Meader letters to Jim Vanderbeck

[traplines]

Here are 9 letters written by Stephen Meader to Jim Vanderbeck. Copies of these letters were provided to me by Grant and Arlene Makie who own Northland Outfitters in Nakina.
Grand said he had been working for the town of Nakina years before. The town was deciding if they could salvage the Vanderbeck home. They were cleaning out the house and hauling things to the dump when Grant saw the letters and pulled them out of the garbage. Makes you wonder what else valuable may have ended up in the dump doesn’t it!
I want to personally thank Grant and Arlene for sharing this amazing find with us. Please feel free to comment on these letters.
Russ Kerr

[coal39]

This is good stuff here! I realy enjoy coming on here and finding new post. Some day I hope to get to up there and check things out. By the sound of the letters Jim didn't kill the big wolf but still it made for a good story. Thanks for all you do I realy enjoy it. Randy [e-mail]

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Hi Randy
I believe Jim shot the wolf. I think he shot it in another year and Meader is putting the wolf story in the same year as the diaries were written. Meader has the wolf the high light of the story and the only thing left is for Jim to kill the wolf. Although there isn't any record of the wolf at any museums I've been told by many people including the family that the wolf story is true. I was even told by May Rounds daughter, Marg Ashcroft, that when she was little, she remember seeing the wolf in the museum in Toronto. She said it was in the late 40’s early 50’S. The Indian grave was questioned about being true. Low and behold we found a picture of it on my first trip to Nakina. In his letters Meader talks about the fisher hunt. He talks about skunks and muskrats. Also in another of his letters he is asking Jim for any true stories he might have for a book on short stories. He wasn't interested in stories that weren't true. You'll have to draw your own conclusions but I for one believe the wolf part of the story is true.
Russ

[Matt (admin)]

Russ, thanks so much for posting those letter. What an incredible find! If only we could see Jim's letters to Meader too! I wonder if the "Go Team!" book of stories Meader mentions was published as "The Will to Win and Other Stories." The description at Southern Skies doesn't mention any stories that sounds as though they were set in Nakina, but they may be in there. Thanks again for posting these as well as the photos and other wonderful information.

[twister]

My heart just glows every once in a while when I come on here
and find something amazingly new. It brings it all back 40 years ago
when I took TLN and sat on the ground, back against the football post and in the last day of school, [grade 7] finished reading the last chapter. It was euforic,...a feeling of wellbeing like I,d never had before.
Thankyou so much Russ, Matt, and all others for
contributing to this site. Some day I,ve known I must take the
trip and see Nakina and the Vanderbeck territory. I,ve pondered
maybe getting togther and with the MNR,s permission and rebuilding
the home cabin in its original location. I built my own log home
in the early 80,s and think with 4 or 5 people could get it to
lockup in a couple weeks. The thot of doing this thrills me!
Good luck to those trapping this year.
John

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These letters get you right back into the feeling that is felt when reading TLN. I am so glad that I found Matt and Jo Ann after years of wondering and searching for answers. For this purpose, the internet has provided well.

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