Dore Lake Memories
Tom and Mary McBride
By Opal Swedberg. From 1948 to the 1960s, our towerman was Tom McBride. Mary, his wife, was of native origin and although she spoke little or no English and Tom never spoke Cree, they never had a communication problem. Whenever Mary wanted to go to the South End of Dore she would come to our cabin, knock on the door and say, "You take me my house Dore Lake", and away we would go. Many pleasant evenings were spent listening to Tom's stories, about his arrival in Canada, from Ireland and his life in the North. One day Del Joncas went to visit Tom and Mary. As he entered the cabin he said, "Gee Mary it smells good in here, what are you cooking, chicken?" "No", replied Mary, "Whoo, Whoo! (owl)" 
August, 1955. 
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| The Great Fur Land |
| The Death of Albert Johnson |
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Buffalo Narrows
| Gold and Other Stories |
Berry Richards
| Ausland Lake |
Northern Saskatchewan
| Deep River Fur Farm |
| Deep River Trapping Page |
| Deep River Fishing Page |
| My Norwegian Roots |
| Aasland Farm |
| My Norwegian Family |
| Early Mink of People Canada |
E. Rendle Bowness
| The Manager's Tale |
Hugh McKay Ross
| Sakitawak Bi-Centennial |
200 Year History.
| Lost Land of the Caribou |
Ed Theriau
| A History of Buffalo Narrows |
| Hugh (Lefty) McLeod |
Bush Pilot
| George Greening |
Bush Pilot
| Timber Trails |
A History of Big River
| Joe Anstett, Trapper |
| Bill Windrum, Bush Pilot |
| Face the North Wind |
By Art Karas
| North to Cree Lake |
By Art Karas
| Look at the Past |
A History Dore Lake
| George Abbott |
A Family History
| These Are The Prairies |
| William A. A. Jay, Trapper |
| John Hedlund, Trapper |
| Deep River Photo Gallery |
| Cyril Mahoney, Trapper |
| Saskatchewan |
A Pictorial History
| Who's Who in furs |
1952 to 1956
| A Century in the Making |
A Big River History
| Wings Beyond Road's End |
| The Northern Trapper, 1923 |
| My Various Links Page |
| Ron Clancy, Author |
| Roman Catholic Church |
A History from 1849
| Frontier Characters - Ron Clancy |
| Northern Trader - Ron Clancy |
| Various Deep River Videos |
| How the Indians Used the Birch |
| The Great Fur Land |
| The Death of Albert Johnson |
| A Mink and Fish Story |
Buffalo Narrows
| Gold and Other Stories |
Berry Richards