1 | | 1910 | picture | | Killaloe 1914. Names are on the back, below. | 1914-GANG.jpg | | pictures1 |
2 | | 1960 | picture | | Alec Culhane and Jimmy Cooke 1960 | AlecAndJimmy1960.jpg | | pictures1 |
3 | | 1950 | print | | Ada Bandalene in a canoe demo with Omer. | AdaCanoe.jpg | | print1 |
4 | | 1980 | print | | Beaver Canoe launch | BeaverCanoeOpen.jpg | | print1 |
5 | | 1970 | print | | Canoeing for the blind. | Canoe_Blind.jpg | | print1 |
6 | | 2000 | print | | Charlie Kraft and Special Olympics | CharlieNews.jpg | | print1 |
7 | | 0 | print | | Tribute to Dan Stringer by Ralph Bice. | dan_tribute.jpg | | print1 |
8 | | 1930 | picture | | Edie Stringer on a brother's motorcycle. | BikeFix3.jpg | | pictures1 |
9 | | 1950 | picture | | Cyril Stringer, Mabel Stringer, Unknown, Bun Cherry, Lila Stringer, Bill Cooke, Unknown, Monty the dog. | brunch.jpg | | pictures1 |
10 | | 1950 | picture | | Three on the right are Lil stringer, Marion Stringer, and Doug Stringer (Son of Bill). | crowd_doug.jpg | | pictures1 |
11 | | 1960 | document | | Bill Cooke's Canadian Citizenship document | bill_citizenship.jpg | | document1 |
12 | | 1970 | document | | Bill Cooke and Mabel Stringer marriage certificate. 1970. | bill_mabel_marriage.jpg | | document1 |
13 | | 2000 | document | | Bill Cooke's funeral registry. | billfuneralregistry.jpg | | document1 |
14 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Archie Hutton To Cyril and Lil Stringer, 1947. | archiehuttonletter1947.jpg | | letters1 |
15 | | 1950 | letter | | Letter from John Stringer (Pappy) from Canoe Lake 1951
| canoelakeletter1951.jpg | | letters1 |
16 | | 1950 | letter | | 1954 Letter from Catherine
(Mammy) Stringer to Omer, Edie, and David.
| MammyLetter1954.jpg | | letters1 |
17 | | 1950 | letter | | 1945 letter from Omer to sister Mabel from overseas. He was fed up with Englishmen. | OmerAirmail.jpg | | letters1 |
18 | | 1970 | audio | | Omer interviewed by Rory MacKay in 1975 about early days in Algonquin. Part 1. | omerPt1_EQD.mp3 | | audio1 |
19 | | 1970 | audio | | Omer interviewed by Rory MacKay in 1975 about early days in Algonquin. Part 2. | omerPT2EQD.mp3 | | audio1 |
20 | | 1990 | video | | Alex Stringer age 2 video | alex-2a.mp4 | | video1 |
21 | | 1990 | video | | Alex Stringer age 3 video. | alex3.mp4 | | video1 |
22 | | 1990 | video | | Alex Stringer's earliest baby video. | AlexEarly.mp4 | | video1 |
23 | | 1990 | video | | Alex Stringer's first steps. | Alex-walkDontRun.mp4 | | video1 |
24 | | 2000 | picture | | Alex age 11 school picture | Alex11.jpg | | pictures1 |
25 | | 1990 | picture | | Early Alex baby pic. | AlexBaby3.jpg | | pictures1 |
26 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex in a boat, age 4 with a favorite cassette, one of many. | alexBoat2.jpg | | pictures1 |
27 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex and Brad Robinson (Dorset) | AlexBradRobinson.jpg | | pictures1 |
28 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex left in care of Aunt Marion for a couple of hours. | AlexCigarette.jpg | | pictures1 |
29 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex at Circus Camp. | AlexCircus1.jpg | | pictures1 |
30 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex during his early clarinet phase. | AlexClarinet.jpg | | pictures1 |
31 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex and David on a hike. | AlexDavidRock.jpg | | pictures1 |
32 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with Grandma Edie. | AlexEdie.jpg | | pictures1 |
33 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex's first baby picture. | alex_glasses.jpg | | pictures1 |
34 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with Grandma Rosemary (Morgan). | alex_rosemary.jpg | | pictures1 |
35 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex and cousin Ryan Hatton in Dorset. Son of Joanne, daughter of Beverly Dunn. | alex_ryan.jpg | | pictures1 |
36 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex and best friend Tigger. | alex_tigger2.jpg | | pictures1 |
37 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex at Grandma's house in Mississauga. | alex3.jpg | | pictures1 |
38 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex age 6 school pic. | Alex6.jpg | | pictures1 |
39 | | 2000 | picture | | Alex age 10school pic. | AlexAt10.jpg | | pictures1 |
40 | | 1990 | picture | | Baby Alex. | AlexBaby1_2.jpg | | pictures1 |
41 | | 1990 | picture | | Baby picture #300 of Alex. | AlexBaby2.jpg | | pictures1 |
42 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex and Ben Marks. | AlexBenMarks.jpg | | pictures1 |
43 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex again with the baby pics. | Alex_2.jpg | | pictures1 |
44 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex at 7 months. | alex_7months.jpg | | pictures1 |
45 | | 2000 | picture | | Alex at 16... Tamakwa Staff. | Alex_a.jpg | | pictures1 |
46 | | 2000 | picture | | A confused baby Alex. | alex_baby.jpg | | pictures1 |
47 | | 1990 | picture | | Grandma Rosemary, Alex and Glynis in Aunt Marion's basement. | Alex_rosemary_glynis.jpg | | pictures1 |
48 | | 0 | document | | Family Tree part 1. | FTupto6.jpg | | document1 |
49 | | 0 | document | | Family Tree part 2. | FT7to13.jpg | | document1 |
50 | | 0 | document | | Family Tree part 3. Covers the Canoe Lake Stringers. | FT14toEnd.jpg | | document1 |
51 | | 1950 | print | | Dan Stringer remembers George McCullagh, August 1952 | DanArticle.jpg | | print1 |
52 | | 1970 | print | | Newspaper ad for David working for Beaver Lumber. | david_ad.jpg | | print1 |
53 | | 1970 | print | | TV guide review of David's TV show, Fast Forward | david_tvGuide.jpg | | print1 |
54 | | 1970 | print | | Doug Dillon finds and returns $10,000. | doug_honest.jpg | | print1 |
55 | | 1960 | print | | David and three friends make the news in the Exeter Times-Advocate. | ExeterArena.jpg | | print1 |
56 | | 1950 | print | | The demise of the Highland Inn, Algonquin Park. | Highland_Inn.jpg | | print1 |
57 | | 1910 | print | | Algonquin Hotel for sale, September 1910 | hotelAlgonquin.jpg | | print1 |
58 | | 1970 | print | | Obituary of Jimmy Stringer by Carol Pierce (Wife of Stuart), Potter Creek residents. | jim_obit_by_oierce.jpg | | print1 |
59 | | 1990 | print | | Joanne Robinson and Husband Willie take over the operation of Robinson's in Dorset. | joanne_aricle.jpg | | print1 |
60 | | 1940 | picture | | Rear Fred Cooke, Mammy, Mabel Lora, Possibly Mammy's sister Ida. Front Alec Culhane, Bill Cooke. | alexCulhane_etc.jpg | | pictures1 |
61 | | 1910 | picture | | Algonquin Hotel Postcard. | AlgonquinHotel.jpg | | pictures1 |
62 | | 0 | picture | | Unknown woman and baby. Interesting note on the back. | BabyBackToo.jpg | | pictures1 |
63 | | 1950 | picture | | Edie's brother Barney with Millie and sons. | BarneyMillieAndBoys.jpg | | pictures1 |
64 | | 1950 | picture | | Back row unknown, unknown, Lila Stringer, Donny Ullman (Katie's son) Marion's husband George (Bun) Cherry, Eva Cooke (Lora). Front Mabel with Monty, and Marion. | billlegrore_molly_dinnie_li.jpg | | pictures1 |
65 | | 1950 | picture | | Bill Stringer | billstringer.jpg | | pictures1 |
66 | | 1940 | picture | | Mystery pic labelled "Bill and Winnie". | bill_winnie.jpg | | pictures1 |
67 | | 1940 | picture | | The Highland Inn (Cache Lake) in its heyday. | HighlandInn.jpg | | pictures1 |
68 | | 0 | document | | List of Canoe Lake Stringer births. | births.jpg | | document1 |
69 | | 1990 | document | | Bobby Stringer buys the Stringer Lease on Potter Creek Part 1. | bobby_lease1.jpg | | document1 |
70 | | 1990 | document | | Bobby Stringer buys the Stringer Lease on Potter Creek Part 2. | bobby_lease2.jpg | | document1 |
71 | | 1950 | document | | Bill for monument in the Eganville Cemetery, 1955. | burial.jpg | | document1 |
72 | | 1990 | document | | Song written for Dellie's 80th birthday by her family. | dellie_song.jpg | | document1 |
73 | | 1960 | document | | Bill for cutting inscription in the Eganville Cemetery, 1962. | eganville_inscription.jpg | | document1 |
74 | | 1960 | document | | David stars in a play at Tamakwa, 1960. | EmpNewClothesComp.jpg | | document1 |
75 | | 1950 | document | | A chilling document about the fur trade. | fur.jpg | | document1 |
76 | | 1980 | document | | Transfer of Lease on the Stringer Place | leasetransfer_comp.jpg | | document1 |
77 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake January 3 /1948 | canoelakeletter_jan3_1948.jpg | | letters1 |
78 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake March 03 1949 | canoelakeletter_march03_49_.jpg | | letters1 |
79 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake March 29 1949 | canoelakeletter_march49.jpg | | letters1 |
80 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake Novemeber 11, no year | canoelakeletter_nov11th.jpg | | letters1 |
81 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake Novemeber 26, 1949 | canoelakeletter_nov49COMP.jpg | | letters1 |
82 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake Novemeber 6, 1947 | canoelakeletter_nov6_1947.jpg | | letters1 |
83 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake October 21, 1947 | canoelakeletter_oct21_1947.jpg | | letters1 |
84 | | 1940 | letter | | Letter from Canoe Lake October 26, 1947 | canoelakeletter_oct26_1947.jpg | | letters1 |
85 | | 1940 | letter | | 1944 letter from Omer to sister Mabel from India, when he was a navigator. | OmerLetter1944.jpg | | letters1 |
86 | | 1990 | print | | Katie's son Donny Ullman was murdered in 1990. This is the newspaper coverage. | DonnyUllmanCOMP.jpg | | print1 |
87 | | 1950 | print | | Detroit Times bio of Lou Handler, 1952. | LouBioComp.jpg | | print1 |
88 | | 2000 | print | | Obituary of Marion (Stringer) Cherry, 2005. | marion_obit.jpg | | print1 |
89 | | 1960 | print | | David wins the London Hobby Fair with a robot, 1960. | RobotHuge.jpg | | print1 |
90 | | 1960 | print | | David's neighbor John Wurm makes the paper. | John-Wurm.jpg | | print1 |
91 | | 1950 | print | | David's grandmother (Edie's mother) interviewed on aid for the "old people". | OldPeople.jpg | | print1 |
92 | | 1980 | print | | Omer makes the news with "Designer Canoes". | omer_beaver.jpg | | print1 |
93 | | 1980 | print | | Omer makes the news at the Beaver Canoe opening by doing a headstand. | omer_headstand.jpg | | print1 |
94 | | 1940 | picture | | Bun Cherry (Marion's husband) in uniform with unknown kids. | bun_and_kids.jpg | | pictures1 |
95 | | 1950 | picture | | Bun Cherry (Marion's husband) with david and unnamed fish. | bun_david_fish.jpg | | pictures1 |
96 | | 1950 | picture | | Bun Cherry (Marion's husband) had a talent for fishing. | bun_fish.jpg | | pictures1 |
97 | | 1940 | picture | | Marion, Cyril, and Bun Cherry (Marion's husband) | bun_marion.jpg | | pictures1 |
98 | | 1940 | picture | | Bun, Marion, Roy, and nephew Doug (son of Bill) | bun_marion_roy_Doug.jpg | | pictures1 |
99 | | 1940 | picture | | The Canoe Lake gang. Names below. George Garland is not related, but was a close friend. | CanoeLakeGangCOPM.jpg | | pictures1 |
100 | | 1950 | picture | | Carl Rohde, husband of Delores (Edie's niece) and Mike Kraft, husband of Esta Kraft, Lou Handler's sister. | CarlRohdeAndMieKraft.jpg | | pictures1 |
101 | | 1950 | picture | | Sam and Celia Tillinger, David's grandparents. Sam was Celia's second husband. The father of Edie and siblings was Sam Brooks. | CeliaAndSamTillinger2.jpg | | pictures1 |
102 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex at 12 weeks old. | alex12weeks.jpg | | pictures1 |
103 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex almost one. | AlexBaby3_2.jpg | | pictures1 |
104 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex in the playpen. | AlexBaby4_2.jpg | | pictures1 |
105 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex at birth. | AlexBirth.jpg | | pictures1 |
106 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex driving the boat. | AlexBoat.jpg | | pictures1 |
107 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex on Grandma's couch with best friend. | AlexCouch.jpg | | pictures1 |
108 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with favorite cup. | AlexCup.jpg | | pictures1 |
109 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with David in the Tamakwa dining hall. | AlexDavidCamp.jpg | | pictures1 |
110 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with David and Glynis in Marion's cottage. Alex is doing what David apparently did at the same age in the same place. | alexdavidglynis.jpg | | pictures1 |
111 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex's Grade one school picture. | AlexGrade1.jpg | | pictures1 |
112 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex in his $10 lawn-sale high chair. | AlexHighChair.jpg | | pictures1 |
113 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex and Patrick Hunter in Algonquin Park, Tom Thompson's grave. | AlexPatrick.jpg | | pictures1 |
114 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex, Tigger and "Bah Milk". | alex_tigger.jpg | | pictures1 |
115 | | 1930 | document | | Mabel Graduates. | mabel_school_1932.jpg | | document1 |
116 | | 1930 | document | | Mabel Graduates again. | mabel_school_certificate.jpg | | document1 |
117 | | 1950 | document | | Funeral service bill re Mammy's Funeral from Zummach's "Furniture and Funeral Service", Killaloe. | mammy_funeral.jpg | | document1 |
118 | | 1950 | document | | Bill for Mammy's gravestone inscription. | mammy_funeral_bill.jpg | | document1 |
119 | | 1900 | document | | Mammy and Pappy's marriage certificate. 1892. | mammy_pappy_marriage.jpg | | document1 |
120 | | 1940 | letter | | 1947 canoe trip with Edie Brooks (Stringer), Lil Katz (Gold), Esta "Es" Handler (Kraft), Omer and his sisters Mabel and Marion Stringer. | 1947CanoeTripCOMP.jpg | | letters1 |
121 | | 1940 | letter | | An account of a 1946 canoe trip taken by Omer, his sisters Mabel and Marion, and Edie Brooks, before she was Edie Stringer. It's a good read. | canoeTriip1946.jpg | | letters1 |
122 | | 1970 | letter | | 1979 trip to Hawaii by Cyril, Lil, Jean (Dan's wife), Omer, Edie, Bun, and Marion. | HawaiiTripCOMP.jpg | | letters1 |
123 | | 1980 | letter | | Extending the Canoe Lake lease to 2017. | lease_letter_1987.jpg | | letters1 |
124 | | 1950 | picture | | Claude Lora, Dan, Jean, Katie, Mammy,Pappy, Wam, Gary, Gail, Mae, Jim, Marion, Mabel
Front: Wam, two kids, Jim. | claudeLora_dan_Tourzall_jean_Katie_Mammy_pappy_Wam_gary_gail_mae_jim_mabel.jpg | | pictures1 |
125 | | 1950 | picture | | Cyril and Jim in the famous chairs at Canoe Lake. | cyril3.jpg | | pictures1 |
126 | | 1910 | picture | | Cyril, unknown, Jake, Katie and Omer. | cyril_burt_omer.jpg | | pictures1 |
127 | | 1910 | picture | | Cyril, Dan, Boliver, Jake, Burt, Katie, Wam, Jim and Earl. | cyril_dan_bill_jake_boliver_burt_katie_wam_jim_earle.jpg | | pictures1 |
128 | | 1950 | picture | | Hank Grenke (Lila's husband), and Cyril. | cyril_hank.jpg | | pictures1 |
129 | | 1930 | picture | | Dan and Pappy. | dan_pappy.jpg | | pictures1 |
130 | | 1950 | picture | | David with Alec Culhane (Mammy's brother). | DavidAndAlec.jpg | | pictures1 |
131 | | 1950 | picture | | David with his Grandmother Celia. | DavidAndCelia.jpg | | pictures1 |
132 | | 1950 | picture | | David with his Grandmother Celia in front of the Detroit house, 9917 Vaughn. | DavidAndGrandmaDetroitHouse.jpg | | pictures1 |
133 | | 1950 | picture | | David with his cousin Ian (Roy and Bea's son). | DavidAndIan.jpg | | pictures1 |
134 | | 1950 | picture | | David with his cousin Jim Brooks (son of Edie's brother Nate). | DavidAndJimmyBBikes.jpg | | pictures1 |
135 | | 1950 | picture | | David has a leak, 1952. | DavidAndOmer1952.jpg | | pictures1 |
136 | | 1950 | picture | | David and Omer out back of the Detroit house. | DavidAndOmerOutBack.jpg | | pictures1 |
137 | | 1950 | picture | | David didn't like having his picture taken. | MakeMyDay.jpg | | pictures1 |
138 | | 1950 | picture | | David solo paddles aged 2. | David@2inCanoe.jpg | | pictures1 |
139 | | 1950 | picture | | David fixing?? something. 4 years. | davidatfour.jpg | | pictures1 |
140 | | 1950 | picture | | David wins the hobby fair aged 10. | DavidAward.JPG | | pictures1 |
141 | | 1950 | picture | | Bun Cherry, Pappy, Lila, and Omer with David in front of Detroit house. | DavidBikeFamily.jpg | | pictures1 |
142 | | 1970 | picture | | David doing a little swimming. | davidBsuitBetter.jpg | | pictures1 |
143 | | 1960 | picture | | David with cousin Eddie Brooks (Edie's brother Leon's boy). | DavidEddie.jpg | | pictures1 |
144 | | 1950 | picture | | Edie with David and Mindy Handler (Lou's daughter). | DavidEdieMindy.jpg | | pictures1 |
145 | | 1950 | picture | | David in washtub. | DavidInWashtub.jpg | | pictures1 |
146 | | 1950 | picture | | David with Uncle Jim and his pet crow. | DavidJimAndOldJoeFixed.jpg | | pictures1 |
147 | | 1950 | picture | | David with Aunts Lila and Kay (Omer's sisters).
| DavidLilaKaySept1950.jpg | | pictures1 |
148 | | 1950 | picture | | Aunt Mabel gives David a bath. | DavidMabelBath.jpg | | pictures1 |
149 | | 1960 | picture | | David and his dog, Minnie. | DavidMinnie.jpg | | pictures1 |
150 | | 1950 | picture | | Omer and David at Round Lake with some Cookes in the background. | DavidOmerCookes.jpg | | pictures2 |
151 | | 1970 | picture | | David's retirement from York University and beginnings as the President of Image North. | DavidRetires.jpg | | pictures2 |
152 | | 1950 | picture | | David with his favorite goofy straw. | davidStraw.jpg | | pictures2 |
153 | | 1970 | picture | | David in front of his first sync generator scrounged from someone's garbage. | DavidSyncGen.jpg | | pictures2 |
154 | | 1950 | picture | | David with the thoroughly modern Admiral 14 inch TV set. | DavidTVset.jpg | | pictures2 |
155 | | 1950 | picture | | David's first steps. | DavidWalks.jpg | | pictures2 |
156 | | 1940 | picture | | Dellie is on the left. | dellie_mrsPearcy.jpg | | pictures2 |
157 | | 1940 | picture | | David's favorite cousin Delores at 16. Mom was Estelle, Edie's sister. | Delores16.jpg | | pictures2 |
158 | | 1950 | picture | | David and Cousin Delores. Mom was Estelle, Edie's sister. | DeloresAndDavid.JPG | | pictures2 |
159 | | 1950 | picture | | Around the dining room table, Detroit. Left to right Delores, Husband Carl, Leon Brooks (Edie's brother), Wife Alice, Edie's sister Estelle, Edie, and likely Estelle's husband. | DetroitDiningRoom.jpg | | pictures2 |
160 | | 1950 | picture | | David and Friends Elizabeth Hersey, Rosemary Gibson, Martin Mikrut, and Maybe cousin Jimmy Brooks with the other bike. | DetroitGang2.jpg | | pictures2 |
161 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex in his tenor-sax phase. | AlexSaxCUsmall.jpg | | pictures2 |
163 | | 2000 | picture | | Glenda, David, Cathy, Gail after raiding the long closed-up attic in Marion's cottage. | AtticGang3.jpg | | pictures2 |
164 | | 1970 | picture | | Roy, Mabel, and Bea (Roy's Wife). | bea_mabel_roy.jpg | | pictures2 |
165 | | 1970 | picture | | Beverly Dunn. Daughter of Moon and Aubrey. | bev.jpg | | pictures2 |
166 | | 1970 | picture | | Beverly Dunn with Husband Brad Robinson (Robinson's Store, Dorset). | bev_brad_1975.jpg | | pictures2 |
167 | | 1980 | picture | | Beverly Dunn with Joanie, Jake's daughter. | bev_jonie.jpg | | pictures2 |
168 | | 1960 | picture | | Bill and Mabel travelled a lot. | Bill_mabel_mountains.jpg | | pictures2 |
169 | | 1990 | picture | | Nancy Manson (Friend from Killaloe) with Mabel and Bill. | bill_mabel_nancymanson.jpg | | pictures2 |
170 | | 1970 | picture | | Bev (Dunn) and Brad Robinson. | BradBevRobinson.jpg | | pictures2 |
171 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with Bun Cherry (Marion's husband) in the kitchen of Marion's cottage on Potter Creek. | bun_alex.jpg | | pictures2 |
172 | | 1970 | picture | | Stringer house on Potter Creek (Canoe Lake). | CanoeLakeHouse-1.jpg | | pictures2 |
173 | | 1970 | picture | | Stringer house on Potter Creek (Canoe Lake). | CanoeLakeHouseWide.jpg | | pictures2 |
175 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex loves to drive. | AlexGolfCar.jpg | | pictures2 |
176 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex meets the player piano. | AlexPlayerPiano.jpg | | pictures2 |
177 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with Santa. | AlexSanta2.jpg | | pictures2 |
178 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex with Sarah Standing (Glenda's daughter). | AlexSarahStanding.jpg | | pictures2 |
179 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex plays with the Camp Tamakwa Band. | AlexSaxGroupsmall.jpg | | pictures2 |
180 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex playing the part of a classic teenager. | AlexTeenager2.jpg | | pictures2 |
181 | | 2000 | picture | | The gang (Carl Young, Cathy, David, Gail and Glenda) raid the long closed-up attic of Marion's cottage. As kids, we were all afraid of what was up there. David still has that piss-pot. | AtticGang1.jpg | | pictures2 |
182 | | 2000 | picture | | The gang (Carl Young, Cathy, David, Gail and Glenda) raid the long closed-up attic of Marion's cottage. As kids, we were all afraid of what was up there. Cathy found some undies. | AtticGang2.jpg | | pictures2 |
183 | | 2000 | picture | | The gang (Carl Young, Cathy, David, Gail and Glenda) raid the long closed-up attic of Marion's cottage. Carl liked the pants we found. | AtticGang5.jpg | | pictures2 |
184 | | 2000 | picture | | The gang (Carl Young, Cathy, David, Gail and Glenda) raid the long closed-up attic of Marion's cottage.Cathy clowning around. | AtticGang6.jpg | | pictures2 |
185 | | 2000 | picture | | Glynis admires Doug Dillon's MGB, | car2.jpg | | pictures2 |
186 | | 2000 | picture | | Carl on the bow of his boat during his Potter Creek phase. | CarlBow.jpg | | pictures2 |
187 | | 2000 | picture | | Carl Young with Doug Dillon (David's cousins). | CarlDoug.jpg | | pictures2 |
188 | | 2000 | picture | | Carl Young with Gail and Dawn Maeck. Dawn is Gail's daughter. | CarlGailDawn.jpg | | pictures2 |
189 | | 2000 | picture | | Carl Young with Mabel and Edie. | CarlMabeldie.jpg | | pictures2 |
190 | | 2000 | picture | | David's other cousin Carl from the Brooks side. Carl was Delores' husband. Delores was Edie's sister's daughter. | CarlRohde.jpg | | pictures2 |
191 | | 2000 | picture | | Cousin Carl with Bill and Mabel Cooke. | carl_bill_mabel.jpg | | pictures2 |
192 | | 2000 | picture | | Cousin Carl with his friend Gina. | carl_gina2.jpg | | pictures2 |
193 | | 2000 | picture | | Cousin Carl with his friend Gina's mother, Lolita. | carl_lolita.jpg | | pictures2 |
194 | | 2000 | picture | | Cousin Carl with family friend, Mable Torrence, known as Mabel-T by the family. | carl_mabelT.jpg | | pictures2 |
195 | | 2000 | picture | | Cousin Carl with Marion, Mabel, and Bill. | carl_mabel_marion_bill.jpg | | pictures2 |
196 | | 2000 | picture | | Cousin Carl with one of the 47 dogs named Monty that Marion had. | carl_monty27.jpg | | pictures2 |
197 | | 2000 | picture | | Unknown Cousin with Edie and Cathy Dillon. | CathyEdieMystery.jpg | | pictures2 |
198 | | 1970 | picture | | Cousin Cathy Dillon and unknown take Omer for a ride.. | CathyOmerSomeone.jpg | | pictures2 |
199 | | 1970 | picture | | Marion and Mabel's cottage on Potter Creek. | cottage4.jpg | | pictures2 |
200 | | 1960 | picture | | David and his first Radio Station (One of three). | DJDave.JPG | | pictures2 |
201 | | 1950 | picture | | Donny Ullman (Katie's son). | donny_ullman.jpg | | pictures2 |
202 | | 1920 | picture | | Earl in Killaloe 1926. | earl_killaloe_1926.jpg | | pictures2 |
203 | | 1950 | picture | | Danny and Eddie Brooks, son's of Edie's brother Leon. | EddieANDDannyBrooks.jpg | | pictures2 |
204 | | 1950 | picture | | Edie with her mother, Celia. | EdieAndCelia.jpg | | pictures2 |
205 | | 1940 | picture | | Edie with her pet fish. | EdieAndFish.jpg | | pictures2 |
206 | | 1940 | picture | | Edie with Omer's dog Jigs. Note on back. | EdieAndJiggsCOMP.jpg | | pictures2 |
207 | | 1920 | picture | | Edie and her cousin Louie. | EdieAndLouie.jpg | | pictures2 |
208 | | 1960 | picture | | Millie Brooks (Wife of Edie's brother Barney0 and Edie in front of the house in Exeter Ontario. | EdieAndMillie.jpg | | pictures2 |
209 | | 1970 | picture | | Edie, Mabel and Edie's sister Estelle. | edie_mabel_estelle.jpg | | pictures2 |
210 | | 1920 | document | | Omer school report card 1926. | omerSchool.jpg | | document1 |
211 | | 1950 | document | | 1954 bill for Stringer cemetery plot in Eganville. | pappy_cemetary.jpg | | document1 |
212 | | 1910 | document | | Pappy's army discharge 1917. Complexion "Ruddy". | pappy_discharge_front.jpg | | document1 |
213 | | 0 | document | | List of Canoe Lake Stringer births. | stringer_births.jpg | | document1 |
214 | | 1950 | document | | Omer and Edie apply to adopt a sibling for David. | WaifCOMP.jpg | | document1 |
215 | | 1900 | document | | Wilmer Ross (Wam) Stringer's birth certificate. | Wambirthcert.jpg | | document1 |
216 | | 1960 | document | | Wam was briefly the Safety Officer at the Portage Store. | Wam_incident.jpg | | document1 |
217 | | 1940 | document | | Wam was rejected for military service. | Wam_medreject.jpg | | document1 |
218 | | 1980 | picture | | Cyril and Lil with Edie. | cyril_lil_edie.jpg | | pictures2 |
219 | | 1980 | picture | | David at a Tamakwa banquet honoring his 30th year at camp. Omer and Edie at his sides. | David30th.jpg | | pictures2 |
220 | | 1970 | picture | | David in the 70's. | David70s.jpg | | pictures2 |
221 | | 2000 | picture | | David and Family. | DavidFamily.jpg | | pictures2 |
222 | | 2000 | picture | | David on a mound of garbage in a promo shot for the show "Wastenot" | davidGarbage.jpg | | pictures2 |
223 | | 2000 | picture | | Glynis, David, and Alex. | DavidGlynisAlex2.jpg | | pictures2 |
224 | | 2000 | picture | | Dawn (Gail's daughter), Carl Young, Rose (Mabel's neighbour) and David. | DawnCarlRoseDavid.jpg | | pictures2 |
225 | | 1980 | picture | | Dellie. | dellie3.jpg | | pictures2 |
226 | | 1970 | picture | | Dellie and Marion up to something at Potter Creek. As of 2020, the refrigerator is still working. | dellie_marion.jpg | | pictures2 |
227 | | 1980 | picture | | Dellie at her keyboard. | dellie_piano2.jpg | | pictures2 |
228 | | 1940 | picture | | Lila and Edie.
| edie-LILA.jpg | | pictures2 |
229 | | 1950 | picture | | Edie 1951.
| Edie1951.jpg | | pictures2 |
230 | | 1950 | picture | | Edie with her nephews Danny and Eddie (Leon's kids).
| EdieEddieDanny.jpg | | pictures2 |
231 | | 1950 | picture | | Edie and Mabel at the Tom Thompson totem pole. | EdieMableAndTTMemorial.jpg | | pictures2 |
232 | | 1960 | picture | | Omer and Edie 1961. | EdieOmer1961.jpg | | pictures2 |
233 | | 1960 | picture | | Edie Omer Mabel 1959 | EdieOmerMabel1959.jpg | | pictures2 |
234 | | 1930 | picture | | Edie attempts to steal the Lands and Forests aircraft. | EdieThePilot.jpg | | pictures2 |
235 | | 1950 | picture | | Young boys are Malcolm Dunn and David. Edie on the right, on her right, Moon (Omer's sister). | edie_moon_david.jpg | | pictures2 |
236 | | 1910 | picture | | Edie on the left, sister Estelle on the right. | EdithBubbehEstelle.JPG | | pictures2 |
237 | | 1940 | picture | | Edie with her brother Barney's kids, Eddie and Steve. | EdithSteveEddieBrooks.jpg | | pictures2 |
238 | | 1970 | picture | | Family friend, broadcaster Ernie Taylor. | ErnieTaylor.jpg | | pictures2 |
239 | | 1950 | picture | | Edie's sister Estelle with their Mother, Celia | EstelleAndCelia.jpg | | pictures2 |
240 | | 1980 | picture | | David surrounded by camp friends Larry Hunter and John Fiddes. | fiddesLarryDavid.jpg | | pictures2 |
241 | | 1950 | picture | | Back row Fred Cooke, Mammy's sister Ida Culhane, Eva Cooke (Lora) another Mammy sister Mae. Front Alex Culhane (Mammy's brother) and Bill Cooke (Mabel's husband). | fred_mae_eva_ida_alex_bill.jpg | | pictures2 |
242 | | 1940 | picture | | Pappy third from the left, Mabel Lora, Mabel, unknown, Marion, Edie. | gang4.jpg | | pictures2 |
243 | | 1940 | picture | | Classic Jim picture. | JimClassic.jpg | | pictures2 |
244 | | 1950 | picture | | Jim in one of his many scrounged boats. | JimClassic2.jpg | | pictures2 |
245 | | 1950 | picture | | Jim. | JimStringer.jpg | | pictures2 |
246 | | 1910 | picture | | Main Street Killaloe, 1913. | Killaloe1913.jpg | | pictures2 |
247 | | 1920 | picture | | Lila in Brent, 1923. | LilaBrent1923.jpg | | pictures2 |
248 | | 1950 | picture | | Lou Handler and Omer on his tiptoes. | LouAndOmerTiptoes.jpg | | pictures2 |
249 | | 1940 | picture | | Mabel in canoe. | MabelCanoe.jpg | | pictures2 |
250 | | 1950 | picture | | Mabel with one of the many dogs named Monty. | MabelMonty.jpg | | pictures2 |
251 | | 1950 | picture | | Mammy in the 1950's. | MammyAtCanoeLake.jpg | | pictures2 |
252 | | 1910 | picture | | Mammy with Omer in what might be Killaloe, or Eganville. | MammyOmerKillaloe.jpg | | pictures2 |
253 | | 1950 | picture | | Delores, Edie, Omer, Nancy and Fred Manson. Kids are David, and Peter Manson. The Manson's were family friends from Killaloe. | Mansons.jpg | | pictures2 |
254 | | 1940 | picture | | Mabel and Marion, unknown woman in the middle. | marion_mabel2.jpg | | pictures2 |
255 | | 1940 | picture | | Marion. Mabel, and Edie. | marion_mabel_edie.jpg | | pictures2 |
256 | | 1950 | picture | | Omer with David. | OmerDavid7.jpg | | pictures2 |
257 | | 1950 | picture | | David's first canoe ride. | OmerDavidCanoe.jpg | | pictures2 |
258 | | 1940 | picture | | Omer and Edie. | OmerEdieCamp.jpg | | pictures2 |
259 | | 1970 | picture | | Omer and his Ontario safety League rig. He was paid to visit campsites and give canoe demos, arranged by his friend Ernie Taylor. | OMerOSL.jpg | | pictures2 |
260 | | 1940 | picture | | Omer and Ron Trunsky. Trunsky introduced David to Tom Lehrer. | OmerTrunsky.jpg | | pictures2 |
261 | | 1930 | picture | | Pappy, cleaned up. | PappyPortrait.jpg | | pictures2 |
262 | | 1950 | picture | | Pappy steals David's scooter. | PappyScooter.jpg | | pictures2 |
263 | | 1930 | picture | | Pappy's family. His mother was a McAllister. | PappysFamily.jpg | | pictures2 |
264 | | 1930 | picture | | Omer graduates from Pickering College. | PickeringCollege.jpg | | pictures2 |
265 | | 1970 | picture | | David's retirement party. His students made a cake in the shape of an Ampex VR-1200 video machine. | QuadruplexCake.jpg | | pictures2 |
266 | | 1910 | picture | | School picture with plenty of Stringers in it. | StringerGang.jpg | | pictures2 |
267 | | 1940 | picture | | Omer paddles two canoes. | TwoCanoesBetter.jpg | | pictures2 |
268 | | 1950 | picture | | Classic Wam picture. | WamClassic.jpg | | pictures2 |
269 | | 1970 | picture | | Aubrey Dunn, husband of Moon (Stella), father of Murray, Beverly, and Malcolm.
| aubrey.jpg | | pictures3 |
270 | | 1950 | picture | | Barney (Edie's brother) and Millie with sons Eddie and Steve. | barney_millie.jpg | | pictures3 |
271 | | 1950 | picture | | Bea (Roy's wife) and son Ian. | BeeIan.jpg | | pictures3 |
272 | | 1960 | picture | | Beverly Dunn marries Brad Robinson. | Bev_brad_wedding.jpg | | pictures3 |
273 | | 1990 | picture | | Beverly Dunn Robinson with grandson Ryan. | bev_ryan.jpg | | pictures3 |
274 | | 1960 | picture | | Bill Stringer. | BillStringer.jpg | | pictures3 |
275 | | 1960 | picture | | Bill and Fred Cooke with Mabel Lora. | bill_fred_mabellora.jpg | | pictures3 |
276 | | 1990 | picture | | Bobby Stringer with David, Alex, and Murray Dunn on the Potter Creek site. | bobby_alex_david_muray.jpg | | pictures3 |
277 | | 1990 | picture | | David with cousin Karen shooting a scene for "Can U Canoe?" | CanCAnoe1.jpg | | pictures3 |
278 | | 2000 | picture | | Glynis and Alex admire Doug Dillon's MGB. | car1.jpg | | pictures3 |
279 | | 2000 | picture | | Edie, Marion, and Carl Young. | carlmarionedie.jpg | | pictures3 |
280 | | 2000 | picture | | Carl Young drives ?? the boat. | carloutboard.jpg | | pictures3 |
281 | | 1950 | picture | | Painting of the Canoe Lake house by Group of Seven artist A. J. Casson. | casson_house.jpg | | pictures3 |
282 | | 1980 | picture | | Dellie (in red) with Daughter Cathy being Cathy. | cathy_crowd.jpg | | pictures3 |
283 | | 1970 | picture | | Jim And Cathy with kid, Edie, Dellie, and Bobby. | cathy_jim_edie_dellie_bobby.jpg | | pictures3 |
284 | | 1960 | picture | | Cyril, Wife Lil, and Lila. | cyril_lil_lila.jpg | | pictures3 |
285 | | 1960 | picture | | Cyril, Wife Lil, and abel | cyril_lil_mabel.jpg | | pictures3 |
286 | | 1970 | picture | | Lil, Jean (Dan's wife), Marion, Cyril and Omer back from Hawaii, 1979. | cyril_lil_omer_marion_jean.jpg | | pictures3 |
287 | | 2000 | picture | | Dan Gibson and son, Dan. | DanGibsons.jpg | | pictures3 |
288 | | 1960 | picture | | David in his twenties. | David20s.jpg | | pictures3 |
289 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex goes to work with David. | DavidAlexCamera2.jpg | | pictures3 |
290 | | 1990 | picture | | David with Pat and Ron Tozer of Friends of Algonquin. | DavidANdTozers.jpg | | pictures3 |
291 | | 1990 | picture | | David wears Beaver Canoe. | DavidBeaverCanoe.jpg | | pictures3 |
292 | | 2000 | picture | | David, Edie, Glynis and Alex. | DavidGlynisAlexEdie.jpg | | pictures3 |
293 | | 2000 | picture | | David and cousin Jim Brooks (Nate's son). | davidJimmyBrooks.jpg | | pictures3 |
294 | | 2000 | picture | | Dawn Maeck, daughter of Gail daughter of Dan. | Dawn2.jpg | | pictures3 |
295 | | 1980 | picture | | Dellie. | dellie.jpg | | pictures3 |
296 | | 1980 | picture | | Dellie at her 80th. birthday. | dellie2.jpg | | pictures3 |
297 | | 1950 | picture | | Bill Cooke, Omer, Delores, Edie, and Mabel around the Detroit dining room. | DetroitDining.JPG | | pictures3 |
298 | | 1960 | picture | | The Original Dirt Band practice. Dirk Veenis sax, Ian Pryde washboard, David guitar, Max Burns Guitar, and Tony Bock's back (bass). | DirtBand1.jpg | | pictures3 |
299 | | 1990 | picture | | Chuck and Dorothy Gray with a model of the Canoe Lake house, made from wood from the actual house. | DorothyAndhouseModel.jpg | | pictures3 |
300 | | 1980 | picture | | For a while, Doug (Bill's son) ran an Indian Handicrafts store at the Tea Lake dam. Seen here with his daughters Karen and Kim, and Wife Marion. | DougAndFamily.jpg | | pictures3 |
301 | | 2000 | picture | | Doug Dillon with Mabel. | DouggieMabel.jpg | | pictures3 |
302 | | 1990 | picture | | Doug Dillon with wife Margot. | doug_margot.jpg | | pictures3 |
303 | | 1920 | picture | | Dressup in Killaloe. Names on photo | dressup1.jpg | | pictures3 |
304 | | 2000 | picture | | David finds a soft seat for practicing. | DS-GC.jpg | | pictures3 |
305 | | 1980 | picture | | A bunch of Dunns. Aubrey wears the hat, Helga and Murray on the left, Moon in blue, and Malcolm on the right. | duns.jpg | | pictures3 |
306 | | 1960 | document | | Tribute by Martin Garvey at the raising of the new Canadian flag at Killaloe, 1965. | new_flag_killaloe.jpg | | document1 |
307 | | 1940 | document | | Where the North Begins poem on Tamakwa letterhead pre 1949. Letterhead says "Camp for Boys". | NorthBegins.jpg | | document1 |
308 | | 1970 | document | | The ballad of Omer Stringer song written by his friend Ernie Taylor, telling the story of hiring him to give canoe demos for the Ontario Safety League. | OmerBallad.jpg | | document1 |
309 | | 1960 | document | | Tribute to Omer Stringer by an unknown Tamakwan. | OmerTributeTyped.jpg | | document1 |
310 | | 1960 | document | | The bill for Pappy's funeral from Zummach's Funeral Service in Killaloe. | pappy_funeral.jpg | | document1 |
311 | | 1900 | document | | Documenting a tragedy at Round Lake 1869, "The Round Lake Ball" | round_lake_ball.jpg | | document1 |
312 | | 1940 | picture | | Mammy (seated) with sisters Ida and Mae, Killaloe. | ida_mae_mammy_house_killalo.jpg | | pictures3 |
313 | | 1950 | picture | | Classic Jim Picture. | jim.jpg | | pictures3 |
314 | | 1990 | picture | | Laurie Coo (Sheila's husband) Karen stringer (Doug's daughter), Sheila (Bill's daughter), and Mabel. | laurie_coo_karen_shelia.jpg | | pictures3 |
315 | | 1950 | picture | | Mable and Edie with unknown in the middle. | mabedie_canoe.jpg | | pictures3 |
316 | | 1940 | picture | | Marion and Mabel. | mabel_marion3.jpg | | pictures3 |
317 | | 1920 | picture | | Mabel with Mary Colson. Mary is the "Molly" of Molly's Island. | mabel_mary_colson.jpg | | pictures3 |
318 | | 1920 | picture | | Mabel with a dog named Paddy. | mabel_paddy_1923.jpg | | pictures3 |
319 | | 1950 | picture | | Mammy and Lila with the Potter Creek essentials, a stove, two brooms, and two fly-swatters. | mammy_lila_stove.jpg | | pictures3 |
320 | | 1930 | picture | | Omer and two unknown ladies at Camp Ahmek. | omer_ahmek.jpg | | pictures3 |
321 | | 1910 | picture | | Omer as a young boy. | omer_boy.jpg | | pictures3 |
322 | | 1910 | picture | | Pappy in the military. | pappy2.jpg | | pictures3 |
323 | | 1910 | picture | | Pappy in the Forestry Battalion 1915. | pappy4.jpg | | pictures3 |
324 | | 1930 | picture | | Standing with hat, Cyril, and wife Lil in front. This is likely the rock at Windy point on Smoke Lake. | TheRock.jpg | | pictures3 |
325 | | 1970 | picture | | The Dunn wing of the family. Aubrey and Moon (Stella Stringer) centre front, son Murray on the right. Murray's wife Helga on the left. Back: Murray's kids Andrew, Sylvia, and Sandra. | duns2.jpg | | pictures3 |
326 | | 1990 | picture | | Edie | edie.jpg | | pictures3 |
327 | | 1940 | picture | | Edie back from the Army | Edie1943.jpg | | pictures3 |
328 | | 2000 | picture | | Edie in her retirement home. | EdieAtHome.jpg | | pictures3 |
329 | | 1990 | picture | | Edie and Alex age 2. | edie_alex.jpg | | pictures3 |
330 | | 1990 | picture | | Edie and Marion find a frenchfry interesting. | edie_oooh.jpg | | pictures3 |
331 | | 1980 | picture | | Edie with Cyril and his wife, Lil. | edir_cyril_lil.jpg | | pictures3 |
332 | | 1970 | picture | | Ernie Taylor, wife Dorie, and Omer. | ErnieDorieOmer.jpg | | pictures3 |
333 | | 1970 | picture | | Family friend Eugene Kates, owner of Camp Arowhon. | Eugene.jpg | | pictures3 |
334 | | 1970 | picture | | David was given a go-cart by his cousin Doug. | G0CartFamily.JPG | | pictures3 |
335 | | 2000 | picture | | Gail Maeck (Dan's daughter) Cathy Dillon (Dellie's daughter), and Carl Young (Dellie's grandson). | GailCathyCarl.jpg | | pictures3 |
336 | | 2000 | picture | | Glenda and Gail (Dan's daughters) flanking Mabel. | gailGlendaMabel.jpg | | pictures3 |
337 | | 2000 | picture | | Les and Gail (Dan daughter) Maeck. | gail_les3.jpg | | pictures3 |
338 | | 2000 | picture | | Glenda (Dan's daughter) With Doug in the background
at Potter Creek. | glenda.jpg | | pictures3 |
339 | | 2000 | picture | | Glenda (Dan's daughter) With husband John Standing, and daughter Sarah. She got much better looking. | glenda_john_sarah.jpg | | pictures3 |
340 | | 1990 | picture | | Glenda (Dan's daughter) With daughter Sarah. | glenda_sarah.jpg | | pictures3 |
341 | | 1990 | picture | | Glynis and Alex. | GlynisAlex1.jpg | | pictures3 |
342 | | 1990 | picture | | Glynis with her brother David. | GlynisDavidMorgan.jpg | | pictures3 |
343 | | 1990 | picture | | Glynis with Alex age 0. | glynis_alex2.jpg | | pictures3 |
344 | | 2000 | picture | | David and Alex play in a band at Tamakwa. | greaseband2.JPG | | pictures3 |
345 | | 2000 | picture | | Mabel flanked by Mabel Torrence, with her caregiver Lita and neighbour Rose behind. | group5.jpg | | pictures3 |
346 | | 1980 | picture | | David in his TV show "The Half-A-Handy-Hour" | HHHdavid.jpg | | pictures3 |
347 | | 1980 | picture | | Omer on "The Half-A-Handy-Hour" | HHHomer.jpg | | pictures3 |
348 | | 1980 | picture | | Omer on "The Half-A-Handy-Hour" | HHHomer2.jpg | | pictures3 |
349 | | 1940 | picture | | Marion and Mabel portrait. | HotChicks.jpg | | pictures3 |
350 | | 1970 | picture | | Ian (Roy's son) and baby. | ian_baby.jpg | | pictures3 |
351 | | 1970 | picture | | Jean (Dan's wife), daughter Glenda, Omer, Jean's daughter-in-law Kelly, and Edie's sister Estelle. | jean_glenda_omer_kelly_estelle.jpg | | pictures3 |
352 | | 1990 | picture | | Joanne (Beverly and Brad Robinson's daughter) with husband Willie and son Ryan. | Joanne_willie_ryan.jpg | | pictures3 |
353 | | 2000 | picture | | Glenda's husband John with Gail's son Brady. | JohnBrady.jpg | | pictures3 |
354 | | 2000 | picture | | Jake's daughter Joanie . | joniedog.jpg | | pictures3 |
355 | | 1990 | picture | | David and Alex arrive at Potter Creek in the dippy. Foreground left, Doug and right daughter Karen. | karen_doug_dippie.jpg | | pictures3 |
356 | | 1970 | picture | | Bill's son Doug's daughter Karen 1971. | karen_june71.jpg | | pictures3 |
357 | | 1980 | picture | | Bill's son Doug's daughter Kim. | kim.jpg | | pictures3 |
358 | | 1950 | picture | | Mabel and David in the front. Delores (Edie's niece), Omer, Marion amd Lila with Potter Creek in the background. | LilaAndGang.JPG | | pictures3 |
359 | | 1980 | picture | | David shooting his show "Landscape of Geometry" William Tell is aiming. | LOGappleHead.jpg | | pictures3 |
360 | | 1980 | picture | | David shooting his show "Landscape of Geometry", as Napoleon. | LOGnapoleon.jpg | | pictures3 |
361 | | 1980 | picture | | David shooting his show "Landscape of Geometry", aged by the makeup department. | LOGold-2.jpg | | pictures3 |
362 | | 1980 | picture | | David shooting his show "Landscape of Geometry", as Robin Hood. | LOGrobinhood.jpg | | pictures3 |
363 | | 1990 | picture | | Alex and Glynis in Florida visiting old Tamakwans Lil and Lou Rosen. Lou was David's Forester section-head. | LouLilRosenGlynisAlexFlorida.jpg | | pictures3 |
364 | | 2000 | picture | | Mabel with Sarah Standing (Glenda's daughter) and Alex. | MabelsarahAlex.jpg | | pictures3 |
365 | | 1970 | picture | | Mabel and Bill on one of their travel holidays. | Mabel_bill_bus.jpg | | pictures3 |
366 | | 1980 | picture | | Moon (Stella) , and Mabel. | mabel_moon.jpg | | pictures3 |
367 | | 1970 | picture | | David in the Maison D'ore with band that became "The Happy Pals". Cliff Bastien banjo, Dennis Elder on drums, Max Leggat bass, and Brian Williams on clarinet. | MaisonDor.jpg | | pictures3 |
368 | | 1990 | picture | | Marion spent many happy hours in the kitchen of her Potter Creek cottage. | marioncottage.jpg | | pictures3 |
369 | | 1970 | picture | | Marion and husband George "Bun" Cherry. | marion_bun2.jpg | | pictures3 |
370 | | 1990 | picture | | Marilyn "Marnie" daughter of Bill with her aunt Mable/ | marnie_mabel.jpg | | pictures3 |
371 | | 1960 | picture | | David's first car (Renault R4) and dog, Minnie. | Minnie_R4.jpg | | pictures3 |
372 | | 1990 | picture | | Moon meets Alex for the first time. She declares him "A nice wee baby". Also present, Marion and Glynis. | moon_alex.jpg | | pictures3 |
373 | | 1990 | picture | | Moon with her son Malcolm. | moon_mac.jpg | | pictures3 |
374 | | 1980 | picture | | Moon's son Murray with his son, Andrew. | murray_andrew.jpg | | pictures3 |
375 | | 1980 | picture | | Murray Dunn spent his life flying Hercules aircraft, and got his 10,000 hour plaque. The co-pilot is his daughter Sandra. | murray_silvia_plane.jpg | | pictures3 |
376 | | 1980 | picture | | David's TV crew takes the time to dress up. | NASS_old_photo.jpg | | pictures3 |
377 | | 1990 | picture | | David shooting a Nuclear reactor. | NukeReactor.jpg | | pictures3 |
378 | | 1970 | picture | | For Omer's 65th birthday, he got two 32 and a half year cakes. | Omer65Cakes.jpg | | pictures3 |
379 | | 1980 | picture | | Omer at Beaver Canoe, inspecting the work. | OmerCanoeMould.jpg | | pictures3 |
380 | | 1980 | picture | | Omer giving a canoe talk. | OmerColor.jpg | | pictures3 |
381 | | 1980 | picture | | Omer and David in a Pointer boat. | OmerDavidPointer.jpg | | pictures3 |
382 | | 1980 | picture | | Omer and old Tamakwa friend Jim Lavine in his home workshop. | OmerJimLavine.jpg | | pictures3 |
383 | | 1980 | picture | | Edie's brother Nate centre, with wife Eva to the left. Omer on the right, others unknown. | OmerNateEva.jpg | | pictures3 |
384 | | 1960 | picture | | Omer portrait.
| omerNice.jpg | | pictures3 |
385 | | 1970 | picture | | Omer and Tamakwa friend Ron Trunsky.
| OmerTrunskyOlder.jpg | | pictures3 |
386 | | 1970 | picture | | Omer and brother Cyril.
| omer_cyril2.jpg | | pictures3 |
387 | | 1970 | picture | | Omer and sister Dellie berry picking.
| omer_dellie.jpg | | pictures3 |
388 | | 1970 | picture | | Roy, wife Bea in the middle, their grandkids.
| roy_bea.jpg | | pictures3 |
389 | | 1990 | picture | | Sam Handler with Alex and Glynis.
| SamHandlerAlexGlynis.jpg | | pictures3 |
390 | | 2000 | picture | | On the right, John Standing with wife Glenda below. Middle Les and Gail Maeck, far left, Sarah Standing with Edie below. Gail and Glenda are Dan's daughters.
| sarahGlendaGailJohnEdieLes.jpg | | pictures3 |
391 | | 2000 | picture | | Officer Sarah standing, Dan's grand-daughter. | SarahStandingCop.jpg | | pictures3 |
392 | | 1970 | picture | | Wam hitching a ride. | wam.jpg | | pictures3 |
393 | | 1950 | picture | | Ian Stringer with Jim's pet crow "Old Joe". | IanOldJoe.jpg | | pictures3 |
394 | | 1950 | picture | | Ian Stringer (Roy's Son). | IanFive.jpg | | pictures3 |
395 | | 1990 | video | | Edie Stringer's 80th birthday party. | edie80_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
396 | | 1990 | video | | Canoeing video "Can U Canoe" done by Karen and Kim (Doug's daughters) and David Stringer. It is the video version of Omer's book "The Canoeists Manual" Karen and Kim are in the video along with Kim's husband Tim, and family friend Jim Chatsick. | CanCanoe.mp4 | | video1 |
397 | | 1950 | video | | Omer's home movies from the 50's and 60's | HomeMovies_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
398 | | 1900 | picture | | Some history on Edie Stringer's mother, Celia. Use the "Full Size" option. Celia was born in Konotop, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. | CeliaHistory.jpg | | pictures3 |
400 | | 1970 | letter | | Favorite letter from Celia Tillinger to her grandson David Stringer. Celia was in the same home as Mrs. Slootsky, whose grandson Mark had just married David's friend Jackie who was four months pregnant. The band's featured number was "Shotgun". | ledabend.jpg | | letters1 |
401 | | 1940 | picture | | Edie Stringer with a shovel. | EdieShovel.jpg | | pictures3 |
402 | | 1950 | document | | Addition to Pappy's will to include Wam in the deal? | PappyWill.Jpg | | document1 |
403 | | 1940 | print | | Hotel Algonquin brochure from the 1940's. Many Canoe Lake Stringers worked there. The contact is Mrs. H. L. Grenke nee Lila Stringer. | hotelAlgonquinBro.jpg | | print1 |
404 | | 1910 | letter | | Remarkably positive letter from Pappy to his 10 year old daughter Katie, as he sets off for England to serve in WWI. | PappyKatie.jpg | | letters1 |
405 | | 1960 | print | | Ancestral Stringer story, concentrating on a different stream, but beginning in the 1700's it covers the ancestors of the Canoe Lake Stringers. | AncestralStringers.jpg | | print1 |
406 | | 2000 | print | | Tribute to Omer by Jeff Solway, of the Arowhon family. | OmerTribute.jpg | | print1 |
407 | | 1950 | print | | Transfer of Potter Creek lease from Archie Hutton to Cyril Stringer. This is the southernmost lease on the creek, west side. | CyrilLease.jpg | | print1 |
408 | | 1930 | picture | | Mabel, Marion, and Moon on a boat. | MabMarMoonBoat.jpg | | pictures3 |
409 | | 1940 | picture | | A group at Joe Lake Station. The highest guy with suspenders is Hank Grenke, husband of Lila, and one time owner of David Stringer's dippy. | JoeLakeStation.jpg | | pictures3 |
410 | | 1960 | print | | Stuff that no one knows about Omer. | OmerStuff.jpg | | print1 |
411 | | 1990 | document | | Speech by Kelly Stringer (Dan's daughter-in-law) about the Algonquin Stringers. Good stories, with a great one about Dan near the end. | KellySpeech.jpg | | document1 |
412 | | 1900 | picture | | Portrait of Catherine Culhane... Mammy. | mammy.jpg | | pictures3 |
413 | | 0 | print | | Excerpt from Gaye Clemson's book about Gertie Baskerville. Mentions of Mammy, Pappy, Wam, and Jim. Great Mammy portrait. | clemson.jpg | | print1 |
414 | | 0 | audio | | The Canoe Lake Orchestra featuring Wam on the piano. | 11.mp3 | | audio1 |
415 | | 0 | audio | | The Canoe Lake Orchestra featuring Wam on the fiddle. "Red River Valley" | RedRiverValley.mp3 | | audio1 |
416 | | 0 | audio | | The Canoe Lake Orchestra featuring Wam on the fiddle. "San Antonio Rose" | SanAntonioRose.mp3 | | audio1 |
417 | | 1960 | picture | | David's band "The original Dirt Band" goofy promo picture. | ODB1.jpg | | pictures3 |
418 | | 1970 | audio | | Tongue-in-cheek "Ballad of Omer Stringer" written and sung by his friend Ernie Taylor, chronicling his time as a Canoe Demonstrator for the Ontario Safety League. | BalladOS_fixed.mp3 | | audio1 |
419 | | 1970 | audio | | Family Friend Ernie Taylor sings "The Road to Mandalay", with David at the piano. | RoadToMandalay.mp3 | | audio1 |
420 | | 2020 | picture | | Alex and Henry, 2022 | AlexHenry.jpg | | pictures3 |
421 | | 2000 | video | | Carl Young's music video "No Longer There" David has a cameo as he pretends to play the guitar in an outdoor night scene. | No-Longer-There.mp4 | | video1 |
422 | | 1970 | video | | Omer talks about clamps on David's TVO program "Half-A-Handy-Hour". | Clamps_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
423 | | 1970 | video | | Omer talks about fireplaces on David's TVO program "Half-A-Handy-Hour". | Fireplace_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
424 | | 1970 | video | | Omer talks about hinges on David's TVO program "Half-A-Handy-Hour". | Hinges_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
425 | | 1970 | video | | Omer talks about planes on David's TVO program "Half-A-Handy-Hour". | Planes_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
426 | | 1970 | video | | Omer talks about ropes on David's TVO program "Half-A-Handy-Hour". | Ropes_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
427 | | 1970 | video | | Omer talks about whittling on David's TVO program "Half-A-Handy-Hour". | Whittling_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
428 | | 1980 | video | | "Live It Up" program featuring Omer, and his connection to Beaver Canoe. | LiveItUp_x264.mp4 | | video1 |
429 | | 1970 | picture | | Bev (Dunn) Robinson in the middle, daughter Joanne on the left, and Bill Cooke on the right. | BevEtAl.jpg | | pictures4 |
430 | | 1950 | picture | | Bun Cherry (Marion's husband) and Pappy. | BunPappy1950.jpg | | pictures4 |
431 | | 1960 | picture | | Cathy Dillon (Dellie's daughter). | Cathy.jpg | | pictures4 |
432 | | 1960 | picture | | Dan and wife Jean, unknown kid, and Moon (Stella) | DanJeanKidMoon.jpg | | pictures4 |
433 | | 1960 | picture | | Claude Lora, probably wife Mabel (Culhane) Lora, Dan and Wam. | DanWamGand.jpg | | pictures4 |
434 | | 1970 | picture | | Dellie and Roy's wife Bea. | dellieBea.jpg | | pictures4 |
435 | | 1970 | picture | | Edie's sister Estelle, Mabel, and Edie. | EstelleMabelEdie.jpg | | pictures4 |
436 | | 1960 | picture | | Claude Lora and Dan. In the Stringer family tradition, Dan has a partially assembled carburetor in his hand. | GuyAndDan.jpg | | pictures4 |
437 | | 1970 | picture | | Unknown in Omer's canoe. | GuyInOmerCanoe.jpg | | pictures4 |
438 | | 1970 | picture | | Dan's wife Jean, Cyril's wife Lil, and Edie. | JeanLilEdie.jpg | | pictures4 |
439 | | 1950 | picture | | Three of the Stringer girls, Lila, Marion, and Mabel. | LilaMarionMabel.jpg | | pictures4 |
440 | | 1950 | picture | | Cyril and Lil. | LilCyril.jpg | | pictures4 |
441 | | 1950 | picture | | Mabel, Eva (Lora) Cooke, Marion, and unknown. | MabelMarionAnd.jpg | | pictures4 |
442 | | 1950 | picture | | Mabel, Marion, Eva (Lora) Cooke and unknown. | MabelMarionAnd2.jpg | | pictures4 |
443 | | 1970 | picture | | Omer dances with sister Marion in her basement. Mabel in the background. | MabelOmerMarion.jpg | | pictures4 |
444 | | 1970 | picture | | Omer does a canoe demo at the opening of ontario place, May 1971. | OmerOntPlace.jpg | | pictures4 |
445 | | 1940 | picture | | Partial tree shows the relationship between the Cookes, and the Stringers. Mabel Lora was Mammy's sister. | treeSorted.jpg | | pictures4 |
446 | | 1950 | picture | | Mae Culhane, Jimmy Cooke, Edie and David Stringer | IdaJimEdieDavid.jpg | | pictures4 |
447 | | 1980 | picture | | Paddler magazine retrospective of Omer's life, by Kim Pressnail. | PaddlerSmrtPhone.jpg | | print1 |
448 | | 2020 | picture | | Alex, Tylar, and Henry Stringer, 2022 | AlexTylarHenry2022.jpg | | pictures4 |
449 | | 2020 | picture | | Henry stringer (son of Alex), 2022 | HeryTractor2022.jpg | | pictures4 |
450 | | 1940 | picture | | Omer with unknown dog. | OmerAndDog.jpg | | pictures4 |
451 | | 1940 | picture | | Omer with unknown hat. | OmerAndHat.jpg | | pictures4 |
452 | | 1930 | picture | | Omer was a guide for several years. | OmerGuide.jpg | | pictures4 |
453 | | 2020 | picture | | Alex and Family Christmas greeting 2022. | AlexFamilyXmas22.JPG | | pictures4 |
454 | | 2000 | print | | Doug Stringer Obituary 2008. | DougStringetObit.jpg | | print1 |
455 | | 1990 | print | | Chilling history of the family "dippy", currently owned by David Stringer. | DippyStory.jpg | | print1 |
456 | | 1950 | picture | | Leon Brooks' (Edie's brother) Store. See archive #410. | LeonBrooksStore.jpg | | pictures4 |
457 | | 1950 | document | | Edie's family tree from Russia. | MotherTree.jpg | | document1 |
458 | | 1950 | document | | David's footprint at birth. | birthFootprint.jpg | | document1 |
459 | | 0 | print | | Article by Roy MacGregor about Jim and Wam allegedly burning a Tom Thompson original sketch to keep warm one night. | macgregor.jpg | | print1 |
460 | | 1910 | picture | | Moon (Stella) and Mammy. Moon was born in 1910, so this is mid-decade. | moon_mammy.jpg | | pictures4 |