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upper canada village is described for local lions public relations man tells about seaway visitors ta the iroquoiscorn wall lector of the st lawrence juitr valley now ire amazed t tea the remarkable iranafor- matlon that baa taken place on the new ihorellne meat th horelioe of this 40mtie stretch of the for mer intenulonal rapids section ef the st lawrence on the ca nadian tide hs been transform ed into an interesting and his torical park area this ia the result of the work and planning ol the new ontario st law rence development commission which acted to make attractive park lands following river flood- iflg and creation of a new lake in the st lawrence to provide headpond for the mammoth international electric power de velopment built by ontario hydro and the new york state power authority all the scars 1 of construction now have disap peared and a beautiful new horeline has been created al ong the lake st lawrence a complete description of the new parkland with its recrea tional facilities and the historic upper canada village was giv en by c g w macintosh pub lic relations officers for on tario hydros central region in an illustrated address at the dinner meeting of the geor- geown lions club in the ban quet room of the corner cup board restaurant the speak er was introduced by lion wil fred brisbois and the thanks of the club tnombers to the speak er was given by lion alex blackwell the construction of the st lawrence power development demonstrated the effctiveness ef international team work this giant project that was built at a cost of some 60 r million showed how well the engineers and construction men of two friendly countries could plan and work together as one big team to construct a great in ternational power development to serve the people of two countries in new york state and in ontario it was a lesson to the rest of the world demon strating international coopera tion for peaceful purposes the apeaker said by means of color slides be gave the georgetown lions a birds eye view of this 40mile long project he discussed the construction of the 2250 ft long iroquois control dam and its function also the 2540 foot long curvedaxis long sault control dam as well as the div ersion of the long sault rap ids and eventual flooding of these rapids the great power houses built into a single huge 3300 ft long reinforced power dam also was described and the binge turbo generators and oth- er equipment with the power bouses were mentioned the speaker gave a brief de- cription of the 400 million in ternational seaway which per mits passage of almost 80 per cent of the worlds freighter vessels up the st lawrence to gain access to the upper great lakes system and the heart of the north american continent historic village created on of the highlights of the talk was the description of cry- sler farm battlefield park and the historlcl upper canada vil lage created by the ontario st lawrence development com mission on the new lake st lawrence shoreline about five miles east of morrlsburg the crytltr farm battlefield park consisting of 2000 acres o beautifully landscaped park land is a tribute to the soldiers and settlers of early canada it was here that one of the dec isive battles of the war of 18121814 was fought ovcrloo- king the park is the battle mo- nment situated on memorial mound this mound construc ted from earth taken from the battlefield before the s law rence power project flooding is at the end of an impressive mall flanked by rows of oaks and maples at the foot of the mound stands the battle mem orial building with its murals tables and various historic me mentos of the actual battle at upper canada village vi sitors get the impression of the calendar being turned back more than a hundred years and having the opportunity of stepping into the midst of some of canadas early history all the nostalgic charm of the past la captured and held in upper canada village it is the re creation of a typical st law rence valley community of tne 19th century and all the more than forty buildings have been relocated in the village from their original sites along the river bank and each has rbeen restored or refurbished with painstaking accuracy paradoxically upper canada village exists today because of the strides of modern progress when the gigantic st lawrence ivarer project and the seaway war udertaken in 15153 it c g w maclntosh hyovo public relations officer meant the end of existence of several small towns along the ontario shoreline of the in ternational rapids section be- se their sites were complete ly inundated by the rivers dee pening and widening the dec ision to proceed with the plan ning and building of this real istic and typical village of the past also the historical crysler farm battlefield park is a tri bute to the imaginative for ward thinking and planning by the parks commission and its chairman the hon george chal- lies also the ontario govern ment to create an authentic permanent link with canadas early history and provide a val uable tourist attraction old buildings preserved uppar canada village nestles peacefully on the shore of the lake st lawrence and be cause of its historically accurate development mirrors faithful ly an important era in this na tions early history some of the outstanding buildings in this village include cooks ta vern which was used as head quarters by the american gen eral wilkinson during battle of cryslcrs farm in november 1813 this tavern was a fam ous inn on the old coach road along the river shore travel lers journeying by coach be tween kingston and montreal used to stop at this well known i hostelry as well as those trav elling by bateaux coming up the river the tavern was dam aged in the battle of 1813 but was later restored afer the own er michael cookuimed damages jt is now furnished and restored to its appearance in 1835 when it was a busy inn crysler hall the most im posing building in the village was built by john puny crysler and has been restored extern ally to its exact original con dition it is a classical sbroet- ture with white doric columns and brick wings of majestic appearance the interior being used as a museui settlement containing docum ents pictures utensils jewel lery etc telling the way ol life in the various small villag es of the area in the pastl there are a number ofeu- torical homes as well as two fine old churches one of these is chri5ttjhurch moved from moulinette and is typical ot an anglican church of 1837 the other church is providence church from eastons corners built about 1850 and used by all denominations whenever the appropriate clergyman or cir cuit rider arrived mr macintosh pointed out that one of the significant things about this historical village is the fact that so many of the buildings contain equipment that is being operated just as it was a century or more ago for instance the woollen mill produces wool and the saw mill cuts wood in the old fash ioned ways powered by the force of water streams in sev eral of the buildings various handicrafts are carried out by people in old time costumes in the manner that this work was done in the 19th century it is educational because these are not static displays but offer so much working equipment and activity that there are innum erable things of interest for vi sitors to see mr macintosh pointed out in conclusion that this historical village has help ed to preserve the illustrious heritage of the canadian people and to keep for posterity faithful reproduction of condi- n the early formative years in this countrys develop- fatar jonea georgetown santas little helpers this may not be the popular imago of santas elvej in their workshop but chances are this group is working just as hard this was the scene in the fire hall thursday night as lions and firemen work together to bag candies and oranges for the thousands of children who greeted s clous at the four corners saturday gnomes busy at this particular table are murt allison john zorge jim valentine clarence carey jim carney george louth ivan crabtree paddy woods dick licata bill hyde bob brick bob bonfield clare francis fred zorge and wilf brisbois mm cqrmtown htftmltj page twadt di list f farm news crop rotation stress at annual meeting by j a f sam finnic president of the hal ton soil crop improve ment and urged the george town lions to go and see this whole area for themselves ment association has announc- eo that this years annual meeting will stress topics on crop rotation and crop man agement at a directors meeting of the association it was decided to hold the annual meeting in the union hall milton on wed nesday january 10th the programme will get under way at 1030 am with a panel dis cussion on the subject are crop rotation obsolete panel members will include special ists on soils crops and agricul tural engineering guest speaker for the meet ing is to be w snow head ofj the department of field hus bandry western 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