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ORONO WEEKLY -IMS, TIIURSDAY, ETME lt,16 bounded. The practice of boIthlte Of its kind in North Amrca ci ally and again waited for thei Indan nd hewhie mn f r- l te eary160s what is to hatch in the wooden trough» Plo ue urk Hitorf moving large 'catches' of fis'h1now talo Samuel. Wilmot. a he lied constructed in, bis bas-, Pl qu M rk H st rithdeven er bpinets, hearsi Newcas4,,e, wio rsied narmnt. H~e evidenly foiufd a solM.. N e cas!e Fis H tch ry hands, had greatlyilessened the bout the depletion of salmon, 'the following spring 75 percent of <mon. Tle Pishery Act of 1857 at-I streams ili Canada. An ardent tempited to solve this problem student of niatural histoçry Wilmot Tiegerenbea nt- On Wdnedayaftenoo, Spi Amog toqewho ereinvtedby making suci fishing practices had acquired an extensive know- ested in Wilmnot's successi in fish tember 13, an historical plaque, to take part i h ermn illegal, but the ]aw was difficuit1 ledge of the spawning behlaviourcutran in16'n de-, -onimemorating the Newcastle'were: Mrs. Thomas Fairbrather, to enforce. The_ problem of a de- of thie- sa1mon which -flowed council set asicle Wilmot's Creek Fish Hlatchery was uaveiled ati chairman of the Clarke Township .frte atfca n aua tu steo te 1 htcerner etenil omiteRusel creasing number of salmon, trout through Wilmot Creek, near bis "frteatfcilan jua thesit, f te oclhather, earl entnnil ammtte, ussllC., and whitefish remained. The Fish- home, la, the basemnent of bis breeding of salmon. Wilmot moy- the junction of Highways 2 and Honey, M.P., M ed metal s4aion to. AlxC1'uhr ery Act of 1857 had, provided for house hie began to experiment e his experimnastio ,a 115. P.P.; Dr.H. R. MecCrimmon. De- ifSprned ihtentrlo ntebnao the appointment o ueitn-wt h aua propagation o mall building otebnso This plaque is one of a series partment of, Zoology, Uiest ents of Fishleries for Canada East inlon th cre r n eary sooosamon lieing ýerected throughout the of Guelph; Dr. A. G. llunitsman of province by the Department of the American Fisheries Associa- arýd Wet.rChnad Etie,sa- Ilabis intial -expeietWI fry were hatched. Public Records and Archive.9, aet. tion; and Dr. R. R. Logicl, Assîst- ware of the need to maintain and, o î otatmtt etlz ýnug on the advice of the Archae-lant Deputy Minister, Department increase the supply of fish in'bis the eggs artificially. Instead, lie! Impressed by Wiimot's; succes', oogical and Historic Sites Board of Fisheries, Ottawa. The plaque province and anxious to find a secured1 a s4mall supply of eggs 'the Canadian Governrnt in 1867 of Ontario. wa-. unveiled by Miss O"eesolution ote oblem of deplie- from the gravel, spawning area1 financed the construction of per- 'Thorne, a grand-daughter of Sam- tion. The protective provisions inofWlt re wh- hyha1mnn bidgsn:teexv- WedýedayM ceremony was uel Wilmot. the Fishery Act were not suffici- been laid ini the early autumn,'(tion of rearing -ponds on the sponsored by the Townghip ofýI h atrhafo h je-ett oe i niepa n and placed them la, an artificiallyJ banks of Wilmot Creek. In 1868 Clarke, whose reeve, R. A Foster, tla the lttr hofth e ninea ro- s ent ovblise ntieplamnad created enviroamenit. To Wil- full seale fiseh culture operation aeted as program chairman. Prof.tee1. entry herewasa sow-sorhieeiblsheyan xpeimetaer cent wslaunched which, over the next W. S. Gou1dig of the Schbol of îng concera in Canada over the station in Qtebec City for the.ot'sesurprs e onyferie. 0yarpea t rdueoe Architecture, University of Tor. ideclining numbers of salmon in propagation of Salmon and other othsegswrfril.155,000,000 fish of varlous speç- onto, will represeat the Archae 1 the rîvers, lakes andi streams fish. The hatchery, which Nettle ý The following autumn Wilmot les. ological and Historic Sites Board. whiere these fish had formerly a- [called an "ovariuùm", was the first fertilized, the salmon eggs artifi- T7 OMWSIP Açe Your mediçal coverage could cost you Iess tanyou tik If yau have no medical services insurance and because of your income you feit that you were unable to afford the premiums, you can stili afford to. join the Ontario Medical Services Insurance Plan-because QMSIP gives premium assistance ta persons who have iîved in Ontario for 12 consecutive mnonths, or more, based on the amount of their taxable i ncome. 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ShEDULES ÎLES 1'1AP__ _aul 1'imiportatlL eai.ureb uOf'the Newcasqte Fish Hatchery were whaut Wilmot calleti the Reception Room and the Breeding Roomi. AIl *salmon ascending Wilmot Crcek were diverted into a,.build- ing constructeti over abyps channe!..The mature salimo me- eti voluntarily into this Receptioa Itoom where they were deteinied rttiý neediedIn athe Breeding Room, located in 'another build- ing, the actual collection of eggs took place. Mfter *the eggs and milt had been taken from the parent salmon, the, fish were re- turned to Wilmot Creek to con- tinue their jowrney. In the.deécade following the estfabishment of the Newcastle Hterthe number of salmon andciother fish la On#wio' waters increased. The eggs anti young fish breti here were diistributed la Quebec, in various parts of the Uniteti States antinla Engiaad as well. The Newcastle Hatchery set a pattera for fish culture la jmany parts of the world. Wilniot supea-vised the estab- ilalimen-t of adiditional fisli breed- ing stations across Canada ant inl 1876 her was appointeti by the gov- cramrient as Superintendent of Fish Breeding Es4tablishments. At the Great International Fisheries Exhibition heltij ta London, Eng- landinl 1883, Canada was award- ed the Golti Melal of Excellency for a working mode]. of the New- castle ,Hatchery. After 1879 the hatchery faileti to continue its early success. The salmon ruas in al'* the streamis along tlie Lake Ontario shore de- creaseti drastically anti in many cases4 eomplkltely disappeareti. This was due mainly to the la- roads of settlement -andi the, con- sequent change, in enviroament for many varieties of fish. la 1914 the, Newcastle Hatchery ceased operat1on eatirely. Today, tihe buildings of the Hlatchery are no longer standing, but the depressions in the earth beside Wilmot Creek which were prev- iously used by Wilmxot as reariag Ponds for salmon, trout and whitefisah, can stili be seen. Hydro Begi.s Tests »At Weslelyville Site Preliminary site investigation le being carrieti out on property orptioned, by Ontario Hyd» at Wesleyville, about five, miles west of Port Hope, to determine its suitability for construction 'of a thermal-electrice generatiag station. Conducting the investigation for Rydro is Geocon Ltd., a Can- adian ýoil engineering firm. The work program involves drilling to deterunine bedrock conditions and obtaining both soul and rock samples. Ia addfition, bore holes xill ho put down offshore to provide in- formation for design of station water intakes.1. The zrork ls slated for comple- tion this faîl.