Part 1 of this story ended under a brilliant-blue sky on Aug. 13, 1952, with the 250-foot-long Manchester Explorer slowly steaming outbound through “the…
Author of the article: John Martinello
Publishing date: Apr 21, 2021  â¢Â 1 hour ago  â¢Â 6 minute read  â¢Â Loading bags of beans into the hold of the Superior at the Wallaceburg Government Dock, 1938. The Superior was a frequent visitor to Wallaceburg s Government Dock. Like the Magog, the Superior was a package freighter and, at 262 feet long and 39 feet wide, was very similar in size to the Magog. This photo gives some idea of what it would have looked like when pallet-loads of glassware, and other cargoes, were slung into the hold of the Magog. Photo from the March-April 1991 edition of Telescope. jpg, WC
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The Early Years of Portland, 1800s-1940s
The Ionia County town of Portland was home to many Native American tribes, pre-1830s. Then in 1833, Elisha Newman arrived and settled near the Looking Glass and Grand rivers. Portland is now known as “The City of Two Rivers” as both flow through downtown.
Why was it named Portland ?
Sometime around 1836, the settlers got together for a meeting in order to give their new community a name...mainly, because they felt mail would get to them easier if they had an actual town name. Some of the suggestions given at the meeting were Boguetown, Boyerville, Jamestown, and Newmanville. As the names were being pondered over, one of the attendees,
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You never know what will happen. What youâll learn.
The follow-up to âLines and Shadows (Part 1) â Red Wingâ was going to be âLines and Shadows (Part 2) â Two Houses.â It didnât turn out that way.
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It didnât turn out that way because, shortly after I submitted Part 1 for publication, I called Guido Marini in Toronto. Guido Marini, the son of Italian immigrant parents, was born in Wallaceburg in 1929. He got his first full-time job at the Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank at the corner of James and Duncan streets in Wallaceburg. That first job was his first step on a banking career that took Guido to a vice-presidency at the TD Bank. I wrote about Guidoâs life and career in a story called âThe Lucky Kid from Earl Streetâ that was published in the Courier Press in December 20