Not Tonight…
Thursday 10 Aug. NO WALK
Due to construction in the area…sorry for the late notice!
Thursday 10 Aug. NO WALK
Due to construction in the area…sorry for the late notice!
While our scheduled walks are over for the season, we are available for private walks (min. 5 people) in Port Dover, Niagara-On-The-Lake & Hamilton. Why not share some “living history” with your group? We are available to share the history of Pyrates, The Great Lakes and Canada with schools, museums, libraries, youth/senior groups, team building…just…
Avast & belay…it’s a beautiful day! UPDATE: It WAS a beautiful day…unfortunately it turned into a muggy, rainy evening…see ye next week! Join us at 7 pm this evening (17 Aug.) for the next installment o’ Pyrate Lore & Harbour Walks™. If ye’ve seen the local paper recently, ye may have noticed us in a…
The weather during the last couple o’ walks was a bit…chilly! Tonight, however, the sun is shining, the breeze is light and we’re ready to regale ye with tales o’ The Great Lakes, The Welland Canal and ports beyond! (It will get dark before the tour is over, so bringing a jacket may be in…
I’d never heard o’ Lee Romao before our mate Jeff Coyle posted a link to Romao’s portrait o’ one o’ the world’s best known sailors – POPEYE. This is spectacular… Turns out, Lee is a Canadian Digital artist based in Vancouver, BC and has worked on many diverse projects for over a decade. At last…
A brief introduction…my matrilineal Great Uncle, Joseph Cyprien Béchard, was a very smart man – for someone who never went to school past 8th grade. Born in Québec, Canada in 1889 he moved to Massachusetts at about the age o’ 16. In those days, crossing that particular border was a small thing – if ye…
Pyrates & History? But of course! We were invited to share our knowledge o’ Pyrates, Privateers & History at one o’ our favourite places in S. Ontario – the Port Dover Harbour Museum! The summer camp program supplied 25 potential Powder Monkeys (a bloody smart crew, this lot) who listened intently and asked many good questions –…