Category Archives: Bay

They eat horses, don’t they?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Couple weeks ago, my friend Donna invited me to dinner. I was delighted. Donna has a summer place near our cottage in McGregor Bay, Ontario, and I’ve eaten her food before. She is a brilliant cook. We … Continue reading →

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Plug in the Bay

Posted on April 18, 2011 by hro50ta1

Written by Joel Thurtell Photographs by Adam Thurtell I thought I had everything I’d need for the job — a 100-foot tow rope, lines for tying the boat to docks, my tool box and one of those compartmentalized plastic tackle … Continue reading →

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Book talks: ‘UP THE ROUGE!’ & ‘SEYDOU’

Posted on March 10, 2011 by hro50ta1

Northville District Library, 7 p.m., April 13. Joel Thurtell will lecture on the 27-mile canoe trip he made in 2005 with Patricia Beck up the Rouge River. Their journey was the subject of a Wayne State University Press book, UP … Continue reading →

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‘Patten Bay’ it’s not — except that it is

Posted on March 2, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Canada’s geographic names board says a little lake in McGregor Bay where some of us have cottages is not called Patten Bay. They are wrong. I just got a note from Zoe McDougall saying her request to … Continue reading →

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Guns in Canada

Posted on January 15, 2011 by hro50ta1

Seems timely, with all the carnage in Arizona, to re-run my October 2, 2010 column about Canada’s firearms law: By Joel Thurtell Watch out, NRA. My PAL’s gonna get you. Before I tell you about my PAL, though, I’d like … Continue reading →

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Survival of blasto dog

Posted on December 13, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The squirrels are back to hiding in the trees behind our Plymouth, Michigan house since our dog, Patti, got cured of the rare malady she contracted last summer from hanging out around our cottage in McGregor Bay. … Continue reading →

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The case for ‘Patten Bay’

Posted on October 28, 2010 by admin

This story appeared in the October 26, 2010 Manitoulin Expositor By Joel Thurtell A government surveyor in Ontario’s pioneer times could name places pretty much as he pleased, so Thaddeus Patten, who surveyed much of northern Ontario including McGregor Bay, named … Continue reading →

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A culinary problem

Posted on October 23, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Anybody else troubled by this? Okay, we make long drives between Michigan and our summer place in Ontario. Ten hours on the road is what we tell people, but truth is, it’s more like eleven or twelve. … Continue reading →

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The Bay

Posted on October 9, 2010 by hro50ta1

I wrote this column in July, 2010, but somehow didn’t find time to post it. Too much fishing, kayaking, sailing and painting of the cottage, I guess. Here it is now, a couple months late. I plan to write occasional … Continue reading →

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Me and my PAL

Posted on October 5, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Watch out, NRA. My PAL’s gonna get you. Before I tell you about my PAL, though, I’d like to share the big scare I got today, October 2, 2010, when I opened a letter addressed to me … Continue reading →

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