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Beattie Haven
Posted in Housing, Thames River, tagged Beattie Haven, Wardsville on May 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Blain Farm Land Trust
Posted in Agriculture, Environmental, Skunk's Misery, Thames River on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since its inception in 2000, the mandate of the Thames Talbot Land Trust has included the protection of both natural and agricultural features. In March 2009, both aspects of the Trust’s mandate were advanced with the securement of the Blain Farm. The farm, located in the Municipality of West Elgin just west of Wardsville, was [...]
Thames Clear Water Revival
Posted in Thames River, tagged planning, public input, Thames River on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
London is taking the lead on a new Thames River initiative: the Clear Water Revival. I just returned from an encouraging day spent with many different agencies. I was there wearing my hat as member of the Thames Canadian River Heritage Committee but chatted up the bureaucrats about Wardsville and injected my rural perspective into [...]
Kuhleborn Revisited: Thames River Canoe Trip Commemoration
Posted in Cultural, Environmental, Heritage, Thames River, tagged Kuhleborn, Paul Peel, Thames River, William Lees Judson on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In June 2007, a historic canoe trip commemorated a trip by London artists Paul Peel and William Lees Judson taken 130 years earlier in 1877. The 17 artists and environmentalists (plus two dogs) took nine days and eight nights to paddle to the mouth of the Thames. This trip is generating a whole [...]
