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ANOTHER MAN OF MANY TALENTS
1957
Pikwakanagan Indian Reserve, Golden Lake, Ontario

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Husband to Mabel Vandette married for 65 years and father of three boys and three girls. At first he spent a lot of time away doing contract work in Kitchener and Southern Ontario and various surrounding areas. Later he worked in Pembroke, Ontario, where they lived in Golden Lake and started the first confectionary store in the community. He was a business man, carpenter, for a short time a Band Councilor and a teacher. He taught Stanley Sarazin and Percy Commanda the craft of canoe building.

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HE HELPED BUILD THE GREAT CANOE!
1957
Pikwakanagan Indian Reserve, Golden Lake, Ontario

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Matt Bernard taught the craft of canoe building to his son Mike Bernard and in one of the pictures to follow- you can see Mike embrassing one of the huge ribs for the massive canoe.

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MIKE BERNARD A CANOE BUILDER HIMSELF
1957
Pikwakanagan Indian Reserve, Golden Lake, Ontario