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Through the Locks by Boat

Posted on August 26, 2015 by StorygalAugust 26, 2015

Back to our holidays and something we did for the first time. My husband and I had watched from the sidelines as boats went through locks in Peterborough and in Midland area, but this time we experienced it while riding … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged Buckhorn, Buckhorn Lock, Burleigh Falls, Grandview Resort, Lovesick Lock, Peterborough ON

One more post for Lang Village

Posted on August 13, 2015 by StorygalAugust 13, 2015

The day at Lang Pioneer Village included a lot of stops. Our next one was the cider mill where people brought apples to be sorted, pressed and made into cider. The girls know about apple picking and they’ve tasted sweet … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged apple peeler, barn, cider mill, equipment, flour mill, Kawartha Lakes region, Lang Pioneer, Lang Pioneer Village, Peterborough ON, sweet apple cider, wagon

Back to holidays–Lang Pioneer Village

Posted on August 5, 2015 by StorygalAugust 5, 2015

  This year when we toured Lang Pioneer Village, we were there with our daughter and her two young children. Seen and experienced from an almost-4 to a nearly-6 year-old’s perspective, we would understandably travel through the village at a … Continue reading →

Posted in books, photography | Tagged Fife cabin, Fitzpatrick House, Hastie Carpenter Shop, Kawartha Lakes region, Keene Hotel, Lang Pioneer Village, Menie General Store, Milburn House, Peterborough ON, pioneers, Tinsmith Shop

Toastmasters, even on holidays

Posted on July 25, 2015 by StorygalJuly 25, 2015

I’m a long-standing member of the Energetics Toastmasters of  Kitchener-Waterloo, and as we were planning our holidays in the Grandview Resort in the Kawartha Lakes region, I thought, I wonder what Toastmasters clubs are in the area. A google search … Continue reading →

Posted in books, photography | Tagged communication, Empress Gardens, evaluation, Naturally Speaking Toastmasters, Peterborough ON, Toastmasters International

Canadian Canoe Museum –Part 2

Posted on September 2, 2014 by StorygalSeptember 2, 2014

  As mentioned in Part 1 of Canadian Canoe Museum, there’s so much to see and learn here that one could spend most of a day here.     This sign says, in part, Missionaries, beginning with the Jesuits in … Continue reading →

Posted in books, photography | Tagged Canadian Canoe Museum, canoe museum, canoes with record players, canoes with sails, courting canoes, Jesuits, Missionaries, Peterborough ON, the Jesuits

Canadian Canoe Museum– Part 1

Posted on August 18, 2014 by StorygalAugust 18, 2014

Back to our holidays in the Kawarthas in July.   We read about the museum in the Kawartha Visitor  2014 Summer Vacation Guide and right away it grabbed my interest—a museum about canoes. We weren’t about to find one of … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged birch bark canoes, Canadian Canoe Museum, canoeist, canoes, canoes with sails, Cowichan Sweaters, Eagle Canoe, Kuyper Island knitters, native Canadians, Peterborough ON, preservation, trader, Wooden Canoe Heritage Association

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