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of Seaforth feeds the pheasants at Hullett Wildlife Management Area. Jim is
hired on maintenance crew for the summer. Pheasant Season opens Sept. 23,
Unveil, Van Egmond plaque
The Lower' Maitland River flows through the Hullett Wild life Management Area. It will be
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few miles west of the present
town of Seaforth. To this land
his family was moved from
Waterloo County.
As cash was in short supply
in Upper Canada, Van Egmond
was Raid- for the construction of
the Huron Road by means of land
credits. This method of payment
enabled him to accumulate vast
areas of land and by the Mid
1830's he was probably the
largest landoWner in the -Tract.
His holdings have been estimated
at about 14,000 acres.
Part oaf these vast holdings
was a 600 acre parcel of land
on the Hayfield River in Tucker-
smith Township. It appears that
the Canada Company had erected
mills there in 1832 7 33. Van
Egmond purchased the property
on January 30, 1836, but before
the deed could 'be executed he
became embroiled in the Re-
bellion of 1837 as commander
of the rebel military forces.
Following the ekirmish at Mont-
gomery' s Tavern in Toronto, Van
Egmond was captured and im-
prisoned. Early the following
year, before he had been brought
to trial, Van Egmond died in
prison.
His son Constant acquired
many his properties, includ-
ing the lls and -the six hundred
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The Hullett Wildlife Manage..
went Area just west of Kinburn
is a 45,000 acre park of rolling,
pastureland and bush. Set up
in 1969, It is one of 20 pro-
vincial wildlife management
areas in Ontario: At the present
time it, is open to the public
for picnicing, berrying, mush-
room picking, fishing and bird...
watching at the refuge sanctuary
where there ar over WO
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the aims and, purposes of the
,park and refuge area.
The pimp visited Point
Farms August 16 with a slide,
and information program for
the camper-s. The grant has
• been operative since June 21st
and lasts until August 25.
George of Lotiden, Al SippeI of
8', the stream survey Crew, John
On Wednesday evening, Aug.
Tavistock and Steven Ceasar of
Goderich, showed slides and held
a discusgion with campers at Ther • will be
shooting ' when the, Point Farms to explain •arid in-
form those interested of Huron ens on Sept.'23.
and Perth's part in a province
e plan to acquire 1,000 wide inventory, of rivers. The more acres, before damming the boys are working on part of a
Lower Maitland River which will long term lake and river survey Mod the area making it a wet-
sponsored by the provincial
land," explained Dan Mansell, government which includes the na- W Ingham, district manager'of
approximately 250,000 Lakes in tural resources, "The dam Ontario.
should be completed in about
two years," he sid. At this time a survey has been
Quite a 'number of young completed on the. Lucknow and
people have summer job's at the Maitland Rivers. They examine
management area sponsored by a the biological attributes of the
*provincial government = grant' river such as types and numbers
called SWORD - students work-. of insecti,"plants and fish, and
ing 9n resources development. test the chemistry of the water
One part of the SWORD group in 'terms of oxygen and carbon
is drawing up brochures tce en- dioxide levels. These counts are
courage tourism in the &Iea. being done tp, determine why a
Another group is on park main- particular spot in the river is a
tenance. A stream survey and good or bad habitat for fish.
creel census arealso being car- The data will be used in • ried out under the grant. fisheries management plans to
Peter Bachman of Toronto is determine where parkland should
co-ordinator of' the 6 students be bought along the rivers, what • working on brochures of the places should be stocked and, various wildlife areas in Huron.- where they" spawning areas are., and Perth Counties. Kerry'Prit- The stream survey part of
chard of itchell is preparing a SWORD is also taking part in
repo*, on' t fur harveet in the a dam survey. They look at
rren Knight Winghftr' area. the location of the dam, the type, of Brussels is ,he group carto- size of existing ponds and water grapher. welidy Meeker of temperature. This information
Mississauga and Lorna McQueen determines whether the dam
of Harwlek delve into the histoall meets provincial standards.
of the areas while Margaret
reason some existing Stricker, Kitchener, takes the dams may be unapproved,"
photos. ' The young people are explained Dan Mansell, oils that
enjoying their summer with dams increase the surface area SWORD for not only do they of the water raising the tern-
learn about In area previously perature and evaporation rate."
unfamiliar but meet other people Consequently the flow is reduced
who 'share a common interest • in the river and a temperature in the outdoors. 4, canoe trip rise of over 68 degrees makes
was attempted down the Hayfield the water unsuitable for trout.
River but there were "niany por-
"The resources management tages", said Peter Bachman.
is under an obligation to try and
Several weeks ago part of the maintain river habitat for 'desir-group hiked from the mouth of able fish," he said.
the Hayfield River up to Varna
Dams located on the main
photographing spots of scenic channels of the river may block beauty along the banks.
the paths of migratory fish. ' The Included In the list of • Maitland
. River has been stocked brothures completed are: Hunt- • with Cohoe and Chinook Salmon
ing - the ,wingham district; and rainbow trout which move
Canoe the Maitland and Point upstream to spawning grounds in Farms. Theroup are now work-
the spring. ing on- an interpretive program
for Hullett. The literature. to A brochure prepared by the.
be on display in the management district which stretches from
office of the wildlife area will " SWORD people will- be out. in..
list the spedial sites for hunting a week or two containing exten t
and fishing, facilities available as sive information on the darrinaing
well as relate -the history atid,, and fishing of our rivers.
Tom Campbell of Clinton and
Bob SiPpel of Tavistock are work-
ing In conjunction with the stream
survey crew on a Creel Census.
Two or three days a week, usually
on a weekend, the boys hit area
fishing heles, in their 'assigned
district whichstretches from
Port Albert' to Grand Bend and
from Listowel to Stratford. They
talk' to the fAehermen, asking
questions like, "How long have
you been fishing this hole?" and
"Have you caught anything?"
Most often the answer is
idnope", said Tom Campbell. "It
- could be the bait they're using,"
"We go to public fishing spots
like Ben Allier and private places
such as Piper's Dam, recording
information as to the number of
fishermen out, and what they are
catching', if anything." ; he
explairied. "No fish 'stories ac-
cepted. July 1st, when the season
opened, there were a lot of fisher-
men out and more fish' being
caught than there are now, ac-
cording to reports. ' Now only
'diehard' fishermen go out and
.the catch is generally Bass."
"The flesh is soft and often
wormy at this time of epar, due
to the warm water," commented
Tom Campbell. The best pla.ces
to fish are deeper spots in the
rivers where the water's clear
and he said.
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acres of land on the Hayfield
River. It was Constant's inten-
tion to develop this site into a
manor village patterned okthe
great estates of England.
The village, which he muted
EginondVille, began auspiciously
and prospered fox the first twenty
years of Its existence. The Van
Egmond's were the predominant 1.•
family and controlled most of
the land and industry. Constant
operated the grist and flour mills
-and his brother Leopold erected
a sawmill and later a woollen
mill. In addition to the Van
Egmond enterprises there was
a foundry, a brewery, a tannery
'and several stores and taverns.
The community also had a large
school- and after 1855 a post
office.
As a residence befitting his
position in the community Con-
stant built the large 2 1/2 storey
brick house which still stands
in the village of Egmondville.
It is a rather, plain build-
ing and depends for its effect on
good proportions rather than
architectural detailing. The solid
and sturdy proportions are
typical of theCanadimvernaeular
interpretation of the Georgian
style seen in Ontario in the
early 19th century, while the
door with its rectangular tran-
som and sidelights belongs to
the style of Classical Revival,
which dominated Ontario's dom-
estic architecture in the 1830's
and 1840's. Apart from "his
handsome door, the only detail-
ing consists of a decorative brick
frieze under the fives. This
adds interest to the front
facade although it is perhaps
too finely scaled for the balance
of the building. Thee#erior of
the house has been altered by
removal of the original verandah
and the reconstruction of the roof.
The house was recently ac-
quired by the Van Egmond Foun-
dation, a non-profit organization
with members throughout Huron
County. This organization,with
the financial assistance of the
Ontario Heritage Foundation,; is
planning to restore the house to
its original appearance and open
it to the public as an historic
site "recording the words and
works of Van Egin'oticrt.-
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