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aie 'into " Upper Canada Village By Edna L. Craven Newspapers and magazines of these days are featuring the devel- opment of the parklands along the St. Lawrence Seaway. There are miles of .parks, providing play- grounds for many thousands of Canadians, as well as for many folk from below the line. The newest park,. situated just a few miles east of the new town of Morrisburg, and known as Up- per Canada Village, is one of the finest of them all. Here the com- mission in charge has set up a village much like the ones that existed along the river a century ago. Upon a high mound, overlook- ing lake St. Lawrence; planted with groups of small trees and also using the old trees that formerly stood in the fence lines of the old farms, stands the Chrysler Farm -MMemorial, in memory of the men ~who. fell in the battle of the same jname, 1813.- This ~column~ earlier stood beside Highway 2, on the farm and estate. of Mr. Chrysler. Later the farm was the property of Mr. Salmon, father of Willis and Austin Salmon, who spent some time in New Liskeard as pioneers. Back in 1922, Austin, with his wife and family, left the north to take up residence in a large solid stone 'house, right on the shore of the river. This stone house was the only dwelling on the river side of the road for some miles. For many years the family lived there until the death of the senior Mr. Salmon, when. the place fell the hands of the younger brother Edson. : Mrs. Austin Salmon had been a valued member of New Liskeard Baptist Church, and as there was _no Baptist work near her at Mor- risburg, she and her family united with St. John's Lutheran Church. This church faced the great river a short. distance east of Morris- burg, and was the first protestant church in Upper Canada. As you approach the village, you see a large sign telling you that here is Upper Canada Village, a replica of-those small communities that throve: along the north shore of. the St. Lawrence River a cen- tury ago. Ac genuine -toll gate~permits en- try into the village; a village store contains everything. you can think of and good souvenirs can be pur- - chased here. Passing through the toll gate you walk .on -a wide walk, across a tiny bridge; on one side stands a Saw-mill and a-woollen mill. Both! of these, brought from Odessa, are run with water. Across the way, nestled behind a high board fence, is the bake-shop. Here the baker is kept busy all day and every day baking loaves of beautiful, « whole- wheat bread. A small oven is built beside a huge fireplace. Three or four batches of bread are baked every day, twenty loaves to a batch. The bread is delicious. We bought a loaf 'and found it: had a wonderful flavour. ; Close by is Gook's Tavern, equip- ped very much as it was: in its heyday, still serving the traveller. Next is the Robinson House. I didn't manage to learn just who Mr. Robinson was, but the house was wonderful to see through. Originally the ~ schoolmaster's house was joined to the back of Chrysler's Hall, as there was as yet no separate school building. Here several pupils boarded with the schoolmaster. The pupils had one smal! room for classes; they sat. on planks -and were supplied with two small pieces of black- board. Slates were there for their use. In the kitchen of this house 'the table was set, ready for a meal. A stone sink occupied one 'corner, the only stone sink in the village. An open-faced cupboard was filled with old-fashioned dishes. : Next was the doctor's: house, nicely furnished, even to a large gtandfather clock on the floor of the dining room. In the living room stood an old settee,. uphol- stered in rose satin. In Chrysler Hall the partitions had 'been removed, leaving large open rooms, some extending from front to back of the house. Here is a museum containing many memorials of the early settlers. Here you may sign your name, ~ along with all the other folks there. Two adze-hewn houses stand next. In one a lady in a period frock is weaving flax. The house - ig full of looms of various <sizes, used for different yarns. Next door the house appears} about the same on the outside, but inside there is a team of women quilting an intricate quilt. A small schoolhouse was brought here from Glengarry Township. It is the school in which Ralph Con- nor taught. Plain plank seats and desks, reminiscent of. those seen at Eton Hall in-England, are already carved with initials. A huge square stove stands in the centre of the room and burns large chunks of wood. We were told that the pupils near the stove nearly cooked, while those nearer the walls froze. In this little school, Austin Salmon's mother-in-law; known to us as Grandma Grant also taught for awhile. A large barn holds many wagons, sleighs; etc., as well as two _bi- eycles' with huge front 'wheels which may-be seen up in the loft. ' same solid stone house once occu- pied by the Salmon family. This house had been brought on a float from its position to the site pre- pared for it at the village. It looks very much as it did many years ago, when we first visited the Sal- mons in it. In the dining room, which has been entirely refurnish- ed, is a dumb waiter. Panels in some walls can be removed, leav- ing a gap for a stove. The stove sat right through the space, was fired at the front and thus heated two rooms. In the kitchen a small stair- way still leads up to the room un- der the roof, sometimes occupied by a hired man. The pantry is still supplied with dishes; a lamp cup- board still holds the lamps in the corner of the kitchen. Beside the west window.a long settee still fills the space beside a cabinet. The sink is iron, the same sink that was in the house when Salmons moved there in 1922. If you are weary from going from house to house, you may have a--ride .on.a surrey, fringe on top, and all. This conveyance drawn by a team 'of horses, travels at a Thursday, July 20, 1961 Stanford A. Huff The death of Ashton Huff, a resident of Haileybury for stanford 30 years, occurred suddenly while he was at his work in a New Liskeard garage on Tuesday, July tile Mr: Huff, who was 69, was born in Blenheim and spent his early life there. He served in the United States Navy during World War 1 He was for a. time, an. employee of the Toronto Power Commission, then came north with the Northern Ontario Power Commission to Hound Chutes in 1926. When this company was merged with the Ontario Hydro, Mr. Huff continu- ed in their service until he retired ja. few years: ago. While working with the Hydro he received an award for his efforts in helping to save the ves of several men who were working with him -whey suf- fered severe electrical shock. The Haileyburian . Page 5 'married in Toronto on September last, 1921, and four-sons, Dudley and Thomas of Haileybury; Glene | TOY of Mattawa and Lee of New , Liskeard. Bight grandchildren also l survive, | Foneral services were cenduct- led from Twloch's Chapel on Fri- 'day afternoon, July 14th, at 2:30, with Rev. Roy Nixon of St. Paul's Anglican Church officiating. re Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery with Stanley MeGowan, George Fernholm, Richard Plaunt, Elmer Campbell, Stanley Maliett ana Robert Boyd acting as pall- bearers. Mr. Mallett and Mr. Boyd represented the Ontario Hy- dro. Attending the funeral irom a dis- tance were Mrs. Val Unwin of Lakeport; Mrs. Jimmie Jones, Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Glenroy Huff of -Mattawa and many other friends from the Tri-Town area. St. €uthbert Rornan Catholic training e¢ollege at Ushaw_ near Durham, -Engiand, was founded in ---- EARLY BIRD SPECIALS Friday JULY 21° - 100 prs. women's and girls' - Shoes and Sandals high $] 00 all heels, flat, squash, | pairs of good Starts Thursday, July 20th at 9 A.M. Once a year Walton's offer last pairs of dis- continued lines at unbelievably low prices. Step in without obligation and look: over the huge "Sale Rack" containing hundreds of branded shoes. -- Then comes what to me was the| walk "all day long, along every - most interesting house, called the|street, and stops' at each house.| He is survived by his wife, the} 1804 for retugee students fron Loucks,.or Laux, house. 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