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    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview. 00:00 Introduction, Moving to Petawawa 02:07 Dance Halls 02:20 Local families and cottages 05:38 Logging Industry 06:15 Recreati

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview. 00:00 Introduction, Moving to Petawawa 00:20 Local Families 01:10 Schools (S.S. #3 Petawawa) 05:25 Clothing 05:50 Schools 06:25

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview. 00:00 Introduction 00:14 Schools (SS #3 Black Bay Road) 02:03 Local families 02:29 Village of Petawawa, life in 03:09 Farming 04

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview . 00:00 Introduction 01:37 Laundry 02:15 Farming 06:37 Selkirk's Store 07:00 Apiary (Bee-Keeping) 08:49 Family 09:43 Communicatio

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview . 00:00 Introduction 01:17 Family history 02:50 Education (learning English) 07:00 Military camps 08:04 Local families 10:38 Selk

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview . 00:00 Introduction 00:17 Moving to Alice/Petawawa Townships 00:30 Working as telephone operator 01:10 Relocation and meeting hu

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview . 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Farming 02:56 Selling of home (recent) 05:29 Farming 06:45 Lumber Camps 07:49 Road Building/Path Maste

    This audio is from a recorded interview with Mr. B.G. Watt of Petawawa, Ontario. Discussions of the lumber industry in the Petawawa area dominates most of the interview.

    This interview has not been transcribed. A summary of the interview can be downloaded on the right hand navigation bar of this page. This audio has been edited to remove long pauses and silences to d

    There are unexplained gaps in the narrative, located at 00:03:48 and again at 00:07:15. This audio has been edited to remove long pauses and silences to decrease playing time.

    This audio will be best listened to using head phones to help minimize background noise. This audio has been edited to remove long pauses and silences to decrease playing time.

    The recording begins with no introduction. Find below a general guide to topics and the time on the recording to find them. 00:01:00 Family history, settlement, logging 00:05:30 Pembroke Lumber Co. 0

    Find below a general guide to topics and the time on the recording to find them. 00:02:00 Equipment used 00:04:00 Changes in Petawawa 00:06:15 Electricity to Petawawa 00:07:00 Roads to Pembroke, tran

    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

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview . 00:00 Introduction 00:13 Reasons for immigration 01:00 Conditions on boats travelling overseas 02:14 War of 1812 03:50 Moving t

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview . 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Family history 02:43 Education 03:35 Beginning work for Amos Bros. 4:28 CN Rail/Grand Trunk Railway 10

    Use the following guide to search out certain topics in the interview . 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Family history 01:00 Working for Lumber companies 01:42 Cottages at Petawawa Point 04:18 Pembroke Lumb