The Rural Voice, 2002-11, Page 25As they travelled through
Manitoba and Saskatchewan, they
viewed giant murals in Boissevain,
the International Peace Garden, and
elk and buffalo farms as well as
visiting many shorthorn breeders.A
stop at the Regina RCMP
headquarters was scheduled, but
because the group was running a
little behind, tour participant George
Adams of Brussels, called to see if
the office could stay open a little
later.
"We got there at 5 p.m. and that
was when they closed. They stayed
an extra 20 minutes for us," said
Adams.
In Alberta, they'd planned to see
the "booze tunnels in Moose Jaw
where bootleggers once operated but
time commitments meant they had to
skip that stop. They did get to visit a
research farm.
Crossing through the Rockies to
British Columbia, they had the
pleasure of viewing mountain
sheep, elk, antelope, moose, coyote
and a lot of other wildlife along the
way.
Visitors from Australia and
Zimbabwe had a checklist of sights
they wanted experience in Canada
including seeing a bear and snow,
having never seen either before. A
bear sighting escaped them but there
was a dusting of snow on the trees
when they rose one morning in
Banff.
After a tour of Vancouver and area,
the participants flew home in mid-
October. The tour covered more than
7,800 kilometres by bus alone. This
did not include the flight to
Winnipeg, said Procter.
Fifty-three people participated on
the eastern portion of the tour while
42 rode the bus in the west, with
approximately 30 staying for the
entire trip. However, Procter said, in
total, several hundred people
attended the various events which
were scheduled in the many
communities in which the tour
stopped. He was accompanied by his
wife Mary and brother Charlie during
the tour.
Though organized as the shorthorn
conference, Procter said the
information provided and stops made
would be of interest to anyone in the
beef cattle industry.0
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