Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXII
Violet thought a sudden gust of wind must have pushed the houseboat forward, ramming it into the steam tug; resulting in the stern of the...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XX
Violet ruminated on just how far a dollar could be stretched. Son Wesley worked all summer and with $15 he bought himself a couple of...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XIX
For years Violet read scriptures from the Bible to her children after the noon meal and the children enjoyed it. In fact, son Paul took a...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XVIII
While repairing the roof of the houseboat, Violet fell through, just missing the cast iron box stove. She described the fall as terrible...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XVII
In the waning days of summer in 1944 Orrah and Violet towed a boom of logs to the Border Mill, leaving eleven year old Floyd and nine...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XVI
Mr. J. A. Matthew’s houseboat had eight rooms, a combination dining and living room, a small galley, a pump-room and bathroom downstairs...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XV
The two young hired men not only jumped ship taking a good portion of what was left of their summers grubstake. The desertion was the...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness--A Mother's Story: Part XIV
According to Violet, when she was getting ready for school lessons. “all hell broke loose” and she lost the battle to teach her children....
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XIII
In 1938 the Canadian Government started paying each family money for each child that they had, Orrah would not let Violet have any. ...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XII
Orrah almost never did any remodeling or ever built anything such as tables, benches or bunks, but never stopped Violet from doing so and...
