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PORCUPINE #1


AUGUST, 1997

NO LONGER AVAILABLE
CONTENTS:
A Morin Heights Childhood - Andy Davis
The Blacksmith's Shop - Ephraim Massey
The Past Remembered - oral histories from tapes
The History of Skiing in Morin Heights - Rowena Blair
The Fort Continues - Sandra Stock

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PORCUPINE #2


AUGUST, 1998

NO LONGER AVAILABLE
CONTENTS:
The Augustine-Norbert Morin House - Sandra Stock
The Gore in 1850 - Frederick Augustus Smith, lay missionary
Pioneer Days in Mille Isles - Harold Maxwell, 1938
A Telephone History of Morin Heights - 1955 Centenial Book
The Past Remembered - oral histories from tapes
Echo Lake:  a History - Sandra Stock

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PORCUPINE #3


JULY, 1999


NO LONGER AVAILABLE
CONTENTS:
The Argenteuil Argricultural Society, 1826 to 2000 - Sandra Stock
Kerr's Farm, Lakefield - Carolyn Edgerton
Historic Downtown Morin Heights - Don Stewart
'Laurentians on Parade' (reprint)
The Windmill - Sandra Stock
Amazing Changes (map) - Don Stewart
From Farmland to Industry - Don Stewart
The Past Remembered
Shrewsbury, the Vanished Village - Sandra Stock
Cote St. Gabriel:  Northwest Concession - Bruce & Wendy  Niven

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PORCUPINE #4

JUNE, 2001

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CONTENTS:
(Excerpts from local papers)
Editor' note - Don Stewart
In the Still of the Night - Sandra Stock
The Old Log School House - Beth Ferrar
Winter in Morin Heights - Sandra Stock
Maple Sugar Time - Rowena Lummis Blair
Christieville-the Vanished Village - Sandra Stock
He Shoots, He Scores - Rowena Lummis Blair
Recollections of a Railwayman - Mike Lavendel
It Could Have Been a Bear - Sandra Stock
Friday Night Trains - Rowena Lummis Blair
The Cutter - Rowena Lummis Blair
Holiday at Watchorn Farm - Margot Dalton
Baseball in the Good Old Days - Rowena Lummis Blair
The Good Old Schooldays - Rowena Lummis Blair
Visions of Sugar Plums - Rowena Lummis Blair
From Mafeking to Tamaracouta - Graeme Decarie
In Praise of Country Stores - Phyllis Probyn Buxton
The Stores of St. Sauveur - Kathleen Kilpatrick
The Argenteuil Rangers' Fort Morin - Sandra Stock
When the Laurentian Skys Glowed - Brian Neill
The Blacksmiths of Mille Isles - Phyllis Probyn Buxton
Washday Blues - Kathleen Kilpatrick
Heritage Gallery - Don Stewart
About the contributors
Index of back Issues


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PORCUPINE #5

JUNE, 2002

$15.00


CONTENTS:
The Cow Underpass and Other Survivors - Sandra Stock
Indian Lake - The Early Years - Louisa Crooks Teron
The Hillside Chapel,Morin Heights - Rowena Blair
William Henry Crussell:A Man of Many Talents - Phyllis Probyn Buxton
Going to the Hospital the Hard Way - Kathleen Kilpatrick
Memories of the Rockcliff Hotel - Elsie Seale MacDowell
An Important Time in My Life -  Phyllis Probyn Buxton
Edwin Holgate, 1892-1977 - Sandra Stock
The Pollocks of Britonville - Catherine Pollock & Richard Pollock
Christieville-Souvenirs de Mon Enfance -  Mgr.Louis Forget
Mille Isles and the Royal Mail - Phyllis Probyn Buxton
A Brief History of Postal Service in Morin and Mille Isles - Sandra Stock
Peace and Love in Morin Heights - Don Stewart
Heritage Gallery -  Don Stewart & Sandra Stock



PORCUPINE #6

2004

$15.00

Contents - Table des matières
The Laurentians: a Very Concise History – Sandra Stock
Les Laurentides: leur histoire en bref
The Argenteuil RangersSandra Stock
Les Rangers d’Argenteuil
The Railway Changes the Laurentians – Sandra Stock
La venue du chemin de fer change les Laurentides
Ida Ward and Eddie Simon – Judi Kirkpatrick Coulter
Ida Ward et Eddie Simon
Ernest Bird, a Morin Heights Artist – Dawn Campbell Nesbitt
Ernest Bird, un artiste de Morin-Heights
Return to Morin Heights – David McFetrich
De rétour à Morin-Heights
Seventy-five Years: The Viking Ski Club – Sandra Stock
Le Club de ski Viking a 75 ans
Blueberry Picking: Mille Isles, 1931 – Phyllis Probyn Buxton
La cueillette des bleuets: Mille Isles, 1931
Heritage Gallery, Part 3 – Galerie du patrimoine, 3ième partie

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PORCUPINE #7

SEPTEMBER 2005

$15.00



Porcupine #7  Click for larger image
Contents – Table des matières
A Brief History of Morin HeightsSandra Stock
La municipalité de Morin-Heights célèbre cette année ses 150 ans
Downhill Skiing in the Laurentians – Sandra Stock
Le ski alpin dans les Laurentides
The Mother of Invention – Phyllis Probyn Buxton
La grande invention
The Jekills of Morin Heights – Peter Jekill
La famille Jekill de Morin-Heights
My Grandmother, Alma Ivall Watchorn – Erin Scullion
Ma grand-mère, Alma Ivall Watchorn
My Family from Morin Flats – Peggy Domotor
Ma famille de Morin-Flats
Vivian Eldridge Kilpatrick – Gail Lister Kilpatrick
Vivian Eldridge Kilpatrick
Maple Grove School, Mille Isles: An Uncertain Future – Sandra Stock
École Maple Grove, Mille Isles: un avenir incertain
Highlights from History, Morin Heights
Les grandes lignes de l’histoire de Morin-Heights

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PORCUPINE #8


SEPTEMBER 2006

$15.00

Porcupine #8
Contents – Table des matières



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