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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 22, 3000-0
Unmarked graveyard to receive cairn
Marking pends.. approval by Huron County Council
. By Dan ImsM
Onion News -Record Stall
. An unmarked graveyard
containing the remains of
over 420 Huron County
pioneers will he recognized
with. a cairn... pending
approval from county
council.
•
The graveyard. which is,
located behind the -county's
Health and Library
Complex, at the... -old
Huronview site. was used
-.for the.hurial of residents of-
the House of. Refuge .from
• 1895 to. 1929. •
When the cnunty-stopped
using the land as a burial
•site, county council, at that
time had a cairn erected,
which listed ihose,huried
there. explained -. Reg.
Thompson. a member of the
Stone Angels.' a group that
ha's been working for the..
restoration of the cemetery..
That county council, he
continued. also had a fence
erected.at the site. 'and trees
planted :surrounding the'
cemetery,. "and committed
itself to perpetual care."
Over•the years, hoth-the
original fence and the trees
,, disappeared. from..thesite.
• and the land was somesime
in`pasture.•and sometimes
cropped.. but 'the cairn'.,
marking. the _raves of the
pioneers remained, In 1998.
- however. the cairn -was also •
Brochure
swap planned
The Lucknow and District
Cominunity.Centre`will be
the 'site-: of the . Huron
Tourism Association's .1 tth •
.Annual Tourism Event'.and
Brochure Swap on April 6:
'This year's -event is•being
held jointly.: with Bruce
County Tourism operators.
This afternoon event will
feature . professional
emrnars-- on '•''Tourism
Tomorrow.''. ••.Ari-Tourisrtt.-
What it means.for Rural
Ontario`' -and -.Development
of Special Bent Packages."
`A major component of the
.iday will be the brochure
..swap..: This provides
'registrant: with . the
opportuntt! to distribute
their promotional literature
10 otherbusinesses and
promoters of Huron and'
Bruce Counties . This is the
first time that operators of
Huron and:Bruce Counties
will he .it the sante event.
The new 2000 Huron
County Tr.a el Guide will be
available for -pickup that
day. This Guide lists.
attrauons. theatres.
museum,. golf, courses.
marina.. public beaches.
cross country ski and
snowmobile.
accomm•odations,
campgrounds. -restaurants.
bed and breakfasts. artisans
and 'art studios. conservation
areas •antique and specialty
shops and special events.
• Also -available are
brochures for fishing;
cycling.• hiking and the'
Huron Harvest • Trail
Directory: These Huron
County publications will be
available to registrants in
huge quantities in order that
the> w, II have literature to
hand-out to visiting tourists.
Tourism represents one of
the • largest ergonomic
generators in the area.
• The mandate of the Huron
Tourism Association is to
develop and target co'st-
eflective and .result -oriented
tourism strategies within
Huron County. 'Monthly
meetings are usually held
the first ThuFsday of the
month at various members'
establishments.
• Registration -is required .
before March 31. The public
is welcometo drop in
between 4:30 p.m..and 5:30
p.m. to participate- in the
brochure swap:
Please contact either Brian
Treble or Cindy Fisher at the
Huron County Planning and
Development Department
(519)'524-2188 or Kathryn
Darby at 524-7400 for more
information.
removed.
A story in a -March 1999
edition of the News -Record.
explained: "In"Septemher
1998, due , to the
deteriorating condition of
the cemetery resulting from
neglect. weather and
vandalism. county council
decided the cairn's marble
name tablets' would' .he
relocated to the 'wall of
memories' adjacent to the
lobby in Huronview.-
"in October, however..
county workers not Only
removed. the tablets. they
removed the rock cairn as
well. tossing the stones into.
• a nearby ditch."
Since "that time. the Stone
Angels. have been working
.with county representatives
in an effort to ensure the
• cemetery is restored. and the
graves are once again
:marked.
Last• year. •explained-
Thoinpson. a .geophysical,
survey was conducted On the
area of the cemetery. in.
•rattempt; to find the
boundaries of where the
House of Refuge residents
were buried. This study.
however; was inconclusive.
"It was decided by this
group. in concert with the
county. -to take a larger area
that "would.encompass the
area containing the -graves."
Thompson said. "since the
original boundaries really
couldn't he determined."
Recommendations for the
:restoration of the cemetery
were made last week during
a Meeting of the county's
Health and Seniors
Committee, attended by
members of the Stone
Angels. ' •
Thompson reported that
the committee has made the
recommendation to Huron
County .Council that two
acres of land he set aside
containing the area of the
graveyard. anis that trees
-will he planted in the area
one for each person hurled
there.. • -
Also under discussion was
the type of cairn that could
he` erected on the 'site.. A
rustic .tyle cairn. made up
-of four large .boulders. was
considered. as was a .
traditional :tyle cairn. The
decision was made to erect a
traditional -cairn to replace.
the one removed. Thompson
said.
The Stone Angels: he -
stated. will he• contributing
to the new cairn. as they
have "committed thernselyes
to a fundraising campaign to
have replicas of- the original
cairn : plaques- made and
incorporated into the new
cairn.
- Thompson also pointed
out that the recommendation
from • the. committee.
passed, by county council.
will meet : provincial
regulations. ''The restoration
of the traditional cairn, as
pretised for'hy the Stone
Angels. will satisfy ,the.
terms of the. Ontario
. Cemeteries Act," he scut:
• The recommendation from
the • Health and Seniors
Committee will now go to
Huron County Council.;
which •wil1 have final'
approval. Providing that
•county council approves' the
plans. Thompson said the
Stone Angels will begin
looking into fundraising_
ideas for the plaques.
Huron County Warden
Carol Mitchell passed on •
her gratitude to the Stone
Angels. or their et tarts to
have the resting place of
some otthe county's
residents restored. "•As
warden. I .would like. to
thank the committee for all
the work they did." .he :aid.
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