Time Warp

This week, Kate picked up a copy of the Echo newspaper from December 15, 1966, went down a research rabbit hole, and came up with some local historical Christmas items. Plus, Paul talks about Alberta's 1870's Lost Lemon Gold Mine in the Rockies. Was it cursed, and is it still out there to be found?

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, Kate talks about the recent death of Dysart Fire Department's Chief Mike Iles. It also led Kate to chat about the genesis of Haliburton County volunteer Fire Departments.Plus, Paul talks about the Ripple Rock Mountain that was located in a narrow section of the shipping passage between Vancouver Island and BC's mainland. It was a signicant hazard to ships that led to the sinking of at least 120 vessels and the loss of at least 110 lives. What to do? Why try and blow 'er up. But not everyone was happy with the solution. Regardless, the result was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions on record.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, Kate talks about the decades long history of a small town movie theatre named The Molou and what it meant before other forms of entertainment like TV were available. Plus Paul talks about the Canadian National Exhibition - also known as the CNE and the Ex. It's been around for almost 175 years. The changes at the Ex over the decades is really representative of the changes in Canada from a rural, agricultural society to an industrial society. Let's Go To The Ex!

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, Kate talks Frederick Freeman who moved to the Haliburton area in 1880-81 and operated a store in an inconic yellow wood sided building on Pine St that still exists today. And Frederick could be a character! Plus, Paul talks about the rise and fall of Hamilton, Ontario prohibition era gangsters Rocco Perri and Bessie Starkman who have been linked with US gangsters Frank Costello and Al Capone.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, Kate talks about the impact of WW1 and WW2 on Haliburton County from some individual and family points of view. Plus, Paul remembers a little known WW2 Canadian hero, James Campbell Clouston, who had a significant role in saving nearly 200,000 trapped allied soldiers from Dunkirk - and gave his life in the process.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, Kate puts on her historian's hat and delves into the amount of information that even a small piece of paper - like an old receipt - can provide and that connects different people from 1916's Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about the mid-1940's homicide case in Halilton, Ontario that some newspapers have called 'Canada's most grisly murder'. The suspect? Evelyn (nee MacLean) Dick.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, in honour of Spooky Season Kate talks about early Halloween in Haliburton County. Plus Paul talks about a couple of instances of Phantom Trains in Canada.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, in honour of the Spooky Season, Kate talks about Halloween happenings in early Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about a couple of instances of Phantom Trains in Canada.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week, Kate talks about the Haliburton Highlands Museum's recently donated artifact - an early 1900's wine making press that led her to ponder a little deeper about the origins and growth of the Italian community in Haliburton County. Plus, Paul got to thinking about the War of 1812 between British North America and the US - and what the background causes were to the war breaking out in the first place.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]

This week was originally broadcast in April 2020 but never made it to a podcast. Kate talks about the Wallings family - that began settling in Haliburton County in the late 1800's, opened a prominent dairy, and have lent their name to a street in Haliburton Village. Plus, Paul talks about Mona Louise Parsons whowas born in Nova Scotia, emigrated to the Netherlands just prior to WWII, and became a resistance fighter rescuing downed allied fighter pilots. She was captured and tried by a German military tribunal, was sentenced to death - but that wasn't the end of her story.

Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]