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Interview - Mrs. G.E. "Minnie" Robertson

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Creators

G.E. Robertson, Interviewee

Darlene Fitzgerald

, Interviewer

Media Type

Audio

Text

Item Type

Audiocassettes

Description

This audio is from a recorded interview with Mrs. G.E. "Minnie" Robertson, born in Cobden, Ontario. She discusses summer family vacations at a cottage at Petawawa Point. She also discusses military camp, lumber industry and general recreation and life in the area.

Notes

Find below a general guide to topics and the time on the recording to find them.
00:03:00 Dances and dance hall
00:07:15 "Old Victoria" Boat
00:08:20 Lumber Industry
00:09:22 Cottage life on Petawawa Point
00:11:27 Transportation
00:13:05 Stores and Maclean Family
00:16:19 Spring on Pembroke Hill
00:17:03 Recreation and Entertainment
00:20:11 Lumber Industry
00:21:44 Abrupt Topic Change - Transportation
00:23:32 Abrupt Topic Change
00:24:35 Doctors and Hospitals
00:27:58 Churches
This audio has been edited to remove long pauses and silences to decrease playing time.

Date of Original

Juky 15, 1984

Date Of Event

circa 1906

Playing Time

00:34:20

Subject(s)

Cabins
Churches
Health care
Hospitals
Interviews
Lumber
Lumber industry
Recreation
Transportation

Local identifier

PPL_IV_Robertson

Collection

Len Hopkins Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Petawawa

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45.90012 Longitude: -77.33277

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