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Time WarpIsabella Hutchings plus Irish Famine Emigrants to CanadaLast week Kate talked about pioneer women in Haliburton County in general. This week, Kate talks specifically about one woman - Isabella Hutchings. Plus Paul talks about the terrible impact of famine caused by the potato blight in the mid-1800's on the Irish. Millions emigrated with many coming to Canada. Unfortunately, many died enroute and there were many orphans as a result. Here's the story of the Canadian response.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe...2023-03-1012 minTime WarpVolunteer Fire Departments plus The Ripple Rock ExplosionThis week, Kate talks about the recent death of Dysart Fire Department's Chief Mike Iles. It also led Kate to chat about the genesis of Haliburton County volunteer Fire Departments.Plus, Paul talks about the Ripple Rock Mountain that was located in a narrow section of the shipping passage between Vancouver Island and BC's mainland. It was a signicant hazard to ships that led to the sinking of at least 120 vessels and the loss of at least 110 lives. What to do? Why try and blow 'er up. But not everyone was happy with the solution. Regardless, the result was...2022-12-0214 minTime WarpPhotography in Early Haliburton plus Canadian Animals in WartimeThis week, Kate talks about the huge difference it made to early Haliburton County's historical record with the advances in photographic technology, and the record it left for future generations. Plus, Paul talks about the wartime connection - most especially during WW1 - between soldiers and their animal partners. Some of those animal partners were a little obscure - like slugs and glow worms.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices...2022-08-1915 minTime WarpMinden's Daniel Buck plus Fanny 'Bobbie' RosenfeldThis week, Kate talks about Daniel Buck who arrived in Haliburton County in the mid-1800's, built Buck's Tavern (now known as the Domion Hotel) and had a sawmill on Buckslide Road. Plus, Paul tells the story of an incredible athlete who in 1950 was named Canada's female athlete of the first half of the half century. Fanny 'Bobbie' Rosenfeld also had a stellar career as a sports comunist for Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a...2022-08-1214 minTime WarpRising Above Diversity plus WW2's Operation FishThis week, Kate talks about Anne Dean (nee Weller) a woman who came to the Haliburton Highlands in 1870. Her family grew to 8 children - then her husband died. This is the story of how this remarkable woman rose above diversity. Plus, Paul talks about WW2's Operation Fish, a top-secret program that saw Britain's total gold reserves and other securities being shipped to Canada for the duration of the war. The convoys crossed the Atlantic during the peak of German submarine wolf-pack activity, and yet miraculously not one ship was sunk or one bar of gold lost.
...2022-07-2913 minTime WarpMaple Lake Church Part 2 plus Mack SennettThis week, Kate takes another look back in Part 2 of the history of Haliburton County's almost 125 year old Maple Lake Church which had its last service on July 17, 2022 - and has now unfortunately had to shutter its doors. Plus, Paul talks about Mack Sennett who was born and raised in Danville, Quebec and went on to be a pioneer studio mogul in Hollywood and early film's 'King of Comedy'.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9...2022-07-2213 minTime WarpMaple Lake Church plus Kathleen RiceThis week, Kate talks about the origins of Haliburton County's Maple Lake Church - after almost 125 years the quaint, picturesque church is needing to close the doors permanently after its last service on July 17, 2022. So many stories can be told! Plus, Paul talks about Canadian explorer, adventurer and prospector Kathleen Rice who broke the Edwardian era mold for women during the end of the Edwardian era in the late 1800's and into the 1900's.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a...2022-07-1514 minTime WarpHistoric Canada Day plus Canada and the Cuban Missile CrisisThis week, Kate talks about how Canada Day was celebrated in the late 1800's in Haliburton County.....just what exactly was the 'jumping in socks' contest? Plus, Paul talks about Canada response and involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was a tough time for US-Canada foreign relations - partly because Canadian Prime Minster John Diefenbaker and US President John F. Kennedy were not the best of friends.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and...2022-07-0113 minTime WarpSir Sam Hughes plus Valour Road Victoria Cross AwardsThis week, Kate has been getting visitors at the Museum with lots of questions. A frequent question asked is...who was Sir Sam? As in the namesake for Sir Sam's Inn and Ski Hill. Kate decided to share the answer with our listeners. Plus Paul talks about 3 Canadians who were each individually awarded Victoria Cross Medals for valour in seperate actions during WW1. Improbably, they also just happened to have lived near each other on a short stretch of street in Winnipeg - the only known instance of this having occured anywhere else in the British Empire.
...2022-06-2415 minTime WarpThe Museum is Seeing School Groups and Tours plus Jumbo the ElephantThis week, Kate talks about finally being able to get back to the Haliburton Highlands Museum finally being able to see school groups visiting the museum, historical village tours resuming, and summer programs running again. Plus, Paul talks about Jumbo the elephant, his interesting history, circuses, and his unfortunate demise in St Thomas, Ontario. And how did his name become synonymous with 'super-sized'?
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton...2022-06-1714 minTime WarpTwo New Artifacts at the Museum plus Canada's Avrocar Flying SaucerThis week, Kate talks about 2 new artifacts at the Haliburton Highlands Museum from circa 1890 that tell a story of an already burgeoning arts, skills and culture in the Highlands. Plus Paul talks about Avro Canada and their flying saucer project - the Avrocar - that could have replaced helicopters for the U.S. Air Force and jeeps for the U.S. Army.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County...2022-06-1014 minTime WarpHaliburton County Insights June 8 1934 plus Lester B. PearsonThis week, Kate went down a research rabbit hole perusing an issue of the Minden Echo from June 8, 1934 and came up with several local tidbits to share. Plus Paul talks about Canada's 14th Prime Minster, and only Nobel Peace Prize winner, Lester B. (Mike) Pearson. An extraordinary life and career of accomplishments!
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You...2022-05-2714 minTime WarpRecipe Cards From 150 Years Ago plus Murder Trial of Angelina NapolitanoThis week, Kate talks about how household management information and recipes were passed around the Haliburton County community, including the time-honoured family recipe cards. Olus Paul talks about the 1911 murder trial of Angelina Napolitano - the first time that being a battered woman was tried as a defence in Canada. It turned an international spotlight on Canada and the issues of spousal abuse and capital punishment.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on...2022-05-2014 minTime WarpOrigins of Haliburton's School of Arts and Design plus WW2 Origins of Ottawa's Annual Tulip FestivalThis week, Kate talks about how 'crafty' members of the small community of Haliburton conceived and grew its School of Arts and Design from humble beginnings - and grow it did! Plus, Paul talks about the special WW2 connections between Canada and the Netherlands that led to an annual Tulip Legacy donation to Canada and Ottawa's fabulous annual tulip display and Festival each May.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices...2022-05-1313 minTime WarpTime Capsule Stories from the Minden Echo plus Origins of the Canadian NavyThis week, Kate talks about 2 time-capsule stories from an August 1926 edition of the Minden Echo highlighting some local going's on. It's always interesting to get a ground level local view of life in times gone past. Plus, Paul was curious about how the Canadian Navy came to be. It's a bit of a convoluted story.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north...2022-05-0615 minTime WarpAgnes Jamieson plus Kamagata MaruThis week, Kate talks about Agnes Jamieson a rare (at the time) female medical doctor who worked in Haliburton County in the mid-1900's - and who was an accomplished artist who lent her name to an art gallery in Minden. Plus, Paul talks about the Kamagata Maru and the sad saga of her 376 optimistic passengers - would be immigrants to Canada from India who were not allowed to disembark in Vancouver and were sent home to a tragic fate.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the...2022-04-2915 minTime WarpLate 1800's Social Nets in Haliburton County plus First Solo Sail Around the WorldThis week, Kate talks about Henry and William Pamplin and how they're examples of how the community looked after their own in the late 1800's Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about Joshua Slocum of Mount Hanley, Nova Scotia and his amazing adventures - including the first ever solo sail around the world in 1895.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto...2022-04-2214 minTime WarpEtiquette in 1940's Haliburton County plus Stompin' Tom ConnorsThis week, Kate takes a dive into the pages of a 1940's Echo newspaper and finds an etiquette column. The suggestions for how to conduct ones self seem to be a little quaint and Victorian. Plus, Paul talks about the gritty life of a troubador and Canadian icon - Stompin' Tom Connors - and the influence he had on culture, the music industry and new generations of musical performers. .
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9...2022-04-1514 minTime WarpMarilyn Monroe in Haliburton County? Plus, Canada's First Major Political ScandalThis week, Kate talks about a picture of Marilyn Monroe featured on the front page of the April 17, 1952 Haliburton Echo newspaper. She was filming the movie 'Niagara' at Niagara Falls at the time. Was it possible she was heading for the Highlands? Plus, Paul talks about the story behind Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the first major Canadian political scandal - the 1873 Pacific Scandal - that saw him resign from office and the Conservative Party defeated in the subsequent election.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host...2022-04-0813 minTime WarpLocal History Writer Nila Reynolds plus Brief History of Slavery in Canada Pt 2This week, Kate talks about Haliburton County history columist and author Nila Reynolds who was able to interview some early settlers of the County and weave their stories into a historical record. Plus, building on last week's episode about enslavement in Canada, Paul talks about the circumstances in the late 1700's - early anti-slavery activism, court decisions and legislation - that paved the way to abolish slavery in Canada. The first legislation to limit slavery in the entire British Empire originated in today's Ontario.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is...2022-04-0115 minTime WarpOrigin of the Kozy Korner in Haliburton Village plus Brief History of Slavery in Canada Pt 1This week, Kate talks about the depressuion era origins of Haliburton's iconic restaurant - the Kozy Korner. It was a tough start for the little restaurant that could - why would people spend perfectly good money to have someone else make you breakfast when you could make it yourself - cheaper - at home? The restaurant still exists today in a different location on the main street and is still a breakfast destination. Plus, Paul talks about slavery in Canada. Many people thing that Canada was always a slave free society - but that isn't really the case...2022-03-2514 minTime WarpSpring Passage in Haliburton County plus Great Lakes Shipwreck GraveyardThis week, Kate talks about Spring's renewal of life in late 1800's Haliburton County - logging drives, maple syrup and planting crops. Plus, Paul talks about the Great Lakes - huge bodies of sometimes treacherous water that collectively are the world's largest freshwater shipwreck graveyard. So many stories with 6,000 ships having sunk and 30,000 lives lost over the centuries - today is the story of only a few of those unfortunate vessels.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on...2022-03-1814 minTime WarpMidwife Catherine Shaw plus Witch Trials in CanadaThis week, Kate was thinking of International Women's Day and decided to talk about a midwife in early Haliburton County - Catherine Shaw. Plus, Paul was thinking about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts and wondered if there was anything similar in Canadian history. There were several, but the outcomes were quite different.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto...2022-03-1114 minTime WarpA Founding Family in Haliburton plus Captain Frederick Peters VCThis week, Kate talks about Archibald and Margaret Burke and their 13 children (phew) - another interesting story about 1860's settlers in Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about Captain Frederick Thornton Peters - Canada's most decorated naval hero with medals from both world wars - including the Victoria Cross. And a couple of updates on 2 earlier stories - the Great Stork Derby from Nov 12, 2021 and Lucy Maude Montgomery from Dec 10, 2021. It's six degrees of separation where Thomas Foster who wasn't involved in either story had a connection to both. Cryptic? Give a listen.
Kate Butler is the Director...2022-02-2514 minTime WarpHaliburton's First Blacksmith plus the Aroostook WarThis week, Kate talks about 1895 Haliburton when there were 4 businesses. One was the first blacksmith - James Erskine - who went on to do so much more. Plus, Paul talks about the border dispute in the late 1830's between New Brunswick and Maine that almost became all-out warfare between British North America and the US.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north...2022-02-1814 minTime WarpLove Stories in 1800's Haliburton Highlands plus Pirate of the St LawrenceThis week, Kate talks about some late 1850's Haliburton Highlands love stories in honor of Valentine's Day. Plus Paul talks about William Johnston, a Canadian Loyalist who became a smuggler, spy, rebel, and pirate. Unfortunately, it was for the Americans - starting in the War of 1812 - because the British had embittered the wrong man.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north...2022-02-1114 minTime WarpBullies and Bar Fights in 1890's Gooderham plus John Ware - Black Canadian CowboyThis week, Kate talks about Jimmy Scott's tavern in 1890's Gooderham (Haliburton County) and a lumber camp bully looking for trouble. What could go wrong? Plus, Paul talks about John Ware who was born a slave in the U.S. prior to the Civil War, was freed, became a cowboy, and ended up in Alberta where - despite racism - rose to the top of his profession and earned the respect of his colleagues.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a...2022-02-0413 minTime WarpThe Lucas Family in Early Haliburton plus the Sinking of the KarlukThis week, Kate ponders why many communities in early Haliburton County were situated on intersections and were named after a significant early settler. That being the case, Haliburton could have been named something like........Lucas Corners? Plus, Paul talks about the 1914 sinking of the Karluk in the high Arctic and the extraordinary leadership of her Captain - Robert Bartlett - in saving many of the crew and passengers.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and...2022-01-2813 minTime WarpA Neighbourly Interaction in the Late 1800's plus Mysterious Disappearance of Ambrose SmallThis week, Kate talks about how small communities at the end of the 1800's were built on families
and neighbours - their interactions and relationships. And here's a quaint example. Plus Paul talks about Ambrose Small, a theatre mogul working out of Toronto. Ambrose was not well liked and people weren't surprised when he disappeared in 1919 - never to be seen again. The case remains unsolved today.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming...2022-01-2115 minTime WarpA Full Week Away to Attend 2-day Council Meetings plus the Wreck of the HMS NancyThis week, Kate talks about the difficulties that the Reeves (mayors) of the various Townships in Haliburton County would have in getting to County Council meetings in the early 1900's. A full week there and back to attend 2 days of council meetings, including picking up more Reeves on the way and changing teams of horses. All for a low paying, part time job. Talk about dedication! Plus, Paul talks about the struggles between the British and the Americans for control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812, and the shipwreck of the HMS Nancy as a result.
2022-01-1414 minTime WarpGunshot in 1879 Haliburton and no doctor plus Anna LeonowensThis week, Kate talks about the dramtic events around a young man who is shot while hunting in the bush near Soyers Lake in 1879's Haliburton County - and there aren't any doctors available. What do you do? Plus, Paul talks about the Canadian connection to Anna Leonowens who is probably better known from 'Anna and the King of Siam' fame.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is...2022-01-0714 minTime WarpChristmas in the Village Pt 3 & Music plus Rudolf the Red-Nosed ReindeerThis week, Kate wraps up her Christmas in the village celebrations from 150 years ago. Lights and music are an iconic part of Christmas, but what did early settlers do without electricity and modern technology. Plus, Paul talks about the origin story of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Hint - he started as part of a Department Store promotion during the depression.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in...2021-12-2514 minTime WarpChristmas in the Village Pt 2 plus a Short History of BicyclesThis week, Kate talks about what it might Christmas might have been like for new settlers first Christmas in Haliburton County in 1864. The postal service was one way to keep in touch with far-away family. Plus Paul talks about bicyles from the Dandy Horse, to the Penny-Farthing to the first modern bikes in the late 1880's. And how do you get on a penny-farthing bike? And, then there's the 'Great British Bicycle Bubble' stock market crash from the late 1890's to talk about as well.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis...2021-12-1700 minTime WarpChristmas in the Village plus Lucy Maud MontgomeryThis week, Kate embarks on stories of Christmas life over time in Haliburton County. More seasonal stories next week. Plus Paul talks about Lucy Maud Montgomery who was born in Prince Edward Island and wrote her first two Anne of Green Gables novels there. But she moved to a small rural community called Leaksdale when she was 37, wrote most of her sequels there, and served the local church community with her Minister-husband. But life wasn't always easy for the couple and there was a dark side to Montgomery's life.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton...2021-12-1012 minTime WarpThe Old West in Pioneer Ontario plus 1954's Disastrous Hurricane HazelThis week, Kate talks about Walter Kidd, born in 1854. Walter had a pretty diverse life in Haliburton County - lawyer; school teacher; farmer; hunter - and finally pioneer rebel. Plus, Paul talks about a storm that might not raise many eyebrows now during this age of climate change, but in 1954 Hurricane Hazel was a rare - and disastrous - event that struck Ontario resulting in death and destruction.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and...2021-12-0414 minTime WarpDefinitely Not Disabled plus Motherhood During WartimeThis week, Kate talks about Joseph Burns who was born in the Minden area (part of Haliburton County) in 1868. He was blinded in an accident at an early age but went on to accomplish so-much with his life. He was a man of many talents. Plus, Paul talks about Anna Durie who at the age of 60 followed her son Arthur to war-time Europe. Arthur died in battle, but Anna was not going to accept France as his final resting place.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the...2021-11-2614 minTime WarpThe Canadian Legion - a Worthy Institution plus The Great Stork DerbyThis week, Kate talks about Haliburton Village's Branch 129 of the Royal Canadian Legion that was originally chartered in 1928 following WW1. The Legions were organized by - and for - veterans of the war for mutual aid and to do community work. It languished for a few years between the wars, but came back stronger than ever due to the foresight of one man - Alfred Schofield. Plus, Paul talks about a practical joker Charles Vance Millar who is more famous for what he did after his death than for anything he did during his life. One of the clauses...2021-11-1217 minTime WarpWar on the Home Front, plus the WW1 Kinmel Park Camp Mutiny by Canadian SoldiersThis week, it's a Remembrance Day episode of sorts. Kate talks about what non-combatants at home in Haliburton County did to contribute and help the war effort - ranging from fund raisers, metal collection, knitting and quilting. Plus, Paul talks about the WW1 riot by demobilizing Canadian soldiers staged at the Kinmel Park Camp in Wales. They were to be there for 1-2 weeks before shipping home, but it was up to 6 frustrating weeks in awful circumstances with no end in sight. It's hard not to have sympathy for their plight despite the property damage, deaths and injuries that...2021-11-0617 minTime WarpA Lumber Mill in Haliburton. Plus, the Great Depression - A Canadian ViewThis week, Kate talks about the Hodgson family and their lumber mill on Haliburton Lake. Lumber mills were ubiquitous in Haliburton County at one time. One of the unique features about this particular mill is an artifact that has been loaned out but has returned to the Highlands Museum for display. Drop by and see it if you're in the neighborhood. Plus Paul takes a look at the Great Depression that kicked off 72 years ago today (October 29, 1929) on Black Tuesday. It was initially a US phenomenon but not before too long Canada was suffering as well for different reasons...2021-10-2917 minTime WarpSmall Town Local Newspapers plus Mr McIntosh's Mysterious AppleThis week, Kate talks about a small community newspapers and how they were the social media of their day. There's some items from a June 1919 copy of the Haliburton Echo that include who's having visitors for the weekend, how well the strawberry crops are doing, local soldiers returning home from WW1 - as well as that nasty flu pandemic sweeping the world. Plus Paul talks about a pioneer who was clearing land in 1811 and came across some small saplings. One of the saplings survived to yield the marvelous McIntosh apple. The survival of the little apple tree was in...2021-10-2217 minTime WarpCulture and artisans started early in Haliburton County. Plus, shipwreck & heroism in 1860's LabradorThis week, Kate talks about Ferdinand Sipe who was an example of the early culture and craft tradition of Haliburton County that persists today. Kate still has an example of one of the inlaid tables he built in the 1940's in the Haliburton Highlands Museum that visitors can check out. Plus. Paul talks about Captain William Jackman, shipwrecks, heroism and rescues on the high seas during a raging storm off the east coast of Labrador in the 1860's.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton...2021-10-1513 minTime WarpPets in Early Haliburton County plus the Bre-X Mining ScandalThis week, Kate talks about pets and animal companions in early Haliburton County - we even know some of their names. Plus Paul talks about Canada's world-wide mineral exploration and mining reputation that took a beating in the late 1970's with the Bre-X multi-billion-dollar gold mineral deposit fraud. Who was involved and how deep did it go? Conspiracy theories abound - even up to today.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your...2021-10-0815 minTime WarpHistoric-Car Rallies in the 1950's plus Canada's Last WW2 VC Medal WinnerThis week, Kate talks about how Haliburton County was a destination for historic-car rallies, even in the 1950's. Enthusiasts came from far and wide - often to take in the County's glorious fall leaf colour season. One of these organizations was the Upper Canada Automobile Club. Plus Paul talks about Andrew Mynarski, a young airman from Winnipeg who became the recipient of the last Victoria Cross Medal awarded to a Canadian from his actions during WW2. It is indeed a heroic - but tragic - story.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul...2021-10-0216 minTime WarpEarly Haliburton County Halloween Spooky Tales plus Black Fur Traders in Early CanadaThis week, Kate takes an early Halloween opportunity to talk about a couple of spooky tales from Haliburton County history. Plus Paul talks about what we know about Black involvement in early Canadian history - especially in the fur trade.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com2021-09-2416 minTime WarpJoseph Paul plus Rubin Carter's Canadian ConnectionThis week, Kate talks about Joseph Paul who came to Haliburton in 1870. Nominally the local butcher, but really a man of many facets. And perhaps a representative of what the community of Haliburton County is all about. Plus, Paul talks about Rubin Carter who, along with a friend, was convicted of a triple homicide in 1966 in Patterson, New Jersey then fought for almost 20 years to overturn his conviction. But he didn't do it alone. Along with celebrity advocates - like Bob Dylan - a collection of Canadians and their adopted ward Lesra Martin contributed significantly to his ultimate release...2021-09-1716 minTime WarpLegacy of Francis Harvey in Dorset plus Grand Duchess Olga - a Romanov Royal in CanadaThis week, Kate continues the story of the legacy of Francis Harvey, his land donation on which Dorset's St Mary Magdelene Church was built, and how it contributed to the community for over the next 100 years. Dorset is about 3 hours north of Toronto in the Haliburton Highlands. Plus Paul talks about the last Grand Duchess of Russia - Olga Alexandrovna, who was sister to the last Tsar; how she escaped the Revolution and ended up in Canada; and where she lived her last days. A true Cinderella story in reverse.
Kate Butler is the Director of the...2021-09-1016 minTime WarpBack to School in the Early 1900's plus From the Highlands Clearances to the Red River ColonyThis week, Kate talks about school in Haliburton County circa 1908 and Olive Robertson - an 18 year old school teacher in a 1 room schoolhouse (the Moon school) outside Haliburton Village. Plus, Paul talks about Lord Selkirk's humanitarian efforts to relocate poor Scot and Irish tenant farmers displaced by the Clearances - and the unitended impact when indigenous and Métis found themselves displaced and their way of life disrupted as a result.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on C...2021-09-0316 minTime WarpFrancis Harvey in 1800's Dorset plus Chinese Canadians in WW2's Force 136This week, Kate talks about Frances Harvey who settled in Dorset, Ontario (near today's Algonquin Park), but his wife and children lived in Prescott near Ottawa. Yet Harvey somehow managed to travel back and forth and make it work - during a time of few roads. A definite case of wanderlust. Plus Paul talks about Chinese Canadians who largely weren't accepted into the regular armed forces during WW2 due to discrimination, but were recruited as commandos in the British SOE's Force 136. Their job? Go behind enemy lines in Japanes occupied SE Asia.
Kate Butler is the Director...2021-08-2714 minTime WarpRobert McKelvey's Queens Hotel plus Joseph Whiteside BoyleThis week, Kate talks about Robert McKelvey whose family immigrated from Belfast in the mid-1800's. Robert went on to open Haliburton's OTHER (and lesser known) hotel, the Queens Hotel around 1880. It was an early attempt to attract tourists by providing a full outfitter experience for the outdoorsman. Even the hounds for deer hunting. Plus, Paul talks about Joseph Whiteside Boyle - one of Canada's lesser known heroes - who was an extraordinary entrpreneur and adventurer, including having been a confidant (and some say lover) to a Romanian Queen.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton...2021-08-2018 minTime WarpPhoebe Ann Clark on 1870's Boshkung Lake plus Canadian Red Cross During WartimeThis week, Kate talks about Phoebe Ann Clark who was born in eastern Ontario in the 1830's, married and settled on Haliburton County's Boshkung Lake in the 1870's. Phoebe then led a pretty interesting and diverse life over the years as she adapted to whatever fate brought her. Plus, Paul talks about the first recorded mention of the Red Cross in Canada during the NorthWest Rebellion, the rapid growth of the organization and the humanitarian work they did - especially during the Boer, WW1, WW2 and Korean wars.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands...2021-08-1314 minTime WarpEarly 1900's Haliburton County Women's Institutes plus Gold Rush OverlandersThis week, Kate talks about the Women's Institutes in Haliburton County that provided an outlet for the County's women who wanted to do-good for the community, but couldn't join the fraternal organizations dominated by men. Luckily, Kate has access to the record books and minutes of the Haliburton village chapter to give us a glimpse into the lives of women in the community. Plus Paul talks about the Overlanders who chose to take the shorter - but much more difficult - all Canada land route, crossing the Rockies to the Cariboo gold fields in British Columbia's interior. Normally prospectors...2021-07-3115 minTime WarpCareer Reinvention in late 1800's Haliburton County plus Irish Fenian Invasions of CanadaThis week, Kate uses William Cashmere - who came to Haliburton County in the 1860's - as an example of how early settlers would often reinvent themselves and their livlihood to try and succeed in life in the challenging new Ontario frontier. Plus Paul talks about the Irish Republican Brotherhood and their support group in North America - the Fenian Brotherhood - and their campaign of armed invasion from the U.S. into mid-1800's Canada. It was an unlikely strategy to try and win independance for Ireland from Britain. But some say it helped convince parts of the...2021-07-2315 minTime Warp1910's Postcards From Haliburton County plus Plane Crash and Survival in Northern CanadaThis week, Kate talks about when the iconic Canadian department store, Stedmans, commisioned picture postcards for Haliburton around 1910 that were accompanied by quite elegant prose regarding what could be found here. Plus, Paul talks about the 1972 crash of a twin engined Beechcraft airplane on a medical mercy flight in Northern Canada and a tragic story of survival involving cannibalism.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage...2021-07-1614 minTime WarpLate 1800's Summer School Vacation plus The Curious Case of Isobel GunnThis week, Kate chats about what the end of the school year would have been like for kids in Haliburton County in the late 1800's and early 1900's. It might sound somewhat familiar - without the electronic devices - but there's always the old swimming hole. Plus, Paul talks about Isobel Gunn - a young lady from the Orkney Islands who fought gender stereotypes by assuming a male identity in the early 1800's to travel and adventure in the Canadian fur trade.....until the delivery of a baby boy revealed her true identity.
Kate Butler is the...2021-07-1015 minTime WarpTransition From Horse to Automobile plus WW2 Canadian Cree Code TalkersThis week, Kate talks about what happens in a small town when new fangled automobiles start to replace the tried and true horse and buggy - and the effect when they have to share the road. Plus, Paul talks about when Canada's Indigenous people volunteer and enlist in the Canadian military during WW2, and how a select group sign-up for an elite group - Canada's Cree Code Talkers - and why so little is still known about them today.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your...2021-06-2616 minTime WarpCanadian Huron in early Haliburton County plus Battle of the Hat PinsThis week, Kate talks about Bernard Naraseau - a Huron from the Montreal area - who settled in Haliburton County and played a significant (although largely unacknowleged) role in the early development of Haliburton County. Plus Paul talks about an attempt to assimilate Ontario's Francophone minority through changes to the educational system that was overcome by a grass roots resistance and the 'Battle of the Hat Pins'.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming...2021-06-1915 minTime WarpWho were Haliburton village's Reid family? Plus, John Anderson - escaped slave.This week, Kate talks about the Reid family who built Haliburton village's iconic Reid House in the late 1800's that you can still visit at the Haliburton Highlands Museum. But who were the Reid family, and did they stay in Haliburton? Plus, Paul talks about John Anderson - a slave who killed a man while escaping from the US to Canada, and the legal attempts to try and extradite him back to the US. And the impact of the case on the relationship between Britain and the almost-independent-country of Canada.
Kate Butler is the Director of the...2021-06-1217 minTime WarpBill Hudgins plus John Joseph KelsoThis week, Kate talks about Bill Hudgins and his wife Emily - a well matched happy couple who added so much to the fabric of the early small village of Haliburton. Plus Paul talks about John Joseph Kelso, an Irish immigrant to Toronto who rose above early adversity to create charitable organizations protecting poor children and abused animals. His reforms were eventually enshrined in legislation across Canada and internationally. In fact he was invited to the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt to speak to a Child Welfare Conference in 1906.
Kate Butler is the Director of the...2021-06-0513 minTime WarpHaliburton's Evergreen Cemetery plus La CorriveauThis week, Kate talks about early Haliburton village's attempts to create Evergreen Cemetery - their first cemetery in the late 1860's. The type of service you don't necessarily initially think about and plan for when carving a new community out of the wilderness. Plus Paul talks about Marie-Josephte Corriveau - a young woman in 1760's Quebec who was convicted of murdering her husband, was executed and subsequently became a scary folk-lore figure in popular Quebec culture. A boogielady, if you will.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of...2021-05-2815 minTime WarpHaliburton County's Arthur Bachelor plus the sinking of the HMCS EsquimaltThis week, Kate talks about Arthur Bachelor and his legacy in early 1900's Haliburton. Arthur was a classic mover and shaker who was into EVERYTHING and contributed so much to the community - and died too young under tragic circumstances. Plus, Paul talks about the minesweeper HMCS Esquimalt, its fateful meeting with the German submarine the U-190, and how the two ships came to rest together forever on the ocean floor. The HMCS Esquimalt was the last Canadian warship sunk in WW2 - roughly 3 weeks before the war ended.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton...2021-05-2215 minTime WarpA Little Town Named Cheddar plus Toronto - Belfast of North AmericaThis week, Kate talks about the little town of Cheddar in Haliburton County from the late 1800's and how it may have gotten its name. BTW - it's a ghost town today. Plus, Paul talks about how Ireland's potato famine and land clearances led to tension and violence between Irish Protestant and Catholics in mid-1800's Toronto - all leading to Toronto being nicknamed the Belfast of North America.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9...2021-05-1516 minTime WarpCelebrating Nurses plus Winnipeg's 1919 General StrikeThis week, Kate talks about Nurses Week coming up, the connection between Florence Nightingale and Haliburton County and nursing in the County including at the Red Cross Outpost. Plus, Paul talks about the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike where almost all of the city's working population walked out for 40 days, and the short - and long - term legacies of the strike for worker's in Canada.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices...2021-05-0717 minTime Warp1860's Young Men's Literary Society plus WW2 POW Camps in CanadaThis week, Kate talks about members of the community in Haliburton County aspiring to greater things - 'the little community that could', if you will. One example was the late 1800's Young Men's Literary Society where young men aspiring to greater culture could gather for tea, recitations, songs and stories. Plus, Paul talks about the more than 34,000 WW2 POW's who were held in camps in Canada and some of their experiences. Six thousand ended up asking to stay after the war.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of...2021-04-3015 minTime Warp1892 Canoeing Diary plus the Boyd GangThis week - as early as 1892 people were canoe treking for recreation in Haliburton County. Kate talks about the diary entries of 2 such canoeists and their experiences while treking in September 1892. In some ways not so different from today. Plus, Paul talks about Edwin Alonzo Boyd and the Boyd Gang of bank robbing - and jail breaking - folk heroes from 1950's Toronto.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton...2021-04-2315 minTime WarpHistoric Rockcliffe Tavern in Minden plus Shipwreck of the SS AtlanticThis week, Kate talks about an iconic building in Haliburton County's village of Minden - the Rockcliffe Tavern. Built in 1903 it's had a number of owners, the building has changed over time and it's use has evolved over the generations from a hotel to a small town tavern. And now it has new owners! Plus, Paul talks about the tragic sinking of the SS Atlantic off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1873 with the loss of at least 535 lives. The Atlantic was a luxury ocean liner owned by the White Star Line - the future owner of the SS...2021-04-1614 minTime WarpAn 1896 Family Tragedy plus John Graves SimcoeThis week, Kate talks about a memorial stone dedicated to 5 pioneer children in Essonville (part of Haliburton County) who succumbed to diptheria - all of them separately over the period of roughly a month in 1896 - and the other 3 children and the parents who survived. Plus, Paul talks about Canada's first Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe and how he was portrayed in the Netflix historical/fiction series "Turn: Washington's Spies". Was he the villain the Rebels thought he was, or was he a British & Canadian hero?
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul...2021-04-0914 minTime WarpTheatrical Traditions in Haliburton County plus 'Queen of the Hurricanes'Today, Haliburton County has a strong theatrical culture with at least 3 community theatre groups and an annual advanced opera studio. This week, Kate talks about the roots of that tradition that go back 120 years or more. Plus, Paul talks about Elsie MacGill who was born in Vancouver in 1905 and went on to become the aeronautical engineer who oversaw the production of Hawker Hurrican fighter planes for the Battle of Britain - earning her international recognition and the nickname 'The Queen of the Hurricanes'.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the...2021-03-2713 minTime WarpTea or coffee? Plus Dr Norman BethuneThis week, Kate talks about the beverage of choice in early Haliburton County history - was it tea or coffee and why? Plus Paul talks about Dr Norman Bethune. A brilliant Canadian medical doctor who dedicated his life to social issues and working for the disadvantaged here in Canada, but also on the front lines in conflicts during WW1, the Spanish Civil War and China's war with Japan during the 1930's. And unfortunately worked himself into an early grave.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your...2021-03-2015 minTime WarpSpring Log Drives plus Canada's Whiskey WarThis week, Kate talks about the trials of lumber men 'driving' the trees harvested over the winter to their destinations via the thawing lakes and rivers. Focus is on Eldridge Bull who was a 13 year old working the drive around 1911 and was interviewed about his experiences in the 1970's. Plus, Paul talks about Hans Island that sits on the border between Canada and Greenland and how it's caused a 'war' between Canada and Denmark that has some light-hearted aspects.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your...2021-03-1214 minTime WarpJanet Bain plus Rose FortuneThis week, Kate talks about Janet Bain - a governess and teacher in the early 1900's Haliburton County plus Paul talks about Rose Fortune of mid-1800's Anapolis Royal. Both of these women stand out in the historical record through being unconventional. Rose in particular because she was a woman and black, yet managed to create a successful business at a time when her colour and sex made it highly unlikely. And she's arguably the first female police officer in North America.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host...2021-03-0513 minTime WarpShoemaking in 1870's Haliburton County plus A murder in 1840's OntarioThis week, Kate talks about Samuel (or Lemeul) Neily - a shoemaker in the Haliburton area in the 1870's. Interesting to hear how people in an isolated area managed to get boots and shoes in the 1800's. Plus Paul talks about Grace Marks, a 16 year old Irish immigrant caught up in a murder in 1840's Thornhill, north of Toronto. Grace became the inspiration for Margaret Atwood's 'Alias Grace' and the case remains an enigma even today.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7...2021-02-2015 minTime WarpRemittance Men in 1800's Haliburton County plus Camp X - Canada's WW2 Secret Spy SchoolThis week, Kate talks about Remittance Men in 1800's Haliburton County. Remittance Men were 'black sheep' sons of Victorian English aristicocracy who were were sent far by their families with an income - as long as they stayed far away. One of those was Theophilus Bellairs. Plus Paul talks about Canada's top secret WW2 spy school on the shore of Lake Ontario near Whitby - it was the first of its kind in North America and many famous people were either students or visitors.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is...2021-02-1315 minTime WarpMid 1800's Lumber Baron Mossom Boyd plus Canada and the Manhattan ProjectThis week, Kate talks about Mossom Boyd an entrepreneuring yound man who emigrated to Canada from Ireland in the 1800's and became a Lumber Baron in Haliburton County - and beyond. Plus Paul talks about how Canada was an early pioneer in nuclear research - going back to 1899 - and how that lead to a significant role in the Manhattan Project that created the first atomic bomb.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming...2021-01-3016 minTime WarpSnapshots of a Day in 1891 Haliburton Village plus the First Canadian Born Black DoctorThis week, Kate talks about the several photgraphs that exist of the day Harry and Fanny Clark were married - August 12, 1891. They create a snapshot of small town life in Haliburton Village. Plus Paul talks about Anderson Ruffin Abbott who in 1861 became the first Candian born Black medical doctor. Among his many accomplishments was to be one of the doctors who stood vigil by President Abraham Lincoln's bedside after he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7...2021-01-2315 minTime WarpCommunity Names in Haliburton County- Fact or Fiction? Plus Pearl Hart - Canadian Stagecoach RobberThis week, Kate talks a light hearted look at how a couple of Haliburton County communities might - or might not - have been named. Is it Fact or fiction? The communities this week are Tory Hill and Gooderham. Plus, Paul talks about Pearl Hart from Lindsay, Ontario who gained fame and notoriety as one of only two female stagecoach robbers in the American Old West.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on-air at Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming...2021-01-1613 minTime WarpChristmas Carols 150 Years Ago plus Canada's Most Famous Bear-oil SalesmanThis week, Kate talks about which Christmas Carols would have been popular with settlers in Haliburton County 150 years ago. Plus Paul talks about Kelly Chamandy - an adventurer, entrepreneur and arguably Canada's most internationally famous bear-oil salesman.....and curer of baldness.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com2020-12-1915 minTime WarpPioneer Christmas plus Vancouver Island Pioneer Cougar AnnieThis week, Kate talks about what Christmas was like for Haliburton County's pioneers and their Christmas traditions. Maybe it wasn't unlike Christmas under COVID-19? Plus, Paul talks about 'Cougar Annie' (real name Ada Annie Jordan) a remarkable, feisty woman who pioneered on Vancouver Island's rugged and wild west coast in the mid-1900's.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto...2020-12-1215 minTime WarpCulture Shock in Haliburton County plus WW2 Canadian Drama On The High SeasThis week, Kate talks about culture shock for newcomers to Haliburton County 100 years ago - like do I really want to milk that cow and is that big dog actually a bear? Plus, Paul talks about WW2 drama on the high seas when a Canadian naval ship - The Oakville - on convoy duty in the Caribbean encounters a German U-Boat.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is...2020-12-0514 minTime WarpWest Guilford Post Office circa 1930's plus Over Niagara Falls in a BarrelThis week, Kate talks about typical small post offices in Haliburton County circa 1930 using the West Guiford PO as an example. That branch operated out of the back of the post-masters residence, the business hours were flexible, and it went above and beyond expectations. Plus, Paul talks about the first daredevil to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and who also just happened to be a 63 year-old woman - Annie Edson Taylor.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on...2020-11-2813 minTime WarpLife in Early Winter Lumber Camps plus Pirates in CanadaThis week Kate talks about recollections of life in Haliburton County's turn of the century winter lumber camps. Plus, Paul talks about pirates in Atlantic Canada during the "golden age" of piracy - and why the Maritimes were a hot-bed of pirate activity.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 - and streaming on your computer and other devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com2020-11-2116 minTime WarpHistoric Annual Hunt in Haliburton County plus The Great Canadian Maple Syrup HeistThis week, Kate talks about hunting in Haliburton County over the years and the impact on local lives and the economy. Discussion includes a description of an iconic picture taken on the platform of the local train station around the late 1800's. Plus, Paul talks about Canada's largest ever theft - the $18 million Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country...2020-11-1415 minTime WarpRemembrance in Haliburton County plus Remembering Canadian Women at WarThis week Kate talks about Haliburton County's contribution to the military in WW1, the effect that COVID-19 is having on this years' Remembrance Day ceremonies and how we need to remember differently this year as a result. Plus, Paul talks about a brief history of the evolution of women's roles in Canada's military, and how our thoughts should be with them and their sacrifices as well.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on...2020-11-0715 minTime WarpHauntings in Haliburton County plus Ghostly Sightings at Toronto's Casa LomaThis week, it's a Halloween Special. Kate talks about a couple of haunted buildings and paranormal investigations in Haliburton County - particularly in Minden and Haliburton Village. Plus Paul talks about Sir Henty Pellatt and ghostly sightings at his castle in Toronto - Casa Loma.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming everywhere on electronic devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com2020-10-3113 minTime WarpAlbert (Bert) Thompson Porter plus First Cross-Canada Car Trip (1912)This week, Kate talks about Albert (Bert) Thompson Porter from Haliburton who was a County Court Clerk and a wounded WW1 Vet. He was popular in the communiuty and his legacy lived on into the 1930's and 1940's as the namesake for the Major A.T. (Bert) Porter Memorial Cup that was awarded to the winner of a hockey tournament held annually in Haliburton Village. Plus, Paul talks about the almost impossible first cross-Canada car trip in 1912.....along with all the problems, accolades and legacies of the trip.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul...2020-10-2313 minTime WarpEarly Bridges Help Make Communities in Haliburton County plus Grey OwlThis week, Kate talks about early bridges in Minden and Haliburton (parts of Haliburton County) and how they helped bring the communities together in more ways than one. Plus, Paul talks about Archibald Stansfeld Belaney - an Englishman who emmigrated to Canada in 1906, disguised himself as a First Nations person known as Grey Owl and came to be known world-wide as a leading conservationist.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County...2020-10-1615 minTime WarpHistoric Reid House in Haliburton Village plus Bride Ships to 1860's British ColumbiaThis week, Kate talks about the 1882 Reid House in Haliburton Village. The house was the first home for the Haliburton Highlands Museum. It was moved to the Glebe Park and can still be found there as part of the Museum grounds. Plus, Paul talks about the "Bride" ships that brought women to the British colonies on Canada's west coast in the 1860's. They were meant help to bring some balance to the population and to help keep the colonies British - rather than becoming American.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the...2020-10-1014 minTime WarpMinden 1850's - Squatters, Land Grants & Settlers plus Canada's WW1 Cycling SoldiersThis week Kate talks about early settlement in Minden, squatters, land grants and what pioneers needed to do to legitimately settle the land with focus on one example - Frances Kent. Minden is towards the southern part of Haliburton County. Plus Paul talks about the experiences of Canada's cycling soldiers in WW1 - our calvary on two wheels.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours...2020-10-0515 minTime WarpDance Halls in 1930/40's Haliburton County plus Catharine Parr TraillThis week Kate talks about dance halls in 1930/40's Haliburton County. In particular the Golden Slipper and the institution the Slipper became in the community. (Kate is apppealing for anyone with pictures/stories/anecdotes about the Golden Slipper to contact her). Plus, Paul talks about the fascinating story of Catharine Parr Traill throughout the 1800's. Catharine was a successful writer of children's books and was an amateur naturalist/botanist - her books are still used as sources of information today by researchers studying life in Ontario 150 years ago.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul...2020-09-2714 minTime Warp1973 Festivals & Newsprint Shortage in Haliburton County plus Calgary StampedeThis week, Kate talks about 1970's Festivals and the impact of the North American newsprint shortage on Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about the roots and long history of the Calgary Stampede. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays available live on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com2020-09-1914 minTime WarpMinden's 1890 Main Street Fire plus Leslie McFarlane - Secret Author of The Hardy BoysThis week, Kate talks about the July 28, 1890 destructive fire on Minden's main street that led to the creation of their Volunteer Fire Department. Plus, Paul talks about Leslie McFarlane who was born in Haileybury, Ontario and during the depression became the secret ghostwriter of many of The Hardy Boys mystery novels. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Contact us at timewarp@canoefm...2020-09-1115 minTime WarpDugan Family in 1860's Haliburton County plus Joseph TyrrellThis week, Kate talks about the origins of the Dugan family and their early years in 1860's Haliburton County. Plus Paul talks about Joseph Tyrrell - the discoverer of the first major dinosaur fossil in Alberta....but who was not a paleontologist and accomplished so much more with his life. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show from 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Contact us at timewarp...2020-09-0413 minTime WarpGainforth Family in 1860's Haliburton plus James Doohan - Canada's other Star Trek ActorThis week Kate talks about the Gainforth family - personalities, hospitality and fun in 1860's Haliburton County. Plus Paul talks about the career of Canada's other Star Trek star - James Doohan....otherwise known as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott or Scotty. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning show from 7 - 9 am Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto.
Contact us at timewarp@canoefm.com2020-08-2814 minTime WarpThe Naming of Stanhope Township plus Toronto's 1918 Anti-Greek RiotThis week Kate talks about the naming of Stanhope in the 1800's. Today Stanhope is part of the Township of Algonquin Highlands within Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about Toronto's anti-Greek riot in 1918 that led to the community's businesses largely leaving the Yonge and Carlton Streets area and re-settling further east on.......the Danforth. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning show from 7-9 Friday mornings on Canoe FM 100.9
You can reach us with...2020-08-2314 minTime WarpIB&O Railway in Haliburton County plus The Devil's BrigadeThis week Kate talks about building the IB&O (Irondale, Bancroft & Ottawa) Railway in Haliburton County and its 'quirky' start in the late 1800's and driving force Henry Howland. Irondale is part of Haliburton County today. Plus Paul talks about World War II's First Special Service Force or Devil's Brigade - the forerunner for elite units like today's Navy Seals. The Brigade was made up of half Canadian and half American personnel and played a significant role during the war. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your...2020-08-1714 minTime WarpEarly Haliburton County Schools plus 1857 Black Nova Scotian Victoria Cross WinnerThis week Kate talks about early Haliburton County Schools, an 18 year old teacher - Lola Chaney - and some early students. Plus Paul talks about William Nielson Edward Hall - the first Black person, first Nova Scotian and third Canadian to receive a Victoria Cross medal for military valour. It was awarded for action in India during the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning show on Canoe FM 100.9 from 7-9 am...2020-08-0213 minTime WarpIrwin's on Boshkung Lake plus Colonel John By and the Rideau CanalThis week Kate talks about the Irwin's who were early cottagers (1920's) on Boshkung Lake in Haliburton County plus Paul talks about Colonel John By, the construction of the Rideau Canal in the late 1820's and the origins of Canada's capital city - Ottawa.
Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show - Friday's from 7 - 9 a.m. on Canoe FM.2020-07-1914 minTime WarpEarly Haliburton County Settler James Brown plus John Brown's Canadian ConnectionThis week Kate and Paul talk about James Brown - an early settler (1870's) in Haliburton County plus a Canadian connection to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show - Friday's from 7 - 9 a.m. on Canoe FM.2020-07-1215 minTime WarpLake Kashagawigamog plus Georgina PopeThis week, Kate talks about Lake Kashagawigamog and it's importance as early water transportation between Haliburton village and Minden. Paul talks about Georgina Pope who could be called Canada's Florence Nightingale.
Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show - Friday's from 7 - 9 a.m. on Canoe FM.2020-06-2113 minTime WarpEarly groceries in Haliburton County plus Spanish Flu and the NHLThis week, Kate and Paul talk about the origins of a fruit market in Haliburton village that led to bigger things for the Dollo's......and the impact of the 1918 Spanish flu on sports - especially the NHL's Stanley Cup.
Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto Kate Butler is the Directorof the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show on Canoe FM on Friday's from 7 - 9 a.m.2020-06-1613 minTime Warp1900's Road Construction in Haliburton County plus Nootka Sound CrisisThis week Paul and Kate talk about early 1900's roads in Haliburton County and the Nootka Crisis where Britain and Spain almost went to war over Canada's west coast.
Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum and Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show - Friday's from 7 - 9 a.m. on Canoe FM.2020-06-1315 min