Techdenis007 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Pics of our visit to the Polar Bear Habitat & Heritage Site and Snowmobile Museum in Cochrane. Everybody has to visit this at least once in their lifetime.... Couple of the Girards Esso race team sleds ... A Super Sonic L/C 440 ... Kids sleds existed back in the 70's ... A Muckaluk ... The Massey Ferguson Ski Whiz. Same as our across-the-street neighbour in Manitouwadge had ... fond memories of trying to pull-start it when it stalled ... '70 Alpine 399, same as mine but much cleaner and much more original ... '82 Elite ... 3 or 4 T'nt's .... 250 R/V Silver Bullet ... Black Dot ... 72 340 ... Long line of 'Doo's .... Real old school Spitfire ... Skiroule ... Love the Coleman decal on it ... The original Timbersled ... Lots more pics of the sleds, gotta keep some secret ... Part of the Heritage village ... the Homestead ... Typical kitchen cook stove, most had a water heater and warmer on the top section, this one doesn't ... Also typical of the day, many kids per room .... Trapper's cabin, prolly a welcome sight after a long day on the trapline ... Prolly never that clean when he's using it .. 10 Horse Johnson .... In the Blacksmith's shop .... love the old calipers ... Sharpening stone, hand crank ... Drill press .... Forge, c/w air induction to raise the temps ... there were some buckets of coal nearby that would be used for forging... Some of the "vehicles" used back in the day ... Mom's first job as a young adult was to work the switchboards for Bell Telephone in Montreal. This would be a miniature version of a similar board. Very rarely seen today. Some of you might remember the old wood cook stove I have in my garage, it was in fact made by THIS company ... A couple for you Revrnd, I thought you'd be interested in these ... Lots more to see, the rail station is really neat, lots of CN related stuff ... Definitely worthy of a visit ... Portion of the map showing the rail stations and lines in Northern Ontario. Outside the train station... We're definitely going to go back this summer, and bring the in-law's, and spend more time. We saw all 3 polar bears, took plenty of pics of them too. Bigger than our black bears ... lots longer body, and taller ... HUGE paws ... BTW Sledjunk, Terry's was closed for renovations, ended up having lunch at Harvey's / Swiss Chalet (fail, chicken overcooked) ... no-one but me wanted to go to JR's, so I got outvoted .... (I called SJ for lunch advise, knowing his Cochrane experience and love for a good soup ... lol !! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pstn head Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Great pictures... Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Awesome! We are in Cochrane this December 29 - January 1 (weather and trails willing), and hope to be able to visit those spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomo Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Great post Denis..! As I recall, those bears were cubs not too many months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedtoSkidoo Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledjunk Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Great post, Denis. As Slomo said, they do look small but are probably still young and growing. When we were there a few years ago, there was only 1 lonely bear and my daughter was a little disappointed. We toured the snowmobile museum, but the rest of the buildings were closed, IIRC. It was between Christmas and New Years. Sorry to hear that Terry's was closed, but hopefully it will be open better than ever for next winter. Maybe, they'll even be open for breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCC Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Thanks for sharing the pictures, we are planning on heading up next week to see the Bear Habitat & Heritage Site and Snowmobile Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techdenis007 Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 3 hours ago, KCC said: Thanks for sharing the pictures, we are planning on heading up next week to see the Bear Habitat & Heritage Site and Snowmobile Museum. Plan 3-4 hours, if you're interested in the old village. I could have lurked around there all day inspecting everything .... Sled museum is nice, but quick to go through. Lots of sweatshirts, t-shirts and trinkets in the gift shop too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techdenis007 Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 3 hours ago, sledjunk said: Sorry to hear that Terry's was closed, but hopefully it will be open better than ever for next winter. Maybe, they'll even be open for breakfast. No problem .... we'll sample it in sledding season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Denis, great pics. One of our crew spent part of the day there when his SRX holed a piston on the 'old' routing of TOP A south of Strickland ( I miss that part of the trail). My grand father had a little blacksmith shop on his farm. Never saw him making anything, but remember cranking on the forge & blowing soot everywhere. His grindstone looked a bit more modern (a relative term LOL). Great for turning styrofoam into 'snow'. I think the cook stove in the 'summer kitchen' was bigger than that one. We have a couple of the old fashioned irons still. Grandma sold the farm in '69, the year after grandpa died. The subsequent owner (AZZHAT) burned the barn down a few years later. His story was he had a leaky oxy acetylene set. No hydro to the barn so I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCC Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Denis, Thank you for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Wow, Denis Thanks for assembling this (probably not the first time you've heard that, LOL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techdenis007 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Canuck said: Wow, Denis Thanks for assembling this (probably not the first time you've heard that, LOL). 2nd time actually.... see last post above yours .... It's fun sharing something that some of you have been so close to but never had occasion to visit. Probably best seen during the no snow season to best enjoy the heritage village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techdenis007 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Canuck said: Wow, Denis Thanks for assembling this (probably not the first time you've heard that, LOL). Lol I just got it .... !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Wood grate from the firebox of the cook stove. There is a crank hanging on the wall in Denis' pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweese Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Great pictures... I had a 72 TNT 340 as my first sled... wasn't nearly as nice as that one mind you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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