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Built in 1911-14 by financier Henry Pellatt at a. cost of more than $3 million, the 100 -room mansion These trails were You don't need costly gear or the athletic prowess of a Bobby ull to star in this league. The sport is hiking and the Canadian province of Ontario is vishly laced with trails for a growing activity that is truly putting e populace back on its feet, From .uncounted walkways just—a- -few--miles long to' the esome "charm of the 480 -mile Bruce Trail, Ontario offers a varied oice for every kind of path -pounder, be he a casual stroller joying the woodland aromas or a devotee taking the challenge of a iff climb to some rewarding viewpoint. Gentle paths for family outings and campfire companionship within the very environs of most urban centres as, for example, .ronto, the provincial capital. .� Provincial parks, too, abound with forest -framed adventure utes, notably 2,910 -square -mile Algonquin Park, biggest and oldest some 100 such Ontario preserves. Beckoning with rare orchids, shipwrecks and "flowerpots," the uce Trail extends along the Niagara escarpment from Queenston Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce peninsula. Despite the fact the trail cuts through the heaviest -populated rt of Ontario, it is rarely the hiker comes within sight of modern ilization. At points along this scenic wonderland are camp -sites d chalet -style hostels. (tugged and defiant is the character of the northern end of the uce, where crawl -and -slide is often the mode of progfess along the aggy Georgian Bay shore: Slicing Lake Huron frorp Georgian Bay the very heart of the Great Lakes, the peninsula became a centre shipping routes and saw its share of disasters. Today, the 'mystery many undiscovered shipwrecks lures underwater explorers to its pths. Above water, some of the peninsula's strangest attractions are a little island five miles off the mainland. Created by erosion, ered, top-heavy stone pillars, 30 to 50 feet high, rise up from the ores of Flower Pot Island. Yet another prime Ontario attraction for the heel -and -toe set is with its towers and turrets, secret panels and spooky 800 -foot tunnel, has a special appeal for children. — Photos by Ontario Department of Tourism and Information. made for walking the Opeongo Line, a trail of the pioneers which crams tttu years of lusty history into 100 miles of captivating countryside. Starting at Farrell's -Landing on the Ottawa River, it runs northwesterly to ,its end at Lake Opeongo in Algonquin Park. Surveyed in 1852 and with 78 miles open for year:round traffic by 1867, this 16,foot-wide °Colonization and togging road depicts a vigorous era of Canada's past. Many third -generation, descendants of the first Irish, Scottish,_(yerman, Polish and French immigrants still live on the Line in the original homesteads, several marked with afficia' "Century harm" pla Ties. Sturdy structures of hand-hewn, massive timbers still stand straight as when they were locked in place. 'Many are in use to this day ,and include homes, general stores, barns, post: offices, churches and, naturally, inns.' This storied artery now crosses and follows busy town streets, country road, bush trails, trim farms, rugged wilderness. causeways and modern highways. Still intact are original stre'iches of cobblestone and corduroy roadway. Muscle alone man and horse — provided the power to create this one-time utility road, -now a sightseer's bonanza. Original hand -built stone fences, religious shrines and weathered tombstones augment the historical sites which abound along the Opeongo — as do the robust legends embellishing this 100 -mile pioneer route. A typical take has it that a husky settler was berated by his wife for being late for supper and imbibing to boot. When he -pleaded that he carried home a kitchen stove for her on his back, she taunted that many a neighbor could do so and still be on time. "With a 100-1b. bag of flour in the oven?" he retorted. And, near Peterborough, long before Milroy or Zorro were scribblers, Indians were leaving their mark —, the hard way — in rock. A three-mile walkway through a primeval paradise, the Petroglyph Trail leads to rock carvings, estimated anywhere from four centuries to 3,000 years old, of animals, birds, fish and reptiles. There are but some of the numerous trails awaiting the happy ambler in Ontario, a hiker's haven. .,rawi arid•sllde is often the enforced Triode of progress along the .raggy Georgiatt Bay shore at the nbtthern end of the Brune tad. 'tretchin" 4S1 "trines aloft" the Niagara eScar 'cheat to the ti"` Of g g 9 p p the Scipioheninsute, this scenic Woriderlaitd is but one of a host Of Ontario's hikingtrails. T.. C N.X .ECTJO 4 !yen ture, sport and summer 'oronto swings for smaIlfry un Some big cities may overlook the =entry in their fun features. Not so. Toronto, which is crammed with things to see and -do for youngsterson a visit to the Ontario capital, High on the treat list is Casa Lorna, Canada's famous fairy tale castle in the heart .of the city, open all year, the 100 -room feudal mansion was built in 1914 at a east of over $3 million and, in true cloak-and-dagger fashion, is oamplete with secret passages and hidden staircases, eerie towers and turrets, A spooky 800 -foot tunnel leads from the wine cellar to the most luxurious stables on this continent fitted out with mahogany and marble. Once the private domain of .a local industrial tycoon .and now owned by the city, Casa Lonna is operated as a sightseeing attraction by the- West Toronto Kiwanis Club. Picture -taking is encouraged both inside and out. For the price of a hot dog, a 10 -minute ferry -boat ride to Toronto --islands provides a panoramic view of Toronto's ever-changing skyline, Fun in the stip, on the sand and in the water is plentiful on this series of islands linked by waterways and bridges to form a magnificent picnic parkland. Children are thrilled by the park's 'pony, antique ear and iron horse train rides. They take special delight too in the real-life farm where barnyard animals and fowl — foals and calves, piglets and puppies, .ducklings and chicks — roam free. Nearby are swings, slides and teeters, along with a.. large wading pool for their enjoyment. Life as it was before Canada's confederation in 1867 is realistically depicted at Black Creek Pioneer Village, conveniently located at Toronto's northwest outskirts and open daily from May through November. Among the 20 restored structures over a centry old are log farm buildings, a harness shop, general store, blacksmith shop, fire house, shoemaker's shop, school, church, artisan's house, gentleman's house., inn and a flour mill. Costumed attendants enact the roles of villagers and a wide variety of live animals ranging from guinea fowl to oxen afford interesting subjects for the camera fan. An added bonus is the Dalziel Barn Museum, a huge cantilever barn built in 1809, containing the largest collection of 19th century toys in Canada and displays of a sugar bush, flax processing, a woodworking shop and a cooper's shop. And, from May through August, kids are invited to clang ships' bells, ring down to the engine room, pull the cord of a steamer's whistle and explore the rigging, cannon and gun carriage on the reconstructed deck of an 18th cent ny schosner in Tgl'gnto'S Marine Museum gf Upper Canada. Built in 1841 and set in Exhibition Park on the shbre of Lake Ontario, the museum was once the officers' quarters of a British military establishment. From the primitive craft of the Eskimos and Indians, its superb models and displays portray the history of shipping on fresh water to the coming of the huge lake freighters of today.. There's even an actual dug -out Indian canoe 500 years old. Whether their interest runs to Egyptian mummies, Canadian garnefish, minerals, Indians, fossil animals, reptiles or dinosaurs, the Royal Ontario Museum is a "must" for young visitors. A year-round attraction with three acres of floor space devoted to exhibits, it contains the world's tallest totem pole, Here too is located the new McLaughlin Planetarium where spectators seated beneath the great dome see the wonders of the night sky awesomely reproduced. Suddenly the sky is seen at the North Pole where the stars never set. Or from Saturn — and the earth looks like a star, millions of miles away, Everything from bearded ladies to spine -tingling rides is featured at the mile -and -a -half long Midway of the Canadian National Exhibition, the world's oldest and largest annual fair. Now in its 91st year, it will run the last two weeks in August to Labor Day and looks for another 3,000,000 attendance. Besides worldwide displays of sophisticated modern products and the age-old appeal of a great agricultural fair, its 25,000 -seat mammoth grandstand shows are its greatest single draw. They always feature two distinctively different performances — a special matinee for the youthful set and an evening event entire families enjoy. , There's lots more. Such as Old Fort York, which figured prominently in the War of 1812 between British Canada and the U.S,:manned today by students in period uniforms. Or a trip to the observation gallery of downtown Toronto -Dominion Centre's 56 -storey tower, with vistas encompassing over 8,000 square miles. How about a tour of Canada's foremost sports arena, Maple Leaf. Gardens, home ice of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team? Scheduled to open in the fall of 1969, the Centennial Centre of Science and Technology will dramatize the impact of today's scientific achievements on our daily lives. A Province of Ontario project of particular appeal to the young, the Centre crowns a 180 -acre wooded ravine site within Metro Toronto; Toronto offers much to intrigue tads and lasses — and grownup fledgelings as well. Early -day logging camp is the focal point of 1,500 -acre Centennial Park undertaken by Port Arthuras this Canadian Lakehead community's development to mark the nation's 100th birthday in 1967. The camp is a complete restoration of one existent locally in 1910 and in its communal cookhouse visitors can eat a hefty :lumberjack meal. Old logging camp highlights new_ park Port Arthur: Visitors to this northern Ontario city's new Centennial Park get to, tour an early day fogging camp and in its communal cook house eat a hefty lumberjack meal. The camp. is the focal point of a 1,500 -acre development undertaken by the Canadian Llteh'ead community to mark the nation's 100th birthday two years ago. While it is called Camp 67 for the year, iris a complete restoration of one existent locally in 1910 and is authentic even to its eight -seater privy, 50 punishing yards from the bunkhouse._ Since pulp and paper is the province's number one industry,. there are hundreds of logging camps Scattered throughout Ontario's sprawling 'north. But because these are located in remote wilderness regions, few other than the adventurous traveller would ever get to see one. Infinite care was taken, therefore, to make this one the real McCoy, with a few added touches of visitor interest. One of these is a logging museum displaying photos and artifacts or surrounding camps and logging tools from the industry's beginning. Another is a stable which housed the sleigh -drawing horses of an earlier day, with +collars and harnesses hanging on peg beside empty stalls, Prior to mechanization every ealtip had to have a blacksmith shop to tend to the horses and maintain logging equipment, 'I hit eannp, ton, has a blacksmith shop, with a veteran smithy working ori weekends, It'r the bunkhouse,you'll see where Men slept under :just two allotted woolen blankets on mattresses filled with Bloss Tit' 'spruce boughs. And wherN'tlue to Crowded conditions and lack of privacy, residents had to undergo meriting ablutions four at fi trine, The Calc of the wild beckoned thousands bt Phibisti inint10'0'1 s . Ontario's Borth 'before the turn of the eentUry and their in (Wove. is reflected at Camp 61 by an original lyit f5ish Stearn bath. In this crude 1910 sauna, however, it was customary for users to induce more sweat by whipping their bodies with birch saplings before plunging in the frigid river. Like the park itself the camp is free to visitors. Bring a hamper, if you like, and sit at a picnic table. But if you happen to be ravenously hungryf don't sit downwind from the cookhouse or you might toss your sandwiches away. Typical of the heanan fare served at a backwoods logging camp is the meal you get at Camp 67 — hearty main courses of neat and potatoes, homemade bread and cakes and pies in variety. And it's all you can eat for one price which, at $2 for adults and $1.25 for children at lunch and $3 for grownups and "$1.50 for kids at dinner, gives dining out new meaning. Lunch is 11 to 2, dinner 5 to $, and ,ust as it's done in a real cainp, diners are summoned by trierigulnr hell, rattled by the cook himself. Hungry or not, a tour of Centennial Park is a must on that Lakehead visit, if only to break the journey by a cooling stroll along shaded pathways, The youngsters will delight at the children's farm and playground. And sportsmen will drool at the park's latest acquisition — a series of spring -fed pools swarming with trout, But leave your rod in the car, they're only for viewing, The Canadian Lakehead, comprised of Port Arthur and its sister city Port William is the western terminus bf the St, Lawrence Seaway and Canada's third largest port. Oct the Lake Superior route of the 'Trans -Canada Highway, both ebnntnunities offer erne _aecorrunodation livery - nightlife and a host of uiYtisual attractions. Notable among the fatter are Mount McKay, one of the 00vi10% tidiest mountains, and nearby t{akaheka Halls, whose spectacular 1284ot dtop Makes it the"Niagara of the Werth,"