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The tale of the missing Bannonckburn steamer

The tale of the missing Bannonckburn steamer

This week, we learn about a steamer that disappeared during the gales of November in 1902 never to be seen again... or was she?
How one of the city's narrowest streets got its name

How one of the city's narrowest streets got its name

This week's Remember This chronicles the history of Edward and Eliza Biggings
The story of Josephine the Burro

The story of Josephine the Burro

This week's edition of Remember This recounts a local woman's mission to bring a Mexican burro home to the Sault
The first European woman to ride St. Marys rapids remembered

The first European woman to ride St. Marys rapids remembered

When Mrs. Jameson came to the Americas with her husband, Attorney-General of Upper Canada she wasn't content to resign herself to the life of a housewife
That time the Sault went loonie for a week

That time the Sault went loonie for a week

This week, we remember the one-time week-long festival held to celebrate the loonie coin designed by local artist Robert-Ralph Carmichael
Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a cabin in Algoma

Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed a cabin in Algoma

The E. H. Pitkin Summer Lodge, located on Sapper Island, is the last surviving Frank Lloyd Wright building left in Canada
When Mr. Dressup came to town

When Mr. Dressup came to town

Unpacking the Tickle Trunk with Ernie Coombs on his trips to the Sault
That time a doctor submitted a design for the Canadian flag

That time a doctor submitted a design for the Canadian flag

Area physician/coroner/researcher, Jean Pigeon, researched and campaigned for health and safety in the early 60s - and designed a flag for Canada
That time gas was 18 cents a gallon in the Sault

That time gas was 18 cents a gallon in the Sault

There was a great outcry of indignation when it nearly doubled to 30 cents a gallon in 1916
Remembering when court was held at the Sheriff's house

Remembering when court was held at the Sheriff's house

Cells were built at the Old Stone House to lock up prisoners awaiting trial