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BAYFIELD, ONTARIO
VOL. 1 - NO. 34
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, 1965
10. 10.
THE ALBION HOTEL
WELCOMES YOU
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Bayfield Phone 2
Freak Flood, Ice Jam Threatens Bayfield Harbor, Fisheries
The usually placid Bayfield Ri ce and debris, building up stead-
er, bloated by torrential rains =Ply through the day, only to slide
Tuesday night and Wednesday morni ut into Lake Huron in the evening
ng built up a tremendous jam of causing a minimum of danage.(Staff)
Writer Gives Many Details
Earliest Days of Bayfield
Bayfield Businessmen Back
Proposals by Local Fishermen
Bayfield Businessmen's Association in gen-
eral session Wednesday night at The Albion
hotel unanimously passed a resolution back-
ing the recent request by Bayfield fisher-
men to Bayfield Council, that urgently req-
uired dredging of the harbor and repairs to
the damaged concrete piers be undertaken by
the Department of Public Works. The resolu-
tion will also be brought to the attention
of the Department.
Several other resolutions for the att-
ention of Village Council were also passed.
Canon Ford Marks
His 89th Birthday
Canon H.M. Lang
Ford was a guest at
the home of Mrs. R.H.
F. Gairdner the past
two weeks.
His first visit to
Bayfield was in the
summer of 1904, when
by horse and buggy he
and Mrs. Lang Ford
were guests at the old
River House, now the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
Emmerson Heard.
Ever since, he has
spent summer holidays
here, and was a memb-
er of the first Deer
Lodge Colony group.eo
famous for their ten-
nis players.
He later owned a
cottage down the sou-
th shore, but had not
seen Bayfield in win-
ter prior to this. He
came for a weekend
but icy roads and Hurt
onts gales kept him
here longer.
His many friends,
hearing he would be
here for his birthday,
showered him with ca
ds, informal calls • •
flowers, and even a
birthday cake with
candles was sent in t
help celebrate his
89th birthday.
His daughter, Mrs.
Rance Bricker, came o
Wednesday to visit,
being unable to att-
end on the birthday.
Canon Ford returned
to his home in Kitch-
ener on Monday, belie
ving BayfiFad a good
place to be, winter
or summer.
In response to a
number of requests
for historical artic-
les about Bayfield
and district, The Bu-
lletin offers an art-
icle published in the
March 21 issue of The
London Free Press,
written by Alta-Lind
Rodges. in 1953.
The following is
the first of a two-
part series:
"There is no more
picturesque summer re
sort on Lake Huron
than the Village of
Payfield. Here indeed
is a real picture-
book harbor at the
mouth of the Bayfield
River. Its sunsets
over Lake Huron are
as famous as those of
Goderich. Many pleas-
ure boats line its
waterfront during the
summer months, and
here on the river fla
ts, the fishermen
reel their nets on
creeking reels as do
the Basque fishermen
of the old world,yet
beautifully kept cot-
tages line its cliffs
and this little vill-
age on the Bluewater
Highway becomes more
popular every year
with tourists and sum
mer visitors.
"In 1828, Baron de
Tuyl of England, en-
gaged as an admiralty
surveyor Who later
rose to the rank of
admiral--Henry Wolsea
Bayfield--to come to
Canada and select a
townsite on land ow-
ned by the Canada
Company.
"Bayfield arrived
in 1829 and after th-
oroughly exploring
all the land held by
the company, select-
ed 15 hundred acres
on each side of the
river which now bears
his'hame and empties
into Lake Huron.
ONE VISIT
"Communication was
very slow in those
days and it was 1830
before the land was
purchased by the Barc
n whose wish it was
that the river and
town should bear the
name of the engineer
who returned to Eng-
land after selecting
the land and, as far
as is known, never
again visited the sit
e of the proposed
town.
'The Baron next
selected E.C. Taylor
an early settler and
one of the first mer-
chants in Goderich to
act as his agent in
Canada, and the rec-
ently purchased land
wile surveyed into
town lots in 1832.
But it was 1833 bef-
ore a small clearing
was made on the south
side of the river and
a log house erected.
Brownies
Sandra Telford was
led up to the Toad
Stool by her Sizer
ifter the opening cer-
emonies of the regul-
ar Brownie meeting
Tuesday Feb. 2. She
was presented with a
Golden Bar by the Br-
ownie leaders, Mrs.J.
Merner and Mrs. Yen.
Brandon. The Golden
Bar represents the
half way mark in Bro-
wnie training, which
will be completed with
the Golden Hand.
Cuba
Three new bays, Dan-
ny YcLeod. Patrick Br-
andon and Robbie Pease
joined Payfield Cubs
at the last meetii,G,
bringing the total to
14. A new Blue Six
was formed to accomm-
odate the boys and Cut
Walter Pierson was
made Sixer. while Rich
and Peterson was made
Seconder.
building was erected
in Bayfield and it
was used as a store.
It was owned by the
absentee landlord the
Baron and was managed
by a John Morgan.How-
ever, the Spring of
1835 witnessed a min-
iature building boom
Scouts
On Tuesday Feb. 2
Bayfield Scout Troop
was visited by 14
Scouts and leaders of
the Brucefield Troop.
who presented a "frie-
ndship totem" to the
local group. District
Commissioner Jack Gal-
lant gave a talk on
Scouting friendship.
Scoutmaster Broadfoot
discussed nrogramming,
Guides
The Guide meeting
was cancelled on Feb.
3 as the leaders were
attending a meeting
in Hensall. Those att-
ending were Lt. Mrs.
Don Warner end three
Irownie leaders, Mrs.
Brandon, Mrs. Menner
and Na a. J. MacVicar.
Leaders
The Bayfield Scout-
master and Cubmaster
(Cont. on Page Three
President Ken Mackie
was in the chair aud
led some lively dis-
cussion on the subject
of transient traders
operating in the area,
and as a result Coun-
cil will be asked to
frame a suitable by-
law.
Improved street li-
ghting from The Ritz
to The Old Forge will
also be requested.
Higher wattage bulbs
and more units will
be asked.
There was consider-
able discussion of a
directory type of sig-
n and where it might
be erected to advise
travellers as to the
available stores and
accommodation in Bay-
field. This was left
to the chairman and
Adam Flowers for a
report.
Art Elliott was as-
ked to undertake a
feasibility study in
regard to a possible
Arts and Craft' fair
here in late Spring.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Acknowledged with
thanks is a letter
from Donald I. Stew-
art, Seaforth, Pres-
ident of Huron County
T.B. Association, who
asks that we convey
the thanks of the
Association to all in
Huron who have helped
make the 1964 Chriet-
man Seal campaign a
success to date.
He points out that
the campaign does not
end until Feb. 28, so
if some have not yet
given, there is still
time to do so.
Thanks is extended
also to volunteers
who helped with the
mailings, postmasters
and their helpers,
CKNX for their contr-
ibution of advertisi-
ng and..."The Bayfield
Bulletin for the pub-
licity that you have
so freely given this
worthy cause.."
"In this a man
named Riley ran a
boarding house for
the Baron's men Who
were engaged in cut-
ting timber for the
proposed town.
"It was not until
1834 that a second (Cont. on Page Three)
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SCOUTING & GUIDING