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Rick Henderson
- Jan 16, 2022
- 20 min
AYLMER : L'histoire des deux débarcadères (1800-1830)
La curieuse histoire de la fondation d'Aylmer et de Deschênes ; les 30 premières années.
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Rick Henderson
- Jan 1, 2022
- 1 min
OTTAWA VALLEY RAMBLES-episode 11 - Stepping Back to Bytown, part II
Part 2 of our ramble behind Parliament Hill to the Portage Bridge and back along Wellington St.
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Rick Henderson
- Dec 26, 2021
- 1 min
OTTAWA VALLEY RAMBLES-episode 10 - Stepping Back to Bytown, part I
In this two-part Ramble, Rick and Andrew take you back to several sites of Upper and Lower Bytown.
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Rick Henderson
- Dec 18, 2021
- 1 min
OTTAWA VALLEY RAMBLES-episode 9 - The Earliest Settler Cemeteries
Andrew and Rick take us on a ramble through them and tell us some un-settling stories.
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Rick Henderson
- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
OTTAWA VALLEY RAMBLES-episode 8 - The First Farms
In this episode, Andrew & Rick explore the (ahem) roots of the Ottawa Valley's first settlements.
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Rick Henderson
- Dec 5, 2021
- 1 min
THE VOYAGEURS - by Bill Mason
As the perfect means to show what portaging was like, what better video to post than Bill Mason's The Voyageurs, produced by the NFB.
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Rick Henderson
- Dec 4, 2021
- 1 min
OTTAWA VALLEY RAMBLES-episode 7 - The Upper Portage
The Upper Portage of the Chaudière takes us to Mitigomijokan, the Place Where the Red Oaks Grow, commonly known as Deschênes.
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Rick Henderson
- Nov 30, 2021
- 5 min
In Memory of Philemon Wright Jr.
In remembrance of a man who does not have a headstone, I reprint this excerpt from my book Walking in the Footsteps of Philemon Wright.
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