Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
THINKING ABOUT WATER SAFETY August 23 & August 25 We have to wonder how many more boaters’ lives we have to lose before the Canadian Coast Guard finally recognizes the need to upgrade its current regulations on wearing life jackets? As we read of yet another…
RISE AND FALL OF THE NAPANEE RIVER August 16 & August 18 It was in 2003 when I first met the late Dr. Mac Smith of Napanee. I cannot recall why he wanted to see me, but during the course of our conversation, he mentioned his…
MAKING FUNNY NOISES August 09 & August 11 We would seldom see them, but they always called during hot August days when we were drawing in the last of the hay from those back fields next to the woods where cooling breezes never blew. My…
HARRY SMITH GIVEN FACELIFT August 02 & 04 Visitors to the Harry Smith Conservation Area can now walk the hiking trail around the mill pond without tripping over grape vines, ground junipers and prickly ash, thanks to a partnering between Quinte Conservation and the Hastings…