HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-07-01, Page 38PAGE A6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1,1992.
- A. East Wawanosh Township 125th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
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Thousands of students
visit Nature Centre
Published by North Huron Citizen
CONGRATULATIONS
East Wawanosh
on your 125th
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Thousands of students visit the Wawanosh Nature Centre each year to
learn about conservation and wildlife and their habitat.
Whitechurch 357-2719
Everything Your Hearth Desires
Ever heard the expression "stop and smell
the roses"? How many of us actually listen
to it? The Wawanosh Nature Centre
operated by the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority (MVCA) gives the
public the opportunity to get in touch with
their natural surroundings and take a few
moments to enjoy them.
The 161 hectares of property, found on
the Maitland River a few miles south west of
Belgrave, offers parking, washrooms, picnic
tables, fishing, nature trails, drinking water,
and a conservation education program.
The Wawanosh Nature Centre for
Conservation Education aims towards school
groups during the school year. Around 5000
school children visit the centre each year.
Children learn to appreciate and respect the
natural world and gain an understanding of
resource management principles. The
program is intended for students from the
preschool to OAC level. Facilities include
the Nature Centre building and an extensive
trail system.
Special programs have been devised
which offer top educational opportunities to
children. There are various sensory activities
geared to children of every age. During the
autumn months of September, October and
November, the primary students visiting the
centre learn about the outdoors through
exploration and discovery.
Watching for Winter activities are geared
to the Grades 1-4 students They become
nature detectives, searching for clues that
show winter is on the way, focusing on how
animals and plants prepare.
There is also a Snow walk, snow talk
activity for students in Kindergarten to grade
four, where they are given the opportunity to
examine several aspects of the season
including life under the snow, animal tracks
and winter sounds.
For Grades three to eight there are Inuit
games reflecting the skills and strengths
needed to survive in the harsh Arctic
climate. This activity combines games of
skill and tests of strength in a celebration of
our own winter climate.
There are also snowshoe walks available
for the upper elementary students.
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R. Currie, first reeve
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municipality, mostly due to transportation
problems. On August 15, 1866 the township
was divided by the road running north and
south between Lots 27 and 28, or what is
now Huron County Road 22. East and West
Wawanosh had been created.
The first council of East Wawanosh was
elected in 1867. The new administrators
were: Robert Currie as reeve, Hezekiah
Helps, David Scott, Lancelot Nethery, and
Thomas H. Taylor, councillors.
WE'VE GROWN
We recently officially
opened our expanded
office space to
accommodate a four-fold
increase in business and
staff.
OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS
OF SERVICE
We will continue to uphold West
Wawanosh Mutual’s motto of -
'Neighbour Helping Neighbour"
into the next century.
We join with our neighbours in congratulating the people of
East Wawanosh Township on their 125th anniversary.
WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL
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Dungannon 529-7921
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IN HURON & BRUCE