[Public-List] Alden 32 now upper Michigan Rendevous

[Peter Milley]

Hi Gord,
I had family in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment  that were lost at the
Battle of the Somme. I had no idea that the "Blue Putties" had served in a
Upper Canada. Can you direct me to reference material on the same?
Peter Milley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Alden 32 now upper Michigan Rendevous


> It is also near the place where in the War of 1812 Lt. Livingston (sort of
a
> North American Lawrence of Arabia type) captured USS Scorpion and Tigress
> from canoes with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and Mohawks. The Royal
Navy
> re-named the schooners Surprise and Confiance; I named our boat as much
for
> that Surprise as for Jack Aubrey's.
>
> I have always wanted to see  those waters.
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
>
>
> > John
> >
> > Hilton Beach is on St. Joseph Island at the western end of the North
> > Channel.  It is located where the St. Joseph Channel opens up into the
> > North Channel.  Legend has it that Longfellow penned the poem Hiawatha
> > in the area.  It is a very beautiful area of the North Channel which
> > gets very little traffic.
> >
> > Brian Zinser
> >
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