In Flanders Fields, John McCrae The photo above was taken last year at the Nipissing Museum in the small town by that name south-west of North Bay, Ontario. It is a photocopy of the original manuscript for John McCrae’s famous, “In Flanders Fields”. The poem is known worldwide as a sign of remembrance. The original, […]
Continue ReadingNipissing – The End of the Road
Nipissing Museum (Old Methodist Church) © Michelle Basic Hendry As with many of the towns in this region, Nipissing sprung up due to lumbering and pinned it hopes for survival on a railway that never arrived. Nipissing Village is located on the South River which heads to Lake Nipissing and was the largest commercial center […]
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The Old Nipissing Colonization Road was one of the routes opened up by the province under pressure from the logging companies to encourage settlement for the purposes of providing labour for the industry. The soil was thin and rocky and most farmers abandoned when the lumber mills closed. For this reason, the road is now […]
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After a stressful start to the week with painting and printing, I settled into a mini-holiday for my birthday this week. My husband and I set off in the RV to Restoule. Restoule is between Sudbury and North Bay on the south side of Lake Nipissing. Restoule Provincial Park, Lake Restoule, © Michelle Basic Hendry […]
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