Stolen Church of Lake Windermere Gains Local Fame
A Canadian village story recalls how Donald residents moved to Golden and stole their old church to Windermere over a hundred miles, leaving the steeple and bell behind. The bishop demanded its return, but the community stayed, and the site thrives as the famed Stolen Church with growing Windermere ties.
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Lake Windermere
British Columbia
Mary Graham Bonner
Canadian Pacific Railway
Donald
Golden
Windermere
Dan
Hannd
I Rav
Shaasr
New Westminster
Banff
Spokane
M Stn
Canadian National Sixth Annual Tour To the Pacific Coast
Canadian National launches its sixth annual tour departing Winnipeg on July 4 with a sleeping car train dining car and radio observation car. The party stops at Prince Rupert then sails 560 miles through the Inside Passage to Vancouver with Victoria optional for no extra cost. The itinerary covers major sights and includes meals and entertainment arranged in advance. Local CN agent provides full details.
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Winnipeg
National
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Victoria
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Announces Cheap Pacific Coast Excursions
The Canadian Pacific Railway offers cheap excursion fares to the Pacific Coast and Eastern Canada. Tickets on sale May 15 through Sept 30, with return by Oct 19. Passage on the Trans Canada Limited requires a Standard Sleeping Car Ticket, and a $10 fee covers meals and a berth on the boats between Fort William Port McNicoll and Owen Sound. Details from any Canadian Pacific Agent or phone 28, Hamilton, Man.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific Coast
Eastern Canada
Trans Canada Limited
Canadian Pacific
Fort William
Port McNicoll
Owen Sound
Hamiota
Man
Swine Club Formed In Hamidta District
Membership in the Hamiotea Swine Club is open to any boy or girl in town or on the farm aged ten to twenty one. Members should own two to five pigs or a litter and aim to feed more than two. Pigs born in April are preferred for October fair. May pig growth is faster. Only pigs sired by registered bacon boars and from good sows are suitable. Join by notifying Ken XK Fraser or Fred Penny to receive rules.
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Hamiotea Swine Club
Ken XK. Fraser
Fred Penny
5000 Facts About Canada Jubilee Edition
The 1927 issue of 5000 Facts About Canada celebrates sixty years of Confederation and highlights national progress in fifty chapters from Agriculture to Yukon. Compiled by Frank Veigh, the tabloid cyclopedia urges wide circulation and suggests the government could promote it abroad. Copies cost 35 cents and are available from Canadian Facts Publishing, 585 Huron Street, Toronto.
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Canada
Cyclopedia of
The
Dominion
Frank Veigh
Yukon
Canadian Facts Publishing Company
Huron Street
Toronto 2
Canadian Silver Fox News Special Section Preview
Rod and Gun and Canadian Silver Fox News returns this month as a profusely illustrated special section. It showcases Canada’s attractions to tourists with an editorial by Hon. Charles Stewart welcoming visitors to the Dominion. The issue covers provinces from New Brunswick to British Columbia and includes hunting fishing and outdoor life material. Published monthly by W J Taylor Limited Woodstock Ontario.
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Canada
Silver Fox News
Charles Stewart
Dominion
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Rod and Gun
W.j.taylor, Limited
Woodstock
Ont
Prize Display Promises at Hamiota Horticultural Fair
The Hamiota Echo announces a special prize at the Hort icultural Fair for School Children of Hamiota Municipality. The best display of The Wild Flowers of the Prairie will be judged on specimen count attractiveness and proper naming. Get busy now boys and girlie.
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Hamiota
Chevrolet Sets Global Production Records in March
Chevrolet Motor Car Company reports record output in March with 107000 cars produced in Canada and the United States. Daily production averaged 4316, new 5075 daily mark on March 31. Canada up 95 percent from March 1926. U.S. output up 65.6 percent from March 1926 and 148.1 percent over March 1924.
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Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Canada
United States
Chevrolet
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