The Ojibwa called the area Baawitigong, which roughly translates as place of the rapids, and was used as a central gathering spot during the region’s whitefish season on the St. Mary’s River which has rolling rapids and feeds the city that now stands there.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 5: THE SOO by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags Algoma Railway, American, Angelina Napolitano, Canadian Motor Hotel, Etienne Brule, Highway 17, Knight's Inn, Lake Superior, Marathon, Montreal River, Ojibwa, RCAF, road trip, Sault Ste. Marie, Soo locks, Terry Fox, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway, Wawa, Wawa Goose, World War 2 on July 27, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975 – PART 1
Posted in Opinion with tags Big Nickel, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Trans Canada Highway, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Expo 67, Jaimie Vernon, Kenora, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, moon landing, NASA, North Bay, Ontario, Orillia, Port Arthur, road trip, Route 17, Sault Ste. Marie, Skylark, Sudbury, Summer Holiday, Theselon, Three's A Crowd, Thunder Bay, Travel, WW2 on June 6, 2015 by segarini
For those remotely following along at home you may know that my current day gig is to impersonate a security guard at cemeteries around Toronto. On Sunday and Monday nights I’m usually assigned to Pine Hills in Scarborough. Many of my relatives are buried there as I’ve posted most recently in acknowledging my mother’s mother’s 100th birthday.