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Side One: Guilty Dec./79. Side Two: Hank Legres.

Valley of the Outaouais, CBC Anthology Program May 1979

Interview of Neil Campbell and his wife Jane of Calabogie, Ont. Born in 1888, Neil talks aobut his ancestors who were among the earliest settlers brought to the Ottawa Valley by Laird Archibald McNab. Other topics include the lumber drives, history of the town of Calabogie, financial hardships during the Depression and the wealthy Barnett lumbering family. Side One: Interview of the Campbells. Side Two: Interview continues.

1. Ephraim Gilmore 2. Walthers (age 82)

Interview of John McGonigal of Arnprior, an amateur historian and descendant of the founder of Arnprior in 1940. He talks about the early history of the Ottawa Valley and the racial and religious animosity between the Irish Catholic settlers, the Protestant Loyal Orangemen and the French speaking settlers. Side One: Interview of John McGonigal. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interview of Janet Carmichael of Sand Point, Ont., a genealogist and curator of the Arnprior museum. She traces the genealogy of several families of the Ottawa Valley including the Usburn and Gillies lumbering dynasties of the 19th century. Other topics include the history of Sand Point and it's only murder-suicide involving a tragic love triangle in 1918. Side One: Interview of Janet Carmichael. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of James Biggs Jack, a historian, politician and businessman from Arnprior. He discusses the history of Arnprior from its founding in 1823 to the passing of the McLachlin lumber empire in 1929. Other topics include Laird Archibald MacNab and Tom Low (MP in the late 1920's). Side One: Interview of James Biggs Jack. Side Two: Interview continues.

Interview of Jessie Gillies of Arnprior, Ont., widow of wealthy lumber baron David Gillies whose lumbering empire encompassed the Ottawa Valley. Gillies talks about her ancestors, her childhood in Tamworth and Harrowsmith and her life with David. Side One: Interviw with Jessie Gillies. Side Two: Interview continued.

Interview of Harry Frost, descendant of the legendary seven Frost brothers known as the "Terrors of the Ottawa Valley". He talks about his life spent as a trapper in the Valley and the history of the Frost family and other families who were early settlers in the Fort Coulonge, Que. area. Side One: interview of Harry Frost. Side Two: interview continues.

Interview of Norris Brough of Ottawa who talks about his ancestors, early settlers in the Ottawa Valley in 1843. He also discusses the mining industry at Cobalt and Timmins. Side One: Interview with Norris Brough. Side Two: Interview continues.