23,000 PAGEVIEWS, PASSED

While I was making apple pies the Pageviews mounted up, so,
 sometime around last Thursday we passed the 23,000 mark.
THANK YOU to all our readers.

THE SEVEN MEN - GRAVES, MAYBE

GRAVES OF SEVEN MEN BLOWN UP IN DYNAMITE ACCIDENT
NIPIGON ONTARIO
NO DATE GIVEN
 

THIS SLIDE WAS JUST SCANNED FROM OUR ARCHIVES . AUGUST 24, 2013


I PRESUME IT GOES WITH THE GRUESOME JOURNEY AND SEVEN MEN FOR ST. MARY'S POSTS

HOWEVER, WE HAVE FOUR CROSSES  FROM THAT BURIAL (1909) IN OUR MUSEUM AND THIS PHOTO SHOWS GRAVE STONES.

THE CROSSES WERE IN ST. MARY'S SHED.

NO SEVEN HEADSTONES EXIST IN ST. MARY'S GRAVEYARD. HOWEVER THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH HEADSTONES FALLING OVER SOME YEARS BACK SO THEY MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

LAKE NIPIGON - OLD PHOTOS

THESE ARE ASSORTED OLD PHOTOS THAT "BUZZ" LEIN COPIED  FROM "SOMEWHERE". Notice that Nipigon gets an "e" in place of the first "i".

NEPIGON CHURCH LAKE NEPIGON

CANOES WITH BAGGAGE STARTING OFF
LAKE NEPIGON

ON THE WAY TO THE WHITE CHUTES

NEGIGOOSHTEQUAN, LAKE NEPIGON

FLAT ROCK PORTAGE ON LAKE HANNAH TO LAKE NIPIGON

FAMILY IN FRONT OF DWELLING

HUDSON BAY COMPANY POST , LAKE NIPIGON

22,000 PAGEVIEWS AUG. 22, 2013

Thank You readers around the world.

 Special thanks to the "Wood Pusher" readers who jumped the Pageviews by a considerable amount this past week.

Welcome to new member D. Hope you continue to enjoy our archives.

KINGFISHER, AT REST

TUG KINGFISHER AT REST IN THUNDER BAY MISSION ISLAND AREA

TUG KINGFISHER

NIPIGON MUSEUM NEW MURAL

August 14, 2013 SHOUT MEDIA of Thunder Bay installed the photographic mural on the front of the Nipigon Historical Museum.

Mixing old and new images.

Completed mural.

People are stopping to look, but will they come inside?
We hope.

NIPIGON 2013 : SOME FUN AND GAMES

Weighing in the blueberries picked for the annual Blueberry Blast Festival.
The first weekend of August.

 

Tents are set up at the Nipigon Marina.

Wooden canoe races are held on Sunday.

Great scenery, showing Doghead Mountain
 across the Nipigon River.

It is a safe harbour in Nipigon River.

The Common Loon checking out the action too.