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LET THE GOODTIMES ROU. — One of the more people -oriented sentries in the Bayfield fair parade Saturday wcis this entry
from the Bayfield Goodtimes. Seated are coach Bill Talbot, Janine Masse, Linda Talbot, Janet Kapstein and Dawn Merner.
Standing are _lady Gilpin, Cindi Talbot, Cheryl Rau and Anne Haw. Staff photo
Former correspondent very busy
By GWEN PEMBERTON
"The constriction of life
within a village radius" -
from the back row of the
balcony of the Avon, that's
what I heard; it may not be
`exactly' what Maggie Smith
said in Edna O'Brien's
portrayal of Virginia Woolf,
but it's the gist of it. We are
all so nervous about
mistakes this summer in
Bayfield!
During August my
speedometer clocked 2,000
miles on Ontario roads and
four times I found myself
back in Bayfield for various
reasons and each time I was
happy to be back. Pat
Becheley .Arthur from
Miami, formerly of Seaforth,
rented my house for August.
She says `Bayfield is my
favorite place in the whole
world, of course.' She was in
the lake every day. Her
architect husband sketched
many harbour scenes and
Bayfield buildings•in the few
days he spent here.•
I spent a few days at the
`White Surf' at Wymbolwood
Beach. It's about as far from
Wasaga Beach as Bayfield is
from Grand Bend and about
as'different! While in that
neck -of -the woods I "stepped
into a different Century", to
use the brochure blurb. At
Penetanguishene I rode
down a hill in a team -drawn
wagon to restored historic
Naval Establishments.
There the young Lieutenant
Henry Wolsey Bayfield
returned from his surveys of
Lake Huron and Georgian
Bay to prepare his reports to
the British Admiralty.
It was the last naval
structure we were shown by
the enthusiastic guides and
costumed staff as we
climbed back up the hill.
There were reconstructed
residences, offices,
workshops, the elegant of-
ficers' quarters and the
naval dockyard and
storehouse. The Ministry of
Culture and Recreation
brochure does not overstate
when it says the buildings
are furnished with antiques
comprising one of the finest
period collecting in Ontario.
I was fortunate to have a
privately guided tour -
almost - as there were only
three of us, it having rained
heavily all morning. Later
the wagon was full of tourists
whenever it came down the
hill. The guides were very
interested to hear that I lived
in Bayfield. They had one
other visitor from this area
this summer. He told them
that the Bayfield Historical
Society would meet at his log
cabin in June - it had to be
the society's friendly host
John Hindmarsh of
Goderich.
The young history student
and archaeologistsaid when
we arrived at the Bayfield
building. "He is my
favorite," as she referred to
his methodical work habit$,1
his endurance, and problems
he had to deal with on his
trips. -
rears later he wrote "I
had not room even for a
mattress, but Slept, in all
weathers, in the Boat, or on
the shore upon a Buffalo
robe, under the boat's
mainsail thrown over a few
branches placed on the
ground. Many a night have I
slept out, in this ..way, when
the Thermometer was down
to zero, and sometimes even
below it. Yet even this was
not so wearing as trying to
sleep, in vain, in the warm
nights of summer...in the
smoke of a Fire to keep off
the clouds of Mosquitoes
which literally darkened the
air."
In November 1822 he wrote
from his winter quarters,
"The Rocky Shores of Lake
Huron have so shook our
Time Keepers, that in their
present state they are.
useless." He asked to be
supplied with a new or
repaired timekeeper, a boat
sextant, a theodolite; a
telescope, two Massey's
patent logs, a Cater's
compass, a small boat
compass"...so fitted as to
avoid the effect of the motion
of the Boat," a pair of
proportional compasses, a
set of magnetic bars and a
pentograph. Supplies had to
be brought from "Muddy
York' via the Lake Simcoe
route.
Wilfred Jury of the
University of Westertf
Ontario, best known for his
restoration at Ste. Marie
among the Hurons at nearby
Midland has directed the
archaeological digs in
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AUCTION SALE
Arena Auditorium, Zurich, Ontario
Saturday, Sept. 6th at 11:00 a.m.
Over 300 items, Targe amount of
glass and china
Depression, Amethyst, Noritake, numerous primitive
items, large iron kettles, apple pealer, tin ware,
copper boiler, sealers, crocks, irons, brass hanging
c stale, wicker, iron and brass trim beds, cabbage
cutters, carpet beater, old bottles, canes, goat's bell,
etc.
FURNITURE INCLUDES: very old pine wardrobe,
two-piece pine corner cupboard with paned win-
= dows, spindle chairs, pressbacks, old Pigeon hole
drop front desk, Cobbler's bench,walnut poster bed,
circa 1890 - 8 ft. table top, showcase from. general
store, treadle sewing machine, high chair, pine
E preserve cupboard, finger oil lamp (late Petal),
Skater's lantern, brass blow torches, fire ex-
tinguishers; quilting frames, etc.
GENERAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: oil space heater,
-- lamps, odd chairs, picture frames, books, rocking
i chair, other items too numerous to mention.
= NOTE: Preview from 9:00 a.m. to sale time; Cash or
E cheque with suitable I.D., lunch booth; parking; Auc-
= tioneer ori Owner of Hall not responsible for ac -
i. cidents.
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progress and the evidence is
already showing of the un-
covering of the actual sites of
military buildings which
followed the naval establish-
ment3.
In the Bayfield archives
there is a wealth of material
about Admiral Bayfield.
Before many moons, I hope
and trust the local society
will visit Petietanguishene.
It is a moving experience for
Canadian history lovers to
see where the 27 year old
lieutenant lived and to have
the young guides set out the
happenings of long ago.
Citizens News, September 4, 1980
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