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  1. Nice video production on how the S.S. Keewatin -- the only Edwardian-era passenger steamship remaining in the world -- was saved from being scrapped (several times) and, ultimately, restored for display as a museum in Kingston, Ontario, which includes much of the ship's original furnishings, fixtures, and artifacts:
    youtube.com/watch?v=4ghD2rJ2jH
    #Keewatin #SSKeewatin #ships #Edwardian #KingstonOntario

  2. (The #Keewatin #TribalCouncil declared a regional #StateOfEmergency on Thursday afternoon to draw attention to the "dire" situations on the northern #Manitoba communities & to urge #immediate #GovernmentAction .
    The tribal council is made up of 11 communities, including #Shamattawa FirstNation & GodsLakeFirstNation - which have already declared states of emergency in the last six months.)

    cbc.ca/amp/1.6788564

    #Canada #HumanRights #Indigenous #NativePeoples #HelpNeeded #CommunityInCrisis

  3. K1 are the KIDD grandparents, parents, etc #genealogy
    A2, A3, etc were #alleged ATKINSON cousins as reported in 1927 #FamilyHistory
    After 50yrs researching, I have NOT found #PaperTrail connections; waiting for #DNA
    NOTE: Most of these #pioneering families #homesteaded in #UpperCanada later #GoingWest to Manitoba, #Keewatin, Saskatchewan, #Assiniboa, Alberta and #Athabasca Districts
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