The Rural Voice, 1978-06, Page 31i
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they said. Besides, who needs parks in small towns.
A wave of nausea swept over me when 1 finally reached the
spot. The water, once sparkling clear, now trickled sluggishly
over slimy rocks. The water was thick and brown in colour and
green slime clung to everything in contact with the water. What
had happened in just two years.
I followed the stinking creek upstream to just where it passed
near the railway tracks. I saw then what made things so different
than before. There spanking new, was a large packing plant,
spewing the blood and waste of a thousand cattle beasts into my
little stream every day.
The town was proud of that new plant, I found out later. The
mayor proudly pointed out how he had beaten out five other
towns in the area to get the new industry. It had created 50 new
jobs and people were moving into the town. New homes were
being built and there was talk of another big industry moving in.
1 walked by the new subdivision that afternoon. Fairview
Acres the sign called it and it looked down off the hill onto what
once was my river. The western wind carried a slight smell of the
river to me as I walked down the curving street of the new
development. There they stood house upon house cramped on
their tiny lots, for all the world like a little bit of Scarborough set
down in Western Ontario. Not a tree remained standing where
once 1 had seen men gathering maple syrup. Now concrete and
clapboard took their place.
Anger boiled inside me as I hurried back to the hotel, picked
up nay bags, and headed for the bus station. 1 wasn't even sure
where the bus was headed when I bought my ticket and jumped
on. Tears stung my eyes when we passed the entrance to the
town where two signs stood. One, weather and dilapidated,
could barely be read - "Benedict, most beautiful town in
Ontario". The other was new and well painted. "Benedict, the
progressive town, industrial sites available."
I pulled a roadmap out of my pocket, turned to the Northern
Ontario side and picked one of the most remote areas I could
find. Maybe. I thought, there still was some hope left.
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