2012 Remembrance Day

At Schomberg...

Photos by Barry Wallace

Master 
of 
Ceremonies
LCdr.
Bob 
Gwalchmai

Presenter

"In Flanders  

Field"

Lt. Col.

Susan 

Beharriell

At Kettleby...

Margaret Britnell

Former King Township Mayor Margaret Britnell shares a Remembrance Day 

moment with current King Township Mayor

Steve Pelligrini and his daughter Emma.

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Barry Wallace

New Nobleton Retail Development

Photo by Barry Wallace

This is the latest multi-unit, multi-storey retail development going up in Nobleton on Highway 27, just south of the CIBC Bank.   Nobleton seems to have had an over-supply of retail space for a number of years and this development will add to that situation.   On the other hand, there is substantial new housing development underway in north-east Nobleton.

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Lloydtown rebel

Sculpture by Brett Davis

Photographs by Barry Wallace

Detail of Jesse Lloyd statue by sculptor Brett Davis

November and December of 2012 mark the 175th anniversary of the events that took place and were known as the Lloydtown Rebellion.

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Tamarack time

Photo by Barry Wallace

It's that time of year, when Tamarack trees (a.k.a.  Eastern Larch) get to show off their annual colour change.   The Tamarack is a deciduous conifer that is green most of the year before turning yellow in the fall and then losing its fine needles.   The trees pictured above are located at Cold Creek Conservation Area on the 11th Concession of King Township.   The Tamarack is a native Canadian Tree and grows from coast to coast.   It usually prefers moist soils.
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Kettleby landmark

Photos by Barry Wallace

It is the time of year when the leaves are off the trees and we get much better views of visual treats like the stone masonry of Christ Church, the Anglican church in Kettleby.   The Norman style fieldstone church, with the square bell tower was built 121 years ago in 1891 and has remained virtually unchanged since that time.   

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Horse of a different colour

Photo by Barry Wallace

Pottageville panache

Most horse blankets are dull and drab, but there is an exception to every rule, right?   This horse  is definitely making a fashion statement on a farm on the 18th Sideroad of King, between the 7th and 8th Concessions, just south of Pottageville.   Shocking pink is definitely not a typical fall colour.
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Hunting in King...necessary?

A reader of this blog wrote to me yesterday to tell me that someone, on a neighbouring property, had built a hunting tower.   The reader was dismayed that deer are likely to be killed almost in their backyard.   The reader's house is located in a part of King that many people consider an unofficial natural heritage and environmentally-sensitive area.   The reader thinks that the killing of deer near to one's back door is brutal and totally insensitive to the feelings of nearby folks who object to hunting.   Hunting may be legal in King but that does not mean it is appropriate in situations with mitigating circumstances.   Deer stands can be found in a number places on private property in King Township.   The one in the picture on the right is located on the edge of King City.   I am not a hunter.   I can understand subsistence hunting by native people in remote areas of this country, but beyond that I see no need for sport hunting, especially near inhabited areas, in King Township.   I cannot think of any good reason for this type of hunting adjacent to one's next-door neighbour.   Hopefully these instances will be few and far between and that the killing of animals around us in King will soon become a thing of the past.
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