Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E “OUR NATURAL HERITAGE” CONCLUDES, BUT ONLY AS A COLUMN Thursday, September 17, 2009 It has been my pleasure since early March to offer this 15-week series…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E POINT PETRE IS A MAGNET FOR VISITORS Thursday, September 03, 2009 If someone were to approach you and ask about ‘ponds’ in Prince Edward County, you…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E WHERE LAND MEETS WATER Thursday, August 20, 2009 If it were possible to walk the shoreline completely around Prince Edward County, you would need to figure…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E WET AND WILD IN THE COUNTY Thursday, August 06, 2009 We used to think of them as wastelands in Prince Edward County – convenient dumping grounds…
GHOSTS IN THE FOREST August/September, 2009 issue It was pinesap we were now staring at, tucked under a conifer near its base where the trail makes its final turn before heading back to the parking lot. The H.R. Frink Centre, at Plainfield,…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E MCMAHON BLUFF, A RARE NATURAL GEM Thursday, July 23, 2009 It is known as a ‘mesa,’ a 97-hectare (240 acres) rocky headland unlike any other in…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E A CENTURY OF CHANGE Thursday, July 09, 2009 “Although conditions in Prince Edward County no longer favour white-tailed deer, it has not permanently disappeared from the…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E NATURAL HERITAGE COLUMN SERIES AT HALF WAY POINT Thursday, June 25, 2009 It was a daunting task deciding what to include in a natural heritage presentation…
STALKING THE WILD STUFFBy Terry SpragueQuinte Cuisine Cookbook2005 Although I seem to remember the cows on our dairy farm giving thistles a wide berth when grazing, the late Euell Gibbons during his days of grazing actually went to a fair bit of trouble to…
GHOSTS OF MAIN DUCK ISLAND PASTby Terry SpragueKingston Whig-Standard2003 From an airplane at 4,000 feet, the long limestone shoals that flank Main Duck Island’s south side give the impression that the island is moving. It is these same shoals that spelled disaster to mariners…