Excerpts from: Peggy Hutcheon’s "Growing up in Gan" Peggy Hutcheon's memories were transcribed by her son after her death. He posted in Gananoque Heritage Research Facebook, saying "My mother was Peggy Hutcheon. She was born in Gananoque in 1931 and lived there until 1954, when she married my father." Sherry L. B. Johnson
"Spring Fit-out" on the Great Lakes, Part II It was soon time to get under way. A two or three master might need new gear such as throat and peak halliards; sheets for mainsail, spanker, mizzen, foresail . . . Richard Palmer
Equipment List for Great Lakes Schooners See Part I and Part II Learning about the typical Great lakes schooners who plyed the Lake and Rivers in Susan W. Smith
The Natural Spring on Grindstone Island I first saw the spring some 80+ years ago, when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I was assigned to fetch drinking water for the schoolhouse . . . Manley L. Rusho
Snail and Rocket Mail from Gananoque The variety of ways that mail has snailed or raced from Gananoque to its recipients over the years is quite interesting. ‘Rocket Mail’ has to be the most unusual and with good reason . . . Sherry L. B. Johnson
A River Family Mother's Day Tradition Great Grandma Capitola Dingman was born in 1891, one of 14 children from a second-generation pioneer family of Alexandria Bay. . . Marilyn L. Schaaf
Howe's Southern 'Brother' Doesn't Disappoint The 'Pinkie', likely honouring one of Qantas’ past navigators, was a Canadian-built DASH-8 twin turboprop designed to land on tiny airstrips anywhere, and in this case, on ‘Howe Island’. R.M. Doyon
Building the Ice Rink in Clayton! At the end of a night of skating we kids would be told to grab the shovels and clean the rink . . . Melody Brabant
"Spring Fit-out" on the Great Lakes, Part I In the mid-19th century, as many as one hundred ships wintered in such ports as Oswego. As soon as the ice melted, Oswego came alive like a bear awakening from its long winter’s nap. Richard Palmer
Life on Grindstone Island in the 1930s – 1940s Weekdays, there was a routine that never changed; out from the warm bed under the feather-tick cover, we emerged to Manley L. Rusho
Remembrances of Rebellion: The Odyssey of Stephen S. Wright 93 English speaking rebels were transported to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land. Stephen Smith Wright was one of these men, and this is his story . . . John C. Carter
Mudlunta Island Architecture Once I had Philip's information, including that the Mudlunta resident C.V. Schuyler was married to Alice Britton, it was possible to quickly find the right people to research. Sherry LB Johnson & Philip Britton
The Thousand Island Park Great Fire of 1912 Heroes The summer of 1910 was unseasonably hot and dry, and the population of TI Park had grown to about 12,000. The area was primed for trouble, and that summer, three major fires nearly destroyed the Park. Susan G. Mathis
