Village Squire, 1973-09, Page 16Tr ipping
A tour of the Bayfield - Varna area
C Tinton
Fish nets at Bayfield
16 VILLAGE SQUIRE/SEPTEMBER 1973
The last couple of day trips have started at the lake-
side and winded their way inland. This month, we're
going to start inland and work ow way toward the lake -
shore.
Our trip starts in Clinton, at the crossroads of Huron
county. Clinton has always prided itself on being in the
heart of the county, at the junction of two of the most
heavily travelled highways in the area, highways 4 and 8.
The town has long been a centre for the prosperous
farming area surrounding and has been a centre of gov-
ernment agencies as well, agencies such as the Ministry
of Agriculture, Ministry of Transport and Com nunications
and the Huron County School Board.
Our trip starts at the heart of the town, the intersection
of highways 4 and 8. We'11 head south then turn right
just past the big radar antena that marks Clinton as the
site of much of the early work in radar in North America
during the second World War.
We'll head out of town on the road to Bayfield. At the
CNR railway station you can see on your left a large
white apartment building with a long history. The build-
ing was originally one of the many hotels in the town.
Then it became a school of com-nerce for many years
before being converted into an apartment building.
i Out of town you'll be travelling on the boundary be-
tween Goderich township on your right and Stanley town-
ship on your left. You'll find this one of the prettiest
and best kept of county highways that winds through the
countryside toward the lake. About five miles out into
the country at the top of a hill, you'll take a left hand
turn toward Varna. The road winds high along the top of
the hill giving a beautiful view of the farmland and hills
sloping off to your left.
Travel until you come to the first concession on your
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