Time Warp

This week, Kate talks about the origins of Haliburton County's Maple Lake Church - after almost 125 years the quaint, picturesque church is needing to close the doors permanently after its last service on July 17, 2022. So many stories can be told! Plus, Paul talks about Canadian explorer, adventurer and prospector Kathleen Rice who broke the Edwardian era mold for women during the end of the Edwa...

This week, Kate talks about how Canada Day was celebrated in the late 1800's in Haliburton County.....just what exactly was the 'jumping in socks' contest? Plus, Paul talks about Canada response and involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was a tough time for US-Canada foreign relations - partly because Canadian Prime Minster John Diefenbaker and US President John F. Kennedy were not the best...

This week, Kate has been getting visitors at the Museum with lots of questions. A frequent question asked is...who was Sir Sam? As in the namesake for Sir Sam's Inn and Ski Hill. Kate decided to share the answer with our listeners. Plus Paul talks about 3 Canadians who were each individually awarded Victoria Cross Medals for valour in seperate actions during WW1. Improbably, they also just happene...

This week, Kate talks about finally being able to get back to the Haliburton Highlands Museum finally being able to see school groups visiting the museum, historical village tours resuming, and summer programs running again. Plus, Paul talks about Jumbo the elephant, his interesting history, circuses, and his unfortunate demise in St Thomas, Ontario. And how did his name become synonymous with 'su...

This week, Kate talks about 2 new artifacts at the Haliburton Highlands Museum from circa 1890 that tell a story of an already burgeoning arts, skills and culture in the Highlands. Plus Paul talks about Avro Canada and their flying saucer project - the Avrocar - that could have replaced helicopters for the U.S. Air Force and jeeps for the U.S. Army. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Hi...

This week, Kate went down a research rabbit hole perusing an issue of the Minden Echo from June 8, 1934 and came up with several local tidbits to share. Plus Paul talks about Canada's 14th Prime Minster, and only Nobel Peace Prize winner, Lester B. (Mike) Pearson. An extraordinary life and career of accomplishments! Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the...

This week, Kate talks about how household management information and recipes were passed around the Haliburton County community, including the time-honoured family recipe cards. Olus Paul talks about the 1911 murder trial of Angelina Napolitano - the first time that being a battered woman was tried as a defence in Canada. It turned an international spotlight on Canada and the issues of spousal abu...

This week, Kate talks about how 'crafty' members of the small community of Haliburton conceived and grew its School of Arts and Design from humble beginnings - and grow it did! Plus, Paul talks about the special WW2 connections between Canada and the Netherlands that led to an annual Tulip Legacy donation to Canada and Ottawa's fabulous annual tulip display and Festival each May. Kate Butler is th...

This week, Kate talks about 2 time-capsule stories from an August 1926 edition of the Minden Echo highlighting some local going's on. It's always interesting to get a ground level local view of life in times gone past. Plus, Paul was curious about how the Canadian Navy came to be. It's a bit of a convoluted story. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the h...

This week, Kate talks about Agnes Jamieson a rare (at the time) female medical doctor who worked in Haliburton County in the mid-1900's - and who was an accomplished artist who lent her name to an art gallery in Minden. Plus, Paul talks about the Kamagata Maru and the sad saga of her 376 optimistic passengers - would be immigrants to Canada from India who were not allowed to disembark in Vancouver...

This week, Kate talks about Henry and William Pamplin and how they're examples of how the community looked after their own in the late 1800's Haliburton County. Plus, Paul talks about Joshua Slocum of Mount Hanley, Nova Scotia and his amazing adventures - including the first ever solo sail around the world in 1895. Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the...

This week, Kate takes a dive into the pages of a 1940's Echo newspaper and finds an etiquette column. The suggestions for how to conduct ones self seem to be a little quaint and Victorian. Plus, Paul talks about the gritty life of a troubador and Canadian icon - Stompin' Tom Connors - and the influence he had on culture, the music industry and new generations of musical performers. . Kate Butler i...

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...

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 w...

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 br...

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...

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. Pau...

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. Pau...

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, 2...

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 i...

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....

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. Ka...

This week, Kate ponders why many communities in early Haliburton County were situated on intersections and were named after a significant early settler. That being the case, Haliburton could have been named something like........Lucas Corners? Plus, Paul talks about the 1914 sinking of the Karluk in the high Arctic and the extraordinary leadership of her Captain - Robert Bartlett - in saving many...

This week, Kate talks about how small communities at the end of the 1800's were built on families and neighbours - their interactions and relationships. And here's a quaint example. Plus Paul talks about Ambrose Small, a theatre mogul working out of Toronto. Ambrose was not well liked and people weren't surprised when he disappeared in 1919 - never to be seen again. The case remains unsolved today...

This week, Kate talks about the difficulties that the Reeves (mayors) of the various Townships in Haliburton County would have in getting to County Council meetings in the early 1900's. A full week there and back to attend 2 days of council meetings, including picking up more Reeves on the way and changing teams of horses. All for a low paying, part time job. Talk about dedication! Plus, Paul talk...