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A Publishing Legend Alive and Well Just what la a thriving book shop and rapidlygrowing pub doing nestled In this sparsely populaiod section of Northeastern Ontario Very well thank you And to elaborate Highway Bookshop proprietor Doug Pollard will toll you that the bookshop has well over books In stock as well as a special soc lion of books published right at the bookshop Those facta will more Impressive when one realizes Pollard was born and raised In Northern Ontario and except for a brief period working In troal and Toronto has spent meat of his life hero The story which has a legend In this neck of the woods goes like his In Doug pur chased printing equipment a defunct weekly newspaper and began taking orders lor fob printing Ho a basket of pocket books at shop to keep his customers occupied I hoy waited tor their to bo filled in Cobolf ft 1 i Eventually some of the began trading their pocket books with the stock Doug This soon blossomed and It t long before people wero travelling long distances to trade books with Doug When the business to mushroom Doug built the pres main building to house the hundreds of books arriving dally Ha was In an Ideal location for expansion as he owned 40 acres of land a stone throw from busy Highway 11 bypass Cobalt Is four miles southeast In time ho began stocking new books also Commenting on the book trading Doug said there still loads of people coming In to trade books these days but the majority or business Is done with paperbacks rather than hardcovers Now as a publisher of many books ho gives preference to Northern Ontario authors and most of the books published to date writers from this area But the Highway Bookshop Is still a grand place to browse away a rainy IROQUOIS FALLS Iroquois Falls Is situated a few mllos south of the 49lh Parallel In Northeastern Ontario on Highway about northeast from miles south of Cochrane with a great deal of and lake area In a beautiful pine tree sotting The town boasts many tourist and recreational amenities such as excellent swimming fishing and hunting as well as a hole golf course a lighted ball Hold and arena and curling complex a newly constructed double tennis court and of the Pulp and Paper Path Tour which combines a lumber camp meal and view of logging operations with a tour through the giant Mill There also many and relaxing parks and playgrounds In Iroquois Palls Visitors and vacationers will find a church of their denomination and shopping facilities In this attractive little Northern town A groat place to go to forgot It all and really enjoy a vacation Item Kopuskaslng la a thriving community of 13 making It the centre in the James Bay frontier area Kap is I ho nick name the city goes by In the north and It a a town that treats its visitors warmly boasts an elaborate program Including summer end winter activities for all ages For the family there a the public museum A collection of pioneer and railway artifacts dating to the late 19th and early centuries Is displayed inside old railway coaches at CNR station Re cently they added a caboose which can be used as a reading room Visitors to and district am able to enjoy the most extensive shopping to bo found In the area comparing favourably with larger centres In the southern portions of the province the town that has something for every member of the vacation party all outdoor activities and ell the modern conveniences should be number one on your list of places to visit In the