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HEft$The trip Is -alx� excursion, Provided by the is"r6pre5p t d th t 11 'What _Oro Q near Gia lid tw 'Hwn- AtAfie Point,"'*
TXLL�R 1hpugb Seaf6rth o,j,ov e, 'sOb s w ere W nce Aakdgj,� hd Be' , a
the -0her 6
e Cut there is
"cave farm a WO r the river 4441h I t
'thro 1,6n, in ''the 0ard,,and*.pj0vj es partl of it §wamps or, tivtrs art 09W P were drained 0 AY sboit
Rr"OtcsentatIv6,s'(kf the Au abl&04A�ld • ';,,�Auihorlty ,Authors ra
gh 'the S0.6t y tlie, COA.dla, CQ:up
A go Ove
C0400019U,Aut odty,c4ll 44ho ','diown, ,�,squfll p�rucr of, its ju� s4icti,,oe , �`hcje� t;t� ive y ;,Ilke In Tort, Frafts f Ith , 9,c� I otrost In v,0WIjn$.the, river W,
West p "JAnds.d stop$, at. so, onq� TOO 0
h W Ijo, _'64�vvn'is, cloti ft W ama in
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ar( terestitig
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to Places like Port il-Frafiks. �Huro� to -r! �O -,%.n ftber directioO._
me of Qa
�t to rqd: ej
be e �the
eadthe 4ved fromdr�obf 1 d t R* Itsigh Vjsli4-1t'i�,be stt
n t67os, are a, p Me 'eca-W if os thdt have been 1ph. wilvptovide 4 no If you, look, down the ,!a octi.0
om4ry ppocern. jng,bqi1t why 0
,a _U
',`1he shore line,
be en the tow and MobwIty 21. NorM banks of the tivei tonstraight and par
Tho.firsfs.io . P, on the tout is tho'haft of . the road Is the La. Count' jp4thgy gj�. lined,t amount of
fi
or mb.ton. ith
Bend , •'i�j�st-rjdh and protected -look
'�.Iltnj :has A . - I I I ,
-in Grand Sheet .metal pr#1 gro"h.lf �Oq back down. the
`bpetNrlv�� Into thp� ks,�6f "the-vivei
_ ,a# , to. .. . M,*thi
'er road . wists an irregular e
licads 'Into the 614 river you see'otf, ,ar,A0
lot Ill ' 1t,,.,rqwswhatqso to be,a"� ann I lined with trees ro i
stem the tide of di6sl6nl. The _01,�ost ki, h e
Y" Tip I ut:��
adh pg someti r
" f t , bgj 'of- the Au.4abj until 184,0. The .4wimpy 'e: ri:
iuWth yer, Qno literally stands on A
�dones this and. the rest nex-t. sb -is pow' "#p% excellent natural brill -old and;tho now.
MaT ge, between the
'old
k$
The Oiling. is t' th
o frop up `the —hahit4t" and the site, of archeological •
or
A. support , BA
C riches, SYLVAN
6oft 9- ,1 tc ve the. Possibility � of
a eg fqWfig or 00NA t theriver.
One of the final stop Qn.thejourney is a
Houses built th�_rlver,4re, I
withitr7.6fe Of PbWER OF NATUn visit to Camp Sylvan, 'Th6:camp is�. d 300
re, zone. This part of the tour also* offers ',i#46 acre ert which, wag -bought by the B"
The shoringvp-OUthe--,tiygr-banka-hus-bde Scouts iO 1960. Since 1964 the Authority
n- he-iio t aw some -.e —Scouts
. . . . . y -
in what is*des�cribed its. w,'14110'
reasonably'succeisful, p1th6u h Seffieri
g the Apth, 0 nature. closed oft the old has. run pro ams in nature. aud'ok400r
stil two or 'channel in the ip incl educationout ofWe camp Un flie'.sprib and
ority says'theje are ' 11 three sites 14 ISM's and their
on
till slipping in.. am now stands at least 25 yards high! It's
S
fall, School groups visit the site for two and
The authority' estimates the cost of grown from what the winds of
saving the sites could run inibAix figures. have delivered in sand. a half day -stretches, and spend their time
hiking and camping. The kids don't stay it
The flatlands saidth'"W--GrAnd Bend, Perhaps the most strikftig part of the
tents or cottages but rather in covered
produce corn, beans, wheat, entire tout. is a boat ride up the Ausable
which now
wagons which have been made over as
A
e
onions and carrots, were originally Lakes river from Port Franks'. The paef of th
sleeping accommodations.
. . .... 'river the'boat travels on is man-made, and
5mith, Burwell 'and Geotge. Smith and
"Burwell are north of the diverted Ausable s p
'THE ~NEW—On one 611de of thb.brIdge,,the it ends i place -known as the "Cut."
•
Franks the banks and the sparse growth along I the River and BuMell is to the south. At the cut the man-made portion of the In the end you come away not only with
th, t t
A r d ow ed I
nd
Y
�Au�dble'Rlver heads west towards Port. F i nks. shbre. -All, three lake's were'dialned ardtifid-1920 - canal meets the natural Ausable. slightly expanded' understanding of geo,_
throughman-mall's canal. Note the eveness of
. a man d to supply better drainage,,q .6"to prevent The cut was made in 1875 -and diverted graphy, waterflows and farming but also a
flood ng and to attract settlers..to-the area*t,,-,watdr from.fts, natural nortl%ward flow to a slightly different insight into the historical
Lake Smith was drained by Dr. Haigmi' fabric of the area.
Ire westward flow into Part Franks and Lake
a -.-, I QNk :1� �'. ,
_�'�ihe other side of the br I Idge unpredictable THE OLD—Fr shoreline and dense natural
yoU follow the original Ausable with Its growth on the banks.
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