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Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917

This is why I don't go to church anymore. Toronto World March 23, 1917

Jackson had the better command of colour, but I had the better sense of colour

For Got's Sake! Keep Dose Canadian Devils Oudt!'

I am tempted to stop in Huntsville to visit @WinnieTrainor but I'll miss my connection at Scotia Junction

There's passengers going North on 'Doctor's Orders' Judging by their condition they need only a one way ticket.

Destination @mowatlodge

According to the Grand Trunk Schedule it's 205.5 miles from Toronto and 8 hours travel to Algonquin Park

Leaving for Algonquin on the Grand Trunk Railway

Another picture where they are building the new Union Station. Not much progress during the War.

1915 Wild Cherries, Spring #tt1915 #upclose No. 2

Barrie, Orillia, Atherley Jct., Royal Muskoka, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Scotia Jct. plus flag stops from other stns.

Always striving to catch a brooding sky above a northern lake.

Leaving from Union Station. Going North on the Grand Trunk Railway

The coach car is drafty, rattling, and the wooden benches will make for a long trip. The woodstove is doing a poor job.

Union Station - always under contstruction

A sight on Queen Street

I decide to take the Yonge streetcar. Someone helps me with my luggage An awkward affair.

Grand Trunk Railway System Map

Lismer moved in with me for the winter of 1915-16.

Leaving the Shack for good. Going to Union Station. The last I'll ever see of Toronto.