November 12, 2010:
Sadly, as noted on the invitation by my Mother, Dollie died that same month, January 27, 1904.  
She had not been feeling well but nevertheless snowshoed across the frozen Ottawa with her 
Turner Uncle to visit her Turner Grandmother at North Onslow, Quebec.  While there she died suddenly 
in the afternoon.  Those snowshoes are still in the family - now in the possession of my first cousin, of Fanny Bay, 
Vancouver Island.
Source: Web Page of Jeremiah Kyle family, Fitzroy Township, Ontario, Canada




Left: Cornelius Krieghoff, "Hunter in Winter", c. 1860           Right: Alexander Henderson, "Man on Snowshoes in Front of Log Cabin", 1884                            
Painting Source: National Gallery of Canada                      Photograph Source: National Gallery of Canada
                        
                      

 Below: Henry Sandham, "Hunters Returning with their Spoil", 1877
Source: National Gallery of Canada



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A great (and free) magazine for local adventurers.



November 23, 2010:

From the Google Digitized Version of Paul Kane's 1859 book 
Wanderings by an Artist among the Indians of North America, page 155

December 4, 2010:

 Photograph by William Topley 
"Hunting Party, December 27, 1869, Picanock, Squaw Lake, Gatineau, Canada"
Source: National Gallery of Canada



In 1845, Michael McDermott, a Land Surveyor at Ottawa, worked along the Picanoc River, near Gracefield.

Joshua Ellard was one of the pioneer settlers at the Picanoc River.



 December 7, 2010:

 Source for Sketch Below: 
Article by Frank Russell in Hunting and Fishing in Canada: A Turn-of-the-Century Treasury, page 419
(These snowshoes are meant for carrying heavy loads)