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---285128509-1420388700-1359209804=:15367 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi AllBelow is an email that I sent a bunch of my friendsand thought some o= f you might be interested.Mr Sheldon also was a birder and made observation= s about the birds in an Alaska winter.Just last night I was reading the cha= pter where he walked 50miles in early Feb to see for himself reports of win= tering mallards,The temp was mild - he said - only -25F! Took him 5 days th= ere and back.Here is the emailThe reason for me writing was about an idea I= had for a promotionfor South West Nova. =A0A little shot in the arm for To= urism!Charles Sheldon was known as one of North Americia finest Naturalists= .He was called the Father of Denali - the crown jewel of US parks.A full bi= o can be found at=A0http://www.denali.national-park.com/info.htm#estaalong = with many other sites in Google.Tom Walker said it best in an email to me."= Sheldon was intending to climb the mountain with Kartens but, as Karstens p= ut it, "He went and ruined it all by getting married." Children followed that=A0union and although Sheldon continued to go afield, his fam= ily came first. He was an Easterner and had close ties to the weather and e= nvironment of the east. The place in Nova Scotia was near and dear to him a= nd eventually was the place where he died suddenly of an apparent heart att= ack in 1928. He was a gentleman, had a wonderful family, and together the S= heldons enjoyed Nova Scotia each summer as a family."His cabin was at Beave= rskin Lake in Keji.However we have sort of overlooked him but I cann't thin= k of a better recommendation forthe area than that.Do you think something t= o mark his cabin would be appropriate?Perhaps a plaque along with a Charles= Sheldon Festival?I know you are good at such things.Please feel free to di= rect any question to me.The article on the Mersey River in Canadian Outdoor= s will soon be appearing.=A0Hope you enjoy itPaul ---285128509-1420388700-1359209804=:15367 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;">Hi All<div>Below is an email that I sent a bu= nch of my friends</div><div>and thought some of you might be interested.</d= iv><div>Mr Sheldon also was a birder and made observations about the birds = in an Alaska winter.</div><div>Just last night I was reading the chapter wh= ere he walked 50</div><div>miles in early Feb to see for himself reports of= wintering mallards,</div><div>The temp was mild - he said - only -25F! Too= k him 5 days there and back.</div><div>Here is the email</div><div><div sty= le=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.921875px; outline: none; f= ont-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255,= 255, 255);">The reason for me writing was about an idea I had for a promot= ion</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.921875px;= outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for South West Nova. A little= shot in the arm for Tourism!</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;= line-height: 15.921875px; outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, cl= ean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Charles Sheldon was= known as one of North Americia finest Naturalists.</div><div style=3D"marg= in: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.921875px; outline: none; font-family= : arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)= ;">He was called the Father of Denali - the crown jewel of US parks.</div><= div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.921875px; outline: = none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: r= gb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=3D"line-height: 1.2em; outline: none; font-= size: 10pt;">A full bio can be found at http://www.denali.national-par= k.com/info.htm#esta</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.921875px; outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, cl= ean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">along with many oth= er sites in Google.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-heig= ht: 15.921875px; outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-= serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tom Walker said it best in an= email to me.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15= .921875px; outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;= background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"<span style=3D"line-height: 16px; = outline: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"= >Sheldon was intending to climb the mountain with Kartens but, as Karstens = put it, "He went and ruined it all by getting married." Children followed t= hat union and although Sheldon continued to go afield, his family came= first. He was an Easterner and had close ties to the weather and environment of the east. The place in Nova Scotia was near and dear to him= and eventually was the place where he died suddenly of an apparent heart a= ttack in 1928. He was a gentleman, had a wonderful family, and together the= Sheldons enjoyed Nova Scotia each summer as a family."</span></div><div st= yle=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.921875px; outline: none; = font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255= , 255, 255);"><span style=3D"line-height: 16px; outline: none; font-family:= Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">His cabin was at Beaverski= n Lake in Keji.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-h= eight: 15.921875px; outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sa= ns-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=3D"line-height= : 16px; outline: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size= : 10pt;">However we have sort of overlooked him but I cann't think of a better recommendation for</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: = 0px; line-height: 15.921875px; outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica= , clean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=3D"= line-height: 16px; outline: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif= ; font-size: 10pt;">the area than that.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0= px; padding: 0