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‘Almost at the End of the Road’ by Tom Sexton

September 22, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

“Almost at the End of the Road” by Tom Sexton At Ottawa, Ontario, we begin to follow the Ottawa River to Arnprior. It’s hard to believe, but the French Voyageurs followed the Ottawa to its source and then followed the Great Lakes west. Portage La Prairie in Manitoba was part…

‘Hoito’ by Tom Sexton

September 20, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Another report from the highway by Tom Sexton.—PM “Hoito” by Tom Sexton One of my favorite places when we reach Thunder Bay, Ontario, is a restaurant called the Hoito, the word means “care” in Finnish. It was opened in 1918 on the bottom floor of the Finnish Labor Temple as…