The Sidney herald., 1961-08-30
MRS. GUY ROSS RETURNS
FROM VACATION TRIP

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Mrs. Guy Ross has returned from
a three weeks vacation on which
she visited at the home of he1
sister in Chicago and accompanied
her sen Bruce from there on an
eastern tour.
In reporting he- trip Mrs. Ross
said, "We left Chicago Sundas
July 9 and Grove TO Buffalo, N. Y.
where we saw Niagara Falls from
both the American and Canadian
sides.
From the Ta;1s, we visited Old
Fort Niagara, which played an
important part in the early settle
ment of our country. 1t controlled
the fur trade on the Lakes, and
has been under the flags of five
different countries, France, Eng
land, the Continental Congress.
New York, and the U. S. 1t has
been restored and shows its origi-
nal construction and furnishings
OF the time when it was the home
of French generals and governors.
Costumed guides take visitors on
tours.
From there we went UP thru
the Adirondacks along Lake
Champlain to Quebec. The coun-
try is very beautiful. Our tour of
Quebec included a visit to the
Plains of Abraham where Wolf
defeated Montcalm. We also tour
ed the Citadel, whose guns were
once aimed across the river, to-
ward the U. S. to prevent a pos
sible invasion of Canada by
Americans.
From Quebec we drove up the
GaSpe peninsula between the Gulf
of ST. Lawrence and the Atlantic.
Low mountains lie back only a
short distance from the seashore,
SO the farms are laid out in long
narrow strips like our summer
falloW. Everything reminds one of
our own rural areas of about so
years ago. Fences are often of
wood rails and teamwork is done
by hand, or with horses. Men
along the roads were cutting hay
with scythes) and each evening
the entire population goes out
walking, mostly down the middle
of the road. Children try to stop
cars to sell small wooden boats
Starfish they have picked up or
the shore, or anything else they
may have. They also beg for can
dy and gum and although they
speak only French seem to have
no trouble making themselves un-
derstood = much less than we
had in fact, as we had a gooo
deal of trouble ordering food, anc
finding lodgings.
THE people make their living
by farming and fishing, and light
houses are often seen along the
rocky coast. Everything is ex'
tremely neat and the houses arr
freshly painted, usually in a
least three bright colors.
Following around the coast t,
the Bay of Fundy we saw tn
world famous Tidal Bore, tn
only spot in the world where i
exists. Instead of the ocean It'd
coming gradually, al IN othe
places it comes into a river nea
Truro, as a solid wall of water
which fills the channel from
bank to bank, and literally force
the river to run back uphill, caus
ing a large whirlpool. Height @
the phenomenon varies at differ
ent seasons sometimes reaching
height of thirty feet of 'straigh
up-and-doWn water, but when w
saw it it was quite low.
1--WE went through the "Evan
geline Country of Nova Scott
and through New Brunswick, the
back by ferry from Yarmouth
Bar Harbor, a 100 mile trip acros
the Atlantic, which saved a flu
day of driving, but caused us I
miss most of the Maine coas
At Bar Harbor we visited Acadi
National Park, the only Park
be both a mountain and an i:
4 land, then drove down to Bosto,
\ The next day we went to Ply
\ mouth, saw Plymouth Rock, tt
Mayflower, and the cabins of tt
first Pilgrims, which are beir
restored in their original forr
Later we toured Valley Forg
and paid another visit to Getty
burg, where we went to the f;
nous museum of Cliff Arcett
the Charlie Weaver of t. ". fan
and Jack PARIS program. Arcette
hobby is wood carving, and
has carved dozens of miniatu
figures of American soldiers
their uniforms of different perio
and wars Proceeds from the m
scum go toward the cost
buying the land of the Gettysbu
Battlefield, much of which is p,
vately owned.
"We spent three days in Was
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