Time Warp

This week, Kate talks about a picture of Marilyn Monroe featured on the front page of the April 17, 1952 Haliburton Echo newspaper. She was filming the movie 'Niagara' at Niagara Falls at the time. Was it possible she was heading for the Highlands? Plus, Paul talks about the story behind Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the first major Canadian political scandal - the 1873 Pacific Scandal - that saw him resign from office and the Conservative Party defeated in the subsequent election.

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 Haliburton County history columist and author Nila Reynolds who was able to interview some early settlers of the County and weave their stories into a historical record. Plus, building on last week's episode about enslavement in Canada, Paul talks about the circumstances in the late 1700's - early anti-slavery activism, court decisions and legislation - that paved the way to abolish slavery in Canada. The first legislation to limit slavery in the entire British Empire originated in today's Ontario.

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 depressuion era origins of Haliburton's iconic restaurant - the Kozy Korner. It was a tough start for the little restaurant that could - why would people spend perfectly good money to have someone else make you breakfast when you could make it yourself - cheaper - at home? The restaurant still exists today in a different location on the main street and is still a breakfast destination. Plus, Paul talks about slavery in Canada. Many people thing that Canada was always a slave free society - but that isn't really the case - and here's Part 1 of the 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]

This week, Kate talks about Spring's renewal of life in late 1800's Haliburton County - logging drives, maple syrup and planting crops. Plus, Paul talks about the Great Lakes - huge bodies of sometimes treacherous water that collectively are the world's largest freshwater shipwreck graveyard. So many stories with 6,000 ships having sunk and 30,000 lives lost over the centuries - today is the story of only a few of those unfortunate vessels.

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 was thinking of International Women's Day and decided to talk about a midwife in early Haliburton County - Catherine Shaw. Plus, Paul was thinking about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts and wondered if there was anything similar in Canadian history. There were several, but the outcomes were quite different.

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, takes a look at an archived copy of the October 1965 Haliburton Echo newspaper and finds the dramatic events surrounding a young man lost in the bush. Plus, Paul talks about the Liverpool Packet - a speedy 2 masted schooner that was converted to a privateer during the War of 1812 and captured 50 American merchant ships.

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 Archibald and Margaret Burke and their 13 children (phew) - another interesting story about 1860's settlers in Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about Captain Frederick Thornton Peters - Canada's most decorated naval hero with medals from both world wars - including the Victoria Cross. And a couple of updates on 2 earlier stories - the Great Stork Derby from Nov 12, 2021 and Lucy Maude Montgomery from Dec 10, 2021. It's six degrees of separation where Thomas Foster who wasn't involved in either story had a connection to both. Cryptic? Give a listen.

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 1895 Haliburton when there were 4 businesses. One was the first blacksmith - James Erskine - who went on to do so much more. Plus, Paul talks about the border dispute in the late 1830's between New Brunswick and Maine that almost became all-out warfare between British North America and the US.

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 some late 1850's Haliburton Highlands love stories in honor of Valentine's Day. Plus Paul talks about William Johnston, a Canadian Loyalist who became a smuggler, spy, rebel, and pirate. Unfortunately, it was for the Americans - starting in the War of 1812 - because the British had embittered the wrong man.

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 Jimmy Scott's tavern in 1890's Gooderham (Haliburton County) and a lumber camp bully looking for trouble. What could go wrong? Plus, Paul talks about John Ware who was born a slave in the U.S. prior to the Civil War, was freed, became a cowboy, and ended up in Alberta where - despite racism - rose to the top of his profession and earned the respect of his colleagues.

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]