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by Bud° Sturgeon
,The first maps
depicting the Great
Lakes were made during
the last `years of the
French control in
Canada, Around 1650 the
Sampson Family
produ,,c0 a,: good, map of
Lakes Huron, Erie and,
Ontar,By 1672 the
-N Jesuits had also mapped
Lake Superior, but the
Work was not as detailed, -
The Indian Wars that
prevailed d.tring this era
;prevented much more.
than this. In the end the
Indians burned down .all
the missions: andno more
exploration or settlement
took place until after the
British gained control of
Canada.
e y rograp uc
surveys, although for the
'roost part still isolated
again on Lake
Huron in 1763.-. It was
then, a ship's Captain,
,Robertson led ori ex-
plorational party con-
sisting ° of 11 men up the
lakes. Unfortunately, at
the entrance to Lake
Huron they were am
bushed by Indians, and all more navigational maps
but two were killed for the safety of these
bringing the expedition to. ships.
an abrupt end. The ief
The next mention of hydrographicalsurveyor
Great Lakes Surveys was at that time was Capt.
around 1788 when Gather . William VItzwi1liarn.
Tvlann explored many Owen„ ,Re used the,
inlets and.rivers in the schooner -gunboat
..
LakeHuron and.. "Huron' to carry.out his
'Georgian Bay regions for detailed mapping along.
the eastern shore of Lake
Huron 4ind Georgian $.ay:
Dur: ig his first season,
he enlisted the services of
20-year-.oldmidshipman',
Henry Wolsey Bayfield,
Being4impressed with the,
neatness of Bayfield's.
notebooks, Owen -either
persuaded' or ordered,
him to join the surveyors, '
It is-gtite possible that
the promise of quick
the first ti�rneR • These
particular explorations
were carried out as a
precautionary` i measure
should hostilitiesever
occur with the United
States,
The Napoleonic Wars in
Europe and the •War. of
1812 brought to alma the
survey work yet again.
After the finish of these
wars, the - British
n
renewe •.
their interest in the ex-
ploration of Canadian
waters for , ,several
reasons,
Most likely the number
one reason was the fact
that after the War of 1812,
there were over 40 British
warships active on the
Great Lakes, In 1815 the
charting began to provide
years mapping, the great
lakes, four of these years
on Lake Huron. Bayfield
used two, two,,masted
schooners, -he
"Toughton" and the
"Ramsden" while on the
lake. His assistant w.
as.
midship man 'F'. E. Collins;
and ,together with the
sailboats they also used 4,
pair- ,of. six -oared :boats,,
rowed, by• French,
voyageurs `• `fors the ` ex','
plorations t w
While in the Bayfield.
River area, he -recom-
mended to Baron de Tuyll
that it be' the site for a
town. This irirdicates -that
along with the
hydrographic work he
and his crew spent a
considerable amount of
'r. ox atirpns-"rated— hrnr-time"---64 s axe as
from the "high seas" to doing some land ex -
the more or less Ian- ploration.
dlocked survey job .with For his charting,
its lower pay and hard- Bayfield used a method of
ships. He was officially triangulation with one -
posted in 1816 and one quarter mile baselines, 20
year later he was made to 30 miles apart. Coast,' 1
Admiralty Surveyor features were observed
when Capt, Owen "'deft by sextant from the boat
Canada. and by theodolite from
He spent the next nine the shore. Daily
well'
Clinton's pool fund. took a giant leap forward last
week when :t the bingo :committee, consisting of
various service clubs, turned over $40,000 to the
town. Joan Taylor, • treasurer, and Joe Daer,
bingo chairman, lover the'c'heguc`to rree
chairman Frank MacDonald, and mayor Harold
Lobb• (News -Record photo)
Hensall seniors honored at service
Senior Citizen Sunday
was obsery ed 'at the
Hensall United Church on
Sunday, June 8 with Rev.
Stan McDonald con-
ducting the service and
Rev. Harold Currie of
Stratford delivering the
message. He spoke on the
parable of the prodigal
son.
The service opened
with some Gospel hymn
singing .and the choir
sang a "Gospel
Anthology" for the an-
them. The children's
story was about "The
Rope,of Heaven."
Flowers adorning the
sanctuary were in loving
memory of Miss Amy
Beverley Lee, the
daughter of Jack and
Helen Lee, Londesboro,
graduated on • June 9th
with a .. Masters of
Education in Applied
Psychology from the
Ontario Institute for
'Studies in Education,
University of Toronto.
She is presently chair-
person of the department
of family studies at
Thornlea Secondary
School, and will be the
principal of summer
school for the York
County Board of
Education. Beverley has
been chosen for an
International Teachers
Exchange in Los Angeles,
''Californla for the school
year 1980.81
Lammie and the wedding
of Barbara Young and
Ray Storey. -
Over 30 seniors
gathered at the front of
the church for the service
and others were in the
congregation. Rev.
Harold Currie, himself a
senior, is a past minister
of Hensall congregation.
Next Sunday, Sunday
School awards and
promotions .will be
awarded.
Queensway nursing
home to hold
tea and bake sale
The staff and • various
groups in connection with
the Queensway Nursing
Home are holding a Tea
and Bake Sale on
Saturday, June 14th from
2-4 p.m. It being Heart
Week all proceeds will go
to the Heart Fund. All
donations must be in, by
1:30 p.m. Everyone in the
-community is cordially
invited.
Visitors with Russell
Erratt . were Mark
Taylor, Helen Taylor,
Joyce Boussey, Aunt
Catharine, Grace
MCClinchey, Olive
Stephenson, Louise
Taylor, Ron Taylor, Perc
and Clara Johnston,
Visitors with Irma Wilds
were Mrs. A. Dogan and
girls, Jessie Ford, Mrs.
Cooper, Marie and Henry
Wilds and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Cockwell. Harold
and Ettie Penhale visited
with Mrs. Penhale and
Mrs. Triebner. Mrs. Jack
Brennenan, Anna Martin,
Mary Oesch and Gladys
Bechler visited with Pat
Oesch.
Ken and Florence
Hodgins visited with
Louise Mitchell and Vera
Lammie. Florence and
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AND
SERVICE
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ELECTRIC
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Electrical Contractors
425 Josephine St.
(Old C.U.R. Railway
Station)
WINGHAM
351.1583
Walter Wilhelm visited
with Edna Young. John
and Iva Ridley, Ila and
Chester. Dunn, Mervyn
and Irene Dunn visited
with Vera Lammie, also
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Wright visited with Vera
Lammie.
astronomical oh- further surveys of the
,.sexvations were made waterways From 1883 to
(usually by himself). to 1883,. As successors, they
fix the • latitudes and often marvelled at the
longitudes,, The excellence in chart
longi Ludes were making, that Bayfield
calculated using a sex- achieved.
tant to view mewl, oc-' The Eayfield' • River,
nutations and the elipses Village of 1 ayfueld
of . Tupiter's satellites Bayfield Sound,„and
thereby, necessitating Wolsey Lake werall
clear weather. Obser• named after • the
vations were: referred Admiralty Surveyor Who
back to the meridian • died in 1885,
through', the Quebec To date, many other
Citadel injuebec City, isolated hydrographic •
Baselines were surveys have ' been un-
mmeasured, with a chain.,or dertaken but " mostly
a well stretched lead line around harbour mouths
and depths • were and much • used
measured using a Massey navigational channels*
sounding machine. For practically 155
During the winter years the charts and
months, when the lakes mappings of Henry
were—f7razen7- -di iff"— W"ois e'r-.ay ie1d"--1Ta tr".
pleted the calculations stood. This summer the
and sketc,led the rough • U.S. government is un -
charts using Mercator's dertaking a hydrographic
projection to provide the survey along the eastern
detail. In the spring, they shore of Lake Hurorr..One
were sent to the of the communication
Admiralty Hydrographer towers will be located on
to be published. In all, he the North Beach at Bay
produced 56 charts, 16 of -field below the Poth
these being on the Great residence.
Lakes. While it is a most ad -
Things 'did not always mirable and ambitious
go so well as. the men project using the most up
were often plagued by to date methods and
black flies and equipment, skepticism
mosquitoes so thick they must prevail depending
couldn't breathe. The on what they hope to
captains also had their accomplish. As., far as
troubles with drunken- mapping goes, there will
ness and insubordination Probably be little dif-
among the men serving ference in the findings as.
under them. compared to the zealous
After his retirement, work done from 1816 to
Bayfield was succeeded 1825 by the hydrographic
by John Orlebar and J. G. pioneers of the Great
Boulton who carried out Lakes.
E.. Wawanosh
remains dry
WINGHAM - East
Wawanosh remains • a
"dry" municipality in the
wake of the liquor
plebiscite held recently.
Voting patterns were
quite similiar to those of
the liquor vote held in
,M.or,:ris. ;;T„own,ship two
years ag'o `•w%th several of
the questions winning a
simple majo< <Ly but gone
receiving the 60 per cent
affirmative vote needed
to put them through.
Only three questions
were on the ballot for the
the East Wawanosh vote,
held at the request of the
Belgravc and District
Kinsmen Club. The
questions dealt with the
salp of liquor at com-
munity 'functions rather
than with possible
location of a beer or
liquor store in the
township.
The
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Quality features demanded
by the backyard rchef
If a new gas barbecue is a must at your place
this year, come and check out our quality
line of barbecues.
• • •made of heavy gauge cast aluminum.
no need to worry about warping of hood
• • •dual burner with up front controls.
• • •complete with portable cart, propane
tank and•'serving board.
• • *before you buy just any barbecue, come
in and talk to Bob Crawford in Blyth
or Tom Arthur in Exeter
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HUBON
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BLYTH 523-4244
EXETER 235-1115
1he Kinsmen had
hoped to win the right to
sell liquor at dances and
other fund `raising and
entertainment events.
They will have to wait
another three years.
before the vote can be
held again. •
'it gas reportett that 3911
of the township's 900
qualified electors took
part in the plebiscite.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 26
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Ray and Shirrs
Bartliff's Bakery
Becker's Milk
North'End Lunch
Royal Canadian Legion
Triangle Discount
Kuenzig IGA
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Clinton Community Credit Union
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Ron's Health Centre
Shaw's Dairy Store
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