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Wed Oct 1974 THE STREET entrance to Rockwood Conservation Area is flanked by tall maples ablaze with color The street ends abruptly but one can leave the car and walk down the Valley Road adjoining the river past the ruins of the Harris Woollen Mills producers of high quality blankets in the 19th Century Country lanes festooned with color Picturesque farms dot the countryside Thanksgiving weekend tour could include color history The colors of may have faded son but the still Hers views which no pnrnllfl other limes of the year Riotous color has replaced by delicate hues which blend ever greens in more subtle South Wellington of Tin and are for n Sunday r ThnnkiglviriR Day You also mil i of the earlv history of mi- by landmarks particularly in Ihe hamlets mil the way A Start ysldi ind driiecnsl on of the pirns pioneers in the if Ihc Indian word for f nit Pines Co far is lie Sixth line and turn left Just before you gel following Sixth to Turn lilt west it and drive slowly through I imehousc the historic frame Presbyterian church and cemetery which Is almost a page out of an early Canadian history book Drive past the village store and where the forks at school bear left over the tracks staying on the until you reach Line Turn right here passing the huge quarry on the left and the colors on your right Pass the tracks and go as for as where the Black Crick the road Just beyond this the fourth goes up a steep hill hut turn left on the riven Road through Dolly instead of going up hill Dolly Varden looks like a scene from Wales The sumacs on the hills here arc a splash of color Keep goinj and join the Third Line as it changes into Churchill and almost marks Acton eastern Continue through Acton across 7 Highway through new subdivision until the road starts to climb to a frame white church on the left Churchill The church is another example of ecclesiastical architecture being huilt in You arc now over 1200 feet above sen level at this point and on clear day the skyline of downtown Toronto is easily visible The vista is a pat of colors this point you can either going north along the Third I inc to Highway or turn left the Town I me ravel is far High way and turn north right mdnrlng along until you reach 24 High way You ore in Willingtnn County now and Highway passes through delightful farm land fistooned in colors Travel as for as the turn to t virion in town ship turn lift and continue through the hamlet where the Hi through a gorge and grist mill once belonging to the family still sits beside the river and mill pond The mill race is there Continue along the paved road which turns into gravel it the Kitchenir Scout and Cub camps until you reach a paved road which will take you past stump and nil and hardwood into a Harris St by turning right Is a treasure trove for history buffs an liquL lovers and nature en thusiasls Join Highway here and continue along past the stone mill which sits beside the River and is still operated with water power by Jim MUnc and son If you are history minded the old Academy now being restored by sculptor and artist Drenters Is worth a visit Its on southern boundary along Highway on the way to Acton Founded by a Quaker was one or Upper Canada first boarding schools Many prominent men were educated there Or visit the Con Area It contains delightful nature trails bordering the Eramosa River which flows through precipitous limestone cliffs The park looks like a piece of transplanted Also in the park are pot holes left by glaciers of the ice age which makes It a geological rarity There are mysterious caves for the adventurous which some go for miles tut don try that out too Instead leave the con servntlon and its pretty valley and toko the I south as far as the Indlon Trail in unmarked road which is used Indians of in The pinnetrs up pirently just followed tin trail rather thin find new tin which also is the site of an Indian graveyard Spirits Some residents soy the has been the scene of some strange Cynics laughingly sny spirit sightings were the result of too much of the bottled kind The Mrtopped Troll ends at the road which connects Mills to Highway on the west side of Turn left and follow the hard top road to Eden Mills turning left it the legacy left by Scots sctllcrsstone Eden Mills Presbyterian Church See the old stone mill in Mills now used by Ted Harden for sawing wood for crates Continue through the village until you reach the me Turn south fright and follow the Line through the former unusual stone barns unique in Look far the electrical railway museum on your left Keep the Line until you reach 15 Turn left and plunge into the heart of old The scenery Is alternately pastoral and primeval rocks and bush much like the early settlers first saw It Continue to and you are back where you started The mile trip can be done easily in a couple of hours or could be stretched into a full day outing Til PRECIPITOUS LIMESTONE cliffs hang over the Area penned up by a large dam before slicing through more River where it wends through the Rockwood Conservation rocks on its way to Eden Mills SPIRITS ALONG tlus stretch of the River bridged by the Indian Trail Nearby residents attest to the presence Others scoff The area is called Spirit Valley