Inside front cover and the dedication page :
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The woman at left is probably "Lolly" (see page 4).
The small photo at right is marked "Silver Islet 1927". The boys are probably my father and Don Cross
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Inscription on the dedication page:
To Bill
Remote from the marked and the beaten trail,
With our packs and tackle and old lunch pail,
We wended our way with our chins held high
And our heads all bared to the summer sky.
Christmas 1922
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As the years roll on and our heads turn grey,
And we've travelled our span on life's highway
Fond memry will cast an appraising eye
On the paths we've trod in the years gone by.
Jas. E. West
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Pages 2 & 3 :
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Names are: Virginia Zinc, Lulu Bonin. They may have been university friends rather than high school.
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Names are: Jim Green and "Don", probably Don Cross who was my dad's best friend.
The three bottom photos were taken at Silver Islet, the top two at Loon Lake.
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Pages 4 & 5 :
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(Left)"Lolly", taken at Fort Frances. Top right: Cora McLennan taken at Silver Islet. Bottom right: Bill Dobie, 1927.
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(Left) Earl J.; Grant Burleigh; Russ Dobie. (Right) "Vi", taken at Amethyst.
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Pages 6 & 7 :
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In the top middle photo, the boy on the left is probably George Dobie.
In the top right photo is Don Cross.
The small photo at bottom left is most of the
Dobie family: See enlarged photo.
People are as follows, l to r: (unknown), (unknown), possibly Ted Dobie, Joshua Coatsworth Dobie, (unknown), (unknown),
William (Bill) Dobie, Dorothy Dobie, Dora (Meikle) Dobie. Boy in foreground is probably George Dobie.
In the bottom right photo is the grocery store at Loon Lake.
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No last names but people are "Bill" (Dobie) who is sitting on the cannon which was on the front lawn of the Dobie
house at 12 South High St. in Port Arthur, "Lol", "Don" (Cross), "Mary" and "Cora".
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Pages 8 & 9 :
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Names are "Dad" (J.C. Dobie), Russ (Dobie), Eldridge (McKay), J. Greer or Green, John Cross and
Don Cross.
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Shows "me" (Bill Dobie) and Jas. E. West, who presented Bill with this album.
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Pages 10 & 11 :
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No surnames but I'll speculate on some: Top left photo: Neil D., Bill Dobie, "Dot D." (Dorothy Dobie).
Top right photo: Jim C., Ed. C., Don C., Bill D. The "C"s may all be Cross but I don't know who Bill D. was.
Bottom photo: J. McF., Audrey S., Pinkie B., Marjory B.
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One unfortunate feature of living in the wilderness in the early years was that every July 1st,
people had to sacrifice extra children to
cannibals. This resulted in slow population growth in rural areas.
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Pages 12 & 13 :
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Left photo: "Lol" and Ed Callaghan. Right photo: "Lol" and Kat(?)
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This looks like a berry-picking expedition. No names.
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Pages 14 & 15 :
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"Southern Gang" (boys). Good group photo. Unfortunately no names, but the boy third from right in the middle row
who is leaning on the back of the boy under him is Russell Dobie.
Page 15: A group of kids swimming. No faces are clear enough to be recognizable.
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Pages 16 & 17 :
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"Southern Gang" (mixed). Good group photo. Again, no names.
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Boys after a swim.
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Pages 18 & 19 :
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"Southern Gang" (girls). Good group photo. Again, no names.
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Boys sitting around a campfire.
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Pages 20 & 21 :
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Young woman swimming: Name is Marg Andrews.
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Boys swimming in a waterfall. Boy third from left in front looks suspiciously like a Dobie.
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Pages 22 & 23 :
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"Lolly" again and Jean Evans.
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Boys fishing. Does anyone know the location? Boy standing far left is William Dobie.
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Pages 24 & 25 :
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Scout troop. No names but the boy bottom left is William Dobie.
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Boys fishing. Seems to be the same place as the photo on page 23.
The boy at far right is William Dobie.
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Pages 26 & 27 :
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Photos taken at Silver Islet and Burnt Island. Photo at left are of "Pete" and "M". Centre photo is of William Dobie
and "Cora". Photo on right is of "J.G." and "Don", who were J. Greer/Green and Don Cross.
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Photo probably taken the same time as the fishing photos on the previous two pages. Boy standing second from
right is William Dobie.
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Pages 28 & 29 :
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Top photos taken at Silver Island and Loon Lake. Bottom left photo taken by the front steps at 12 South High St.,
Port Arthur. The two young men are (left) Russell Dobie and William Dobie.
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Group which seem to be beside a ship. William Dobie with "Lolly" to the right. The other two women are unknown.
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Pages 30 & 31 :
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The photos on these pages are of an unknown location. They may possibly be of Ridley College but I don't know.
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Page 33 :
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People in top left photo are unknown.
At bottom left is William Dobie with two unknown friends. In the photo at right are,
(left) George Dobie and William Dobie.
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Photos of unknown people, although the woman in the photo at top left must be "Lolly", the building behind her
has the sign "J.H. McLennan Lumber Co." on the roof.
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Page 37 :
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Photos of unknown people who are also in the winter photo above.
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Page 39 :
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Top photo: boy in centre front is William Dobie, about age 12. He is also in the bottom right photo, possibly
at Queen's University (Kingston Ontario).
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Page 41 :
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Photos of unknown people, although the woman on the right may be "Lolly", but more likely a friend at Queen's University.
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Page 43 :
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Woman on the left is Helen Cook. Man on the right is unknown. Photos were taken on the S.S. Huronic.
Detail at right shows the plaque over the man's shoulder.
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Pages 44 & 45 :
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"Boardinghouse Gang -- Queens 1934". The link is to a page on my local history website. This photo is posted along with
the class photo on page 51.
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Unknown people who must have been classmates of my father at Queen's University
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Pages 46 & 47 :
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Unknown people although the woman on the left may be "Lolly" again.
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Pages 48 & 49 :
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These must all be Queen's University photos. In the left-hand photo, William Dobie is on the right.
All other people are unknown to me.
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In the right-hand photo, William Dobie is in the centre.
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Pages 50 & 51 :
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Unknown people at Queen's University.
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The link is to a page on my local history website. This photo which shows some classmates of my father,
is posted along with the "Boardinghouse Gang" photo on page 44. Names are:
Bean; B. Burt; B. Coy; B. Dobie; John Gooderham; Derek Lee; O. McBane;
J. McConnell; C. Parry;
G. Paulin; Muff Platt; C. Scott (?); Goof Wilmott.
The left-hand photo: (see enlargement)
has "Lest you forget" written at the top but my dad didn't identify her.
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These people must have been friends of my dad's from Queen's University.
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