Postcard Memories

Penetang, Port McNicoll, Victoria Harbour and even Wyebridge had railway stations linking all the villages and larger centres with everything and everybody

At the turn of the last century, the whole town was devoted to lumber and shipping wood to southern markets

'What 10 year old at heart, fuelled by candy, doesn’t imagine himself saving the world with special powers?' author asks

All important events, whether Decoration Day or piping in the haggis on Robbie Burns night, are accompanied with the sounds of the pipes and drums

Little Lake 'contains us in its embrace and asks no more than to continue in silence,' author notes. 'Walk here early morning or evening as an antidote to that insistent world'

Water, to this day, is the most economical method of transporting heavy loads and Midland was — and is — in a good location

One of the busiest railway stations on the CPR line was Port McNicoll with its steamboat wharf and station

'For single men, there was a boarding house if you worked in the mill,' author notes. 'In the bush, it was a shanty'

'Imagine old Midland in those days with no Internet, no iPhone, no TV, but the sound of a whistle or the hoot of a ships horn, like sirens calling,' writer notes

Despite some tough times, community's resiliency always shines through