CARIBBEAN PARADISE AFUSION OF AFRICAN AND BRITISH HISTORY

THUNDER BAY, ON - October 20, 2009 - A centuries-old document on exhibit at one of Barbados’s oldest plantation houses, St. Nicholas Abbey, was a stark reminder to me of the reality of slavery. The document was a chattel inventory, listing the plantation’s 184 slaves and carefully written beside each, their value in pounds. Here at the magnificent Abbey – and elsewhere on beautiful Barbados – the sensitive history of slavery is open and up-front.   read more.....>

WORLD’S FIRST ATTEMPT TO SOLO KAYAK AROUND ALL OF THE GREAT LAKES

THUNDER BAY, ON - May 1, 2009 - On Saturday, May 2, photographer, writer and kayaking guide Bryan Hansel from Grand Marais,, Minnesota, will paddle out of the Grand Marais harbour on a 5-month, 3,800-mile solo kayak circumnavigation of all the Great Lakes – the world’s first attempt to do it by kayak. Bryan’s  goals for the trip are to produce a coffee table photography book showing Great Lakes from a kayak, promote paddle sports in Mid-West and resource protection on the Great Lakes. read more...>