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2 unusual facts about Mowat


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Claire Mowat (born 1933), Canadian writer of children's fiction

Farley Mowat (born 1921), Canadian novelist, husband of Claire Mowat


1883 Home Nations Championship

, JG Mowat (Glasgow Acads), C Reid (Edinburgh Acads), D. Somerville (Edinburgh Inst FP), D McCowan (West of Scotland), WA Walls (Glasgow Acads)

Anders Mowatt of Hugoland

1. John Mowat of Ollaberry, later of Hugoland (born circa. 1564)
2. Gilbert Mowat of Garth, Minister of Delting (born circa. 1565)
3. Patrick Mowat (born circa 1567)
4. Malcolm Mowat (born after 1577)
5. James Mowat of Ure & Burrafirth (born after 1577)

Angus Du Mackay, 7th of Strathnaver

Not long after the Parliament at Inverness Thomas Neilson Mackay, cousin of Angus Du Mackay killed Mowat, the Laird of Freswick in Tain.

Finding Farley

From Canmore, Alberta, 100 kilometres west of Calgary, they canoed to Hudson Bay, visiting many of the settings Mowat wrote about in Never Cry Wolf, Lost in the Barrens and People of the Deer.

Mowat Cup

1985-86 ---The Penticton Knights became the first ever B.C. team to win the National Title as they defeated Prince George for the Mowat Cup, Calgary for the Doyle Cup, Winnipeg for the Abbott Cup and then won the Centennial Cup Tournament with a final win over host Cole Harbour.

Richard Mowat

In this period it awarded two pipers its Gold Medal; one was Mowat, and the other was Henry Clough.

Richard Mowat or Mowatt (1865-1936) was a renowned and award-winning player of the Northumbrian smallpipes.

Mowat, like Tom Clough, had studied the pipes with Thomas Todd, but he had a very different style from the Cloughs' close-fingered playing.

Title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Mowat was accused of violating COMFOURTEEN Instruction 5510.35, a regulation restricting access to Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii, which was used by the U.S. military for target practice.

Tom Clough

At the end of his life, 'Young Tom' recalled piping sessions at the 'Willow Tree' in Newsham, with his father Tom, grandfather Henry Clough, and Richard Mowat all playing - Henry's and Richard Mowat's playing would get more furious and inaccurate as the evening progressed; Tom was teetotal.


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