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By: Shanta

Shanta — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:20:44 +0000

Thank you for sharing this, Marilyn. It's good to be reminded that Mer Bleue also has great personal significance, aside from the global climatic one. I wish I could explore the fields and ponds as you did, but that's forbidden today, for the ones that still exist. And there are many signs warning you'll encur a $200 fine if you pick blueberries in the bog. All compromises made in an effort to conserve what remains.

By: Marilyn Thompson

Marilyn Thompson — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:24:41 +0000

I grew up on the Ridge Rd.with my parents an 4 siblings. I spent many days as a child exploring the fields and ponds. We still all visit. Over the last 50 years theis area had changed a great deal. Where there were open field now there is scrub bushes. There was a ravine across the Rd from our house and I used to go there to get clay to put around potatoes and bake them in a fire pit with my Dad. Blueberry picking in the bog was something I used to do to surprise my Mother. Many hours were also spent watching the beavers & muskrats pollywogs. I have returned to that ravine and found the clay is no longer accessible. It seems that when the 417 was being built wells began going dry. Water had to be brought by truck. Slowley one by one NCC tenants were asked to relocate had these homes were torn down. I have very fond memories of this area. It will be in my memorey forever.

By: Architelago

Architelago — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Interpretation is an informal educational method used to communicate the meaning and value of resources, and is used widely in museums, zoos, and parks.Shanta Rose shows us how the Mer Bleue Boadwalk Trail in Ottawa, Canada, created an interpretative walkway for its National Park. It relies on providing high-quality, reinforcing communications at moments when visitors are awed by