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4 unusual facts about Mary Percy Jackson


Mary Percy Jackson

They soon found they had much in common, including finding that they shared love of classical music as they listened to Puccini playing on the Gramophone in temperatures of –40°.

The Indians and Métis in the small community were remarkably fit, but were being decimated by Tuberculosis (TB).

Cooking at her new home was not easy and happened on a wood burning stove that needed almost continual stoking to prevent the flames from going out; for quite a time, she relied heavily on her Primus stove.

A further week-long railway journey took her westwards past Ottawa and Lake Superior across the expanse of Canada from dense forest to open prairie.



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