Plan to add Sixteen Mile Creek valley to Ontario parks system
Negotiations underway to acquire the Sixteen Mile Creek valley near Dundas for possible inclusion in Ontario Provincial Park. W B Greenwood says the area, within 50 miles of Toronto, is high priority due to flat campsites and scenic slopes. Field surveys deem it satisfactory for park development and recreation.
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Sixteen Mile Creek
Dundas Highway
W. B. Greenwood
Division of Parks
Department of Lands and Forests
Greenwood
Yedr
Greenvinog
Toronto
Frank McDougall
Dudley. Altchcox
Department of Lands ‘and Forests
Urban Board member resigns from three-town role
Last year the North Halton Urban Board announced his re signation to serve Acton Milton and Georgetown, at last week's meeting of the Urban Board.
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North Halton
Spring Drives Through County Beauty and Noted Sites
Weekends offer scenic Sunday drives to places like the Denver dam in Nassauga, Rattlesnake Point, and Omagh. Readers are invited to explore Pages of the Past by Gwen Doline Clarke and Hazel Mack's Eden Mills while enjoying the blooming season and unfolding leaves. Plan a spring picnic to enjoy the county’s growing landscape along Highway 28.
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Denver ‘Dam
Nassagaweya
Rattlesnake Point
Gwendoline Clarke
Hazel Mack
Eden Mills
White trillium appears across Ontario in May
Ontario's floral emblem, the white trillium, blooms in late April and May across deciduous forests. Visitors report roadways bristling with the plant, which adapts with weather conditions and signals spring beauty. Associated flora and sun-following bloom pattern noted.
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Ontario
Muskoka
Canadian Nature Magazine
Chinese Girl Describes Canada after 15000 Mile Flight
An 18 year old Canton province-born Chinese girl Leong King Yin arrived in Halifax from Hong Kong after a 15000 mile air journey to live with her father. She found Canada wonderful and noted the bustle of Hong Kong and Montreal.
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Halifax
Canada
Hong Kong
Leong King Yin
Canton Province
China
Wah
Montreal
Indians Progress and Local Baseball Schedule Published
An interview with Indian agent Ralph D. Ragan notes advances in education and employment among Indigenous people including nurses clerks and soldiers as mechanization grows on reserves. The Halton County Intermediate Baseball schedule for Acton in 1955 lists dates opponents and venues across May to July with multiple road trips.
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Calgary
IEEE
Ralph D. “Ragan
Federal
Department of Indian Affairs
Ragan
Bieny Ind Sarcee
R. Y Battle
Beoe
Mr. Ragan
Halton County
Acton
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Bank OF Montreal
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