This week, Kate talks about Fort Irwin - a small community in Haliburton County and how it got it's name in the 1880's. Was it actually a Fort? Plus talks about the real Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in World War II and the significant Canadian involvement.

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 which Christmas Carols would have been popular with settlers in Haliburton County 150 years ago. Plus Paul talks about Kelly Chamandy - an adventurer, entrepreneur and arguably Canada's most internationally famous bear-oil salesman.....and curer of baldness.

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 what Christmas was like for Haliburton County's pioneers and their Christmas traditions. Maybe it wasn't unlike Christmas under COVID-19? Plus, Paul talks about 'Cougar Annie' (real name Ada Annie Jordan) a remarkable, feisty woman who pioneered on Vancouver Island's rugged and wild west coast in the mid-1900's.

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 culture shock for newcomers to Haliburton County 100 years ago - like do I really want to milk that cow and is that big dog actually a bear? Plus, Paul talks about WW2 drama on the high seas when a Canadian naval ship - The Oakville - on convoy duty in the Caribbean encounters a German U-Boat.

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 typical small post offices in Haliburton County circa 1930 using the West Guiford PO as an example. That branch operated out of the back of the post-masters residence, the business hours were flexible, and it went above and beyond expectations. Plus, Paul talks about the first daredevil to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and who also just happened to be a 63 year-old woman - Annie Edson Taylor.

This week Kate talks about recollections of life in Haliburton County's turn of the century winter lumber camps. Plus, Paul talks about pirates in Atlantic Canada during the "golden age" of piracy - and why the Maritimes were a hot-bed of pirate activity.

This week, Kate talks about hunting in Haliburton County over the years and the impact on local lives and the economy. Discussion includes a description of an iconic picture taken on the platform of the local train station around the late 1800's. Plus, Paul talks about Canada's largest ever theft - the $18 million Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.

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's contribution to the military in WW1, the effect that COVID-19 is having on this years' Remembrance Day ceremonies and how we need to remember differently this year as a result. Plus, Paul talks about a brief history of the evolution of women's roles in Canada's military, and how our thoughts should be with them and their sacrifices as well.

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, it's a Halloween Special. Kate talks about a couple of haunted buildings and paranormal investigations in Haliburton County - particularly in Minden and Haliburton Village. Plus Paul talks about Sir Henty Pellatt and ghostly sightings at his castle in Toronto - Casa Loma.

This week, Kate talks about Albert (Bert) Thompson Porter from Haliburton who was a County Court Clerk and a wounded WW1 Vet. He was popular in the communiuty and his legacy lived on into the 1930's and 1940's as the namesake for the Major A.T. (Bert) Porter Memorial Cup that was awarded to the winner of a hockey tournament held annually in Haliburton Village. Plus, Paul talks about the almost impossible first cross-Canada car trip in 1912.....along with all the problems, accolades and legacies of the trip.