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WiE WM/TOW, SENTINEL, ,LUCIPNOW, ONTAE10
Dect-tbes Goodwill Tour to Maritimes
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(By Margaret Salkeld) •
have it—stated one fainier, and -
that is a very neat way of de-
scribing this stupendous under-
taking which will change the
aP•of Eastern Ontario consider-
ably when it is completed' in
1959, to say nothing of the econ-
omy of the fwihole of the eastern
part of this continent.
A jaunt of a day .and a half
brought the train into Frederie-
ton in the, midst of the usual
week -end rainy weather. Head -
Visits were made. to -a large poul-
On Thursday, July 5th, orietry farm and todairyfrfarm, and
Itundred an.d. twenty Ontario the day was completed by a
farm folk departed from Union chicken- barbecue at the Domin-
Station in Toronto aboard a on Experimental. Farm.
special nine -car Canadian Nat- SUnda.y the group set out on
mal train, 'Ilhey.-were bound for
the . special train for HalifaX
a two week tour of the Maritime with a stop at. Saint John en-
. Provinces under the guidance of route so las to Wew the Revers-
* Mr; L. C. (Pop) Roy—the -C.N.R. ing Falls, and to enjoy a typical
Wilf Schneller of Baden, Mr. Bill toes, Restigouche salmon, fiddle -
New Brunswick meal of pota-.
agricultural agent, and with Mr:
Wallace 'of Woodslee and Mr. heads and, strawlberries. "Fiddle -
Jim IVIcBain of St Thornas, the heads' ° require a word ,. of ex-
M.P. for Elgin, as leaders The planation. They tasted like ' as-
C.N.R: train was to tie a 'borne laaragus with a faint tinge of
away from home for two weeks. spinach—actually they are young
-The first stop was at COrnwall ferns not yet uncurled—a deli -
for a tour of the 'gigantic opera- Cacy in. that country — and we
tions at the site of the St Law- were reminded that, the Adenti-
rake Seaway. 'take the largest cal meal was served to Princess
Elizabeth on the occasion •of her
' seen, mby ten and you visit to that city, and in the very
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skidding loathe famous chooner
p, and Captain W.
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Walters t
"Bluenose" who now s a
pasteurizing plant, and a amous
artist who has lost the seiof
his hands and pn
aints holdi g the
brush with his toes, 'rruly\ Lun
• enburg was 'a very warm. and
friendly place, a won erful
sample of 1/1.aritime hospit lity.,
and it was with regret tha the
busses- headed back towar the
waiting train in Halifax. The
journey lay along the A. antic
shore, at times quietly bee tiful,
at others wild and rugged as at
:Peggy's Cove where . the chill
wind whistled over the ble and
desolate rocks of ,the littl -fish-
ing village, .
Once again aboard' the train'
heading for Cape Breton --thc,
party had little idea of. the ter-
• rific thrill ahead. Early the next
morning the train was piped
across the (famous Canso. Cause-
cOnstruction. project you've ever
same room. New' BrimsWick has
28,000,000 'acres of land of which
10, percent:- is • arable. The chief
agricultural surplUseS are pota-
toes, bluelberries and hay and. it
mustporsome
t farm products.'
Finning is definitely not the
chief industry.
Halifax appeared through the
fog the 'next morning, and once
again the special train Was" for-
saken, this time for the Nova
SOO= Hotel, A. tour .of •Hafax
harbor and :naval installations
• plus a sight-seeing trip around
the . city, helped to. familiarize
Ontario farmers with this, one
of the oldest Canadian cities. All
the visitors became members of
"The Order ofIGoad Tinie", This
is an ancient --custom organized
;by ,Chaniplain which the Nova
Scotia ,government . has revived
as a. tourist -"ginunick". It is
awarded to anyone who ainds
seven days in the province. From'
Halifax •the group: ,departects by/
btx for Kentvi4e and the An-
napolis With a few stops
.enrOute. to 'visit historical spots
such •as. Grand Pre of ,Longfel-
lows 'Evangelitk and . Mount
Rouse,Uniaoke.the rmer.- •
dente of the' :Attorney .Geneyo
of Nova. Scotia.
'Kentville the- centre of the
apple growing 'territory although
Many circhards are being uproot-
ed because the varieties are not
off• a type- that are acceptable to
foreign maikets..The.governnient
pays the fruit • farxner $5.09 for
each , tree which he uproots and
many farmers 'have done this
and turned: to mixed. farming.
• The fruit. !fanners are not organ-
ized. and so it is difficult to mar-
ket the crop. The -v -alley issixty
miles long 'and .12 miles wide,
and despite setbacks .it ,is still
• pred,aminately apple country: A
visit was also made t� a: cran-
berry'bag- where picking mach-
in.es Will suck the fruit from the
creeping vines early in September. Experiments are ,being
Conducted as the Dominion Ex-
periment Farm 'to • develop
virus free straWberries and. a
blueberrY, shrub which will grow
to the height of three or fotir,
feet and will produce .frtiit the
size -af-cherries:-.-No-doubt-blueg
berry pickers. will welcome this
new. development with straight
backs and smiling faces! The
'Staff of the Experimental 'Farm
the tour to a delic-
10115 chicken barbecue, plus
strawberries — virus free, of
coursebefore-they continued on,
to' Luneribtirg, . I
This town posses some VetY1
ancient buildings snugly , placed ,T4,
, on the sides of .numerous hills
and reached by hazardous Wing- w
ing, narrow streets.. A :typical til
• "Bluenose" meal of fish chowder,. 2
(barley' bread, steamed haddock
and strawberrieS-was-Served- tk\s„
the church• hall of St John's
Anglican church, Second
--,e-st--..-protestant--church--it'Nbrtir -
America.. Among the interesting g
quarters shifted to the Lord'Bea-
verbrook Hotel and from there
*busses carried the folk to visit
a tyPical Maritime Co-op which
fproVides the local farmers with
a complete buying and 'selling
service. It was a $750,000 enter-
prise doing about $1,500,000 turn-
over a • year. There are 1,200
members, and 115 employees.
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avaiy into Cape Brett:03. The threi
young pipers joined the tgroUp t(
ride to their home at Inverness
tali the west .coast of the island
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and crept the 94 miles .to ij
famous Kettle Lodge on the ea
coast, where an overnight stc
was made in order to soots
frayed nerves and to enjoy t/
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province in 'Canada to have Wo-
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