Kawartha waterways images...

(Photos from a 2024 Kawartha Lakes cruise by Barry Wallace)

 

Kawartha is an anglicization of Ka-wa-tha (from Ka-wa-tae-gum-maug or  Gaa-waategamaag) which was coined in 1895 by Martha Whetung of the Curve Lake First Nations.   It meant "land of reflections" in the Anishsinaabe language.   The word was later changed by tourism promoters to KAWARTHA, meaning "bright waters and happy lands". 

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Barry Wallace

New Aurora United Church to re-open in 2025

The restoration of the destroyed Aurora United Church, in the centre of the Town of Aurora, in York Region, continues apace and is nearing its scheduled opening  in 2025.  The undertaking has taken place after the 196-year-old (at the time) church shockingly burned to the ground 10 years ago, but is now miraculously rising from the ashes.  Many prayers for a new beginning have been answered and redemption-renewed is near at hand.

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Early November morning on Lake Jonda...

Photo by Barry Wallace

This a photograph I took a couple of years ago at Seneca College in King Township, of the old boathouse on the edge of Lake Jonda, at the former ancient Eaton Hall Estate.   This is reportedly the boathouse from which a young Timothy Eaton would madly roar about the lake in his power launch, many decades ago.  This latter day scene shows a much more sedate autumnal setting from recent times.

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November sunset - Oak Ridges Moraine...

Photo by Barry Wallace

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Seasonal change...

                                                                 Photo by Barry Wallace

                     November o'ertakes autumn

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U.S. election...

 

Kamala Harris

'Rest in pieces'

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Barry Wallace

Some of the remaining few of the Crooked Little House gang in King City...

Photo by Pat Cromie

Barry Wallace ~ Dave Moore ~Ted Bird

There are not many members left of the Crooked Little House in King City, from back in the early 1960s, but the three above got together for a lunch recently.  From left to right, above, are Barry Wallace (82) left, of Aurora, Dave Moore (112) centre, of Coldwater and Ted Bird (112) right, of Schomberg.   I may not have got some of the ages right, exactly.

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