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about their County through all
phases of their work, but par,
titularly through the interviews.
Being a Stildent now sounds a lot
easier than being •one in 1905,
As Mr. Robinson put it, `likat was when we really wept to schaol anal the teacher .had a big stick or something . it wesopol4 or fetch you,"
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.has been expanded and the swim-
ming facilities attract the area
residents in large numbers. A
camping area has , been roughed
out and the authority plans to
level campsites, place culverts
on the road and construct a
washroom facility. ,,Parking
barriers have been set up and this
fall we will attempt to establish
a good vegetative cover," com-
mented Lorne Murray of Moore-
field, Vice-Chairman for the Au-
thority. In the future a swimming
dock, some forestry work and the
additional property to the south-
west will be added to.the Galbraith
Conservation area.
The buses rolled on to the
Brussels Conservation area. The
park includes- 57 acres includ-
ing the old mill and pond which
was purchased in 1972 for $7,500.
The main purpose' proposed for
the site is for day use in a
recreational sense. "The acqui-
sition of an additional two acres
to complete the parcel and
general clean up of the site
and restoration of the mill are
being considered," commented
Chairman Jack Graul.
The McDowell property at
Westfield is a 400 acre farm
purchased in 1973 at a cost of
$55,000. The main emphasis in
development will be toward for-
estry , and wildlife management.
Plans for the property may be
use of part of the area by the
Huron County Board of. Educat-
ion for an outdoor education
center. However ,tthe boa.rd has
not made a decision on the center
as yet," said Jim Coulter, Super-
intendent of Program and Plan-
(Continued from page 1, ning.tiBut interest in the centers
Flooding is usually the result by our teachers is high". Other
of late fall, winter,. and early developments.InehKIe the spring snow melt runoff and ice 'creation of • a pasture farm on
obstructions. Mrs. Marlene the 100 acres of land west of the
Secretary-Treasurer for river and the improvements of
the Conservation Authority re- the streambed for fisheries.What
calls, "In 1953,11urricanHazel's the Authority does require Is a
heavy rains and strong winds namefor the property and Maitland
caused extensive flooding in the Valley Conservation Authority is
town." In the s late winter of looking for suggestions.
1954 a dynamite blast averted Saratoga. Swamp, 5 miles'west
possible damage when ice blocked of Auburn consists of roughly 400
the entrance to the conduit. Water acres, while the overall plan
marks in the downtown stores for the area of a proposed fish
remain as evidence of river and wildlife reserve would in-
floods; of the disaster In March elude some 2,000 acres. Objec-
19, 1948 reported in the tives for the development of the
Listowel Banner as "the greatest swamp include planned manage-
flood ever with 4 ft. of water ment of fish and wildlife re--
above-Main Street", Floociplain sources, public access for fishing
mapping or zoning of the area is and hunting, flow regulation for
now being undertaken and this Sharp's Creek as well as stream
will allow completion of the habitat improvement. The
aforementioned projects. Fill property was acquired in 1965
and construction regulations' are and 1966 for approximately
also being developedfor the town, $15,000.
to _reduce enroachnient on the A highlight of the tour was a
floodplain lands. • stop at the Falls Reserve Con-
And then it was time for servation Area at Ben Miller,
lunch, enjoyed by all at the Gal- a park of 320 -acres purchased
braith Conservation Area, East in 1964 for '$8,500. The Falls
of Atwood; a 100 acre property is a multipurpose recreation area
purchased by the Authority in for summer and winter use. Ap-
1955 at a cost of $3,000. On proximate expenditures 1965 to
K.P. duty for the picnic were, 1972 have been $142,000. Future
Don Pearson, Senior Supervisor plans call for a gamesfield,' ski
for SWEEP and Brian Sachs, and toboggan slope and an addit-
Technical Advisor for SWEEP. ional campground area. A fish-
The pon d at the Galbraith Reserve pond, a sewage dumping station
and a new maintenance building
have just, been constructed.
The buses rolled on to
Bluevale, The Pioneer Conner
'nation Area, last stop on the
trip. The park of 32 acres
donated' to the. Authority in 1963
and 1969 which include a mill-
pond and dam along with picnic
grounds is a favourite picnic
spot. The millpond is still in
use by Raymond Smith of Blue-
vale who operates a grist mill.
Gabion baskets have been used
here to reduce erosion below the
dam, The engineering and re-
construction of the dam is con-
sidered as a future project.
Back at Wroxeter around 6
p.m. the members comments
were: "enlightening", "good
trip","the Authority Is doing
a goo job", "It was a day well
spent."
"Young fellows today don't
know anything about work, sitting
up there with the radio going,
touching a button or lifting a
switch . in my day those
things all had to be done by
main force and awkwardness."
This is one of the observations
of Richard Robinson, 94, who has ,
been a Huron County farmer for
many years,
Mr. Robinson, R.R. 1, 'Lunen,
is one of a number of Huron
County residents who are being
interviewed by the six students
working on the Historical File
for the. County. The interviews
are to help students to under-
stand what life was like in the
early 1900's,
Besides interviews the team
members are busy taking slides
for sequences also to be available
to studentsthroughout the County.
Houses from pioneer days to the
present, fire-fighting equipment
old and new, and the development
of schools throughout the years
are just three of the topics
covered by slides along with
voiced-over narration also pre-
pared by the students. A walking
tour of Goderich to be available in
booklet form 1.4 also underway.
The main work is the
Historical File located in the
County offices, Goderich, Pro-
gress is rapidly being made on
its contents. Working in '3 teams
of 2 members each, the students
have collected a wealth of in-
formation on Huron County from
1900 to 1914. They are now work-
ing on the years 1915 to 1929.
Sources for the information
going into the file include news-
papers, Tweedsmuir histories,
P.U.C. records, municipal re-
cords, telephone system records,
district, insurance company
offices, local histories, and
especially people.
The project is sponsored by
the Experience '73, P.E.O.P.L.E,
program of the Provincial Minis-
try of Education. The Huron
County Council is meeting addl.-
tional expensds.
The students, all residents of
Huron, are learning a great deal •
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