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Comment on Who Was Frank of Frank’s Trail? by Kevin Joynt

Kevin Joynt — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:17:32 +0000

During the war, Frank Amyot was the Captain of my father’s ship, Q072. Dad has all sorts of stories about him.

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Comment on Portrait of Pink Lake by Doug Moffatt

Doug Moffatt — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:39:10 +0000

My grandparents were Moffatt’s (George and Mabel (nee Smith-Pink)) who settled on the Rideau River as dairy farmers. I don’t know too much of the family history, but would be interested in knowing more about the Pinks or Moffatts.

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Comment on Portrait of Pink Lake by Sally Sue Lavigne

Sally Sue Lavigne — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:21:25 +0000

This is wonderful information on Pink Lake. We lived in Cantley until 2003 and Pink Lake was one of our favorite places to visit. My daughter want to do a biology paper on the lake for her High School course can you guide me to other sources of information on the lake? Boy to I miss it in the fall. South Carolina has its charms but it sure isn’t Gatineau in the fall!

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Comment on Breaking Radio Silence by Makinaw

Makinaw — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:17:17 +0000

Please post any information. It is good info. I am currently getting rid of Rogers Cable TV and going with Over-the-air antenna. My last bill from Rogers told me that they were going to raise my rates again. I’ve had it. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. I am now very interested in getting free HD TV. I’ll have the last laugh.

I like hearing the history about TV towers etc. They do a real service to our community. I am very happy we have them and hope more people like Frank Ryan will come forward to build TV towers and stations. I hope that in the future people can just tune in TV on their antennas and say “Bye-bye Rogers!!!!”. Please post whatever you know or have.

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Comment on What Climate Change Means to the Ski & Snowshoe Season by Gillian Wallace

Gillian Wallace — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:45:27 +0000

Thanks Gordon & Charles. I thoroughly enjoyed following the statistics you outline and the debate over precipitation amounts recorded between the Environment Canada station and the Experimental Farm one. My husband and I used to live closer to the airport and noticed then that our rain/snow fall amount was similar to Environment Canada’s. Since we moved downtown 3 years ago, however, we now see a big discrepancy. Watching the radar shows us why: precipation falls on different parts of the city at different times (temperature also varies between here and the airport). I’ve begun to think that Environment Canada needs a separate recording station downtown.
Thanks again – I’ll keep an eye on both your blogs in the future.

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Comment on Ain’t no Burma Road on This Here Map by rampant mu | 108zenbooks

rampant mu | 108zenbooks — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:01:20 +0000

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Comment on Wildlife Sightings by AMR

AMR — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Saw a coyote this morning (around 6:15 a.m.) at the top of the Black Lake climb. This is the second time I/we have seen one this season.

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Comment on Saving Mort’s Cairn by Ken Trischuk

Ken Trischuk — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:59:34 +0000

I do know of such people but it sounds like the project is (slowly) making progress as the NCC try to allocate some funding for it. I’d only pursue the volunteer approach if the NCC were going to “think about” the restoration effort until the monument had fallen to the ground… and then it wouldn’t be a problem to think about anymore.

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Comment on Saving Mort’s Cairn by Charles Hodgson

Charles Hodgson — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:28:24 +0000

I was about to report that the NCC had gotten back to me when Ken’s comment came in.

According to the NCC they did indeed get a quote but have not budgeted for it’s execution.

I don’t know Ken if you actually know of any volunteer group with the required skills, but I’ll pose the question.

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Comment on Saving Mort’s Cairn by Ken Trischuk

Ken Trischuk — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:45:38 +0000

Seems surprising to me that the NCC doesn’t take the steps to repair this monument. The costs would be trivial compared to some of the other historic conservation projects they have in the books. Would they “let” a volunteer group do the work if they demonstrated the skill set required?

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