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Girls I would like to "dedicate" this blog to someone I miss very much. I dedicate this "in memory to my Late Aunt Carol" I have meny relitives that I have beed very fond of but there are some who mean the world to me. I would like to introduce to you all my Aunt Carol. My Aunt is someone who at first if you met her would seem very "negitive" with her attude. Yes most who has crossed her path would say that but she was a person of determination in all that she did. she was this way because like most of my relitives of a family of 17 grew up this way. My grandparents where poor even though my grand father worked in a lumber mill as a Boiler man every dollar made fed his family. Growing up in the 40 's and 50 's my mom and her sister one of five has told me meny stories of the hardship living in thoes times. Aunt Carol married in 1979 to a aboriginal and moved to a resurve known as "Bear Island " located on Lake Temagami, Ontario. As a "white" woman life on the island was hard because she was an outsider to most natives. another fact that made thing hard was that living on a island in the far north was very isolated. acess to the island was limited at times during the year . In summer they traveled by steel boat so all provistions was transported this way . In fall boats only operated til ice formed on the lake untill it was compleatly froze. In winter once the lake had over 36 inches of ice a "ice road " was plowed so that cars and light trucks to could tavel to and from the island. Lake Temegami is a very deep lake with lots of sholes and very little beaches.the lake has lots of granit rock and pleaty white and red old growth pine. I takes a strong willed person to live in a place like this and my aunt was like that . In 2002 I lost her to breast cancer and since then every time I return to " B.I " bear Island I feel her spirit there . and as i cross that ice road I know she watching over me . So I like to say "thank you Auntie Carol " you will never be forgoten and in the words of the "Ojjibway " Miggwitch !! Than you !
