BANNISTER PRESS

On December 7, 2023, the municipality of Kawartha Lakes presented the Osprey Heritage Awards. The awards are presented bi-annually to celebrate the outstanding contributions to the preservation and promotion of heritage within Kawartha Lakes.

The Publication and Research category celebrates non-fiction work about Kawartha Lakes archeological, built, cultural and/or natural heritage. Councillor Mike Perry presented this award to Sara Walker- Howe for her newly released publication titled ‘Historic Citizens of Kawartha Lakes.’

Sara’s book captures and showcases 20 unique stories of local women; the first woman from Kawartha Lakes to become a doctor or the first woman doctor to establish a practise in Lindsay, the woman from Verulam township who became a spy and ran a trading post in Siberia during the Russian Revolution, the woman who parachuted out of hot air balloons only to be shot in the back and yet carried the bullet next to her lung until the day she died, and so much more.

Official announcement: https://www.kawarthalakes.ca/en/news/celebrating-heritage-stewards-2023-osprey-heritage-award-recipients.aspx

Full book description: HISTORIC CITIZENS OF KAWARTHA LAKES