Month: August 2023

2b. Kearney

THE EIGHTH CONCESSION

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THE EIGHTH CONCESSION by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, January 18, 1978 I have been thinking about writing a story on this particular part of Bethune Township but there are so few people left who lived there years ago that it was difficult to come up with names of the early settlers and who was there […]

1. Batawa Autumn Maple

BIG TREES

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BIG TREES by Ralph Bice From Wednesday, January 4, 1978 In a recent issue of a local weekly paper there was an item telling of the largest and perhaps the oldest maple tree in Ontario. This tree is in the Niagara area and is estimated to be 450 years old. The exact age could only […]