• Niagara History and Poetry Episode 2 - Bears in a Canoe

  • Jan 1 2025
  • Length: 21 mins
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Niagara History and Poetry Episode 2 - Bears in a Canoe

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  • Bears are rarely seen in Niagara today, but they were certainly here in the 19th century. In this episode I examine a story from a guidebook about a bear climbing into a fisherman's canoe in the middle of the Niagara River, and two poems also describing this incident.

    Poems & other sources mentioned

    Erieus (Adam Hood Burwell, known as the Pioneer Poet). Journal of a Day’s Journey in Upper Canada in October, 1816

    Charles Edwin Jakeway. Laura Secord

    George W. Holley, ed. The Falls of Niagara.
    Florio (Clement Clarke Moore). A Legend of Niagara
    McIntyre, James. Bear and Falls

    Information about recent sightings of bears https://www.wbfo.org/environment/2018-11-05/dec-confirms-resident-bears-in-niagara-county
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