History is recorded within the pages of local newspapers
Letter to the Editor: History is recorded within the pages of local newspapers
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Too many tragedies are contained within鈥攚e must learn from the past
To the Expositor:
Island history would be made and forgotten if it wasn鈥檛 for our Island newspaper.
I鈥檓 not sure that Islanders fully appreciate how important it is to record our history. Even iPhones are losing out to our newspaper, as news items and photos are taken and most often never seen again; as our memories fail to recount even what鈥檚 on our phones.
The recent story of the two men lost in the fog and waves on our south shore tells that they never took the time to read of hundreds of shipwrecks and loss of life around the Island waters, especially along the south shore of Manitoulin. One reason the 鈥渢urkey trail鈥 was much easier to transverse was the protection the boats got from the Manitoulin Island. In my time living close to the South Shore, I鈥檝e helped to search for six bodies along the South Shore.
As I read of all the shipwrecks around the Island 鈥渇rom our old Island newspaper鈥 clippings I can read the Asia steamship had the worst loss of over 120 people perishing. Still a record number for Lake Huron.
The 鈥淎gawa鈥 ran aground between Timber Bay and Michael鈥檚 Bay, loaded with wheat and was there for the winter, allowing local farmers to save what wheat they could for their animals.
Without checking history, you can end up like these two gentlemen and thank goodness they are safe. And again, we have to thank our first responders, in this case, Paul Sheppard.
Lyle Dewar
Providence Bay
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