Writers' trust to take over historic Berton House CBC News


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Berton House, the house in Dawson City where Pierre Berton grew up, is now a writers' retreat. ( (The Writers' Trust of Canada)) The writers' trust, a non-profit that promotes Canadian.


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In 1989, Pierre Berton himself, author of such blockbusters as Klondike, The National Dream and The Arctic Grail, ponied up $50,000 (worth roughly $80,000 today) to save the house and turn it into a writers' retreat - a place where authors could work, free of any other commitments.


Country home Berton, wife of author Pierre Berton, sits in front

Pierre Berton, along with his wife, Janet, and six children, were active members of the Kleinburg community, including helping to establish the town's annual Binder Twine Festival, from the time they moved there in 1967 to his death in 2004.


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Wikipedia 21K views 8 years ago Writer Pierre Berton takes the fifth estate host Eric Malling on a tour of his estate, office and childhood home in advance of the 1981 release of "Flames Across.


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In the 1940s Pierre Berton, the writer and broadcaster, settled here with a group of CBC types, tucking 10 Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired homes into the verdant valleys in a kind of arts colony.


Pierre Berton's daughter Perri, 12, sits in her dad's office in their

Yukon's most famous son, Canadian author and broadcaster Pierre Berton, died Tuesday in a Toronto hospital. He was 84. Berton, who brought the history of the Klondike Gold Rush and other moments.


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Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily.


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Berton House, the childhood home of the late Canadian writer Pierre Berton, is located in Dawson City, Yukon. (Writers' Trust of Canada) The Writers' Trust of Canada is relaunching its.


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By Pierre Berton Friday, September 20, 2013 4 min to read "Orillia's real problem is one of public neglect," wrote the late Pierre Berton. Dick Loek / Toronto Star file photo On Tuesday,.


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127 Share 5.6K views 1 year ago I've decided to upload this on the 18th anniversary of his passing. This is not a documentary on Pierre Berton but a walk through video of what remains of his.


Pierre Berton sculpture unveiled in Whitehorse CBC News

In 1989, Pierre Berton himself, author of such blockbusters as Klondike, The National Dream and The Arctic Grail, ponied up $50,000 (worth roughly $80,000 today) to save the house and turn it.


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The Americans soon abandoned York and on 27 May 1813 their fleet seized Fort George at the mouth of the Niagara River. While this was the bleakest period of the war for the British, the military situation was not irretrievable.. Pierre Berton, The Invasion of Canada (1980) and Flames Across the Border (1981);.


Writers' trust to take over historic Berton House CBC News

For now, they remain one of the coolest abandoned places in Orange County to explore or photograph. 6. Halliburton House (Laguna Beach) abandoned home on hilltop. This iconic abandoned house located in South Laguna Beach ( map) belonged to world-renowned adventurer and travel writer, Richard Halliburton.


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Pierre Berton, journalist, historian, media personality (b at Whitehorse, YT 12 July 1920; d at Toronto, Ont 30 Nov 2004). Berton was among Canada's best-known writers and was particularly well regarded as a serious popularizer of Canadian history. He worked on the Vancouver News-Herald (beginning in 1942), the Vancouver Sun (1945-47), Maclean.


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The dwelling was acquired by the Yukon Arts Council in 1989 thanks to a generous donation of $50,000 from author Pierre Berton, and is now the official home of the Berton House Writer's Retreat Program. The Berton home has been completely renovated by the KVA at a cost of more than $100,000.


P.E.I. author earns writerinresidence spot at Pierre Berton's Yukon

A voice of Canada is gone as Pierre Berton dies at 84 - The Globe and Mail A voice of Canada is gone as Pierre Berton dies at 84 Sandra Martin Published December 1, 2004 This article was.