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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-04-22, Page 1010 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, April 22, 2015 One upon a time -Bruce County Memories End of a Kincardine winter Submitted by Bruce County Historical Society William Fraser, a pioneer of Bruce County, was loud in his praises of Kincardine Township and of the settle- ment which was to grow into the town of Kincardine. Fraser came from the Scots settlement of Glengarry in Eastern Ontario. In April, 1851, he wrote his impres- sions of this new community in the following letter sent to several Canadian newspa- pers, including The Huron Signal of Goderich. You wish to know some- thing about this place, espe- cially the village at the mouth of the Penetangore River so, in complying with your request, let me inform you the Township of Kincar- dine borders on a bay of Lake Huron about 30 miles above the town of Goderich. It stands rather in shelter of all storms except from the West. From the beach you could drive a coach and four from Pine Point in Huron to lot 32 of Kincardine. The upper parts of the shore are rather stony for sleighs or carriages but a road is easily made at the top of the high water mark. Most of the shore along the Creeks has rather too much of green timber, but the rest of the Township is very good land, having a large growth of maple, elm, beech and basswood. Mr. Bridgland, the sur- veyor, gives the Township a very high character and no doubt it will soon be all taken up, as we expect it in market in a few days on a credit of 8 to 10 years in cash. The Government promises to reach the Lake this season by a road they are opening from the East. There is an impression that winter is very hard in this place, but this is a mistake; snow came last winter on the 7th Decem- ber, and on the 26th of February it was almost all away out of the clearings. A new snow came that gave about two more weeks sleighing, which we consider more of a favour than a loss, but if my farm was an old one I would be ploughing today. Had my boys been aware and prepared, they could have made a good deal of sugar in January and February, but the youngest made some molasses by vessels taken out of the house. Most of the winter is about the freezing point and suita- ble for chopping in the bush, the snow being only about one to two feet at the most. The first shanty is only standing now two years and now there are five mer- chants, three taverns, two saw mils, several other houses and a chapel (only begun), and in a few days a grist mill coming as well as a distillery. Boats are regularly run- ning almost every other day in summer, between this place and Goderich, taking passengers for three York shillings. The trout and herring fishery on the shore is of no little privilege to many of the settlers and in the course of time will be of great importance. We have a Common School but for the mean time are without a teacher and no doctor. I confess the greatest objection to a medical man is the extreme healthiness of the place, for we have had, as far as I know, but two deaths in the last nine months. However, in spite of pure air and spring water, here, as in other places, the human consti- tution, is subject to acci- dents and decay, so that a doctor's practice would increase with the popula- tion of the place. The weather is very fine just now and the wild onions are out about an inch, and cattle beginning to refuse to coming home at night, so we expect a favourable spring and sailing craft on the Lake before the end of next week. I am yours most respectfully, William Fraser. Adapted from an article written by L.N. 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Sometime between 12:00 p.m. on April 10.2015 and 12:00 p.m. on April 11, 2015, entry was forcibly gained through a window. No stolen items have been reported at this time. There is no estimate available on the cost of repairs. The South Bruce OPP is requesting anyone with infor- mation that can assist police to call 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 222-8477 (TIPS) or send a web -tip to crimestop-gb. org, where you may be eli- gible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000. 19th birthday celebration leads to impaired charge (WINGHAM, ON) —A teen from Wingham that was out celebrating his 19th birth- day is now facing an Impaired Driving charge after he was stopped and charged by police on April 9, 2015. Shortly before 2:00 a.m. Wingham Police Service and Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received infor- mation of a possible impaired driver leaving the drive-thru of a restaurant in Wingham. Officers from both police ser- vices began patrolling for the suspect vehicle, a Pon- tiac sedan, and within min- utes the driver was stopped on Josephine Street by a Huron County OPP officer. Upon speaking with the male the investigating officer observed several signs that the driver was impaired by alcohol. The driver was placed under arrest for Impaired Driv- ing and was transported to the Huron County OPP detach- ment for breath tests. He provided two samples of his breath and both samples reg- istered over the legal limit. As a result, 19 year old Mason SITLER-PAYNE from Wingham has been charged with Impaired Driving, Drive Motor Vehicle — Over 80 Mil- ligrams of Alcohol, Class G2 licence holder — B.A.0 above zero and Having Liquor in Open Container in other than Licenced Premises. He has a court appearance sched- uled for the Ontario Court of Justice — Goderich on May 11, 2015. He also received an automatic 90 day driv- er's licence suspension and his motor vehicle was impounded for seven days. Locks cut off storage lockers (RIPLEY, ON) — On April 13, 2015 at 10:27 a.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a mischief report from storage units at Ripley Store All located along Park Street in Rip- ley. Sometime between 6:00 p.m. on April 10, 2015 and 8:00 a.m. on April 10, 2015, locks were removed from a number of storage units. There is no property reported missing at this time. The South Bruce OPP is requesting anyone with information that can assist police to call 1-888-310- 1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or send a web -tip to crimestop- gb.org, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.