John Edward (Jack)
Hammell, who almost retained the massive
Flin Flon mining property, has a lake named for him
just outside of Creighton.
• The village of Denare Beach takes the cake when
it comes to innovation. The community was named
by joining the first two letters in the words of the
DEpartment of NAtural REsources.
• Mosher Lake was named after Dan and John Mosher
who were prospecting in the area around 1917.
• The town of Creighton is named for prospector Tom
Creighton. His gravesite tribute reads “His wants were
few, his habits simple. The bush was his wide domain.
Here lies a man.”
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Boundary Avenue: This aptly
named residential street lies near the
Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.
Bracken Street: This street came
in to being because of Manitoba premier John Bracken. He was no stranger
to Flin Flon, having driven the last spike
in 1929 when Harry McLean forged the
rail line into Flin Flon. He was also intimately involved in the cessation of the
mine strike of 1934.
Callinan Street: This locally famous mining family name appears
on a street sign because of prospector
“Cranberry” Jack Callinan, who staked
some of the original claims in the Flin
Flon mining camp. Callinan Mines,
which was acquired by Altius Minerals
Corporation in May 2015, recently
completed an agreement with Hudbay
for possible purchase and development of the War Baby property at 777
mine.
Dion Street: This street is named
after two prospecting brothers, Isadore
and Leon Dion.
Flin Flon Station Museum: The
Flin Flon Station Museum was socalled as the building was a former
CNR Station, which was moved from
its original location in uptown Flin Flon
to today’s location at the campground
near the city entrance – no easy feat.
Hapnot Street: Hapnot, the name
of a major corridor in the uptown area
and our high school, is a play on words.
It is the reverse of Tonapah (minus the
second a), the company involved with
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the first significant mine in the area,
Mandy Mine, and the name of a sternwheeler barge operating on Athapap
Lake around 1918. Hapnot Collegiate
and Hapnot Lake share this name.
Hammel Street: This street is
named after Jack Hammel, a mining
promoter
Joe Brain Petting Zoo: This local
treasure in the Willowvale subdivision
is so named due to the generous contribution of a prospector and mining
investor.
Joe van Nes Airport Terminal
Building: The Flin Flon Airport terminal building was opened in 1968. In
2004 the facility was officially named
the Joe van Nes Airport Terminal
Building and a plaque was mounted
to honour its namesake. Joe van Nes
served in the RCAF during the Second
World War, and was a key player
in bringing the terminal project to
fruition.
Kirkland Drive, Rush Place,
Wanless Avenue: These names
can be traced back to members of
Club 27. Club 27 honoured those who
had participated in any or all phases
in the development of Flin Flon up to
December 1927. Members held regular get-togethers until time passed them
by. Kirkland Drive is in Channing and
the other two are in Flin Flon.
Mandy Mine: The first mine in the
Flin Flon area (located on Schist Lake)
was named for the wife of co-founder
Fred Jackson.
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places Sipple Hill in 1930, in the 1950s and today.
McKeen Avenue: Members of the
McKeen family were some of Flin
Flon’s earliest drayers, who transported freight loads by wagon or sled with
teams of horses.
Prince Charles Place: Prince
Charles visited Flin Flon in July,
1970 during the Manitoba Provincial
Centennial; this street was named
in recognition of this important
occasion.
Ross Lake: This lake in the geographic centre of Flin Flon is named
after Horatio Hamilton Ross, a colourful character who operated Ross
Navigation Company for the Mandy
Mine ore haul; he also operated a
barge/ferry route on Ross Lake.
Sipple (or Sipple’s) Hill: This
steep hill on Ross Street is known locally as Sipple’s Hill, named for Del
Sipple who used the route in the early
days to deliver groceries to the Ross
Lake area.
Tweedsmuir Street: In 1939, Lord
Tweedsmuir, then Governor General
of Canada, visited Flin Flon, prompting
this street name.
Veteran’s Way: This road was
named in honour of all Flin Flon area
veterans, past and present
Waldron Avenue: This residential
street is named after John Waldron, an
early years surveyor.
Wahlenberg Christmas lights
display: This Flin Flon tradition, a
colourful seasonal display on Bellevue
Avenue, was originated by resident Art
Wahlenberg. Christmas lights are still
displayed here every year.
Waly Heights: This subdivision was
named after the first family to inhabit
the area; they were locally famous for
their huge garden.
Young Street: This name recognizes early businessman Charlie Young
who owned and operated a restaurant
and then the Flin Flon Hotel.
Odds & ends: local slang
A collection of unique names for local spots.
• High Rock is the large rock feature near the end of
Green Street heading north.
• Little Cliff Lake swimming hole, found north of the
perimeter highway, down the railroad track, has been
a popular swimming spot since the 1940s, at least.
• Mile 84 subdivision and Mile 86 area (rail and cat
train marshalling area) were distances on the CN
Railroad from The Pas. The Macham family lived at
Mile 86 with a huge garden and decorative vegetation
growing all over their house.
• Second Valley was a popular ski hill at the north
end of Ross Lake in the perimeter highway area.
• The 100 Stairs are found between Third Avenue
and Hill Street. The stairs lift pedestrians over a rock
face and into the city centre with the nostalgia of an
actual mining drift (a horizontal tunnel) at the base.
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• Tobacco Road was the original route from
Channing into the Flin Flon area, which is known
today as uptown. The road was once a red light
district, named after a 1932 novel by Erskine
Caldwell.
• The Old Barn was the affectionate name for
Flin Flon’s original ice hockey arena, and the
description was quite accurate.
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Roaming the Streets
of Flin Flon
What’s in a name? Morley Naylor explores
Flin Flon’s historic streets and landmarks.
Have you ever wondered how
and why your community’s
streets and landmarks were
named as they are? Join us
on a journey up and down the
streets, neighbourhoods, and
subdivisions of Flin Flon (with
the odd excursion in to the bush).
We track down the origin of their
names, and delve a little deeper
in to the stories behind our streets,
and the people who helped build
this city on the rocks.
Historic photos courtesy of the
Flin Flon Heritage Project.
Additional photos by Morley Naylor
and Valerie Durnin.
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The Mayors
Flin Flon was, in the early days after
ore body evaluation, expected to last
about 17 years. The mining camp and
town sprang up around the mining complex area, and then as the expected life
of the ore body expanded and population increased, developed out in to a
very scenic community.
The development and naming of subdivisions and streets fell to the municipal
mayor and council of the day; many of
the initial streets and landmarks were
named in recognition of these officials.
Evans Avenue: George Wellington
Evans was mayor from 1937 to 1938.
He was a teacher, businessman, and
first manager of Transport Limited, a
draying company. He managed the
Imperial Oil Agency and was active in
the school board and Flin Flon Highway
Association.
Foster Park: Ernest E. Foster was Flin
Flon’s first mayor and a businessman who
owned a store and later a hotel. In office
from 1933 to 1934, Foster guided the community through the mine strike of 1934.
A dedication ceremony for the park
named after him was set for September 4,
1939, but was pre-empted by the outbreak
of the Second World War.
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Freedman Street: Mayor from
1953-56, 1961-62 and 1965-70, Jack
Freedman was a businessman who
served on council before becoming
mayor. Freedman, a newsie on the
rail line to Flin Flon, went on to open
a confectionary newsstand. Easily
the most colourful figure to hold office, he is remembered for his chalkboard messages outside his business,
which served as a sort of soapbox for
the self-appointed civil affairs critic.
Freedman’s store on Main Street sunk
in the muskeg, creating a large drop
down to the entrance. He erected a
tongue-in-cheek sign: “Freedman’s
Fall In.”
Jobin Park: Francis Lawrence
“Bud” Jobin was Flin Flon’s mayor
from 1975 to 1977. He came to Flin
Flon and worked at HBM&S while
pursuing his passion for politics with
a great deal of success. He served as
MLA and municipal councillor and
went on to serve as the Lieutenant
Governor of Manitoba from 1976 to
1981. Jobin Park and fountain area
is at the Jubilee Residence on Green
Street.
Mainwaring Street: George
Baskerville Mainwaring took over from
Foster in 1935 and was mayor until
1936. He had previously been a councillor, as well as an editor, accountant,
and teacher. He was the editor of the
HBM&S magazine, Northern Lights, for
many years.
McSheffery
Avenue:
Peter
McSheffery succeeded Evans as mayor for the 1939-40 term. Originally employed in the mechanical department
of HBM&S, he was a prominent figure
in the Trades and Labour Council,
Manitoba Federation of Labour, and
later, the Workman’s Compensation
Board. He served on council prior to
becoming mayor. McSheffery Avenue,
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which was to be named in his honour,
through a weird twist of fate never
came in to being. The area in question near Ross Lake Cemetery was
never developed as a road, although
it existed on municipal maps. The City
of Flin Flon recently sold the property
to a homeowner to build a garage.
Mitchell Road: Gordon Mitchell’s
stint as mayor was from 1987 to 1992.
A northern pioneer who excelled in
aircraft engineering, Mitchell helped
open up this remote area. He owned
an aircraft and marine support business, and is remembered for his longtime positions on the board of the Flin
Flon Bombers hockey team and the
school board.
Steventon Boulevard: Cyril
Steventon worked in the mechanical
department of HBM&S and went on to
become the superintendent. He was
mayor from 1944 to 1952. He was an
active Royal Canadian Legion member, serving on the executive and as
auditor. He was a key figure in establishing the Northern Health Unit, and
was an avid photographer.
Wright Avenue: Orson F. Wright
served as mayor from 1940-43. He was
a lawyer, magistrate, and was appointed King’s Counsel. He partnered in the
law firm Wright, Ferg, and Wright and
took an active role in the local school
board upon arriving in Flin Flon.
Over the years Flin Flon has had
11 other mayors who could just as
easily have appeared on this list:
Frank Dembinsky (1957-1960), James
R. Conner (1963-1964), Ed Yauck
(1970-1974), Bruce Keddie (19761977), Howard Abrahamson (19771980), Nazir Ahmad (1980-1986),
Graham Craig (1992-1998), Dennis
Ballard (1998-2006), Tom Therien
(2006-2010), George Fontaine (20102014), and Cal Huntley (current).
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mayors TOP: Evans Avenue; Foster Park, 1951; George Mainwaring. BOTTOM: Jack Freedman; Freedman Bridge
The Councillors
The Company Officials
There was a trend of naming streets
after municipal councillors in the
earliest days as the town stretched
farther away from the metallurgical
plant. The following streets and avenues were named after individual
councillors from the early years of the
community.
A later street name, Dadson Row,
was accorded in honour of R.W. (Bob)
Dadson. He served on town council
from 1940 to 1950 and was a prominent supporter of the Boy Scout and
Cub movements.
These HBM&S officials, most of
whom were Americans, were pioneers in the truest sense – blazing the
wilderness of Canada to build a huge
mining and smelting complex and a
hydroelectric dam to power it. They
were committed to the company and
the community.
Channing Drive: Roscoe Henry
Channing, the original HBM&S president, was instrumental in the start up
and development of the plant. He led
the company through the 1934 strike.
When the new community hall was
completed in 1957, the main auditorium was named after him. In addition
to the R.H. Channing auditorium, the
community of Channing is named for
him as well.
Green Street: This long road artery was named for Waldron Alvord
“Baldy” Green, the long-serving local
general manager who left Flin Flon
in 1959. Green became president of
the company in 1962 upon moving
to New York. A green room, in show
business jargon, is a room that func-
Anderson Avenue�� Miles Anderson
Adams Street�� Jacob R. Adams
Bell Avenue ��L.S. Bell
Boam Street ��George T. Boam
Burke Avenue�� Albert Burke
Danard Avenue �� Martin Danard
Longmore Avenue ��Ben Longmore
Milton Street��Bob Milton
Murton Boulevard��
��George
H. Murton
Scarth Street��W.B. Scarth
Willis Avenue ��Fred W. Willis
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tions as a waiting room and lounge
for performers. However the Flin Flon
Community Centre’s Green Room, a
small meeting room upstairs, is named
after Baldy Green.
Phelan Avenue: Robert Early
Phelan is best remembered as
chief engineer, and a key player in
the development of the Flin Flon
property.
Roche boulevard: Maurice A.
Roche was mine superintendent and
assistant to the general manager from
1926 to 1960. He received Knighthood
in the Order of St. Gregory The Great.
The Sir Maurice Roche School, now
closed, was also named for him.
Whitney
Street:
Cornelius
Vanderbilt “Sonny” Whitney was responsible for exercising the option
on the Flin Flon property and founder of HBM&S Co. Ltd. He was chairman of the board from 1930 to 1957,
when he assumed the president’s
role. Also named for him are Camp
Whitney on Lake Athapap, and the
Whitney Forum.
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Have You Protected Your Family’s Future?
Lenna GowenLock, edward Jones
Help support your surviving spouse’s retirement
ow that summer is here, you may go on vacation, head up to
the cottage or just lounge around a pool. But what’s really
important about this season isn’t just the relaxation — it’s
the chance to spend more time with your family members. And when
you think of how much they mean to you, shouldn’t you take the
steps necessary to protect their financial future?
One of the most important moves you can make is to ensure that you
have adequate life insurance. Of course, you may have some insurance
through your employer — but is it sufficient? If something were to happen
to you, your family could face some enormous financial obligations —
with a large part of their financial resources suddenly missing.
By purchasing additional life insurance, as needed, you could
enable your family to accomplish the following:
While you’re working, some of the money you put away in your
Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and various other
accounts may also eventually help support your spouse in retirement.
Without your income and these continuing contributions, could your
spouse still enjoy the retirement lifestyle you both have envisioned?
The proceeds from a life insurance policy could prove important in
helping your surviving spouse during his or her retirement years.
raise your children
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Pay for university
A university education may be the best investment you can make in
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the 2009–2010 school year, according to Statistics Canada. And room
and board could easily tack on an extra $6,000, according to the Ontario
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and assuming even a modest 3% annual inflation rate, a child born this
year could expect to pay more than $78,000 for four years of university.
Insurance could help cover the high costs of higher education.
Pay off your mortgage
If you’re buying your first home or moving into a different one,
you will be asked if you want to purchase mortgage insurance.
However, life insurance may be a better option. If you purchase
mortgage insurance, the lender is the beneficiary, but when you own
a life insurance policy, you get to choose the beneficiary, so you can
name your spouse. Once your surviving spouse receives the tax-free
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As you can see, adequate life insurance is indispensable to your
family’s financial security. Consult a financial advisor to determine if
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A few Saskatchewan names to note
From grocers to prospectors to a princely visit,
streets and landmarks have names that reveal pieces
of local history.
’57 Memorial Cup Drive: This drive, near the
Whitney Forum, recognizes the Flin Flon Junior
Bombers’ victory at the Memorial Cup championship
in the 1956-1957 season.
Angel Avenue: This name was an initiative of the
Women’s Resource Centre, a tribute to women and
children who have been victims of domestic violence.
Bakers Narrows: Bakers Narrows is named after
William Edward Baker, a trapper and prospector who
resided with his family in the area in the 1920s. Bakers
Narrows Provincial Park also take its name from him.
Barrow Provincial building: Flin Flon’s provincial building was officially named in honour of long
time MLA Tom Barrow, though it has been dubbed
“Red Square” for its colour and shape – and as a joking reference to Moscow.
• Once the site of a popular local recreation area
between Flin Flon and Creighton, Phantom Lake was
so named because of its many deceptive bays. When
exploring the lake, you think that you are going one
place, and then you wind up somewhere else.
• The flamboyant mining promoter, John Edward (Jack)
Hammell, who almost retained the massive
Flin Flon mining property, has a lake named for him
just outside of Creighton.
• The village of Denare Beach takes the cake when
it comes to innovation. The community was named
by joining the first two letters in the words of the
DEpartment of NAtural REsources.
• Mosher Lake was named after Dan and John Mosher
who were prospecting in the area around 1917.
• The town of Creighton is named for prospector Tom
Creighton. His gravesite tribute reads “His wants were
few, his habits simple. The bush was his wide domain.
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Boundary Avenue: This aptly
named residential street lies near the
Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.
Bracken Street: This street came
in to being because of Manitoba premier John Bracken. He was no stranger
to Flin Flon, having driven the last spike
in 1929 when Harry McLean forged the
rail line into Flin Flon. He was also intimately involved in the cessation of the
mine strike of 1934.
Callinan Street: This locally famous mining family name appears
on a street sign because of prospector
“Cranberry” Jack Callinan, who staked
some of the original claims in the Flin
Flon mining camp. Callinan Mines,
which was acquired by Altius Minerals
Corporation in May 2015, recently
completed an agreement with Hudbay
for possible purchase and development of the War Baby property at 777
mine.
Dion Street: This street is named
after two prospecting brothers, Isadore
and Leon Dion.
Flin Flon Station Museum: The
Flin Flon Station Museum was socalled as the building was a former
CNR Station, which was moved from
its original location in uptown Flin Flon
to today’s location at the campground
near the city entrance – no easy feat.
Hapnot Street: Hapnot, the name
of a major corridor in the uptown area
and our high school, is a play on words.
It is the reverse of Tonapah (minus the
second a), the company involved with
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the first significant mine in the area,
Mandy Mine, and the name of a sternwheeler barge operating on Athapap
Lake around 1918. Hapnot Collegiate
and Hapnot Lake share this name.
Hammel Street: This street is
named after Jack Hammel, a mining
promoter
Joe Brain Petting Zoo: This local
treasure in the Willowvale subdivision
is so named due to the generous contribution of a prospector and mining
investor.
Joe van Nes Airport Terminal
Building: The Flin Flon Airport terminal building was opened in 1968. In
2004 the facility was officially named
the Joe van Nes Airport Terminal
Building and a plaque was mounted
to honour its namesake. Joe van Nes
served in the RCAF during the Second
World War, and was a key player
in bringing the terminal project to
fruition.
Kirkland Drive, Rush Place,
Wanless Avenue: These names
can be traced back to members of
Club 27. Club 27 honoured those who
had participated in any or all phases
in the development of Flin Flon up to
December 1927. Members held regular get-togethers until time passed them
by. Kirkland Drive is in Channing and
the other two are in Flin Flon.
Mandy Mine: The first mine in the
Flin Flon area (located on Schist Lake)
was named for the wife of co-founder
Fred Jackson.
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places Sipple Hill in 1930, in the 1950s and today.
McKeen Avenue: Members of the
McKeen family were some of Flin
Flon’s earliest drayers, who transported freight loads by wagon or sled with
teams of horses.
Prince Charles Place: Prince
Charles visited Flin Flon in July,
1970 during the Manitoba Provincial
Centennial; this street was named
in recognition of this important
occasion.
Ross Lake: This lake in the geographic centre of Flin Flon is named
after Horatio Hamilton Ross, a colourful character who operated Ross
Navigation Company for the Mandy
Mine ore haul; he also operated a
barge/ferry route on Ross Lake.
Sipple (or Sipple’s) Hill: This
steep hill on Ross Street is known locally as Sipple’s Hill, named for Del
Sipple who used the route in the early
days to deliver groceries to the Ross
Lake area.
Tweedsmuir Street: In 1939, Lord
Tweedsmuir, then Governor General
of Canada, visited Flin Flon, prompting
this street name.
Veteran’s Way: This road was
named in honour of all Flin Flon area
veterans, past and present
Waldron Avenue: This residential
street is named after John Waldron, an
early years surveyor.
Wahlenberg Christmas lights
display: This Flin Flon tradition, a
colourful seasonal display on Bellevue
Avenue, was originated by resident Art
Wahlenberg. Christmas lights are still
displayed here every year.
Waly Heights: This subdivision was
named after the first family to inhabit
the area; they were locally famous for
their huge garden.
Young Street: This name recognizes early businessman Charlie Young
who owned and operated a restaurant
and then the Flin Flon Hotel.
Odds & ends: local slang
A collection of unique names for local spots.
• High Rock is the large rock feature near the end of
Green Street heading north.
• Little Cliff Lake swimming hole, found north of the
perimeter highway, down the railroad track, has been
a popular swimming spot since the 1940s, at least.
• Mile 84 subdivision and Mile 86 area (rail and cat
train marshalling area) were distances on the CN
Railroad from The Pas. The Macham family lived at
Mile 86 with a huge garden and decorative vegetation
growing all over their house.
• Second Valley was a popular ski hill at the north
end of Ross Lake in the perimeter highway area.
• The 100 Stairs are found between Third Avenue
and Hill Street. The stairs lift pedestrians over a rock
face and into the city centre with the nostalgia of an
actual mining drift (a horizontal tunnel) at the base.
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• Tobacco Road was the original route from
Channing into the Flin Flon area, which is known
today as uptown. The road was once a red light
district, named after a 1932 novel by Erskine
Caldwell.
• The Old Barn was the affectionate name for
Flin Flon’s original ice hockey arena, and the
description was quite accurate.
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The Call of the Loon
story by Gerry Clark
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wildlife
Photo by Valerie Durnin
The loon’s call
According to The Loon
Preservation Committee,
loons have four distinct
calls which they use to
communicate: the tremolo,
wail, yodel, and hoot.
You can hear samples on
the organization’s website
at www.loon.org.
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There is nothing more Canadian
than the loon. The beaver is the official symbol of our sovereignty, and the
maple leaf appears on our flag, travellers’ backpacks, and the uniforms of
our athletes, but the loon has to be
at least as special to most Canadians.
Still, most people don’t know that
much about the aquatic bird that appears on our dollar coins.
The common loon is bigger than
most people realize: up to 90 cm long
and weighing up to 5 kg. While swimming and diving, they look majestic,
but they aren’t well-designed for other
activities. They are considered to be
good flyers, but they find takeoffs a
challenge.
Most loon species — and there are
five — can’t take off from land. The
others have to paddle like crazy into
the wind to take off from water.
The scientific name for the common loon is Gavia immer. Apparently
the word loon is derived from the
Old English word lumme (lummox
or awkward person), which is in turn
derived from the Scandanavian word
lum (lame or clumsy), referring to the
loon’s awkward gait on land.
Not surprisingly, loons avoid walking on land as much as possible. They
are clumsy walkers. The problem is
that their webbed feet are set quite far
back, making balance a challenge.
Perversely, nature has programmed loons to build their nests
and to mate on land. Once a pair
have become an item, the male
chooses the site for their nest, then
they both get busy building before
making love in the new nest. Kind of
romantic—except that loons don’t
mate for life. On average loons live
for six years, but can live to 30, and
a typical loon will have multiple
mates during its lifetime.
protecting the loon
In Canada, loons are
protected by the Migratory
Birds Convention Act.
Hunting or harassing them
in any way is a crime;
in fact, it is even illegal
to possess a loon feather.
To be fair, loon relationships survive as long as they do in spite of many
threats. For one thing, other loons are
always coveting good nesting sites.
Home invasions are a regular occurrence in the loon’s world, and the
fights are vicious. There seems to be
some kind of protocol to these nasty
encounters: If it is a male intruder, it is
Dad who defends, and similarly if the
intruder is a female, it is Mom. If a pair
attack, it is a free-for-all! It is estimated
that up to a third of these confrontations lead to a death.
If that isn’t enough stress for the
young families, a nesting pair have to
keep an eye out for all the usual predators from above, below, and on shore:
ravens, big fish, and weasels just to
name a few. Of course, in the end it
may be man who will wipe out the species with acid rain, mercury, lakefront
cottages, and habitat-destroying dams.
Loon parties are a phenomenon
we are still trying to understand.
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wildlife
poetry corner
We Are Home
For a species that is so violently antisocial, at least during the nesting cycle,
it is surprising to see huge numbers of
loons flocking together. Experts aren’t
sure how to explain this. It could be
that flocks are singles’ gatherings made
up of birds who either never hooked
up or somehow lost their mate. Or it
could be a socializing stage before the
long migration south for the winter. We
don’t know, but encountering a loon
party is an awesome experience.
Loons are carnivores, with fish being their favourite meal. They also eat
frogs, snails and crayfish, all of which
they swallow whole. To catch their
prey, they can dive to a depth of 60 metres and hold their breath for a minute
and a half.
Loons tend to prefer clear lakes because they can see their menu more
easily. To aid in digestion they eat pebbles; unfortunately this can include
lead pellets from shotgun shells and
lead weights from fishing tackle, which
will eventually poison them to death.
Among the sounds of nature in
Canada, the call of the loon is uniquely
comforting. The lonely howl of a wolf
has almost the opposite effect. The
sighting of a bald eagle is exciting, and
meeting a bear can be terrifying, but a
loon encountered under any circumstance always brings a smile. I think it
is fair to claim that no creature in the
Canadian wild is more beloved than
the loon.
By Sheila Marchant
Photo by Mel Reich
Nothing says North like the call of the loon
Crystal clear and daunting
As it echoes out across the lake
And comes right back as flaunting
A challenge for all to mimic its call
And we are so ever wanting
To never regret nor much less forget
As it stays – forever haunting
the loonie
In the mid-1980s when the federal government made the decision
to replace dollar bills with coins, the plan was to continue using the
voyageur canoe design that had been used on the old silver dollar.
But as a result of a comedy of errors involving the loss in the mail of
the die used to make the old silver dollars, the decision was made to
come up with a new design. A new coin featuring the loon was introduced in 1987.
When it first came out, it received mixed reviews and was somewhat
derisively dubbed the “loonie” by the public. However, the nickname
stuck. Eventually, the Canadian government bought the rights to the
name, and today business reporters are as likely to talk about the exchange rate of the loonie as they are the Canadian dollar.
The loonie’s status in the pantheon of national symbols was further
solidified by the legend of the “lucky loonie.” In 2002, at the hockey
arena for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Trent Evans, an ice maker
from Edmonton, embedded a loonie at centre ice as a target for referees dropping the puck for a faceoff. A yellow dot was painted over the
spot, disguising the loonie.
When both the women’s and men’s
hockey teams won gold, the lucky
loonie was dug out and presented to
another national symbol, Wayne
Gretzky, the team’s executive director. The loonie was donated
to the Canadian Hockey Hall
of Fame in Toronto.
Photo by Mel Reich
A “loon party” in Bakers Narrows.
a good taste
Summer
fruit
yogurt
parfait
This is one of my favourite desserts — or
breakfasts. Fresh berries in smooth, homeprepared strawberry yogurt are just the right
combination of sweet and tangy.
Valerie Durnin, publisher Cottage North & The Reminer
Strawberry sauce
Make the sauce the night before you plan
to serve. Hull and then cut a one-pound
pack of strawberries into about half-inch
pieces. In a small pot, heat strawberries on
medium high heat until they begin to form a
sauce. Keep sauce at a low boil for about 20
minutes, stirring occasionally. The longer the
strawberries boil, the more they will break
down. When the sauce has the consistency
you want, remove from heat, let cool to room
temperature and chill overnight.
Yogurt parfait
Mix three parts plain yogurt with one part
strawberry sauce. A higher fat yogurt makes
for a thicker sauce. Cut your choice of
summer fruit and berries into small pieces.
Try strawberries, blueberries, raspberries,
peaches, nectarines and/or bananas. Mix
together and layer with strawberry yogurt in a
parfait or wine glass. Top with berries, a mint
sprig or a dollop of yogurt. For variation try
drizzling Amaretto or Chambord (a raspberry
liqueur) over fruit before layering.
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Griffin Wadelius
What little people can do
Griffin Wadelius doesn’t get stage
fright often, but if he did, he definitely
wouldn’t imagine the audience in their
underwear. “It just makes it awkward!”
he laughs.
Whatever Griffin’s on-stage strategy
is, it is definitely working.
In the Flin Flon Community Choir’s
May production of the musical Les
Misérables, 13-year-old Griffin played
Gavroche, a daring, street-smart and
idealistic youngster. The part is a coveted role for young actors.
In the musical, Gavroche serves
STORY BY Libby Stoker-lavelle
as messenger and fearless assistant to
the students who are rising up against
the government; he also delivers witty
commentary on the sad state of his
community.
Crystal Kolt, artistic director for the
Flin Flon Community Choir, sought out
Griffin for the role after seeing him on
stage in 2014.
“The Pas did a great job of putting
on Pirates of Penzance about a year
ago,” she says. “Griffin was the only
young boy in the chorus and I couldn’t
take my eyes off of him. He was such a
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natural little actor.”
According to his mom, Lauren
Wadelius, Griffin has loved acting
since he was pint-sized.
“I made Lego movies, and put on
lots of plays,” Griffin recalls, “and I
was always on stage for talent shows.”
Griffin performed in several school productions in his hometown of The Pas
in addition to his role as a policeman
in Theatre 53’s Pirates of Penzance.
When approached by Kolt in
December 2014, Griffin leapt at the
chance to audition for Les Mis, even
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Photo by Daniel Dillon
Griffin Wadelius in character as Gavroche, a pivotal character in Les Misérables. Wadelius played the role in the May 2015 Flin Flon
Community Choir performance.
though he knew that, if he were chosen for a part, he would be committing
to an intense and demanding project.
He and his parents would need to drive
from The Pas to Flin Flon for rehearsals throughout the winter, with more
frequent trips in the weeks before the
performance dates.
So was all that driving a pain in the
neck? “It was worth it,” says Griffin,
without skipping a beat.
Worth it, because Les Mis was the
opportunity Griffin had been looking
for — a chance to pursue his passion
and work towards his ultimate goal: a
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career in Hollywood as a television actor, voice actor or director.
Through practice and support from
the directors, Griffin worked on becoming the cheeky, brash Gavroche.
He learned to expand his singing
voice, build his presence on stage,
and use bigger and more precise body
language to communicate with the
audience.
From his fellow actors, though,
Griffin learned a lesson that has proven
valuable to him already: “They’d make
a mistake during rehearsal,” Griffin recalls, “And then they would say to ev-
eryone that they messed up, and then
they would fix it.”
After seeing other actors who were
willing to own the flaws in their performances, he began openly asking
for help so he, too, could improve on
stage.
His hard work paid off. “He was a
perfect Gavroche,” says Kolt. While the whole musical was a highlight for Griffin, when asked about his
favourite moment, he doesn’t waver.
“My death scene,” he recalls, eyes
shining. “The audience responded
a lot.”
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