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Toronto travel writers find Huron
County history `fascinating'
Susan
11 u n d e r t m a r k
MEM
While it's rich in
history and fascinat-
ing "little secrets,"
Huron County could
do more to help
tourists participates in
its history, said
Kristen Snowdon, a
member of the Travel
Media Association of
Canada (TMAC)
which travelled
through the area last
week.
She was part of a
group of six travel
writers from Toronto
and Vancouver that
toured Huron County
following their annu-
al convention held
this year for the first
time in London, Ont.
Snowdon said
learning about the
Van Egmond matri-
arch "Madame
Susanne" at a lun-
cheon in Seaforth and
her adventures fol-
lowing her husband
Col. Anthony Van
Egmond across
Russia with
Napoleon was "fasci-
nating."
"You see these
blockbuster epics
about U.S. history in
the movies but
Canadian history is
just as interesting.
Our kids don't know
our history and about
Madame and what a
woman she was," said
Snowdon.
She added that
with the Baby
Boomer generation so
used to travel to exot-
Pat Saundercock, of the -Van Egmond Foundation, tells stories of local history
to travel writers from Toronto and Vancouver when they visited last week.
is locales, small
Canadian towns
could interest them
by sharing those "lit-
tle secrets" of the
local history.
"People don't want
to drive by anymore.
They want to partici-
pate in something
more interesting,"
she said.
Cathy Stapells, of
Mississauga, said the
tour brought her to
Huron County for the
first time.
As a lover of her-
itage architecture,
Stapells said she was
"oohing and aahing"
over the old homes
and historical build-
ings she saw
throughout the area.
"With all the brick
Queen Anne homes
with the wraparound
porches, I'm in heav-
en. I didn't know
about the wealth of
architecture here and
I will be writing
about that," she said.
"People who are
interested in heritage
architecture will love
being here," said
Stapells.
She added that
after touring Blyth
and listening to a
talk by Blyth Festival
artistic director Eric
Coates, she'll be
returning to the area
to take in some of the
Blyth Festival plays
this summer.
Toronto writer Kate
Pocock said a lot of
Toronto residents
travel north on vaca-
tion instead of going
west towards Huron
County.
"Toronto people
have never been to
this area before -
they don't know it at
all," she
said.
With
the popu-
larity of
"culinary
travel," she
suggested
Huron
County pro-
mote its
organic and
homegrown
agricultur-
al products
to draw
Toronto
tourists.
As a
writer
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about family travel,
she was interested in
the interactive dis-
plays at the Goderich
museum and the bed
and breakfasts in the
area.
"Kids love B and
Bs. They think it's
quite exotic to stay in
someone's house. One
idea is to go to a her-
itage B and B and see
how grandma used to
live," she said.
Pocock added that
she thought Toronto
tourists would be
drawn by more farm
tourism where kids
could visit petting
zoos and learn at the
same time how
cheese is made. •
Several writers
talked about the
friendliness of Huron
County residents as a
big draw to the area.
"It sounds cliche
but the people here
are so friendly. The
genuine warmth and
welcome have been so
lovely," she said.
County planner
Cindy Fisher, who led
the tour, said she's
confident Huron
County attractions
will soon be ending
up in some travel sto-
ries in the Toronto
market.
"There's nothing
like experiencing
Huron County, even
in February," 4he
said.