A Lumber Camp Tall Tale plus Canadian Boxer Sammy Luftspring

03/02/2023 12 min
A Lumber Camp Tall Tale plus Canadian Boxer Sammy Luftspring

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Episode Synopsis

This week, Kate talks about lumber camps. There's thousands of lumber camp stories - this is one of them. Plus, Paul talks about Jewish-Canadian boxer Sammy Luftspring. A shy, slight young man who overcame discrimination - and perhaps even used it as a springboard to success - and became one of Canada's best boxers in the mid 1900's.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]