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[ . HISTORY OF ROSENE‘S TOUAIST CAMP I was asked to remember when we started Rosene‘s Camp. My earliest recollections of the business starting were back in the summer of 1945 My father was a fishing guide, emplyed by Samoset Lodge on Lake Nippissing. He was guiding a group of Americans that were staying at Samoset Lodge; these fellows came from Akron, Ohio. Their names were Bill and Paul Moodie and Bill Jr and two others whose names I cannot recall. My father took them all sround the West Arm of Lake Nippissing but they didnm‘t have much luck. After a few days of poor fishing my dad said, "I‘m going to take you to a good place to fish". He brought them to our farm where we had an old boat and motor. Dad took them toâ€" a few spots that he knew about and as it turns out the fishing was excellent. Everybody caught their limit of bass and pike. ' ‘ The MC)DC]Z.LEE were so impressed with the lake and the farm that they told my father, "If you can put us up, we will come back here next year"‘. My father made arrangements with Mr. Sert Batsford to let these gentlemen rent his cottage the following year. My mother cooked and served them their meals up at our house. By this time, my brother Ernie was home from World Waer II ‘ and had applied for a Tourist Camp Operators licence. He began to j build cottages in 1946 and this is pretty much how the business got started. . ‘AE an aside) Paul Moodie came up here at least once a year for nearly 30 years until he passed sway. The Moodie family told many of their friends about the great fishing and of course about my mother‘s wonderful cooking because she used to prepare most of the meals for the fisherman in the early years. For many years, most of our business came from Ohio, (Akron, Toledo, and Cleveland); we never had to advertise because ' all of our business was by word of mouth. We had many people that