ChapleauMoments

Cont’dfromP.3

SummersinChapleauwerealwaysgreat, and camping was part of the agenda. We had a camp at Healy some 17 CPR miles west of ChapleauontheCPR,(noroadwhenIwasakid), and we would spend part of the summer there alongwithfriendswhowouldjoinus.

But Mulligan's Bay was also part of vacationtime,andnoroadsthereeither,inthose days.Mom(MurielE(Hunt)Morris)andIwould spendtimethereatthecampsoffriends.And,asI havepreviouslywrittenaboutbridgingChapleau becauseIwentfromGreyStreettoElginStreetto visitmy grandparents,Lil(Mulligan)and Harry Morris, such an analogy could also be drawn about"goingdownthelake".

We always went down the lake even thoughitwasbyoneoftworivers.

Anyway, when we went to visit the Goldsteinfamily,wetravelledbyboatdownthe "back river' to their camp at Mulligan's Bay because their boathouse was located on the NebskwashiRiver.

When we spent time with the Pellow or the Zufelt (my aunt and uncle) families, we would travel down the 'front river' or Kebsquasheshing from where their boathouses werelocated.

Not particularly important in the grand schemeofthingsperhaps,butitwastoalittleboy who could travel both rivers to visit with his friends by going down the lake. I have used the tworiversandlakestoryinGeographycourses.

We also loved to play and replaying scenes from the Saturday afternoon western at theRegent(laterFox)theatrewascommon.And we dressed for the parts as you will see from photo of me with my buddy Harry "Butch" Pellowaswetakeonthebadguys.

July 16, is a day that has special significance in my life, as my father Flying Officer James E. Morris, born in Chapleau, in 1914, was killed while on active service in the RCAFinWorldWarII.Hadhereturnedhome,it was not likely that we would have remained in

Chapleau, and my story would assuredly be quitedifferent.

Thanks so much to all of you, and a special thanks to Larry and Shawn. My email is mj.morris@live.ca

705-864-4376 jnsigns@gmail.com

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