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Bernie Bedore interviewed by Joan Finnigan. He talks about people involved in the logging business and Ottawa valley history. Side One: (continuation of tape 2 - sr654). Bedore tells stories about people and events in the Ottawa Valley in the early days. Talk fills 1/2 of tape, other 1/2 is blank. Side Two: blank. print through only.

Bernie Bedore interviewed by Joan Finnigan. Bedore talks about Ottawa Valley history. Side One: (continuation of tape 3 - sr655) Bedore recounts some legends of the Indigenous peoples of the Ottawa Valley. He also tells stories about other people and events in the Ottawa Valley in the early days. Talk on 1/2 of tape. other 1/2 is blank.

Interviews with Henry Black and Captain Wellared on sailing on the Great Lakes. Side One: Henry Black talks about building and running passenger boats in southern Canada and northern U.S. Navy during WWII. Side Two: Captain Wellared talks about growing up on Amherst Island and working on a sailboat. Became a pilot for British American on the St. Lawrence seaway. Talks about fishing on Amherst Island - his father was a fisherman. Tells what being a pilot was like. Talk on 1st 1/2 of tape side, other 1/2 is blank.

Captain Dugan discusses his career as a boat pilot on the Great Lakes. Side One: Dugan discusses changes in shipping in the Kingston area. He talks about what it was like to be a boat pilot in the Great Lakes. Discusses how he beame a boat pilot. Side Two: Continuation of Side 1. Tape changes speed to 7 1/2 ips part way through, then back to 3 3/4 ips. Tells stories about being a boat pilot in the Great Lakes. Talk on first 1/2 of tape side, 2nd 1/2 is blank.

Mrs. McKay talks about Ottawa Valley history. The lumbering business and Renfrew. Side One: Mrs. McKay talks about her maternal grandfather Carswell, the Lumber Baron. The family discussed - her whole family was a lumbering family. She lived in Renfrew as a child. Talks about this. Side Two: blank. print through only.

Captain Lewis Orr talks about working on the Great Lakes. Side One: Captain Orr talks about his childhood (Orphaned at 6) and becoming a cabin boy at 13 on the "Between the Lakes" ship. Talks about working his way up and the ships he worked on - wheelsman, river pilot. Side Two: continuation of side 1. Narrow escapes discussed. Portsmouth in its early days discussed. Compares Lake vs. ocean captains. Talks about the diffent lakes. Talks about different boats he worked on and the people he worked with.

1. Ephraim Gilmore 2. Walthers (age 82)