I will sure look you up next time I get up there. Maybe next year. Thanks for the history. I love The Key River & would live up there all summer if I could.

Our family rented at Ludgate up to 1951 at which time our Grandfather (Henry Long) bought the property and camp now owned by Billy Michaud at the harbour. My cousin Gary Davidson and I are the only grandkids that had the pleasure of riding in the Jitney from Key Junction to the Harbour. I was pretty young but remember the ride.

We frequented Agnas Trott’s Original Key Harbour Store and eventually worked full time one summer and part time for quite a few summers for Agnas. Besides guiding I had the honour of sitting for hours at Ludgate waiting for the National Grocers order to be dropped off the train. Took hours to lug all the supplies down to the 18″ cedar strip and then chug down the river to the harbour.

Another old timer that was considered a character was Jim Secord, Larry’s dad. He taught me a lot about fishing and the life in the bush. Still recall the time we spent a few days at Gauthiers camp and he taught me about commercial fishing from the workers point of view.

My wife and family still summer at the Key. Unfortunately we cannot afford a camp but we do have an old trailer up behind the ESSO, drop in and say hello. Our trailer is cream and two tone blue and is the last one against the escarpment. Generally we spend 5 day long weekends at the trailer and on the Key.

Appreciate your site, thanks

E.W. (Ed), Long
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