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dvocateWinnipeg RiverAVolume 4, No. 3 February 8, 2019Lac du Bonnet, Great Falls, St. Georges, Powerview-Pine Falls, Sagkeeng, Traverse Bay, Victoria Beach, Belair, Grand Marais, Patricia Beach and Brokenhead, Little Black River, Manigotagan, Hollow Water & Bissett

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Turtle Lodge hosted a youth gathering to teach games, songs and medicines for wellness. See story on page 2

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Turtle Lodge

From January 18 to 20, Giigewigamig First Nation Health Authori-

ty, Turtle Lodge and Nanaan-dawewigamig (FNHSSM: First Nation Health and So-cial Secretariat of Manitoba) partnered to host a youth gathering on “Games, Songs and Medicines That Keep us Healthy”.

Youth and elders from the four Giigewigamig commu-nities of Bloodvein, Hollow Water, Black River & Sag-keeng First Nations had a fun and educational weekend!

Each morning began with a Pipe Ceremony & Water Ceremony conducted by community Elders, while Coco Ray Stevenson led and taught youth ceremonial songs on the drum.

Norbert Mercredi from Grand Rapids shared Indige-nous games and the role they play in keeping us healthy.

Carl McCorrister from Peguis First Nation shared his work in growing food and medicines, and reminded us about the importance of trade among our nations. Youth made medicine pouches and practised ceremonial songs, while the Elders engaged in discussions about reintroduc-

ing natural medicines into the communities.

Leon Simard from Manigotagan shared his work with planting gardens and food security and how these can prevent diabetes and its complications.

Troy Fontaine prepared the Four Directions Medi-cine and young children were given first opportunity to try the medicine while getting brushed down by the Grand-mothers using the eagle fans, in a beautiful healing cere-mony. Troy shared teachings on how to make the medicine and everyone was able to take some home. Youth planted Thunder Tobacco seedlings to take and grow in their own communities and a song was sung for the seedlings.

The four-day event was concluded with a feast and traditional giveaway, with each person giving and re-ceiving a gift.

The Giigewigamig Elders Council was so inspired by the enthusiasm of the youth who want to learn Minopi-matiziwin - Anishinabe for a good and peaceful way of life - that it plans on hosting more youth-focused gatherings, with the next one coming in March!

Turtle Lodge hosts youth gatheringYouth from four Manitoba First Nations learn “Games, Songs and Medicines That Keep us Healthy”

One of the activities at Turtle Lodge last month.


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Opinion

Traffic flow increase when the Wanipigow silica sand mine is underway will barely be noticeableBy Don Norman

Much ballyhoo has been made in recent months about the

concerns over traffic jams once the Canadian Premier Sand (CPS) mine is operational.

A recent article in the Winnipeg Free Press by local environmental activist Don Sullivan is the latest salvo aimed at scuttling the opera-tion before it starts.

Sullivan rightly points out that cottager traffic in peak times is already a steady stream of traffic. He claims the additional pressure on the traffic system will have di-sastrous results.

But let’s take a closer look at these numbers.

First of all, the planned route that CPS trucks will be taking is down 304, from Wanipigow, across highway 11 in Powerview-Pine Falls to Highway 59, then on to Win-nipeg. The environmental assesment that CPS recently submitted says that there will be 3-4 trucks per hour leaving the mine, 24/7. Ear-

lier documentation from CPS said 3-5 trucks per hour. Sul-livan uses 5 per hour (120 per day) for his calculations. To make the comparisons easier, I will also use that number.

So, what is this going to look like?

For me, 304, south of highway 11 is the biggest concern. It’s a curvy section of road with no shoulders and people die on that stretch of road with alarming regularity (the most recent fatality was covered in these pages last month).

According to the Manito-ba Highway Traffic Informa-tion System, the average daily traffic flow on that section of 304 is 1230 vehicles per day. If you add 240 trucks per day, that is close to a 20% increase in traffic. But it’s an interest-ing side note that 2012 (when there was presumably more traffic coming from the mine in Bissett), the traffic flow reached an average of 1380 per day. So, when looked at with those numbers, it’s only an 8% increase in traffic

flow. But even looking at the 20% figure, at 1230 vehicles per day, you’d pass approxi-mately 4.5 vehicles in the ten minutes it takes to navigate those curves. The number of vehicles you would pass after the CPS mine is in operation? 5.2.

But also keep in mind, those trucks are being loaded 24/7. So, that traffic is spread throughout the entire period. So, half of that additional traffic would happen between midnight and 6 am when there is barely anyone on that stretch of road. So, essential-ly, there is zero difference.

Once that traffic reaches highway 59, the problem be-comes even less significant. The average traffic flow on Highway 59 south of 304 is 3820 vehicles per day. So, now we are talking about a 6% increase in flow. Let’s do the same calculation. In the 10 minutes you would take to drive from Highway 304 to where 59 divides, currently you’d pass 13.5 vehicles, with the additional volume, that

number would increase to 14.2.

But peak times on that stretch of highway probably sees flows of five times what it is on average (maybe more). So, during those times, in-stead of passing 67.5 vehicles in that 10 minutes, you’d pass 68.2. So, we are talking about a 1% (at most) increase in traffic flow on that stretch. I very much doubt anyone would notice the difference.

Still, while the traffic flow itself is clearly of no discernible concern, there is the question of wear and tear that these heavy trucks will have on the roads in use.

As is the case with any commercial enterprise using public roads in the Province, CPS will be required to com-pensate the Province for its designated portion of any in-creased maintenance result-ing from its use of the roads.

However, it is signifi-cant to note that according to Bronwyn Weaver, Commu-nications & Community Li-aison Officer for CPS, Mani-

toba Infrastructure and CPS are in agreement that “certain sections of the proposed haul route have been in desper-ate need of proper mainte-nance, repair and upgrading for more than a decade - long before CPS proposed to use these roads.”

Weaver said that CPS is willing to go well beyond what is called for by rules and regulations to ensure the safety of the community and CPS drivers.

“CPS fully understands that this is a unique opportu-nity to improve people’s lives, including the driving public, and this will require a close collaboration with Manitoba Infrastructure to make this a reality,” said Weaver.

A cynic could say those are just words from a cor-porate spokesperson and are meaningless, but I tend to lean towards optimism.

Perhaps this new venture will not only provide jobs and economic growth, but also some much needed upgrades that could save lives.

A computer generated illustration of trucks loading at the proposed silica sand mine in Wanipigow. (Wanipigowsand.com)


News

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Staff

Manitoba Justice ad-vises it is appoint-ing Loren Schinkel

as a member of the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Au-thority of Manitoba (LGCA).

Schinkel is from Lac du Bonnet and has served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Winnipeg Police Service and as the president of the Winnipeg Police As-

sociation. His background aligns well with the LGCA’s regulatory responsibilities and its work with municipal and Indigenous governments.

The seven-member LGCA board sets the strate-gic direction for the organi-zation and provides recom-mendations to government related to The Liquor, Gam-ing and Cannabis Control Act.

Loren Schinkel ap-pointed to LGCA

The Manitoba govern-ment has appointed former RM of Lac du

Bonnet Councillor, Cindy Kellendonk to the Manitoba Women’s Advisory Council (MWAC), Sustainable De-velopment Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for the status of women, an-nounced today.

“I look forward to the ad-vice, experience and exper-tise these women will bring to this council and our gov-ernment,” said Squires. “The MWAC plays a valuable role in helping government iden-tify key issues of concern and working to address gender equality.”

The MWAC also appoint-ed Debra Jonasson-Young (Winnipeg) and Lizanne Ro-ziere (Winnipeg), as well as returning member Kristen Lynch (Winnipeg) to a two-year term.

Kellendonk was a coun-

cillor for the RM of Lac du Bonnet between 2014 and 2018. She ran again in 2018, but was defeated. She is also a small business owner special-izing in agricultural products and is a former branch man-ager for Atomic Energy of

Canada.The MWAC serves as an

advisory body to government on women’s issues and works toward enhancing the overall status of women including fair representation of women across the province.

Cindy Kellendonk (Photo: www.cindyk.ca)

Cindy Kellendonk appointed to Women’s Advisory Council

Advocate to Launch New Magazine this SpringThe Winnipeg River Ad-

vocate is launching a brand new, full-colour

glossy travel magazine that will focus on the travel “Des-tinations” that this area has to offer.

The magazine will be called “Destinations - Winni-peg River.” It will be covering the communities along the Winnpeg River west of Lac du Bonnet to the beaches on the East Shore of Lake Win-

know about? Whether it’s a restaurant you love, or even a place you cherish that you return to time and again.

We are looking forward to shining a spotlight on some of the great things to do and see in the region.

If you have photos or story ideas, or if you would like to advertise your busi-ness in the magazine, please call us at 204-367-9970. Or pop into our office at Place McDougall in St. Georges to chat about it!

nipeg; and north to Bissett. We are in the midst of

compiling stories and photos to illustrate those stories.

There is so much to see and do in this area, there will be no shortage of material to cover for years to come, Within the pages we will in-clude: • Travel Destinations• Event Listings• Restaurants• Arts and Culture• History• Festivals

• Business Spotlights• Shopping Guide

But we could use your help. We are looking for some great shots of the region. If you think you have some photos that will help show-case the beauty of our region, let us know, your shots may make it into this great new magazine!!

But it’s not just photos. Let us know your favourite destinations in the region. Is there some hidden gem that you think people should

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Family Features

If gift-giving isn’t your strong suit, occasions like Valentine’s Day are likely

to bring on stress and worry, but procrastinating will only serve to elevate your unease.

Follow these steps to simplify your shopping, and while you may not come to love the task of finding the perfect gift, your loved one will undoubtedly appreciate your effort.

1. Browse for ideas online. Many retailers offer spe-cial promotions and gift idea sections on their websites, so finding in-spiration can be as easy as visiting the sites of your loved one’s favor-ite stores. There are also dozens of articles on-line to help get the ideas flowing. Searches such as “gifts for horse lovers” or “Valentine’s gifts for a new boyfriend” will re-veal a long list of ideas to peruse.

2. Keep it simple. Although the advertising industry works hard to convince consumers otherwise, Valentine’s Day isn’t re-ally all about the bling.

Sure, a pretty bauble is a welcome gift, but there are plenty of ways to show your affection that don’t require spending a month’s salary. A heart-

felt card paired with a memento of a meaning-ful event or place in your relationship sends the same loving sentiment.

3. Make it a (different) date. For many couples, navi-gating the demands of work, kids and life make spending time together a luxury. Instead of fight-ing crowds at busy res-taurants on the official date, celebrate your love on a day of your own choosing, when you can relax and enjoy the time together without the pres-sure to rush through des-sert so your table can be flipped for the next wait-ing couple.

4. Give blooms a boost. A dozen long-stem red ros-es is a beautiful gesture, but unless your intended rose receiver is a strictly traditional type, try add-ing a little spice to your floral arrangement. Go for a bouquet in her fa-

vorite color, or have the flowers arranged in a practical vessel she can reuse to remember the occasion, such as a cock-tail shaker or a watering can.

5. Go ahead, gift yourself. It may seem counter-intu-itive, but finding a gift you’ll enjoy may inspire an idea for your loved one. The trick is finding something you can share together, whether it’s tickets to a show or his and hers mugs for enjoy-ing your favorite brew. Just be sure the item is something your intended will share your enthusi-asm for, or you may as well go buy a blender.Find more ideas to sim-

plify every occasion at eLiv-ingToday.com.

5 Easy Ways to Say “I Love You”

Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Source: eLivingToday.com

Valentines Day


Valentines DayFamily Features

If the way to your loved one’s heart is through the stomach, there’s no better

way to start off this Valen-tine’s Day than with a home-made breakfast prepared with love.

Whether you’re whipping up a breakfast for a spouse with a sophisticated palate or trying to tempt the taste buds of your littlest loves, explore these ideas to get inspired.

* Red is the color of love, so build your menu around fresh strawber-ries or raspberries, which pair perfectly with French toast or crepes, and can even dress up a simple cereal.

* For a more sensible menu, opt for a fruity berry smoothie or a parfait layered with fresh fruit, low-fat yogurt and granola. Add a hint of loving indulgence by sprinkling dark chocolate shavings on top.

* Show your affection with a plate of these colorful Cocoa-Kissed Red Vel-vet Pancakes featuring rich 100 percent cocoa, buttermilk and fresh ber-ries. Heart-shaped cookie cutters lend a special touch to these fluffy, flavorful pancakes. Add sweet garnishes like powdered sugar and ber-ries for a sensational way to say “I love you.”

Find more recipes you’ll love to share with your near-est and dearest this Valen-tine’s Day at Culinary.net.

Cocoa-Kissed Red Velve PancakesRecipe courtesy of NestléServings: 10 pancakes

1 cup all-purpose flour1/4 cup granulated sugar3 tablespoons Nestlé Toll

House Baking Cocoa1 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1 large egg1 cup reduced-fat butter-

milk or low-fat milk2 tablespoons unsalted but-

ter, melted1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

extract1 teaspoon red food color-

ingheart-shaped pancake cutters or cookie cutters (optional)butter, for garnish (optional)powdered sugar, for garnish (optional)maple syrup, for garnish (op-tional)fresh berries, for garnish (op-tional)

In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir well.

In separate large bowl, whisk together egg, butter-milk, unsalted butter, vanilla extract and food coloring. Add to flour mixture; stir to combine. Allow mixture to sit 5 minutes.

Heat nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat. Brush with oil or butter. Add about 1/4 cup batter to skil-let. Cook about 2 minutes, or until bubbles start to form on

top. Flip and cook 1-2 min-utes, or until bottom is lightly browned. Serve immediately with butter, powdered sugar, syrup and berries, if desired.

Tip: If using pancake or cookie cutters, be sure to coat

with oil so pancakes don’t stick. Place cutters in skillet and pour batter into cutters. Remove cutters before flip-ping.

Source: Culinary.net

Valentine’s Recipes You’ll Love to Share


Business Spotlight

By Don Norman

Two young denitsts are beginning to really make a name for them-

selves in Eastern Manitoba. Dr. Brett Luschinski BSc

DMD and Dr. Amrit Bains DMD, BSc, BA, are both Alumnus of the University of Manitoba Dental School.

Dr. Luschinski was born in Winnipeg and raised in a small farming community of Fraserwood in the Interlake. He attended the University of Manitoba where he graduated

from the University of Mani-toba Dental School in 2013 obtaining his DMD. Dr. Brett tries to do dental missions ev-ery second year to disadvan-taged areas of the world.

Dr. Bains was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. He came to Winnipeg in 2005 and completed his BSc, BA, and Doctor of Dental Medi-cine at the University of Man-itoba. Dr. Bains has pursued additional training in oral surgery, nitrous oxide seda-tion, and has demonstrated a

keen interest in implantology. The clinic offers a full

spectrum of dental treat-ments including: • Children’s dentistry• dentures• invisalign & braces• sports dentistry• cosmetic dentistry• sleep dentistry• fillings and root canals• TMJ & sleep apnea• dental surgery• cleaning and checkups• implant dentistry• emergency dental

The state of the art clinic has all the latest technologies including, Surgical Moni-tors; Intraoral Photography; SpaDent Laser Whitening System and; Panoramic xray

The two bought the Pina-wa Dental Centre in 2015 and bought the Lac du Bonnet Dental Centre in 2017.

Aside from Lac du Bon-net and Pinawa, they current-ly serve clients in Beausejour, Whitemouth and Seven Sis-ters and are now expanding eastwards and are accepting

new patients. With the only dental

clinic in Powerview no lon-ger accpting new patients, they already had clientelle from Powerview-Pine Falls, Sagkeeng, Hollow Water and Black River, but they are making a concerted effort to try to attract more clientelle from these areas.

If you are looking for a dentist, give them a try. For more information by visiting their website at www.lacdu-bonnetdental.com.

Lac du Bonnet Dental ClinicProviding Quality & Trusted Oral Health Care For The Community

The clinic at 39 Park Avenue in Lac du Bonnet Dr. Brett Luschinski, left; Dr. Armit Bains, right.


We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality

for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on.

Have a Happy Louis Riel Day and Condolences to all the Metis who passed before us.

- Louis Riel

from all the staff at

Ray Ann Transport

Louis Riel Day

1844-1885

In Manitoba, Louis Riel Day is held on February 18, this year. In other parts

of Canada, Louis Riel Day is celebrated as an anniversary of his death, every November 16.

Born in 1844, Louis Riel was the eldest son of a promi-nent St. Boniface Métis fam-ily. At 14, he was sent to Mon-treal to train for priesthood. By 1868, he had left school and was back in St. Boniface supporting his recently wid-owed mother and siblings.

Riel found the Red River Métis distressed by Canada’s plans to annex Hudson’s Bay Company lands. They feared losing traditional lands and livelihoods. An 1869 land survey by the Government of Canada stirred Riel into action. He formed a militia, turned back surveyors, took possession of Upper Fort Gar-ry and began the Red River Resistance.

During the winter of 1869-1870, Riel, just 25 years

old, formed a provisional gov-ernment and presented Cana-da with a Bill of Rights that, on May 12, became the Mani-toba Act, 1870. Riel’s provi-sional government approved it on June 24 and the act came into effect on July 15.

Unfortunately, while his provisional government nego-tiated with Canada during the winter of 1870, Riel allowed an agitator to be tried and executed for insubordination. Vilified in eastern Canada for the execution, Riel feared lynching by the approaching Wolseley expedition and fled to the U.S. in August 1870.

In following years, Riel was elected to the Canadian Parliament and denied his seat on three occasions. In 1874, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the 1870 execution. Within months, Riel received am-nesty on the condition that he remain in exile for five years.

In 1884, Riel was raising a family and living in Mon-tana as an American. Asked

Louis Riel: “Father of Manitoba”

to negotiate for Saskatch-ewan Métis as he had done at Red River, Riel saw opportu-nity to create a Métis home-land, but Canada sent soldiers

instead of negotiators. Métis resistance was defeated in the North-West Rebellion at Batoche in May 1885. Found guilty of high treason and

hanged in Regina, Riel’s life ended November 16, 1885.

Today, Louis Riel is widely regarded as the Father of Manitoba.


www.winnipegrivermuseum.com

WE THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVERNOUS LES GENS DE LA RIVIÈRE

Winnipeg River Heritage Museum

Memories, memories ... throw another log on the fire and

lets drift back into the past, and chat about some of the things that happened around the town of pine falls when it was young----when it was no more than clearing in the for-est alongside a big river and at the end of a ribbon of steel that was its only connection with the outside world.

Here over 1100 men quickly constructed a big mill, and then a townsite.

Since the mill was fin-ished first, and the machines were making paper before the townsite was complet-ed, many of the permanent employees built temporary homes for their families either onthe indian reserve or in “tin town” or “bannock town”. Here the small shacks were just sort of squeezed in under the branches of the high huge trees that towered far above them into the sky. Here their tops could at least see and enjoy the sunshine, but sel-

dom could the sun’s rays find a hole through the branches and shine into a window. But every one of those old big trees is now gone; as most of them were spruce they most likely left town in the form of newspaper.

The most common thing to talk about, of course, is the weather. True, it is always here with us, but it does vary a lot. But one thing i do not remember hearing people talk about during the construction years, was the deep “gooey” mud. It was everywhere. You were standing in it, or on it, and so was the other fellow so why talk about it, maybe the poor wives talked about it under their breath, but that’s still not fit for printing.

Most men wore high boots with their pants tucked in the top, while the few la-dies wore knee-high rubber boots. True, there was a four plank-wide sidewalk along every street, but you had to cross a wagon road to get from one sidewalk to another,

and you were lucky if there had been enough people pass-ing ahead of you to pack a se-ries of holes where you only sank in ankle deep

The construction gang partly overcame the muddy roads by having a set of light railway tracks down the back lanes, and so you’d often see several men pushing a hand-car loaded with lumber to-wards a new home

Then, as soon as the painters had walked out of a house, it would move a fam-ily. Long before the outside walls were covered with stuc-co, there would be curtains in the windows.

I’ve seen a big team of company horses straining as they pulled a load behind them. The horses were nearly up to their bellies in the mud, and the axles of the wagon left a nice flat sort of mud pie behind them. The heavy load? Two bags of cement.

I heard that Don Robert-son, in his high boots, was walking along the sidewalk

passing Charlie Young’s Cafe, when he noticed a nice looking felt hat lying in the mud nearby, so Don got down on his knees, reached out and lifted the hat. To his sur-prise, he uncovered a cheery strange face that said “Hi”. “’Gee, Man” said Don, “you are sure down in the mud. Here, give me your hand and I’ll pull you out”. “What”, says the fellow, “and leave my horse?”

On nice Sunday after-noons, everybody wanted to go for a walk, and luckily the plank sidewalk did cross one dry place, the railway tracks. But it too was lined on both sides with ditches full of wa-ter. The top was nice and dry and covered thick with all your friends. It looked like a parade, or the crowds along portage avenue., but here ev-erybody knew each other, or soon would. You were con-stantly squeezing past groups that had stopped to chat. Here you would meet the old wives who had just moved into town

and the new wives too, as well as the new school teach-ers and nurses who had just arrived to fill the positions of those who had got married during the past month.

And how the present girls would have loved to have been at the dances of those days. They pushed the tables aside in part of the dining hall and started the music. There were more than 1100 men in town and only 11 single girls and about twice as many mar-ried ones. There was a mad rush as the music stopped and the men grouped around each girl, begging for the next dance. There would always be my girl, Gladys Magarrell and her chum, Mamie Gel-latly. (that is she was my girl, until she married Mac).

Slowly, the roads dried up and we were able to wander off in many directions, some to the golf course, but dur-ing the warmer weather most folks headed for the baseball diamond every evening. If it was not hard ball it would be

The following humor and stories have been taken from the Abitibi magazines dating back to the 1950’s. Abitibi gave all employees a monthly magazine with pictures and ‘words of wisdom’ which were donated to the magazine by employees of all mills owned by Abitibi. The following taken from “Abitibi” magazine dated 1960

When The Town of Pine Falls Was Young

(We are indebted to ex-Pine Falls citizen, Johnny Campbell, for this nostalgic letter and we hope it will fan other sparks from the past. In this modern world we possess nothing for sure except our memories)


Winnipeg River Heritage museumsoft ball, or the ladies league would be using the diamond. The ladies teams came from the growing townsite, “tin-town” and the reserve.

As soon as the baseball game was over most of the crowd moved down to the swimming pool. Here those who could swim would quick-ly slip into the cool water of the river, while most of the onlookers would just sit on the river bank and watch and chat.

Nearly every night such a large group of fully dressed onlookers would squeeze out onto the floating pool that the poor barrels just could not hold them up out of the water, and then suddenly, some woman would give a light scream, for the water was pouring into her shoes, and the crowd would look down to realize that the end of the pool was under wa-ter.

The folks of this town were then more aware of the river than just a place to swim and fish. There was a lot more boating enjoyed then. We even had a rowing club. Once a year we had a big water Regatta, the highlight of which was the race of those in the racing shells. Our boys were good, travelled far, and won many races far from the winnipeg river. Then, of course, there was a full slate of canoe races from six man war canoes to singles.

As the years have slipped by, some types of sports have slipped aside. Right from the start we had the tennis court, the golf course, and baseball diamond, and during winter the skating and curling rinks. All sports that are still being played and enjoyed. We also had a field for real football or soccer, a high ski jump for the skiers, a gym for our boxers and wrestlers and the rowing and boating club on the river.

We had boxers in most classes, up to Charlie Call in the heavyweights, and wres-tlers too, and whose bare bot-toms did get pinched by Carl Fletcher’s toes. He was one of our prize winning wrestlers, and had such good control over his toes that he could use them like fingers. He would be innocently washing his face with his two hands, and at the same time reach out with his foot and give you the meanest pinch.

Most everybody could swim, especially the younger set, who often learned well enough to go out of the pool

and then to hold it real tight, bringing the lady to a sudden quck halt. So, it was seldom that the parade on its way to a show was not entertained by a group of men, all trying to help get a lady’s shoe free in one piece from the strong grip of the walk. Sometimes, the shoe still had the lady in it, other times she would slip out of it and be standing there bal-ancing herself on one foot with the aid of some friends, while the parade of kidding friends streamed past

But a far bigger crowd al-ways turned out to see the pro-duction of the ladies dramatic club. It would take a big book of very interesting and amus-ing reading to tell all the sto-ries of the happenings of that club, and the many others that used the old camp hall.

But one night a year, when it was always so packed, it’s a wonder that it did not break at its seams, was the night that

into 20 feet of water before they started going to school. Many of the adults who had grown up in prairie towns, many miles from any water, learned to swim in our float-ing pool, with darkness hid-ing their first attempts. After midnight, on warm summer nights, when the 4 to 12 got home, a lot would go down to the pool along with their wives and enjoy a cool dip and a les-son in swimming.

I well remember one such night when the pool was real busy. One of the town’s bach-elors was enjoying teaching a new stenographer how to swim, walking around with his arms under her while she splashes him good. I dived in outside the pool and swam over to the boom logs, a short distance out in the river. A few minutes later we were joined by the new stenographer, who pulled herself up onto the booms and joined in the friendly chatter. I swam back to the pool and jumped down inside among the learners. The lonely bachelor, recogniz-ing my voice in the blackness, quickly and quietly asked me if I had seen the new steno, for he could not find her. So, I told him, “oh, she’s sitting out on the boom”. “What”, he ex-plained, “can she swim?” Such history can only be made at night.

When the cooler weather even stopped the school teach-ers from taking their daily dip in the river and they only came back to our town in Septem-ber, most folks spent at least one evening each week, in the old theatre or hall that once had been the camps dining room. Now, it was no longer just a dining room, but it was used for when we had the an-nual Mother & Daughter and Father & Son banquets.

A movie projector was in-stalled and so it became our theatre too.

It had to be connected to the town’s plank sidewalks during the era of the gooey mud, but this part of the plank sidewalks was different from those around the rest of the town. The town’s were just four wide planks, laid length-wise. But here the walk was made from short pieces of 2 x 4” etc., that were laid across at right angles to the walk, and the scotchman who had made it had left each board about one inch away from the others, just a nice width for the heels of a lady’s shoe to slip into

Santa visited it. Every seat was filled with an adult with at least one small child on their knee. Most of the school chil-dren were in some part of the entertainment that we enjoyed, before Santa arrived. He al-ways had candies and a pres-ent for every child in town, so of course they all had to be there, plus their parents.

One Christmas morn-ing there was a knock on our door just after breakfast, and when I opened the door, there stood Dr. Landsdowne. “Mer-ry Christmas!”, said he. How many cases of measles have you in this house?” When we gladly told him that we were all well, he said that this was the first house that he had visited that morning in which there was nobody suffering from measles. Did some un-known party spread them at the concert? When the school opened a week later, it was less than half full. What a sad way

a lot of youngsters spent their holidays that year.

Another thing that there was a lot of around Pine Falls during the winter, as well as snowflakes, was horses. There was not even one truck. Just how many horses moved in an area of a ten-mile radius of Pine Falls, l’d like to know. A lot came with a load of pulp-wood so far that they could only make one trip per day, for if they came from just ten miles away, it meant a 20-mile walk. When the wood room would shut down for lunch, the line of teams waiting to un-load would fill all the road at the back of the mill, along the end and start back towards the time office.

A lot of water continued to flow on down the river as the years slipped past. There was always new water in the river, and new happenings in the lives of those who lived in Continued on page 13


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Pine Falls.One year a road was

cleared between Great Falls and Lac du Bonnet, and the soft mud piled up along the center. It truly was classed as impassable, but still some would try to get their cars to plough their way through. One weekend five fellows came to see me, and while out canoeing, it started to rain and never stopped until the next day. They left my home at 7 p.m. and never got to Winnipeg till after 5 p.m. the next day – more than 22 hours later. Nearly 20 hours of this they had spent getting to Lac du Bonnet. They had no engine trouble, just “goo-ey”, slippery mud troubles.

Being now connected to the outside world by a road, allowed our baseball teams to go and compete with those of other towns. The whole team, plus as many lady supporters as the truck could carry with everybody standing up, would race away to distant fields of conquest. They would be well shaken up or down by the time they reached there, but they were still able to win quite often.

Sometimes while they were away, the weather man would start dumping water by the bucketfulls on the soft mud road. When the poor truck would try to travel along the top of the steep grade on its way home, the devil him-self just easily pushed the back wheels of the truck side-ways down the grade and into the ditch.

One night while return-ing with a mixed group from a canoeing trip, we shared the concrete floor of the power house in great falls with the members of a baseball team and their supporters. They just had to abandon the truck after hours of trying to help it. The whole team would push it back up on the road, and it would just slide back into the ditch on the other side.

When they stepped into the nice warm power house, they just sank to the floor and passed out. They were scat-tered in all directions, both the ladies and the men. I’m sure they generally would remove their boots before stretching out for a sleep, but that night the question was where did their pants stop and their shoes start, for their legs

were just a stream-lined mess from above the knees down. Yes, there were boot laces somewhere underneath but just where?

A lot of them had passed out even before they had time to slip their hand or arm un-der their faces, and so they spent hours with their pretty cheeks pressed against the hard, concrete floor. Such hard-grim events make in-teresting memories now and made stronger bodies in those days.

The depression came and a lot of folks moved away, some to stay away, but a lot returned when the machines started humming again. When world war II started, we prepared for the worst. During one meeting in the school, on civil defence, Fred Mastin was giving us a talk on what to do if enemy planes started a fire. He was just saying that the mill whistle would blow and so tell us the whereabouts of the fire, when some of the fellows interrupt-ed him saying, “Hey, Fred, just a minute. I think the whistle is blowing right now”. So, instantly, all was quiet and sure enough we could faintly hear the mill whistle. Nobody stopped to count the blasts. Fred raced for the phone. He, of course, was our fire chief and the whole fire department was at the meet-ing. As we rushed down the hall, past the phone, we were told that it was the old hall that was on fire. There were only about four cars parked outside. They were quickly packed and the rest of us hur-ried on our feet to the scene of the fire. The old building was just constructed of wood, and part of it was even used to store new lumber. The fire did not seem to even notice the water that was poured on it, but just kept right on roar-ing away. As it grew darker, it made a spectacular and thrilling sight. The fire had started in the bake shop at the far end where Anderson, the baker, lived, so we were able to remove all their personal furniture.

That fire removed a very old useful landmark. The next morning there was noth-ing left but a lot of blackened bits of charcoal and lots of memories.

When Pine Falls was youngContinued from page 11

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