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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 Apr 1977, p. 17

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All Welcome LMyron Gingerich tmaososi are ducks on the river, a beaver pond, deer, porcu- pine and other animals. There is a possibility that it contains Indian arti- facts; nearby sites indi- cate prehistoric man lived There are 75-foot high rock cliffs with vertical drops, sharp ridges of rock with small deep-set pockets and numerous caves. There “It's not very large, but there is great variety in it, and some extremely interesting geological fea- tures." he reports. tar and with the Redwood town council for the past couple of years. also be preserved as a wil.. derness area, for recreation- al use by the general public. "it is a very interesting piece of land," says Prof. A. G. McLellan, of Water- Ioo's deiiartment of geog- raphy. He hasbeenimaviid irrnegotiatioets with Dom- to the university by Doatar Limited for teachinf and research purposes. t will The University ot Water- loo has acquired an addi- tional 17 acres of real w tate ... a beautiful macho! woods and rock along both aides at the Emma Riv- er just south of highway No. 7,at Redwood. The land has been given 267 Victoria SOCIABILITY EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT Kitchen Cabinets Hutches Breakfast Hooks Victoria custom Cabinets Inc "TALKS TO THE SENiORS" Waterloo Region Chief of Police FRIDAYS. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Adult Regreation Centre King St. South at Allen, Waterloo Friday, April 15th Showman Open Daily - 9 am. to 4:30 pm Saturdays Mun 9 an. to 12 Noon ttr Call For An Appointment MRS. NINA WATKISS ”SPRING FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS" FREE ESTIMATES . We Design and Build To Friday, April 22nd SID BROWN St. (A Demonstration) receives IT, New: Hamburg, 662-276] Call 579-1020 (for further information) q Bathroom Vanities . Wall Units . Bars The area was thus unin- habited at the time it was settled by Europeans, most- ly Irish and Scottish. A large amount of drG has tween the Hurons to the north and the Iroquois to the south, the Attiwandar- ons were almost completely wiped out during the 164% 51 period by the Iroquois. the coming of Europeans a tribe of Indians, the Atti- wandarons, lived there. A neutral people, living be- in a number of areas in- cluding archaeology, paltsoettology, hydrology, ecology, limnology, for.. estry, botany and omi- thology. One of his graduate stu- dents, Peter Kershaw, has written an extensive report on the area and its possible uses and in the process looked up a good deal of its history. It is known that before should prove an excellent Place. not only for universi- ty students to do field studies. but also for high school and senior public school students. He also believes it may prove suit- able for advanced research Suit Your Taste in the area between 4,000 and 0,000 years after the last ice tfl'i Dr... cLellan feels it Call after 6 p.m In 1819 the property was first deeded to a man named Henry Strange and in the middle part of the cen- tury Sir William Logan wrote of "Strange's quarry" at Rockwood. Sir William was a pioneer geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada. Subse- quently, the site was owned by E. Harvey Limited, of Guelph (a photo is avail- able, taken in 1904, of "Harvey's quarry"). Af- ter 1925 the company sold it to Gypsum, Lime and Aiabastimi Limited and Domtar acquired the quar- ry in 1959. No quarrying has been done there for many years, probably partly because of thelow quaiityofthestone- MINI - AUSTIN - MG -TRIUMPH: iii -. mm- AUSTIN been collected but a great deal still needs to be done. It is thought that some at the' Attiwandarons may have taken refuge in the 10 eavett on the property at the time of the 'lrociuous wars and artifacts may be there tet, waiting to be dis- 7-acre gift. of RodlriirGi"'ai""'iaii'i'i'i'ii that the property remain much as it is. In fact, some preliminary studies indicate there hasn't been much change in the forested parts for 150 years. There is an area that could be converted into a parking lot to handle up to 50 ve- hicles, and it is planned to develop nature trails which would take visitors to the most scenic spots. But it should be noted that which could be used as trail guides by visitors, and pictures of birds and ani- mals that are to be found office is still on thesite. Dr. McLellan feels it could be renovated to house displays of fossils, stalactites from the caves, samples of “one. a tablet giving the history begun! of the site anon, on the m. At {at .it was destructive to the university is anxious property, very fragile (lens and by GikGGTG iriiiriii"i times) and would not atrandomthruuatsit. - 'mehudtheetvimetmeattia Wanton Chronich, WM, April 13. 1977 _ Pm " Re: Dogs Running At Large _ By-law No. 76-21 . of tht City of Waterloo. prohibits dogs from running at large within the municipality. A dog Shall be deemed to be running at large when: (a) found in any place other than the premises of the owner of the dog and not under control of any person. or. (b) on the premises of the owner of the dog and not tied up or in a properly enclosed area. A Dog Control officer may seize and impound any dog running at large and the owner of the dog shall be required to make payment of impounding and boarding fees of not less than 81 0.00 for release of the dog. . NOTICE TO CITY OF WATERLOO RESIDENTS AUSTIN - (ti) T

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