I have finished (I think!) the Family History of the Munros of Glenwood, Newfoundland. I have printed about 40 copies and distributed some free to family members who have helped with the research, and also to various Libraries and Clan Munro Associations. Copies are available to others to purchase for $25.00 Canadian plus shipping. The book has 70 pages of text and quite a few pictures, and includes genealogy charts. It deals with the pioneer family of Alexander Munro of Prince Edward Island (who moved to Newfoundland about 1891) and Julia Pelley of Black Island, Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland. It was prepared mainly for the information of family members, but if anyone else is interested in getting a hard copy, you can contact me at:
munro.ja@gmail.com.

Also, you can download an electronic PDF version here:

• The Munros of Glenwood, Newfoundland

 

This will highlight an Early Forestry Development attempt in Labrador at Kaipokok Bay, by the Grieve  Family of Scotland in the 1930′s and 1940′s.

Munro, John A. Public Timber Allocation Policy in Newfoundland. PhD Thesis for the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Graduate Studies. 1978.

Remarks by John Munro on Receiving the Tree of Life Award, at the CIF Newfoundland & Labrador Section Annual Meeting at the Humber Valley Resort, on October 19, 2006

I am very pleased to receive this Tree of Life Award. To me it implies one is in a forest stand, supported by other trees and a root system for nourishment and mutual support.

This makes me realize how much I have benefited over the years from being part of the Canadian Institute of Forestry, both the Provincial Section and the National Office.

Boreal Owl

In 1999, the Western Newfoundland Model Forest started the Biodiversity
Assessment Project (BAP) to develop a set of tools to predict the influence of various forest management scenarios on biodiversity (Dolter, 2005). Three species were selected for habitat modelling to act as indicators of how different management plans might influence the broader community. The three species are the Woodland Caribou, Pine Marten, and Boreal Owl, and were selected because of their specific life history requirements or conservation status, The Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) was chosen because it is an obligatory secondary cavity nester and likely to be sensitive to forest harvesting practices. A habitat suitability index (HSI) model was developed as part of BAP for the Boreal Owl in Forest Management District 15 (Côté, et al., 2004).

Today,
two majestic Japanese maple trees
side by side for long life
full with deep red leaves
adorning the garden
spread over the entryway
to the Rosaria Student Centre

It seems like no surprise
when Nanny Mo
passed away that year
that our own Japanese maple
the centerpiece of the garden
died that same spring

And I hear the echoes
of the lama teachers words that
if I thought about interdependence
I would see
in this very piece of paper
my own grandmothers face

Lorraine Munro's Garden

 

This is the way I plant my garden,
Digging, digging in the ground
The sun shines warm and bright above it
Gently the rain comes falling down.
This is the way the small seeds open
Slowly the shoots begin to grow
These are my pretty garden flowers
Standing, standing in a row

–Unknown author

Home of the Munro Family of PEI, Whim Road, 1977. We are not
sure of the date the house was built, but during recent renovations, Sandy Munro found a piece of old newspaper dated 1875. So it is presumed the house predates that.

 

This view of Muskrat Falls is looking easterly from the south side of Churchill River, September 2010

Muskrat Falls, Labrador, Taken from a helicopter in1984

The Northern Ranger, Goose Bay