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The story of this Handsome couple, the Duval's come to Penetang.

Art Duval

Feb 21, 2021
6 min

The story of this Handsome couple, the Duval's come to Penetang.

When I started researching, my goal was to fit the oral histories of my family to documentation. Someone told me not to bother most oral...

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The Men of Penetang Chapter 9 winter 1917/1918 IT wasn't over by Christmas.

Art Duval

Feb 16, 2021
6 min

The Men of Penetang Chapter 9 winter 1917/1918 IT wasn't over by Christmas.

Winter 1917 IT was supposed to be over by Christmas, but another Christmas would come and go. Cards and gift would come, but no family...

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The Black settlement of Wilberforce street, and what the Georgian Bay metis can learn from it

Art Duval

Feb 10, 2021
9 min

The Black settlement of Wilberforce street, and what the Georgian Bay metis can learn from it

Black history month is upon us. What can we learn from our local black history. For those in Penetang, or descended from the metis in...

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So you have found something interesting, what now? Dealing with Artifacts you came across

Art Duval

Jan 27, 2021
9 min

So you have found something interesting, what now? Dealing with Artifacts you came across

Our world has been walked on by previous generations, those people have left us some clues to their lives. These artifacts crop up from...

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Catching a Game in Huronia (The Early Years)

Art Duval

Jan 7, 2021
4 min

Catching a Game in Huronia (The Early Years)

Coming off the World Juniors, an extremely good show that our Canadian team should be proud of, it got me thinking of sports in our area....

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Niniwag Men's Gathering:(A retreat to discuss men's health)

Art Duval

Jan 5, 2021
5 min

Niniwag Men's Gathering:(A retreat to discuss men's health)

Sadly, I have to dedicate this to the memory of Gary Dubeau, and Ken Fraser. Also, some of the images are altered, or do not include...

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A Tribute to Uncle Donat and Uncle John at Christmas story

Art Duval

Dec 12, 2020
8 min

A Tribute to Uncle Donat and Uncle John at Christmas story

We are soon to be on a Christmas like no other, but really it won't be so bad. Not many of you know of my Uncle Donat and my uncle John....

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Mysteries of Huronia: Mnjikaning fish weirs. (Tkaronto in Iroqouis)

Art Duval

Nov 25, 2020
3 min

Mysteries of Huronia: Mnjikaning fish weirs. (Tkaronto in Iroqouis)

In not to far off place called the narrows there is a place that people have been fishing for thousands of years. Along time ago in this...

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The Men of Penetang: Chapter 8: Those not infantry

Art Duval

Nov 19, 2020
10 min

The Men of Penetang: Chapter 8: Those not infantry

Most of my writing on the Men of Penetang is about those who enlisted and were made into infantry, but some went to other specialties....

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The Men of Penetang Winter Looms: Chapter 7

Art Duval

Nov 8, 2020
9 min

The Men of Penetang Winter Looms: Chapter 7

So with Remembrance Day coming up I have decided to return to the First World War. I had put the Men of Penetang on hold until after this...

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Art Duval

Oct 2, 2020
2 min

Summer Break

So I have taken a few months off to catch up on my research, so I shall soon be putting out blogs again. With all the crazy stuff going...

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Art Duval

Aug 11, 2020
3 min

The Real history, in Brief of Ontario Metis

There seems to be a false narrative about anyone outside of Red River wanting to "steal" history because they call themselves metis. This...

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Drummond Islanders: The British Remove from Drummond Island

Art Duval

Jun 23, 2020
8 min

Drummond Islanders: The British Remove from Drummond Island

Those boarding the Wellington would have been familiar with her. She had made Drummond Island her port of call for at least a decade.

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Art Duval

May 25, 2020
1 min

Lanegan's Sugar Shack

This is called Lanegan's Sugar shack. Is Lanegan misspelling of Landrigan? Likely since there were Landrigan's. If it is... And this is...

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Living in Prehistoric Huronia Part 3 (Fire, Stone and Sand)

Art Duval

May 20, 2020
12 min

Living in Prehistoric Huronia Part 3 (Fire, Stone and Sand)

Part one: https://www.pipesmokeofthepast.com/post/part-1-life-in-prehistoric-times-in-huronia-village-life Part...

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Part 2-Life in Prehistoric Huronia (Life in living colour)

Art Duval

May 10, 2020
6 min

Part 2-Life in Prehistoric Huronia (Life in living colour)

Part one available at:https://www.pipesmokeofthepast.com/post/part-1-life-in-prehistoric-times-in-huronia-village-life Part three...

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Part 1-Life in Prehistoric Times in Huronia (Village Life)

Art Duval

May 3, 2020
8 min

Part 1-Life in Prehistoric Times in Huronia (Village Life)

To understand what I am going to be telling you, you need to forget all you know. The Pre-contact native people of this continent...

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Art Duval

Apr 26, 2020
2 min

The Cures of 1863

This is a slightly different blog on the cures of the 19th century. Today we have a President who would have probably fallen for some of...

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Art Duval

Apr 23, 2020
5 min

Cruising Georgian Bay in 1886

With the closing of boat launches, it made me think of days of yore when sail-powered craft plied the waters of Georgian Bay. One such...

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Art Duval

Apr 5, 2020
5 min

Penetang, why are we all skewed up?

So another Quarantined blog. I just think doing positives is where it's at. This asks and answers and asks again some questions I have...

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I have been researching the history of my area, Penetang, Lafontaine and Georgian Bay and find my self with too much on my mind. So I am blogging to free up some space and share the rich history of the area.

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