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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 10, 1967, p. 8

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pwft iy- itvmjf wwwwwp t ej tno atlftw rr pra wxwiatepay i may- 10 1967 te- fmnhj 1f wf expo sites all along the route tine way to ensure a roof over your head when you visit expo 67 this summer is to set tle within dairy driving range of the fair grounds and pitch a tent this might put you anrour or two from montreal where north americas first truly international exposition is be ing staged april 28 october 27 but this is sort of par when you consider that com muting from centers 100 miles away was nece for thous ands visiting the big fair two years ago in new york expo looks for 30 million visitors in its six month run and montreal repeatedly claims it can accommodate all but theres more going this year for canada than an in ternational fair this hap pens to be its 100th birthday and therell be an unbroken chain of pageants parades and whoopdedo all across the land a tent therefore win put you always where the act ion is whether it be in a ma jor dry or someplace tourists seldom see in ontario alone through which most us motorists must travel to reach expo some 800 communities have for months been preparing for a brand of jubilation that co mes only once in a lifetime and you can bet theres going to be fun this is bound to spark more inter provincial travel and bring more americans than ever before the net result an unprece dented demand for accommo dations of all kinds especially along the expo route but one thtng ontario is particularly famous for is its abundance of modern camp sites bom private and govern mentoperated a glance at the accompanying map shows you just how easy it is to pitch a tent in mis giant of a province which encompasses 413000 square miles clipped and saved the art ists drawing serves as a han dy reference to your official ontario highway map picked up at the bord l cen er or acquired along with oth er pertinent data including a campsite guide by writing the beverley blvd continued from page one because work was held up un til the bylaw could be pasted reeve hinton felt the mat ter should go back to commit tee first he said he was con cerned about scrapping the registered plan of that area feeling one was contingent on the other clerk mcgeachie said the matter was thoroughly discuss ed fast year and it was agreed the road be scrapped and lots be included in 1 its taken so long for the solicitors to draw up the by- low council forgets the de tails said mr mcgeachie rookrkpoftt a prominent banker fell in love wlh an actress and decid ed to marry her but for the sake of prudence he employed an investigator to report on hef life when he received the report it read as follows the lady has an excellent re putation her past is without blemish she has an excellent circle of pleasant friends the only breath of scandal is that she has been seen a great- dell in the company of a local banker of doubtful repute juvt cross fr theres a- line on the ocean where by crossing it you can lose a day out theres one on the highway where you can do even better ontario department of tour ism and information 18s bloor st b toronto s take the ontario govern ment operated chain of parks camp and trailer sites which stretch for 170 miles along the worlds busiest fluid highway the st lawrence seaway at the close of last year the network had 1300 sites for expo visitors another 1000 have been added the end of the network is 12 miles east of cornwall and this puts you less than 60 mi les from montreal certainly within easy striking distance for daily jaunts to expo no matter where you pitch your tent along the st law rence youll be tempted to lin ger longer if only to breathe in its remarkable beauty or view the passing freighters from all seven seas these are pasttimes in themselves but also centered here are two of ontarios prime visitor attrac tions one of them and certainly a must on every firsttrip pers tour is fort henry at kingston a perfect recon struction of a fortress built in the last century to repulse the queens park report by goorge k r r m i a i have had a number of cads regarding air pollution along the lakesbore of the county particularly in the oakvioe ar ea most people think mat the reiinui at bronte are main ly responsme so leave made i am told that the sheh se- rmery has the latest pobnnon control equipment and devices of any refinery in norm am erica apparently the objective is so recover mtpra and other chcsascals which r fmr the ob laarlli and pobntion and which are burned by the luinery- that it only five or six per of the wtpr it manu factures officials at the refin ery say that air pollution is not famed by a temporary excess of affluents but by cer tain types of atmosphere which aasrantetbeoonstaat polkating of the air by cars trucks houses burning gas or oq other industry and munic ipal sewage disposal plants i am further informed mat sheu has spent over three mil lion dollars in and pollution equipment at its bronte plant since 1961 and it has implem ented most of the modern knowbow in pollution reduc tion control ecaaty the p plant next to shell tied into shells recov ery syste at the cost of ab out s200ooc when bj realis ed it was having problem and was required to comply wkh certain guidelines and re gulations set by the ontario water resources commission which is the government ag ency concerned with water and air pollution in short i have been in formed that 99 per cent of the time the public should not be concerned with the refineries at bronte as far as air pollut ion is concerned an i aaortaoal legislat ion which ban nut the prob lem of air pollution under the jurisdiction of the minister of health m ontario and where plans are to ant up various ag- enciee in axons ha the province to combat tmh nt atliui is a spap k ant right dfeectton the plan is to take over any exist ing municipal agencies which have been set up on control pollution and which have not been ef because some neighboring municipalities have not taken any action by centralizing me branch responsible for pollution con trol in toronto under the de partment of health with ade quate facilities personnel and funds we should be making some substantial headway in this battle in the sphere of water pol lution the regular construc tion program of water supply and sewage treatment facilit ies continues throughout the province with projects being undertaken by miinicipahtirs independently or by municip alities in agreement with ow rc on an individual or area basis of t one billion dollars which has been spent on water supply and sewage treatment facilities in ontario in the past ten years approximately iso mflhon dollars of this has been for projects undertaken on the basis of agreements be tween the ow jlc and munic ipalities this has been the case in burlington milton and oakviue tan umlml of pollution re sulting from industrial waste continues to form a vital part of the governments program industries discharging waste to publie waters are erammrd and kept under surveillance and the installation of treat ment facilities for industrial waste discharges is being act ively promoted throughout the province in accordance with the requirements of the ow jlc act through direct contact good staatt a lady went into a bank and announced she would like to open a joint bank account with whomr she was asked with someone who has some money she replied with new industries the com mission approves all waste treatment installations before the industry goes into operat ion consequently the indust rial waste and pollution situa tion is steadily improving and overall response of indus- to the governments pro gram has been encouraging x artists drawing pinpoints major ra area for trav ellers en route to expo 67 in montreal through ontario additional information is av ailable from the ontario de partment of tourism and in formation 183 bkwr st e to ronto s oat canada americans stationed across the river highlight here is the im peccable drill of its garrison handpicked canadian univers ity students dressed 4n unif orms of british regiments of the1869sandflrtog weapons of that era kingston by the way was not the birthplace but the home of sir john a macdon- ald the first prime minister of canada and the mantnost res ponsible for its unification in 1867 farther east and time per mitting a cruise of the thous and islands embarking at gananoque could be a memor able experience frequently described by european visit ors as being akin to a trip down the rhine campers dose to cornwall on the 170 mile park and tent ing network also are within easy range of upper canada village ontarios prized hist orical showplace reminiscent of colonial williamsburg albeit on a smaller scale the villages more than 40 homes and other buildings tell a story of pio neer river life circa 17841867 but the move is east to ex po and while there isnt much to tempt you between corn wall and montreal the que bec government has busied it self creating space for camp ers within a realistic distance of the fair more than 5000 camp sites lie within a 67 mile orbit of the expo grounds and these include outlets for trailers added to this is a similar num ber in privately operated camps with many more to come a camper bound for expo will not likely terminate his safari in montreal all across quebec he has a choice of 400- camping and trailer parks with facilities for some 26000 tents and trailers in ontario he can be even more selective with no less than 92 provincial parks for 63000 sites not to mention the thousands more spaces provid ed by private operators ontarios provincial parks last year attracted close to 1000000 campers and four more parks are to be develop ed this year to meet ever in creasing demands a daily veh icle permit of 1 and an annu al one at 5 is all thats re quired camping fees are just 150 a day or 9 a week all eyes are on canada in this its centennial year and tenting your way to expo puts you in a ringside seat dine wfi rt noon at 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