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  • Area Township Wants Wildlife Interpretive Centre
    Area Township Wants Wildlife Interpretive Centre
    Text  Pembroke Daily Observer, February 15, 1970, p. 10     10 The Pembroke Observer Friday, February 13, 1970 Area Township Wants Wildlife Interpretive Centre MACKEY (Special) -- A resolution was passed at a recent council meeting of the Township of Head, Clara and Maria, that preference be given to ...
    Text  Pembroke Daily Observer, February 15, 1970, p. 10   10 The Pembroke Observer Friday, February 13, 1970 Area Township Wants Wildlife Interpretive Centre MACKEY (Special) -- A resolution was passed at a recent council meeting of the Township of …
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  • Hurricane Audrey
    Hurricane Audrey
    TextImage  Pembroke Daily Observer, July 2, 1957     "Hurricane Audrey, a female with a killer instinct, flipped the hem of her skirts at the Upper Ottawa Valley over the weekend,"
    TextImage  Pembroke Daily Observer, July 2, 1957   "Hurricane Audrey, a female with a killer instinct, flipped the hem of her skirts at the Upper Ottawa Valley over the weekend,"
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  • Separate School Open in Deux Rivieres
    Separate School Open in Deux Rivieres
    TextImagemystery  Pembroke Daily Observer, September 29 1958     CUTTING THE RIBBON for the new Deux Rivieres bilingual separate school Sunday afternoon was Rene Houle. Behind Mr. Houle stands Rev. Brown, parish priest. Bilingual School At Deux Rivieres More than 100 interested spectators gathered at Deux ...
    TextImagemystery  Pembroke Daily Observer, September 29 1958   CUTTING THE RIBBON for the new Deux Rivieres bilingual separate school Sunday afternoon was Rene Houle. Behind Mr. Houle stands Rev. Brown, parish priest. Bilingual School At Deux Rivieres More …
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  • Spencer Family, Bissett Creek
    Spencer Family, Bissett Creek
    Image       Back Row: Joe and Edith Spence with Nina, Bill Tooley with Vivian, Mrs. Tooley, Elaine Spencer, Bill McIsaac, Mrs. Louos Spencer, Louis Specer, Hazel McIsaac. Middle Row: Raymond Spencer, Mac Spencer, Walter Tooley, Emery Toooley; One person unidentified in middle row. Front Row: James Spencer,, (Joe's son), Lornie Spencer, Frank …
    Image     Back Row: Joe and Edith Spence with Nina, Bill Tooley with Vivian, Mrs. Tooley, Elaine Spencer, Bill McIsaac, Mrs. Louos Spencer, Louis Specer, Hazel McIsaac. Middle Row: Raymond Spencer, Mac …
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  • Spencer Family, Bissett Creek c.1918
    Spencer Family, Bissett Creek c.1918
    Image       Back Row, Teacher Miss M. Donner, Raymond Spencer, Frank Spencer, Mrs. Loui(s) Spencer. Front Row: McCarthy (Mac) Spencer, Elaine Spencer (m. Ferrill), Louise Spencer.
    Image     Back Row, Teacher Miss M. Donner, Raymond Spencer, Frank Spencer, Mrs. Loui(s) Spencer. Front Row: McCarthy (Mac) Spencer, Elaine Spencer (m. Ferrill), Louise Spencer.
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  • Tooley's House on Bissett Road
    Tooley's House on Bissett Road
    Imagemysterycomment       This picture was likely taken in August or September. This time of year is indicated by the height of the corn on the right side of the picture.
    Imagemysterycomment     This picture was likely taken in August or September. This time of year is indicated by the height of the corn on the right side of the picture.
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  • Woman and Child From Bissett Creek
    Woman and Child From Bissett Creek
    Imagemystery       People believed to be Madelyn and Dwight Thomas.
    Imagemystery     People believed to be Madelyn and Dwight Thomas.
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  • Elaine Ferrill Interview
    Elaine Ferrill Interview
    Video       Interview of Bissett Creek resident, Elaine Ferrill.
    Video     Interview of Bissett Creek resident, Elaine Ferrill.
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  • Fire Tower at Bissett Creek
    Fire Tower at Bissett Creek
    Imagemysterycomment       The three individuals in the photograph are unknown, but it is believed they may be the Lands and Forestry employees who built the tower. The Fire Tower was believed to be 50 feet high. Stanley McIsaac recalls building a Fire Tower on the Quebec side of Bissett Creek around 1949. …
    Imagemysterycomment     The three individuals in the photograph are unknown, but it is believed they may be the Lands and Forestry employees who built the tower. The Fire Tower was believed to …
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  • Bill McIsaac's Three Daughters
    Bill McIsaac's Three Daughters
    Imagemystery       Left to right: Vivial Tooley (Bill's adopted daughter), Elsie McIsaac (bill's daughter) and Irene Tooley (Bill's adopted daughter).
    Imagemystery     Left to right: Vivial Tooley (Bill's adopted daughter), Elsie McIsaac (bill's daughter) and Irene Tooley (Bill's adopted daughter).
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  • Bridges at Bissett Creek
    Bridges at Bissett Creek
    Imagemysterycomment       This is a unique spot because four different levels of transportation (boat, car, train and plane) could be in this spot at once.
    Imagemysterycomment     This is a unique spot because four different levels of transportation (boat, car, train and plane) could be in this spot at once.
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  • Sheedy Family Service Station (c.1967)
    Sheedy Family Service Station (c.1967)
    Imagemystery       This is the third building erected (1959-1969) by Clarence Vincent Sheedy [1905-1977] for this Service Station. The former station was expropriated to accommodate the relocation of highway 17. The business was sold in 1969.
    Imagemystery     This is the third building erected (1959-1969) by Clarence Vincent Sheedy [1905-1977] for this Service Station. The former station was expropriated to accommodate the relocation of highway 17. The business …
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  • Lady Reeve Keeps Busy In Head, Clara, Maria
    Lady Reeve Keeps Busy In Head, Clara, Maria
    TextImage  Mary Ellen Boudreau, Pembroke Daily Observer     VALLEY PROFILE Lady Reeve Keeps Busy In Head, Clara, Maria By MARY ELLEN BOUDREAU Observer Correspondent "I decided lo run for the office of reeve because so many people from each of the communities of Deux Rivieres, ...
    TextImage  Mary Ellen Boudreau, Pembroke Daily Observer   VALLEY PROFILE Lady Reeve Keeps Busy In Head, Clara, Maria By MARY ELLEN BOUDREAU Observer Correspondent "I decided lo run for the office of reeve because so many people from …
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  • Hydro to Listen More to Water Level Worries
    Hydro to Listen More to Water Level Worries
    Text  KEN BONERT, Pembroke Daily Observer, July 27, 1995, p. 3     Hydro to Listen More to Water Level Worries By KEN BONERT Staff Writer HEAD, CLARA, & MARIA -- An Ontario Hydro official has promised to listen more carefully to people along the Ottawa River who complain of grossly uneven water ...
    Text  KEN BONERT, Pembroke Daily Observer, July 27, 1995, p. 3   Hydro to Listen More to Water Level Worries By KEN BONERT Staff Writer HEAD, CLARA, & MARIA -- An Ontario Hydro official has promised to listen more carefully to people …
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  • The Hobo King
    The Hobo King
    Image       This Gypsie is said to have driven across the country, wore all the badges on his lapel and promoted himself as the "Hobo King".
    Image     This Gypsie is said to have driven across the country, wore all the badges on his lapel and promoted himself as the "Hobo King".
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  • Workers Employed by the Building of the Swisha Dam
    Workers Employed by the Building of the Swisha Dam
    Imagemystery       These men were in charge of cutting all the timber in preparation for the rising water levels caused by the building of the Swisha dam at Les Rapides Des Joachims. Left hand Corner of Photograph: Lucien Côte
    Imagemystery     These men were in charge of cutting all the timber in preparation for the rising water levels caused by the building of the Swisha dam at Les Rapides Des Joachims. …
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  • McQuestion Family c.1910
    McQuestion Family c.1910
    Imagecomment       Ben and Anna McQuestion and son Victor. According to records, the McQuestion family was in the Upper Ottawa Valley as early as 1845. William E.Logan mentions a Mr. McQuestion while on his survey of Upper Canada in 1845. Ben McQuestion (McQuestein) appears in the 1871 census for the United Townships …
    Imagecomment     Ben and Anna McQuestion and son Victor. According to records, the McQuestion family was in the Upper Ottawa Valley as early as 1845. William E.Logan mentions a Mr. McQuestion while …
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  • Boissonneault Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary c.1959
    Boissonneault Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary c.1959
    Image       Father Brown, Loretta and André Boissonneault.
    Image     Father Brown, Loretta and André Boissonneault.
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  • Helicopter Lands in Deux Rivieres
    Helicopter Lands in Deux Rivieres
    Imagemystery       From Right: Bonnie Resmer, Diane LeClair, Candice Resmer, Trina Cotnam (little blonde girl), Diane Boissonneault (little one leaning on the helicopter), Andy Boissonneault. Pilot, unknown.
    Imagemystery     From Right: Bonnie Resmer, Diane LeClair, Candice Resmer, Trina Cotnam (little blonde girl), Diane Boissonneault (little one leaning on the helicopter), Andy Boissonneault. Pilot, unknown.
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  • Boissonneault Homestead, Deux Rivières
    Boissonneault Homestead, Deux Rivières
    Image       This was the Boissonneault homestead. It was also the local post office, grocer, and automobile service station. This picture was taken after the building of the Des Joachims Dam (Swisha project). This one-stop-shop was built in 1947-1948. André Boissonneault bought his first truck and worked moving gravel for the construction …
    Image     This was the Boissonneault homestead. It was also the local post office, grocer, and automobile service station. This picture was taken after the building of the Des Joachims Dam (Swisha …
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