
The Madawaska Highlander
Published 7 times, May to November
by Lois and Mark Thomson
Reel Impact Communications Inc.
3784 Matawatchan Road
Griffith, Ontario K0J 2R0
Download "Clearances and the Hays" article by Alan Hay - Companion piece to "Highlands Clearances" by Bill McNaught, Memories of Vennachar, May 2024 issue
Above: Historic video produced by Mark Thomson in 1986 on the 100th anniversary of the Matawatchan Picnic, featuring sand baked beans and a cooler of beef stew, salads, loads of desserts and music. See more on the Cloyne and District Historical Society (CDHS) YouTube channel and see historical photos on the CDHS Flickr site. To contribute to the collection contact Ken Hook at the CDHS.
Some Historical Stories by former Madawaska Highlander, Bill Graham


Camel Chute on the Madawaska in spring

Photo Credit: Donnie Mcalear

Harrier Hawk soars above the trees in Matawatchan
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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary rectory and hall move, May 27, 2015
Voices of elders recorded in 1965, 1968 and 1978 by Elmer Strong for research used to write his books. If you have photos of the people, places, and items mentioned in the interviews please send them to the Madawaska Highlander (contact information above) for video to be added to the soundtracks. The first part of each link indicates who the speakers were, followed by location if known, date recorded, then a brief description of content. Names could be misunderstood and spelled incorrectly. Please let us know where we can improve our information. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AS WE CONTINUE TO EDIT OVER 400 CLIPS AND UPLOAD THEM. Please check back often as we develop the site.
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Elmer Strong recordings in 1965 and 66 to gather history before Madawaska River Flooding - Overview
LOGGING, RIVER DRIVES, SAW MILLS, EQUIPMENT, SHANTY LIFE
PeteJohnKelly First timber harvested was pine Loading ships
1_Carl Bailey-Alfred Clark-Mr-Mrs John Thompson_Recorded in Calabogie May 1968_River accidents
2 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 LastDriveMadawaska1922
3 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 LoggingCampMethods
4 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 LogBoomsChutesAlligatorsNarrows
5 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 LogJamWindemereDeath
6 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 TentsShacksAlongDrive
07 02 Saw Mill Wm Thompson Cammell Chute July 1965
8 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 ShantyLifeSkatingCardsWrestling
09 01 Rueben Brown White Bay Brule Lake 1965
10 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 BaileyFormen
11 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 3barsCalabogieFights
12 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 BarretChuteSawmill
13 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 LumberCompanies
14 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 SquareTimberGrassyBay1890
Pete Kelly 09 Square timber elm for masts July 1965
15 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 CarswellSawMill
16 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 French'sMill WoodenBridges
18 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson LumberMillCompanies
19 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson CalabogieIslandGristMill
21 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 IslandLogJamFindingGristStone
23 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 IslandGristMillBeforeRailBridges
Billy MacLaren 3 Charlie Strong's house construction Water saw mill July 1965
Billy MacLaren 4 Charlie Strong How saw mill worked July 1965
Billy MacLaren 10 Seven pound broad axes for scoring sq timber July 1965
Billy MacLaren 15 Lumber camp depots July 1965
Billy MacLaren 19 Drives until Aug 1 then sort logs Arnprior July 1965
Billy MacLaren 20 Madawaska Timber limits square and later McGillis July 1965
Dougall MacLelland 01 Jack Macpherson Harold Carswell Peter Kelly Clay bank raft oak and pine drive
Dougall MacLelland 13 JackMacphersonHaroldCarswellPeterKelly-Jim MacLaren forman drove the men hard
SOUND Stoughton Steam mill 1966
SOUNDS Gordon Stoughton sawmill 1966
SOUNDS Billy MacClaren Mower July 1965
SOUNDS Russell MacLaren Tractor and Rake July 1965
SOUNDS Steam train and whistle sound July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 8 Strong's water sawmill methods July 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 15 Good names Near death accident with bad boatsman Colton rapids
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 03 Comparing steam saw mills Engines Types of wood 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 11 Worked in the bush with Bill Carswell Bill Wilson Jack MacDonald
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 18 Clay Bank accident spot is below Barret Chute Dam 1965
Pete Kelly 10 Clay Bank accident Dougie McLennon 1887 still burried under clay in the lake July 1965
Gordon Stoughton 1 Lumber Cos sorting logs at Calabogie 1966
James Moore 2 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 SquareTimberJamsDrowningBarretChute
James Moore 3 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 SquareTimberJamsDrowningBarretChute Spring
James Moore 4 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 DangersCuttingIceRoadsHills
James Moore 4 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 MarkingScoringCuttingSquareTimber
James Moore 10 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 HugeSquareTimberLoadsAndWottieCameron
James Moore 11 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 HardshipsColdLumberCamps
James Moore 13 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 ArchieGrahamTwoMan'sWagesStrongMan
James Moore 14 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 SquareBoomLayers
James Moore 18 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 WhirlpoolsLakeSt Pierre
James Moore 19 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 PorkAndBeansSaurkrautHardWork
James Moore 21 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 LoadingShipsSQtimberThosePeopleHadBrains
James Moore 22 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 BoatmenDollarAday10aMonth
James Moore 23 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 BeanPotStandInitiationOverFire
James Moore 25 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 OakRaft OakDoesntFloatBottomOfMississippi
James Moore 26 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 OakRaft MorleyWaltersInHull
Johnny Kelly 1 9 ft Whip Saws First Trees Logging Original Pine July 1965
Johnny Kelly 2 Forman and Company River Runs July 1965
Johnny Kelly 3 Two tethered boats working tail booms July 1965
Johnny Kelly 4 16 hr days 4 meals a day on the creeks 10hr days 3 meals on the river July 1965
Johnny Kelly 5 Excitement on the drive took a bear cub to Calabogie July 1965
Johnny Kelly 6 Names Walked to Quadville stole bread and syrup 3 week delay for ice breakup July 1
Johnny Kelly 8 Alligators and winches July 1965
Johnny Kelly 9 FatherCampCookCambooseLongSchoonerAtMudCreek July 1965
Johnny Kelly 10 Companies taking booms to Arnprior Mill Shaw Lake July 1965
Johnny Kelly 11 Jim Wilson Tommy Peters Working age 12 ax cutting themselves July 1965
Johnny Kelly 12 Story Breakfast at camp barefoot prank July 1965
Rueben Brown 14 They would tie new men to a post in shanty 1965
Johnny Kelly 13 Not much fighting where I was July 1965
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 Capsizing swimming rolling logs
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 End of the drives
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 High Falls near Calabogie toll chute 2 cents a piece
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 Log jams at Colton Rapids
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 Quicksand near drowning
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 Water has an awful power
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 Worst for accidents Ragged Chute, Death at High Falls chute
Neil Cambell 2 worked for Jim Dempsey Calabogie 1966
Neil Cambell 5 Loading logs onto trains Rathburn Cameron Bay mill 1966
Neil Cambell 6 Lumber mills in Calabogie 1966
Pete Kelly 17 Jim Dempsey story 1965
Pete Kelly 07 Square timber companies Names funny story Callwell lumber baron July 1965
Pete Kelly 13 Palmer Rapids accident 2 boats of people lost 8 to 8 per boat July 1965
Pete Kelly 14 High Falls description and accident man from Low Quebec broke his back July 1965
Pete Kelly 15 Lumber co names Carswell Calabogie no relation to Matawatchan Carswells July 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 21 Fascinating place River drives Cooks Henry McCoy Heman Towns
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 26 Denis Jocko story of river drive local hosipitality 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 36 Denis Jocko Close call Tom McLeod and 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 45 winching booms dangerous eddies rapids 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 05 Beavers logging and dam building Deer hunting Funny stories 1965
PeteJohnKelly 152 logs on snow and ice roads balanced loads
PeteJohnKelly Big trees square timber long poles rafts on the Ottawa
PeteJohnKelly Dempsey's Kicking mare
PeteJohnKelly pulp wood Ferguson McFaddin lawsuit
Rueben Brown 06 Uncle did Mackie Creek drive for Gillis Brule and Fortune Dams 1965
Rueben Brown 11 Showing off lifting logs 600 lb weights, some did 700 lbs 1965
Stanley Gregg 04 Schooner LakesCamboose Shanty Andrew Wilson Foreman for Bill Wilson Tim Harrison
Stanley Gregg 05 Camboose no tables describes the chuck Mrs Harrison good cook 1965
Stanley Gregg 06 Snake River run Archie McFadgen cook How cooking in sand no stove 1965
Stanley Gregg 07 Snake Creek run for McCoy with McNeil to Ompah 1965
Stanley Gregg 08 Dad Hewed Sq timber with broad axe 1965
Stanley Gregg 10 Tom Strong great teamster Horses cared for, loved to work for him 1965
Alfred McMahon 02 26 drowned at Slate Falls at once Drunken boat fight Bones Indian fight
Alfred McMahon 07 Lived in shanty before house built Not camboose Had a stove 1965
Alfred McMahon 17 Log jam techniques Dangers 10 cents an hour 1965
Alfred McMahon 20 Showing where side dams were built in summer on river Noisy rapids 1965
Alfred McMahon 22 How riverdrives worked Sweeping booms 1965
Alfred McMahon 23 How riverdrives worked Flat jams Center jams Noisy rapids and wind 1965
Alfred McMahon 21 Slate Falls worst rapids How it was done Noisy rapids 1965
Alfred McMahon 24 Go down 3 times and drown Saw Tremblay from Ottawa drown 10 ft from shore 1965
Alfred McMahon 26 Drowning Feet stuck below Came out easily after he died 1965
FAMILY ORIGINS AND PLACE NAMES FIRST SETTLERS STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE
Billy MacLaren 21 Free land for men and boys if not many trees, if improved July 1965
Pete Kelly 08 Free property improvements 200 acres 100 for 1st son July 1965
Pete Kelly 01 First Matawatchan settlers MacLarens Frasers July 1965
PeteJohnKelly Various ancestor origins
Rueben Brown 02 Browns from Napanee Gfather Peter Quackenbush Jim Keller 1837 John L Sullivan
Pete Kelly 17 Strongs Ilands from County Connacht and Co Mayo Ireland story Pattie Morin July 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 03 John Ilan Wheat on back, Colton Rapidsto Calabogie Story
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 04 John Ilan Built second house and expanded store area
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 02 John Ilan trapper bought furs from Indians around Brule Lake
24 Carl Bailey Alfred Clark Mr Mrs John Thompson Calabogie May 1968 Arrival to NorwayLake1885
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978 Celia Morin Story Alvie's GrandmotherTom McNaught rec 1978
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978David Livingston bro of Dr Liv and another Laird MacNabb escape rec 19
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Fallbrook Strongs Jim Peters Hwy 7 rec 1978
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978George McLellan poet Mr Peverly lumber scaler rec 1978
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Jim Peters Mary Jane Parks rec 1978
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Legris wasn't registering births rec 1978
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Mrs Susanna Daughter Aida her son Gordon Train accident
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Mrs Whiteduck
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Sarah Strong Jim Fourney rec 1978
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Thompsons
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Wilsons escape Laird MacNabb McLelland drowned rec 1978
Billy MacLaren 1 Wilsons, MacDonalds from Glengarry Springtown to Matawatchan July 1965
Billy MacLaren 2 Fraser owned Matawatchan early but didn't live there July 1965
Billy Maclaren 6 Carswells Madigan Mt St Patrick to Matawatchan July 1965
Billy MacLaren 7 Carswells Madigan Mt St Patrick to Matawatchan Mrs Colin Thompson July 1965
Billy MacLaren 8 Bill Thompson from Glengarry Live to 90 eating pork 4 times a day July 1965
Billy MacLaren 11 Pointer boats July 1965
Billy MacLaren 12 Pulp wood July 1965
Dougall MacLelland 28 Jack Macpherson Harold Carswell Peter Kelly Funny old stories noisy July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 2 MacPhersons Scottland Glengary Carswells UEL Colin Thompson family
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 4 William Strong Ilans Leaches from N Ireland together July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 5 William Strong family and spouses July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 1 Early Matawatchan Names All related to MacPhersons July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 7 Jim MacDonald moved past the Black Mountain July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 9 Strong journey from Ireland to Matawatchan July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 12 Strong boys go West Asquith Sask and BC July 1965
James Moore 5 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 Tracking Strong ILAN Leach History
Pete Kelly 06 Jim Carswell poisoned by a fly and died Small man good with an ax, mason Story Huey
Pete Kelly 08 About Dave Carswell's 2 families named 18 in all 1965
Pete Kelly 09 Jim MacPherson married a MacPherson 1st teacher Stella Moran Interfaith marriages
Pete Kelly 10 Dougall MacLennan married Emily Belanger interfaith marriage Funny story 1965
Pete Kelly 16 About Jim Dempsey family history and stories Later Ontario Legislature for Renfrew 19
Pete Kelly 18 Tommy Barnett's Grandfather 6 foot 6 and strong 1965
Pete Kelly 19 Irish, Scotch, French got along French Irish did not Irish Tom Moore and French wife
Pete Kelly 21 Tim Harrison funeral story prosthetic leg 1965
Pete Kelly 02 Kellys arriving from Ireland July 1965
Pete Kelly 03 McLennons and funny story July 1965
Pete Kelly 04 Adam McLennon's mother McLennan saw mill July 1965
Pete Kelly 05 Mrs McLennon MacDonald funny story Down with the witches July 1965
Pete Kelly 06 Bill Thompson John Thomson funny story Davie Thompson and Davie Thomson July 1965
Pete Kelly 11 Dougie McLennon surveryor liner sang the psalms relatives North Bay July 1965
Pete Kelly 22 Incomplete Part of a song about Black Dan 1965
Pete Kelly 16 Carswells and funny story July 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 06 John Ilan Mrs Ilan story fights off bear taking calf 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 13 Story behind artifacts from Ireland Saddle Sword Grampa Ilan
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 20 Strong family William Fanny Joshua and John 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 23 Story Fanny tricked Indian friend 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 27 Denis Jocko Jocko dad's name Jocko Defoe Arrived age 6 1879
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 39 Denis Jocko Angus MacPherson big man fighter 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 40 Denis Jocko Story of fights Calabogie and Arnprior 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 44 Eli Trope story 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 02 UEL families Carswell Yankie Dutch Kings Merchands Dodges 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 04 Carswell and McKay irish Scottish names McFadgen McFaden 1965
PeteJohnKelly Hutson small man white hair alcoholic end
Rueben Brown 02 Browns from Napanee Gfather Peter Quackenbush Jim Keller 1837 John L Sullivan
Rueben Brown 03 Brisco McFadgen Carol Peter John Quackenbush Proudfoot McCoys Tough men 1965
Rueben Brown 04 Strong Family names Srong Upright Sawmill described 1965
Rueben Brown 05 Lester Brooks Hard times but humour 1965
Rueben Brown 13 Bob Johnson Kellers from Napanee Story 300 lb man hitting once 1965
Stanley Gregg 02 George & Harry Leach Story trading horses adding a song to boot Lyrics 1965
Stanley Gregg 03 Shanty Dempsey Bob Johnson Jack Jim Billie Avery Wilson's Store eating raisins
Alfred McMahon 06 Dave Carswell lived where Sel Dodge lives Describes Dave boys Pat Bill Jim Lucie
Alfred McMahon 27 When your time is up Pete Kelly's son Albert survived war to be hit by a train
CEMETERIES AND GRAVES ALONG THE MADAWASKA GHOST STORIES
Alfred McMahon 01 Graves at Wolfe Rapids 1965
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978 Cemetery at Springtown Fraserville rec 1978
Billy MacLaren 14 Looking for grave sites old heavy chain by the river picnics floating on logs July
Billy Mclaren 28 Funny story Dave Carswell Colin MacPherson falling into grave July 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 07 Graves at Wolfe Rapids 1965
Pete John Kelly rec 1968 Graves along the river afraid to sleep there
Pete Kelly 14 Hydro to move graves Too much stress on the dead Where is the soul 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 10 No such thing as ghosts 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 11 Ghost story strange light 1965
Rueben Brown 12 Jack Wilson through bush from Burnstown to Mazinaw Story of Keller's broken clock
Alfred McMahon 03 MacDougal boats Graves in fields Death flowers Story trick at gravesite 1965
Alfred McMahon 04 Lackie and Dodge babies burried at TJ MacLennan farm Plow right over Death flowers
Alfred McMahon 16 Riverman boot on top of grave at the Coltons Yellow Death flowers in the field
Alfred McMahon 19 Showing where graves are on river Story Jack Dillon Foreman 1965
VENNACHAR FIRE 1903
Billy MacLaren 5 1903 Vennachar fire July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 10 Vennachar fires 1903 July 1965
Pete Kelly 19 Fighting 1903 Vennachar Fire first hand July 1965
ROADS TRAILS TRANSPORTATION GENERAL STORES SHIPPING MAIL TELEPHONES BUILDINGS
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978First cars
Billy Mclaren 31 first cars and owners July 1965
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Telephones
Pete Kelly 18 Strong saw mill house and store July 1965
Billy MacLaren 32 Strong General Store wares stocking stoves July 1965
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 6 Strong's First Store Matawatchan July 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 10 Joe Joyce kept store at Hiderman's 1965
James Moore 7 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 MatawatchanMillsFirstStore
James Moore 15 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 StageCoachRouteToPerth
James Moore 16 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 TollRoad GoodRoadSystem
Johnny Kelly 19 McFadgeon 1st covered buggy at Church July 1965
Johnny Kelly 20 First cars big hills July 1965
Johnny Kelly 21 Stage coach Matawatchan to Calabogie K&P July 1965
Johnny Kelly 22 Float iron bridge griffith bridge July 1965
Johnny Kelly 23 Changes in roads and bridges local workers July 1965
Johnny Kelly 24 First telephone line July 1965
Neil Cambell 4 Box's store and hotel Calabogie burned 1965 1966
Neil Cambell 7 Lots of work Price of goods 3 hotels Calabogie 1966
Pete Kelly 12 Used to be a hotel at the foot of the Wolfe Rapids at Cammell Chute 1965
Pete Kelly 15 Snake Rapids hotel Describes whitewater Story Tommy Thompson had to ride the rapids
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 05 John Ilan Fortune Lake Proudfoot traded fish Take in barrels
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 15 Statute labour build road for $50 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 09 Moose challenge trains Every train killed moose Meat donated to children
Stanley Gregg 01 Strong General Store 1965
Pete Kelly 12 Used to be a hotel at the foot of the Wolfe Rapids at Cammell Chute 1965
HEALTH CARE DOCTORS NATIVE HEALING
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Doctors Death Carswells
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978SicknessDoctors Mrs Whiteduck
Johnny Kelly 25 Doctors Denbigh Renfrew July 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 15 Medicine shows partial 1965
FIRST SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Old schoolsAngus Colin McPherson rec 1978
Billy MacLaren 29 First schools and teachers July 1965
Neil Cambell 3 Elmer Strong's mother Edna Carswell taught in Calabogie 1966
CHURCHES PICNICS DANCES SOCIAL WORK BEES
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Churches
Pete Kelly 12 First log church was where it is now July 1965
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978River Drives Marshall camp cookie Church built rec 1978
Billy MacLaren 13 Alex McPherson in photo of log drives at Griffith picnics floating on logs July
Billy MacLaren 14 Looking for grave sites old heavy chain by the river picnics floating on logs July
Billy MacLaren 22 Wood bees dances and whiskey from Renfrew July 1965
Billy MacLaren 26 Funny story swearing at church revival meeting Vennachar July 1965
Johnny Kelly 7 Names Lumberjack contests Church picnics Griffith July 1965
Johnny Kelly 15 Names House dance after the work bee July 1965
Johnny Kelly 16 Names ministers churches when built July 1965
Johnny Kelly 17 Names Church picnics July 1965
Johnny Kelly 18 Names Church picnics Going to church July 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 01 Funny stories revival meetings N word said Old Mr Ball 1965
Alfred McMahon 09 Ghost story 1965
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN OLD PHOTOS ELMER STRONG COPIED FOR USE IN HIS BOOKS.
James Moore 1 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 PhotosLoggingCampsSquareTcamboose
Pete Kelly 01 Naming teams and people hauling logs to Colton Creek in photo taken 1920 1965
Pete Kelly 02 Peter and bro Alex at Lumber camp for George Gordon 1965
Pete Kelly 03 Old photos mostly unknown except Joe MacLaren 1965
Pete Kelly 04 Identifying men in photo Erecting Church Drive Shed 1965
Pete Kelly 05 Photo of boy who died of appendicitis Brother of Edna and Ruby 1965
CURRENT EVENTS AT TIME OF RECORDING CHANGES SINCE THE OLD DAYS
Billy Maclaren 25 More sociable visiting on Sundays July 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 05 Tape recorder Talk about war 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 17 Fishing and stocking lakes with pike 1965
Gordon Stoughton 2 Lost photos in fire in 1930
James Moore 6 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 BlacksmithToolsUsedBy4GenerationsOfCameron
James Moore 9 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 AboutDavidGilliesStroke_Grandfather
Mr Giulia Sonia a baby Talking about when to visit to record 1965
Neil Cambell 1 Gathering info About Gordon Stoughten Jack Wilson saw mill 1966
Neil Cambell 3 About Elmer love the Madawaska Valley Neil's kids 1966
Neil Cambell 8 More people more work more fun 4 trains a day 1966
Neil Cambell 10 Hard times Calabogie Matawatchan after logging 1966
Neil Cambell 11 About Edna Box and Mrs Ambrose Box present day 1966
Neil Cambell 11 Directions to Stouten's office round building 1966
Neil Cambell 9 Hydro dam helped low wages then and now 1966
Pete Kelly 14 Hydro to move graves Too much stress on the dead Where is the soul 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 03 Carswells in Arnprior related not Calabogie Elmer asks aunts and uncle
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 06 Game Warden Pattie McLennon Poaching crimes and punishments 1965
Rueben Brown 07 Flooding expected to Centennial Lake from Calabogie Hydro Dam 1965
Rueben Brown 10 Brown in good shape at 83, only working 10 hr days Strong men Hard work 1965
Rueben Brown 15 Beautiful Lake Brule property Picking up litter 1965
Rueben Brown 16 Alvie Strong working in Renfrew for Bernett, Tommy his father Thanks for the visit
Stanley Gregg 09 Gregg history Vennachar farm men today aren't as strong as at 82 1965
Alfred McMahon 08 Busy laying house foundation and 4 holer toilet 1965
Alfred McMahon 12 Sharpening sythe and trying it out 1965
FARMING HUNTING CHEESEMAKING MILLING SMITHING EVERYDAY LIFE
Billy MacLaren 9 Jobbing for lumber companies in winter farm in summer July 1965
Pete Kelly 07 Making potash July 1965
Billy MacLaren 18 Making new fields July 1965
Billy MacLaren 24 Farming bees and equipment dogs horses July 1965
Billy MacLaren 27 Vennachar and Matawatchan cheese factories July 1965
DougallMacLelland 22 JackMacphersonHaroldCarswellPeterKelly-10hrDaysPineHillRockCut Little WottieBernieDavieCohenDigPotatoesOldManRose
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 3 Archie Jim MacDonald Strong Farm history Clearing growing building 1908
Elmer's Dad Alvie Strong 11 Charlie Strong blacksmith shop July 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 02 Farmer names Steam thrashing mills 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 04 Thrashing Bob Thompson's field 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 09 Hunting deer bobcats 1965
George Varrin & Harold Carswell 16 Bobcats around kill deer 1965
James Moore 8 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 CameronBlacksmithWoodworkers
James Moore 24 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 HandForgedAxeMaking
James Moore 8 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 NeighboursNeededEachOther
Johnny Kelly 14 Work bees July 1965
Pete John Kelly Rec 1968 Handling horses on the farm
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 11 Strong boys and girls shaved shingle shake mill 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 14 Clay pipes Use one day Cool smoking 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 12 Smoking pipes, chewing, cigarettes 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 28 Denis Jocko Story driving cattle for Jimmerson 1965
Pete Kelly Flo Hannah & Dave Harold 41 Denis Jocko Gabe White a good hunter, but I couldn't do it
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 05 Beavers logging and dam building Deer hunting Funny stories 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 07 LeClair moose hunting story 1920s 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 08 Black bears moose conservation 1965
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 08 Moose meat from Indians 5 cents a pound Indian followed wounded moose
Pete Kelly Harold Carswell 14 made moccasins and boots with cat (cougar?) skin 1965
Rueben Brown 08 Strong Store Matawatchan Browns L34 C2 Miller Wouldn't sell an ax on a Sunday 1965
Rueben Brown 09 Supplies for Strong Store by waggon Plevna and Lavant 1965
WHY PRESERVE HISTORY?
Alvie and Beulah Strong 1978Recording for Luke
Billy Mclaren 30 Elmer I would have loved to live 100 years ago July 1965
James Moore 20 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 WhyPreserveThePast ListenToOldFolk
James Moore 17 Admaston Walter Cameron Fallbrook June 1968 ThinkingAboutPioneersWhoAreGone
Rueben Brown 17 2000 ft recorded Before you fool with a fool expression 1965
Rueben Brown 17 Discussing lakefront cottage real estate Brule Lake Says goodbye 1965
Stanley Gregg 12 Elmer Interested in everything Antique pickers buying Get off there Freddy! 1965
Alfred McMahon 10 100year old assessment book 1867 Names Big families MacPherson settlement 1965
Alfred McMahon 13 Mrs MacPherson poetry scrapbook old books 1965
Alfred McMahon 14 Fishing at Twin Lakes needed a fire to stay warm July 28 1965