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“Old School” The 8 Oldest Public School Districts in Upstate New York!

— By Big Chuck | October 6, 2023

Talk about "Old School!" These are the oldest public school districts in Upstate New York.

Without giving away too much, you will find in this gallery that the oldest school district in Upstate (and the Eighth Oldest One in the entire Empire State) is in a small city of about 10,000 residents in Ontario County in the Finger Lakes region!

It is amazing to look at the DNA of some of these truly small school districts. The majority of them can be found either in Central New York or, in fact, out in the Finger Lakes. Some started out as all-boy "academies." Some are in pretty much the same place, geographically, as they were when they started. Most of them are in smallish, rural communities. Some of them are very small (with one school on this list having a total school enrollment of around just 100 kids). And some of them are the very definition of old school, including three that were founded in the 1700s!

When you read through this list of the oldest public schools in Upstate New York, try and imagine what these schools were like 200, or 225 years ago when they began. Dirt roads, tiny classes, kids walking to school every day, maybe just one or two teachers to start, student chores (including drawing the day's drinking water from a well, and heating the building with a wood fire), having only limited classes consisting of reading, writing and arithmetic, and more.

Thinking about this is, well, quite an education. Congratulations for these schools for showing real staying power in Upstate New York.

DYK? The Oldest Public School System in NYS Is In the Finger Lakes?

This is a fascinating list of some of the oldest public school systems in Upstate New York. As you will see, there are some pretty old school districts located in the Finger Lakes region as well as Central New York. In fact, a couple of schools date back to the 1700s!

Canadaigua Academy (1791). Canandaigua School District Via Facebook. Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio

The oldest school in Upstate New York, and the 8th oldest school district in New York State. Located in Ontario County. From their website: "Canandaigua Academy, (grades 9-12), has a proud history stretching all the way back to its establishment as a private boys school in 1791. It became a public school in 1900 and retained the beloved "Academy" name. Again this year Newsweek Magazine named it one of the top 1,500 U.S. public high schools. In 2015, ranks CA #15 of 86 high schools in the Rochester 8-county region, based on NYS test results over a four-year period. . Canandaigua Academy offers a tradition of academic excellence, athletic accomplishment and artistic achievement. The Academy hosts a comprehensive program geared to meet the needs of all of its students. Standards and expectations are high. The staff seeks to work with parents and community to build a partnership which ensures student success. Administration is guided by an annual Building Action Plan, developed/revised each summer. The school provides an exceptional selection of special experiences. Students may choose from numerous academic electives, clubs, athletic programs, internships and social functions. All aim to contribute to the total development of a young adult.

— Canandaigua City School District, 143 N. Pearl, Canandaigua, NY — (585) 396-3700

Oxford Academy Via Facebook

Oxford Academy (Oxford, NY; 1794)

Oxford Academy is the 4th oldest school in New York State west of the Hudson River. From their website: "The Oxford Academy and Central School District, chartered in 1794 is the 4th oldest school district west of the Hudson River. The district is proud of its history of providing an excellent education to its students. The school system currently has a student enrollment of 710 students in grades UPK-12. The leadership team is comprised of the superintendent of schools, business administrator, director of special programs, and three building principals. They lead 85 professional staff members dedicated to student learning. The supervisors for buildings and grounds, transportation and food services, along with 75 full and part-time people provide an excellent support staff for school programs. The district is committed to high levels of learning for all students, by sustaining a collaborative culture focused on student results. The Board of Education has invested in instructional technology, continuous staff development and enhancements of programs to ensure that all our students are prepared to succeed in the 21st Century.

— 12 Fort Hill Park, Oxford, NY (Chenango County) — (607) 843-2025

Newburgh Free Academy Via Facebook

Newburgh Free Academy (1796)

From the school's website: "The school traces its history back to the early days of the United States. The Rev. George H. Spierin proposed to open an "Academy" in Newburgh. Work began in 1796 under the direction of the trustees of the glebe (a glebe was the land originally was land originally set aside in the early 18th century for a pastor and his church. The glebe for the Newburgh area was issued in 1719.)

A portion of the first Academy was first occupied in 1797. The building was 60 feet (18 m) by 40 feet (18.5 x 12.3m), two stories high, built of wood, and lined with brick. It was located on Liberty Street and cost around $2,500. The building was not finished until some years later when a court room was included. The building itself saw use as not only a school and court, but was also site for town meetings and political organizations."

— Newburgh Free Academy, 201 Fullerton, Newburgh, NY — (845) 563-5480

Delaware Academy Via Facebook

Delaware Academy (Delhi; 1819)

Delaware Academy High School in Delhi, NY (population of under 5,000 residents) is one of the most regal and majestic looking school buildings you can find in small, rural Upstate New York. The school, founded in 1819, is located in the county seat of Delaware County in Catskill Mountains. The school has transformed itself from its humble early beginnings to a top-rated small school in the state. Probably no timeline of the school's history is as concise as that written when the NYS government celebrated the schools'200th anniversary in 2019 with a ceremonial proclamation. To read it and learn more about Delaware Academy CLICK HERE

— Delaware Academy Central School District in Delhi, 2 Sheldon Drive, Delhi, NY (Delaware County) — (607) 746-1324

Prattsburgh Central School Via Facebook

Prattsburgh Central School (1823)

Prattsburgh Central School has gone through a number of changes over the past two centuries. They have withstood several fires, lowering enrollment, and several financial hurdles from time to time. And yet, still they stand! For an interesting history of this school's timeline CLICK HERE. Prattsburgh, NY is located due west of Keuka Lake.

— Franklin Academy and Prattsburgh Central School District, 1 Academy Street, Prattsburgh, NY (Steuben County) — (607) 522-3795

Windsor Central School Via Facebook

Windsor Central School (1837)

Windsor, NY is located in Broome County. For fun, if you would like to see a list of all of the oldest schools in the United States (and where Windsor places) click here. The school district covers 4 schools and about 1,600 students. Their mascot is the Black Knight.

— Windsor Central School, 1191 NYS-79, Windsor, NY (Broome County) — (607) 655-8250

Lockport City Schools Via Facebook

Lockport Central School (1847)

The City of Lockport Central School District was founded in 1847. To see a timeline of the development of this famous city along the Erie Canal click here. The school enrolls about 4,000 students annually.

— Lockport City School District, 130 Beattie Avenue, Lockport, NY (Niagara County) — (716) 478-4800

Lyons Central School Via Facebook

Lyons Central School (1848)

Lyons, NY is located in Wayne County. The school enrolls less than 1,000 students annually. For a fun and fascinating look at the school's history click here and read a story about the year-end school closing ceremony from 1859. ("The morning was extremely unpleasant, with the rain falling in torrents.....").

— Lyons Central School District, 10 Clyde Road, Lyons, NY (Wayne County) — (315) 946-2200

Hamilton College Via Facebook

BONUS: The Oldest College in Upstate New York is Hamilton College (1793)

Hamilton College was founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy. It is the third oldest college in New York State. The campus, sitting high on a hill overlooking the village of Clinton, New York (Oneida County) is beautiful, with great buildings, landscapes, and an iconic statue of founder Alexander Hamilton as the focal point of the school. The college hosts about 2,000 undergraduates each year. They come from 45 states and from almost 50 different countries. Among famous graduates of Hamilton College are poet Ezra Pound, and Tom Vilsack, the current Secretary of Agriculture (Biden).

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A literal whistle-stop tour of Penn Yan

By Jonathan Monfiletto

Nowadays, presidents and presidential candidates don't often make their way to New York State, let alone Yates County or the Finger Lakes region. But there was a time when they did, and several presidents and presidential candidates have visited the area over the years.

And presidents and presidential candidates from both major parties have made their way to New York State during their campaigns, even setting foot in Yates County and the Finger Lakes region. One of those candidates – more than 130 years ago – was the sitting President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, who came to Penn Yan on a literal whistle-stop tour in 1892.

A whistle-stop tour is defined as a form of political campaigning in which the candidate for office makes a series of brief appearances at a number of small towns over a short period of time, generally from the open platform of a railroad car. And that seems to be exactly what Harrison did as he sought a second term that year. In fact, at the time of his tour, he hadn’t even been officially re-nominated by the Republican Party; that selection – then in the style of closed-door, back-room conventions rather than elections open to eligible voters – came a couple of weeks later.

Harrison seems to have visited Penn Yan on Saturday, May 28, 1892. Interestingly, while there is a plethora of newspaper articles in our digitized database covering national news from Harrison’s election in 1888 through his single term in the presidency from 1889 to 1893, I could find just a single local news article covering Harrison’s visit to Penn Yan, from the Yates County Chronicle of June 1, 1892. I first became interested in Harrison’s stop in Yates County when I came across a photograph of Harrison greeting a humongous crowd from the platform of a train car, labeled as taking place in Penn Yan. So, the presence of just one newspaper article capturing the moment was, needless to say, disappointing.

That article didn’t even mention the specific date or specific location of the president’s visit. “An hour before the schedule (sic) time for the special train to arrive Saturday afternoon, which brought the President and his party, people began to gather at the station,” begins the Chronicle’s article, headlined “The President’s Visit” in rather small lettering. “At five o’clock as the train pulled in the station at least 4000 people were assembled and every available point of vantage was occupied by those anxiously waiting to see Benjamin Harrison and to hear what he had to say.” Every vantage point indeed, as the photograph shows at least one person climbing a pole to get a better view and a group of people standing on the depot roof to see the president. And the population of the village of Penn Yan in 1890 stood at a little more than 4,200 people, so this turnout means either every single person in the village came out to see the president or people came from far and wide in hopes of catching a glimpse of the man.

The remainder of the Chronicle article describes the physical amenities of the president’s train and lists Harrison’s entourage, which included a slate of Congressional representatives and their wives or daughters – including John Raines, Yates County’s local Congressman – as well as several military officials and Cabinet members. Then, the Chronicle states Raines introduced Harrison to Hanford Struble, then the County Judge after serving in several other positions, Postmaster John T. Andrews, and County Treasurer John Henry Smith. After the greetings, Struble introduced the president to the crowd, and Harrison went into his remarks as recorded by the Chronicle.

Still, for all the pomp and circumstance the newspaper seems to capture, it didn’t capture the date and location of the event. The Ontario County Times of May 25, 1892 previews the president’s arrival in an article headlined “The President in Canandaigua!” (all in caps, and the original did contain the exclamation point). According to this article, the president was to “pass through Canandaigua on Saturday of this week” (May 28, by my calculation) “on his way from Washington to Rochester, where he is to take part in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the soldiers’ monument the following Monday.” The president and his entourage were to travel “by special train” over the Northern Central Railroad, departing Washington, D.C. at 7 in the morning and arriving in Rochester around 7 in the evening. Harrison and his party were to reach Canandaigua around 6 p.m., and “as an observation car is to be attached to the train, it is hoped that the President may be prevailed upon to show himself and make one of the short speeches in which he is so felicitous and eloquent.”

From this description, I can deduce more about Harrison’s visit to Penn Yan. Since Harrison arrived in Penn Yan at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 28 and was expected to reach Canandaigua by 6 p.m., then it is clear he traveled from Penn Yan and through Canandaigua on his way to Rochester. Since Harrison’s train traveled the Northern Central Railroad, then the Penn Yan station of his visit was likely the Northern Central Railroad depot on Hamilton Street, near that street’s intersection with what was then named Jacob Street. This is the present-day site of Morgan’s Grocery in the same building.

While Harrison’s purpose in visiting Penn Yan may have been to eventually reach Rochester and taking part in the dedication of that city’s Soldiers & Sailors Monument, he certainly took the opportunity to campaign and make his case for a second term in the White House. Harrison’s presidency is credited as a period of prosperity and equality for average American citizens.

“I know that we have not been able to attain, if that were desirable, an absolute equality of success in life. But I also know that we have secured in this country absolute equality of civil opportunities,” Harrison told the crowd gathered in Penn Yan, according to the Chronicle. “There is no caste or limitation upon the successes of men. God’s providence, our own courage and the right exercise of the faculties he has given us alone put limitations upon what an American youth may attain. This is all we can ask of a Government. This we do ask and will insist upon, that everywhere in this land where the flag floats the law shall be the rule of conduct for all men, not prejudice or passion, not the convenience of the rich or powerful, but the law as we have made it shall be the rule of conduct for all men in their relations to all other men.”

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The Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association is set to release a new insect on Wednesday to tackle an invasive forest species that has been negatively impacting the region's hemlock trees.

The Leucotaraxis Silver Flies, which will be released in the morning, are considered a "biocontrol" solution to combat the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA).

The Director of the association, Lindsay McMillan, said that such releases of natural predators are uncommon but help with invasive species management. The biocontrol releases like the silver fly release are only available through research institutions like the New York State Hemlock Initiative, and they are being strategically used on public lands to combat HWA.

The Watershed Association noted that survey programs are actively assessing the spread of HWA insects in the region's hemlock forests. Additionally, grant funding was secured to do treatments in the Grimes Glen last year, which will continue this spring.

The release of the silver flies will take place at Briggs Gully in Honeoye, and students from the Cummings Nature Center Field Studies Program will conduct the release.

Representatives from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Ontario County Soil and Water Conservation District, the Cumming Nature Center, the Finger Lakes Land Trust, and the Watershed Association will also be in attendance.

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devil's hole

church square park

nature view park

earl w brydges artpark state park

heritage trail

falkner park

upper whirlpool trail

lower falls park

kiwanis park

tonawanda rails to trails trailhead

four mile creek state park

bruce trail southern terminus cairn

lewiston town park

whirlpool state park

two mile creek greenway trail

fort niagara boat launch

de veaux woods state park

bond lake park

lewiston dog park

two mile creek conservation area

nys park lewiston

porter on the lake town park

niagara falls north/lewiston KOA journey

lewiston landing park

toohey park

niagara falls memorial park

reservoir state park

washuta park

veterans memorial park

d'amelio park

niagara falls state park

artpark

larkin woods

donald b myers memorial park

francis danter memorial park

marion fricano town park

conesus lake marine park

angola centennial park

herman park

larry kanute memorial park

genesee valley park

franklin gulf

dansville veterans memorial

evangola state park

james e schwarzenbach memorial

jellystone

east otto state forest

niagara falls/ grand island koa holiday

beaver meadow

hobuck flats

buttermilk falls

boyd & parker park and groveland ambuscade

hamburg beach

glen park

eternal flame

bridal falls

grand island bridge lookout

motor island wildlife management area

veterans park grand island

spicer creek wildlife management area

lagoon park

kershaw park

onanda park

general mills

vitale park

babcock park

sugar creek glen campground

niawanda park

victor hiking trails inc

al lorenz park

dolomite trail

canadaigua city pier

squaw island wildlife management area

crescent trail: white brook nature area

canadaigua lake state marine park

allegany state park

victor hiking trails

evergreen trails campground

emery park

stony brook state park

great bear recreational trails

watkins glen

canadaigua canine campus pet memorial rock garden

onanda park

burt dam fishermens park

watkins glen state park

ontario county beach park

vine valley beach

roseland wake park

deep run park

miller park

merge sea park

quiet meadows canadaigua

erie county park

dec fishing site 18 mile creek

18 mile creek

gallagher pier

colden falls

eagle cliff falls

hamlin beach state park

durand eastman beach

ludwig/raymond park

boston hills

adirondacks

minnewaska state park preserve

harriman state park

taughannock falls state park

taughannock falls

rushford lake

hamlin park

cuba lake

orchard parks & gardens

oatka creek park

genesee valley canal

wiscoy creek

sturgeon point nature trail

genesee river

north branch wiscoy creek

piney orchard

canadarago lake

oaks creek

otsego lake

caroga lakes

canada lake

west lake

sleepy hollow lake

hudson river valley

moss lake

case lake

hanging bog wildlife management area

harriet hollister park

harriet hollister spencer recreation area

buckhorn island state park

manchester gateway trail

sonnenberg gardens and mansion state park

atwater meadows park

robert h treman state park

whiskey hollow nature preserve

genesee river wilds amity river access site

stid hill multiple use area

ontario pathways stanley trailhead

richard p outhouse memorial park

bare hill unique area

indian hill

shortsville budd park

corbett's glen nature park

grimes glen park

irene gossin nature preserve

seneca lake state park

powder mills park

royal coach park

bristol mountain aerial adventures

mendon ponds park

mendon center park

barnes gully

pal-mac aqueduct county park

zurich park

red house lake boathouse allegany state

lock 62 canal park

macedon canal park

thornell farm park

keuka lake state park

cheerful valley campground

egypt park

carpenter park at the port of pittsford

port of pittsford

erie canal boat launch

bristol harbour marina

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lock 32 state canal park

ganondagan state historic site

junius ponds cabins & campgrounds

finger lakes national forest

hill cumorah visitors center

port of palmyra marina

bristol harbour

white haven memorial park

bare hill canadaigua

canadaigua lake

channing h philbrick park

kershaw park

canadaigua lake state marine park

sonnenberg park

lagoon park

lakefront park canadaigua

telyea park

atwaters meadow park

northeast park canadaigua

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Joining Nature (1/7), 2020

This week, I’ve been spending time in a cabin in northern Ontario. The cabin is by a small lake, where I’ve been observing the stillness of the water, the changing leaves, the movement of the sun. Whenever I’m by the lake, I often forage a handful of rocks for my collection at home. This habit seemed to lend itself nicely with this first 7in7 brief “joining nature”. This word pairing makes me think about our obsession as humans to design and manipulate nature (think: oystertecture, genetic modification, bio design). When I think of joinery, I go back to my wood and metal studio classes in undergrad. Lap joints, bridal joints, finger joints, dovetails — additional examples of how we manipulate nature and raw materials for our own benefit. How could I simulate this notion of manufactured joinery and combine these hand-picked rocks?

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Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on State's Progress During COVID-19 Pandemic

ICU Patients Drop to 131 — New Low Since March 16

0.78 Percent of Yesterday's COVID-19 Tests were Positive; Lowest One-Day Percentage Reported Positive Since Pandemic Began

7 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

SLA and State Police Task Force Observes Violations of State Requirements at 60 Establishments on Friday and Saturday

Confirms 515 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State - Bringing Statewide Total to 420,860; New Cases in 36 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's progress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

"Our daily numbers remain low and steady, despite increasing infection rates across the country, and even in our region - and we had the lowest one-day positive rate since we started. That's an incredible achievement, all thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers," Governor Cuomo said. "New York's progress shows that a data-driven, phased reopening works. We have followed the data since day one, and now we are an example for the rest of the country to follow. But we must not become complacent: Everyone should continue to wear their masks and socially distance."

On Friday and Saturday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 2,294 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 60 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown for yesterday and Friday's observed violations is below:

Bronx - 2 Brooklyn - 2 Manhattan - 22 Queens - 26 Staten Island - 4 Nassau - 3 Suffolk - 1 Today's data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization - 548 (-25) Patients Newly Admitted - 66 Hospital Counties - 30 Number ICU - 131 (-2) Number ICU with Intubation - 66 (+2) Total Discharges - 73,689 (+80) Deaths - 7 Total Deaths - 25,202 Of the 65,812 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 515, or 0.78 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Capital Region

0.7%

0.9%

0.8%

Central New York

0.8%

0.8%

0.7%

Finger Lakes

0.8%

0.8%

0.9%

Long Island

0.9%

0.9%

0.6%

Mid-Hudson

0.7%

0.7%

0.6%

Mohawk Valley

0.9%

0.9%

0.5%

New York City

1.1%

1.1%

0.9%

North Country

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Southern Tier

1.2%

1.2%

0.3%

Western New York

1.7%

1.7%

1.6%

The Governor also confirmed 515 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 420,860 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 420,860 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County

Total Positive

New Positive

Albany

2,595

14

Allegany

79

0Broome

1,126

6

Cattaraugus

165

0Cayuga

152

1

Chautauqua

253

0Chemung

171

0Chenango

216

1

Clinton

127

0Columbia

540

1

Cortland

95

0Delaware

105

0Dutchess

4,607

7

Erie

8,904

54

Essex

55

0Franklin

54

0Fulton

296

1

Genesee

277

0Greene

292

1

Hamilton

8

0Herkimer

274

1

Jefferson

142

2

Lewis

41

0Livingston

176

0Madison

412

0Monroe

4,956

34

Montgomery

176

4

Nassau

43,655

27

Niagara

1,498

4

NYC

227,832

248

Oneida

2,146

4

Onondaga

3,576

11

Ontario

360

3

Orange

11,159

3

Orleans

298

0Oswego

253

0Otsego

116

0Putnam

1,449

2

Rensselaer

765

4

Rockland

13,942

6

Saratoga

757

2

Schenectady

1,058

0Schoharie

69

0Schuyler

22

0Seneca

89

0St. Lawrence

263

0Steuben

298

0Suffolk

43,786

37

Sullivan

1,489

1

Tioga

193

0Tompkins

234

0Ulster

2,062

5

Warren

308

0Washington

259

2

Wayne

250

1

Westchester

36,205

25

Wyoming

118

2

Yates

57

1

Yesterday, there were 7 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,202. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence

County

New Deaths

Bronx

2

Erie

1

Herkimer

1

Nassau

1

Queens

1

Rensselaer

1

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Day 306: Saturday November 2, 2019 - “Finger Lake-ing Good”

To be honest, up until a few days ago, I didn’t even know what the Finger Lakes were.  If Id known of them, or heard of them in passing, I passed it off as some region in the vast landscape of “upstate New York” that Id never explored or could place on a map.  But on Friday, when listening to the fall leaf peep report, the Finger Lakes area of central New York seemed to stand out as a place where we might get some sights and so I looked at the map and clearly saw a series of long narrow lakes stretched out west of Syracuse as if glacial fingers pulling back towards Lake Ontario...  I guess we’re going there!   And we plotted a course.  But even still, this morning, as we rustled out of our cheap hotel, the path itself was on clear.  I fumbled with my phone even as we started driving out of Syracuse to pick a road, a place, a path.  I pointed us towards Auburn and Seneca Falls and decided we’d figure it out from there.

In the quiet town of Seneca Falls, there was something historic in the air aside from the old architecture...and we figured it out quickly with signs pointing us to the National Monument.   Dad and I agreed to pull off and have a look - the home of the Womens Rights Movement and the Seneca Falls Convention.  We read up on the history and learned the place as we walked Main Street and found the old Wesley Chapel.  Viewed the exhibits in the museum, that included a bill signed by Obama and statues of the First Wave, and recollected on the rad women in our life and how far positive change has come in such a short time.  That just a couple generations back, the women in our life wouldnt have had the opportunity to vote, let alone run for election.  It was a neat and thought provoking stop and Id later tell AC that Seneca Falls was very definitely totally a womans town.  We got back on the road, and found a county highway that led straight down along side one of the Lakes, Cayuga and we enjoyed what fall color was left.   We passed cidery, brewery, winery.   This area definitely cashing in on the alcohol consumption of tourists.   We roundly agreed that we should find a good looking one and stop....and we found that stop, in the form of a distillery, and determined that we should have a tasting of the good stuff.   Had the ladies been with us, we might have been sipping Pinot or Reisling from the variety of native grapes here....but instead it was Bourbon.   We chose well.  So well in fact, that Dad, who expressed he’d never been to a distillery before and having been moved by yet another new experience, commemorated the event and the day with the purchase of a $150 bottle of 10 year Scotch.  I was so impressed - hell yea Dad!  You cant take it with you!   I told him I would find a good excuse to get back to sit around the fire to help him sip it.  If we ever see a McKenzies on a shelf, we’ll know exactly where it came from!  By far the highlight of the morning.

As we cruised to 70s Roadtrip playlist, across the National Forest, the most vivid fall color was from those grape leaves - bright yellow and still hanging from the vine.  The trees, battered by last week’s storm, only really displayed a boring rusty brown color on the old oaks...but they still looked good contrasted with the bright blue sky and the hills overlooking the lake and the roads were fun to drive with much to see.  We stopped for Coffee in Watkins Glen, posed with an impressive waterfall outside Hector, and then worked our way up to a researched overlook on County Road 12 that I could imagine was just as beautiful in the summer greens as it was in the fall color.  Learned about the native history of this once pioneering western frontier turned thristy tourist villa.   As the sun went out of the sky, we turned our car north towards Rochester and Niagra hoping the rain would stay away...we’d just recently dried out from Canada.  It was a simple day of just driving and seeing the sights and learning about this part of the country that reminded us so much of Northern Michigan.  Out off the interstates, zigging new track south west then North.  Putting the Finger Lakes Region on the scribble map.  Running wild, indeed.

Song: WYO - Running Wild

Quote: “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” ― Elizabeth Berg

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19th October >> Daily Reflection on Todays Saint of the Day for Roman Catholics: Saints John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions, Priests, SJ (memorial).

Saints John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions, Priests, SJ (memorial)

Between 1642 and 1649 eight French missionaries (six of them Jesuits) were martyred in North America by members of the Mohawk and Iroquois tribes. The first Jesuit missionaries arrived in Quebec in 1625. At first, they worked among French settlers and traders and began evangelising native peoples in the vicinity. But they soon expanded their missionary work to the Huron tribes about 1,200 km west of Quebec and about 160 km north of present-day Toronto. They visited the scattered tribal villages and were hospitably received by the families among whom they lived. But then the Iroquois, enemies of the Hurons, began attacking supply routes between the mission station and Quebec. It was during these hostilities that the missionaries were martyred.

Rene Goupil was born at Saint-Martin in Anjou, Maine-et-Loire in the north-west of France, on 13 May 1608. At the age of 31 he joined the Jesuits as a Brother but had to leave because of deafness. He arrived in North America in 1640 and offered his services to the Jesuits there. He was put in charge of the sick and in 1642 was assigned to the hospital at the Sainte-Marie mission centre. On 2 August 1642, while on his way there with Isaac Jogues, they were attacked by Iroquois. Both were captured and, after being tortured, were made slaves. One day, after giving a blessing to a child, Rene was tomahawked to death. He died on 29 September 1642. He is patron saint of anaesthetists.

Isaac Jogues was born in 1607 at Orleans in France and entered the Society of Jesus in 1624 and received his formation at La Fleche. In 1636, eleven years after Jean de Brebeuf, he was sent to New France. His mission to preach among the Mohawk tribes brought him as far as Lake Superior. In 1642 Jogues set out from Quebec on a special mission of mercy to the Hurons, who were suffering from famine and disease. The expedition achieved its aim but on the way back it was ambushed by the Iroquois, enemies of the Hurons. Jogues and his companion, Rene Goupil, were beaten with knotted sticks, their hair, beards, and nails were torn out and their fingers crushed. Jogues survived this experience but was kept as a slave until, with Dutch help from Fort Orange, he managed to escape and return to France. In 1644 he returned to the mission and worked near Montreal. He was sent on a peace mission to the Iroquois at Ossernenon (now Auriesville, NY), the place where he had been formerly captured. Before returning to Montreal, he left a box of religious objects behind him. However, these objects were believed by the Indians to be the cause of crop failure and sickness which followed soon after Jogues’ departure. The Bear clan of the Mohawks invited him back to a meal but then killed him with tomahawks on 18 October 1646. His head was cut off and set up on a pole. This took place on 18 October 1646.

John de LaLande, a layman, was born in Dieppe, Normandy on an unknown date. At the age of 19 he offered his services as a layman to the Jesuit mission in New France (now Canada). In 1646 he was a member of a party led by Isaac Jogues as an envoy to the Mohawks in order to maintain peace between the tribes. However, as mentioned, the Mohawks’ superstitions angered them and Jogues and his party were seized and brought back to Ossernenon. At first, the moderate Turtle and Wolf clans ordered them to be released but the more militant Bear clan killed both Jogues and Lalande. Lalande, having witnessed the death of his companion, was martyred one day later, on 19 October 1646.

Four Jesuits and one layman died in what is now Canadian territory:

Anthony Daniel was born in Dieppe, Normandy on 27 May 1601. He gave up law studies to enter the Society of Jesus at Rouen. He studied Theology at Clermont College in Paris and was ordained in 1631. He felt attracted to do missionary work among the Huron people in New France. He became fluent in the local language and looked forward to forming future catechists among the Hurons who would in turn pass on the faith to their people. In the summer of 1649, the Iroquois made a sudden attack on the mission. The children and women went for cover while Daniel rushed to the cabins of the sick and dying to baptize as many as he could. The Hurons ran to the church as the best place for them to die. Daniel ordered the Iroquois not to enter the church. Though amazed at the priest’s courage, they shot a volley of arrows at him, killing him. They then set fire to the church and tossed Daniel’s body into the flames. He was martyred on 4 July 1648, at the age of 48.

John de Brebeuf was born in Normandy, France, in 1593 and entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) at Rouen in 1617. He suffered so much from the effects of tuberculosis that he could neither study nor do the usual teaching. Nevertheless in 1625 he offered himself for the North American mission among the native peoples and was accepted. He

found himself working among the Hurons. At first he made slow headway but then found the work very rewarding from about 1633 until his death. At their request of the Hurons, he began to live among them, sometimes on his own and sometimes with a fellow Jesuit, preaching and catechising them in their own language. The main obstacles he met were deep superstition, physical violence and even cannibalism. But another serious factor was that Brebeuf and his fellow missionaries, however committed they were, belonged to a much resented, conquering people. Nevertheless, Brebeuf set up schools and in one year baptised over 200 catechumens. On one occasion he was condemned to die but spoke so eloquently about the afterlife that the execution was not carried out. In 1649 the Iroquois, who were bitter enemies of the Hurons, attacked the village where Brebeuf and his companion Gabriel Lalemant were. The two Jesuits were captured, their bodies mutilated, tortured, burnt, and eventually eaten. It was 16 March 1649. It is said that the Iroquois ate the hearts of the two priests in order to have a share of their extraordinary courage in facing death. But the horrific way in which they met their death has few equals in the stories of martyrdom.

Gabriel Lalemant was born on 3 October 1610, the son of a lawyer in the judicial court (Parlement) of Paris, and at the age of 20 he joined the Society of Jesus in 1630. In 1632 he took a special vow to work as a missionary. He nevertheless spent 14 years in France before going to North America. He taught at the Collège in Moulins (1632 to 1635), studied theology at Bourges (1635-1639), and then was attached to three different Jesuit institutions (1639-46) before arriving in Quebec on 20 September 1646. Little is known about his stay in Quebec but in September 1648 he arrived at the Sainte-Marie-des-Hurons mission station and, because he learnt the language so quickly, in February 1649 was sent to the Saint-Louis mission. On 16 March 1649, a war-party of 1,000 Iroquois overran the small town of Saint-Ignace and captured it with little opposition. The invaders then went on to the nearby Saint-Louis mission, where the Hurons put up strong resistance. Eventually the Iroquois prevailed. Gabriel and de Brebeuf were there and, though urged to escape, refused. As soon as they were captured they were stripped of their clothes, their nails were torn out, and they were taken to the little town of Saint-Ignace (now in the county of Simcoe, Ontario). Brébeuf died on the afternoon of 16 March, at four in the afternoon. Lalande’s torture began on the evening of 16 March and continued to the next morning. He had a hatchet blow to the head and his whole body was burned. His body, buried together with Brébeuf’s under the chapel of the Sainte-Marie residence, was moved to Quebec in 1650.

Charles Garnier was born in Paris on May 25, 1606. He came from the same parish as another of his fellow martyrs, Gabriel Lalemant. Charles came from an aristocratic family and his father was an under-secretary of King Henry III and later put in charge of the Normandy treasury. His mother, from a noble Orleans family, died soon after he was born. He studied at the Jesuit Clermont College and entered the Society of Jesus on 26 September 1624. After his first vows, he returned to Clermont as a Prefect while studying rhetoric and philosophy. After teaching for two years in the College of Eu, he returned again to Clermont for his theology studies. He was ordained a priest in 1635. He was now keen to join the Jesuit mission in New France. His superiors approved but insisted that he get the consent of his father, who was strongly opposed because of the great dangers. This delayed his departure for one year. Charles finally set out and arrived at Quebec on the 11 June 1636. On 12 August he arrived among the Hurons and received a warm welcome. His first year coincided with a dangerous crisis. Both the natives and the missionaries came down with smallpox but the blame was put on the missionaries (who may indeed have unwittingly have been carriers) and their lives could have been in serious danger. However, the crisis passed. Charles would spend the rest of his life as a missionary among the Hurons, without once returning to Quebec. The Hurons gave him the nickname “Ouracha” or “Rainmaker”, because a long drought ended soon after his arrival. He was greatly influenced by fellow missionary Jean de Brébeuf, and was known as the “lamb” to Brebeuf’s “lion”. When Brébeuf was killed in March 1649, Garnier knew that he too could die soon. On 7 December of the same year, the Iroquois arrived at the gates of the village, creating terror among the people as the invaders acted with inconceivable cruelty to women and children alike. Charles was the only missionary there at the time. “We are facing death,” he told the people, “pray to God and take flight by any possible avenue of escape. Cherish your faith for the rest of your life and may death find you thinking of God.” He blessed them and then went to see what help he could give to others. It was while doing all this that he met his death. One bullet pierced his chest and another his thigh. Even then he tried to give help to other victims. He then received two blows from a hatchet, one on each temple, that went right to the brain. His body was then stripped and left naked on the ground. It was found later, hardly recognisable, covered with blood and ashes from the fire. He was buried by his Christians where the church had been.

Noel Chabanel was born in Saugues, Auvergne in the south of France, on 2 February 1613 and entered the Society of Jesus at Toulouse when he was 17. Following his studies, he was a teacher of rhetoric at a number of Jesuit colleges and was highly respected both for his goodness and learning. Fired with a strong desire to serve in the North American mission, he was sent to New France in 1643, at the age of 30. After studying the Algonquin language, he was sent to the Jesuit mission centre at Sainte-Marie and stayed there until his death. His early enthusiasm quickly faded. Unlike his companions, he found it very difficult to adapt to the Huron way of life, nor could he ever learn the local language. The very sight of them, their food, indeed everything about them, he found difficult to take. Moreover he was tested by a spiritual dryness during the whole of his stay in Canada. Life on the mission was, for him, an unbroken chain of disappointments, which he called a “bloodless martyrdom”. Yet, in order to bind himself more inviolably to the work which his nature abhorred, he made a solemn vow, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, to remain till death in this mission. A promise he more than kept. After the deaths of John de Brebeuf and Charles Garnier, Noel Chabanel was immediately recalled to the Sainte-Marie mission station. He had already started on his way back with a number of Christian Hurons when they heard the shouts of the Iroquois returning from Saint-Jean. Noel urged his companions to escape but he himself was too exhausted to keep up with them. His fate was at first unclear but a Huron apostate eventually admitted killing Noel out of hatred for the Christian faith. He met his death on 8 December 1649. Given his difficulty in living the missionary life, his martyrdom only increases the heroism of his death. He was only 36 years old. These eight martyrs were canonised in 1930 by Pope Pius XI and their cult was extended world-wide in 1969 as proto-martyrs of North America. All worked tirelessly to bring the indigenous peoples of those regions to the Catholic faith. They are greatly revered because they sowed the seed for the first beginnings of the faith in North America not only by their preaching of God’s word but also by the shedding of their blood.

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The Flying Dutchman and the Penn Yan Express

By Jonathan Monfiletto

Toward the end of October, Outlaw Speedway – the four-tenths-of-a-mile clay racetrack on the outskirts of downtown Dundee – will host the Hoag Memorial Weekend, in honor of legendary racer Donald “Dutch” Hoag and his son Dean, who owned and operated the speedway for about a decade under the name Black Rock Speedway. At that point in the year, area racetracks – dirt and paved alike – will have capped their seasons and crowned their champions, and the fanfare of Super DIRT Week at Oswego Speedway will have taken place the week before. Yet, there will be at least one more weekend of action on the track in the Finger Lakes region.

While the Hoag Memorial Weekend honors in part the legendary racer – who was nicknamed The Flying Dutchman, even though he already had a nickname – it seems unlikely that Dutch Hoag ever spent much time racing at what was called Dundee Speedway during his heyday behind the wheel. In my research, the only reference I could find to Hoag competing at Dundee was in August 1958 when he filled in for Glenn Reiners – then the track points leader and a Dundee Speedway legend – after Reiners suffered broken ribs and other injuries in a crash at Waterloo Speedway.

Nevertheless, what began as the Dutch Hoag National Open Weekend started when Hoag was still alive and during his son’s ownership of the track. The name appears to derive from the National Open at Pennsylvania’s Langhorne Speedway. Hoag won the prestigious event five times – three times on a dirt surface in 1956, 1960, and 1963 and twice on an asphalt surface in 1967 and 1968 – and is the only driver to have won the event on the two surfaces. Dutch died in 2016 at age 89 and Dean – a legendary racer in his own right – died in 2023 at age 70, and now the Hoag Memorial Weekend carries on in their memories.

Born November 2, 1926 in Cohocton, Steuben County, Hoag lived in Naples, Ontario County with his family at least by the time he turned 18 and registered for the draft during World War II. Supposedly, a local milkman in Cohocton gave the tongue-tied young boy the nickname Dutch. Ironically, Hoag never took an interest in his father’s trucking business and wasn’t interested in automobiles or mechanics. When he joined the Army and worked in a motor pool during World War II, his service spent repairing vehicles apparently sparked his passion.

According to an article by Gary Spaid on RaceNY.com, Hoag began racing in 1949, the year Naples Speedway opened in his then-hometown. According to Hoag’s biography on HistoricRacing.com, he bought a racecar for $175 and towed it to the track on a chain. Either later that year or the following year, he won his first feature race at a racetrack in Corning.

The earliest newspaper reference I could find for Dutch Hoag through NYS Historic Newspapers is an August 1951 report of his winning a race at Wellsville Speedway. In May 1952, Hoag was among the 40 racers who opened the season at the Monroe County Fairgrounds speedway (which had been active as a racetrack since at least 1950, when a NASCAR Grand National event took place there) and began that year a string of four consecutive track championships there.

While dominating in Monroe County from 1952 to 1955, Hoag continued competing at Naples Speedway as well as at Bath Speedway, where he won three straight track titles from 1952 to 1954; at Canandaigua Speedway, where he won titles in 1953 and 1954; and at Hemlock Fairgrounds, where he claimed the championship in 1953. Hoag also captured NASCAR New York State Championships in 1953 and 1954 – standing on top of the points as the best weekly racer in the state in those years.

During the 1954 season, Hoag was listed as being from Penn Yan, while reports from previous years noted Naples as his residence. Where exactly he lived in Penn Yan is unclear; the 1956 Penn Yan Directory lists the Hoag family at 93 E. Lake Road, the 1955-1956 Penn Yan Telephone Directly shows Donald Hoag at 318 Liberty St., and the 1956-1957 phone book shows Donald Hoag at Excell’s Trailer Park. The 1951 Penn Yan Directory and the 1957-1958 Penn Yan Telephone Directory – which bookend these other publications, as far as the Yates County History Center collection is concerned – do not list the Hoag family at all.

During much of the time that Hoag was leading the packs at Monroe County, Bath, Canandaigua, Naples, and other speedways, he was sporting a red No. 96 racecar sponsored by the Penn Yan Express trucking company and supported by the Hinson family. Ronald Hinson, whose father Robert operated the company, maintains a website – pennyanexpress.com – dedicated to the history of the company. According to this history, the relationship between Hoag and Penn Yan Express began in 1953 as new V8 engines were beginning to appear at local racetracks. On Friday afternoons during the racing season, the Penn Yan Express trucks would be moved out of the garage and the racecars moved in so they could be readied for that night’s races. Two employees remained at the garage until the race team returned from the racetrack, so the racecars could be repaired and prepared for the next night’s races. And Hoag was a fellow employee to his Penn Yan Express comrades; the 1956 Penn Yan Directory lists him as a truck driver for the company, while his wife, Doris, worked as a clerk there.

In addition to Hoag’s weekly competitions at various area speedways, Penn Yan Express sponsored and supported him in races at Langhorne and at Daytona Beach (when the races took place on the beach surface before the modern superspeedway was built) as well as in one of Hoag’s four Grand National starts, in 1955 at Monroe County. Driving the No. 96 Chevrolet – purchased from Penn Yan’s Jolley Chevrolet – Hoag started fifth and completed 96 laps after breaking a wheel and finishing 17th. It was the second Grand National start for Hoag that year, as he recorded his career-best finish of eighth at Palm Beach Speedway. He had finished 12th at a Grand National event at Monroe County in 1952 and would finish 45th at a NASCAR-sanctioned race at Langhorne in 1957. The year 1955 saw the end of Penn Yan Express’ involvement in auto racing and with Hoag.

After four straight track championships, Hoag stood atop the point standings at Monroe County in July 1956 when he suddenly announced his retirement from auto racing. According to the Williamson newspaper of the time, Hoag “said he’s had enough, and that he needs the time to devote to his family.” Indeed, the next mention of Hoag competing in a race is his substitution for Reiners at Dundee in 1958. Nevertheless, Hoag didn’t stay retired long, as he entered a stock car event at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse on Labor Day in 1958. Hoag continued to race into the 1960s and 1970s, record three championships apiece at Shangri-La Speedway in Owego and Spencer Speedway in Williamson. He also won a couple of Labor Day races at the State Fairgrounds in 1967 and 1968.

In February 1969, at 43 years old, Hoag competed as a “rookie” in the Permatex 300, a race of the Late Model Sportsman series (later called the Busch Series and now called the Xfinity Series) at Daytona International Speedway. Driving a 1968 Dodge prepared by B.R. Dewitt, Hoag started fourth and finished second in the 300-mile event. An October 1970 in the Courier Express of Buffalo, about the final race at Langhorne, described Hoag as retired. Still, subsequent years found Hoag competing at Lancaster Speedway, Fulton Speedway, and other tracks. Yet it seems Hoag retired for good at some point in the 1970s, and he operated Dutch’s Service Station in Bath until the mid-1980s.

Hoag spent his later years helping his son, Dean, and his grandson, Alex, build their own successful auto racing careers and carry on the Hoag legacy to three generations. It is estimated Hoag won more than 400 feature races during his own legendary career.

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December 5th - We did a quick recon trip to check on the Lake Ontario Brown Trout. After a very difficult Spring fishery there seems to be a good amount of cookie cutters in the water we fished today in Monroe County. There were also some nice ones too! The surprise catch of the day was this nice Rainbow Trout. It definitely fought different than a Brownie. Fingers were crossed it might be a small Salmon. Our best rods were flat lined Bay Rat Lures in Glow Goby, My Secret, BT Candy, and Referee. On our Chinook divers and Cannon Downriggers Bay Rat Lures 3.5 spoons in Glow Frog and My Secret were best.

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21 Sep 2021 Forest Glamp, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Nova Scotia Design: Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes photography : Adrien Williams + Maxime Brouillet Forest Glamp, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François

16 Sep 2021 Out(side)In House, Scarborough Bluffs, Ontario Architecture: Atelier RZLBD photograph : Borzu Talaie Out(side)In House in Ontario As nature seeps through a crack of a stone, or as from a wound of one’s heart blooms a new, unforeseen joy and peace, a nameless empty room becomes a sanctuary, a small universe, whereone’s soul can truly rest. Located near Scarborough Bluffs, the panoramic horizon of Lake Ontario, Out(side)In House offers a void that leads the inhabitants to see the inner horizon, suggesting life inits deeper meaning.

Sep 17, 2021 Kennebec Lakehouse, Arden, Ontario Design: Zerafa Studio Llc. photo : Tom Arban Kennebec Lakehouse in Ontario Kennebec Lakehouse is a year-round vacation home located on Kennebec Lake, a finger-lake in Arden Ontario. The 2.8 acre site is defined by its dramatic topography, sloping down from the roadway to Kennebec Lake from south to north.

Aug 5, 2021 Saltbox Passive House, Bromont, Québec Design: Atelier L’Abri photo : Raphaël Thibodeau Saltbox Passive House, Bromont The Saltbox Passive House is a primary residence designed for a family of four and built on the southern flank of Mont Gale in Bromont, in the Eastern Townships. The 3,100 sq. ft. single-family home, built on three levels, sits in a meadow at the edge of a wooded, protected area on a 2.5-acre lot.

23 Jul 2021 The Monocular, Chester Basin, Nova Scotia Design: RHAD Architects photo : Julian Parkinson Monocular House, Chester Basin The Monocular was designed to choreograph one’s experience of the dramatic waterfront site. Thus, it was treated as a Monocular, framing the view of the Basin beyond.

22 Jun 2021 Lake of Bays Cottage, Lambton Shores, Ontario Architecture: Altius Architecture photograph : Greg Van Riel Photography Lake of Bays Cottage, Muskoka, Ontario A longtime client of Altius, the owners of this residence started looking for a cottage home in 2007. After four years exploring Ontario cottage country, they purchased Lake of Bays Cottage from a colleague but immediately began to doubt their decision. However, this doubt quickly melted away after they had spent their first summer there.

8 Apr 2021 Black Point Residence, Black Point, Halifax, Nova Scotia Design: Peter Braithwaite Studio photograph : Yurii Suhov Black Point Residence, Halifax, Nova Scotia This expansive Black Point Residence was designed for a retired couple looking for a summer home where their extended family could all gather and spend time together. Located in the harsh climate of the Northumberland Strait in Black Point, Nova Scotia, the architectural design pushes the limit of maritime vernacular seaside fishing and boat sheds.

1 Apr 2021 Kahshe Lake Cottage, The Muskoka Region, Ontario Architects: Solares Architecture photograph : Nanne Springer Kahshe Lake Cottage, Muskoka Region The story of Kahshe Lake Cottage started in 1987, when architect Tom Knezic’s parents bought the water-access property and built a small bunkie as a temporary shelter. Their goal was to then design and build their dream family cottage. When the 1989 recession hit, their plans went on hold.

Mar 29, 2021 MTR Residence, Mont-Tremblant Design: Alain Carle Architect photograph : Félix Michaud MTR Residence, Mont-Tremblant Québec Located on Lac Tremblant, one of Québec’s most highly esteemed lakes, the site presented features as spectacular as they were restrictive. Very steep terrain and high rock cliffs allowed few options for implementation or traffic on the site. A very large flat rock cap on the edge of the lake was chosen as “level 0” and allowed creation of the MTR Residence project’s anchoring identity.

4 Apr, 2021 Elm House, Tupper School District, Halifax, Nova Scotia Design: Peter Braithwaite Studio photo : Julian Parkinson Elm House, Halifax Home, Nova Scotia This house displayed great potential for the young family who had recently purchased the property. Over the decades, this residence had been the subject of a number of poorly executed renovations.

14 Apr 2021 Sandy Cove House, Digby, southwestern Nova Scotia Design: Habit Studio with houdinidesign Architects photo : Bridget Havercroft Sandy Cove House in Nova Scotia Sandy Cove House is a large two-storey timber frame house that reflects the form and layout of a traditional Nova Scotia barn. The client, who was inhabiting only the second floor, wanted to transform the main level from a garage and utility room into valuable living space.

13 Mar 2021 Smith Bay House, Prince Edward County, Southern Ontario Design: Solares Architecture photo : Nanne Springer Smith Bay House, Prince Edward County Smith Bay House, located on a flat stretch of land just a stone’s throw from the water, is an embodiment of serenity and style. A young Toronto family dreamed of a new sustainable home in the countryside, and Smith Bay House delivers that getaway.

Yakisugi House, Calgary, Alberta Architects: Alloy Homes Incorporated photo : Joel Klassen Yakisugi House, Calgary Property A phenomenal custom home whose every angle is designed to frame beautiful views to the downtown skyline. A 20′ grade difference between the street and back alley led to some unique architectural solutions including a detached garage with tunnel and green roof.

4 Feb 2021 Gouldburn Modern, Ottawa Design: Shean Architects photo : Younes Bounhar – Doublespace Photography Gouldburn Modern House, Ottawa The Gouldburn Modern displays a harmony between new and old, where an addition at both the front and the rear offer a creative way to emphasize the connection of traditional form and modern materiality. The interior of the home was renovated utilizing a clean and pure palette to brighten the home.

12 Jan 2021 Fold House, Southern Ontario Architect: PARTISANS photograph : PARTISANS Fold House, Hamilton, Ontario Fold House is a residential property in Hamilton, Ontario that “folds” into the contours of a hillside through its undulating wood and steel structure. The two-story residence is concealed through the land’s topography with the pool pavilion nestled into the lower part of the hill and features an eighty foot long by ten foot tall sliding glass facade that provides sweeping views from a burrowed vantage point.

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16 Dec 2020 Lambton Farmhouse, Lambton Shores, Ontario Architecture: Shean Architects photograph : Chris Berg Lambton Farmhouse, Ontario Lambton Farmhouse is located in the fields of Southern Ontario, sits a modern farmhouse. The form takes influence from the gradual slopes that the surrounding landscape forms. Tiered levels offer optimal views of the exterior, where large windows are placed to allow for natural light to enter many sides of each space within.

8 Dec 2020 Le Littoral, La Malbaie, Québec Design: Architecture49 photo : Stéphane Brügger Le Littoral Residence, La Malbaie A couple passionate about gastronomy and great lovers of Charlevoix dreamed of designing a contemporary residence in this exceptional natural setting. This was to both enjoy a pied-à-terre in the region, but also to create a high-end tourist home where families, friends, or colleagues could gather.

26 Nov, 2020 Maison Koya, Saint-Sauveur Design: Alain Carle Architecte photo : Raphael Thibodeau Maison Koya, Saint-Sauveur The Maison Koya site is part of a real estate development on the approaches to the town of Saint-Sauveur in the Laurentians. This area is in Montréal’s second ring of outlying communities, where the occupants have chosen to settle to combine a lifestyle in a natural setting (in the mountains) with the conveniences of a small regional town.

18 Nov 2020 Double Header House , Victoria, British Columbia Design: D’Arcy Jones Architects photo © Sama Jim Canzian Double Header House, Victoria, BC Double Header House was designed to be both open and private, while bold and modest. This single building has two units. Designed for three generations to live side-by-side, the units are separated by interlocking private courtyards, a common stair and air-locks.

17 Nov 2020 Forest House I, Bolton-Est, Eastern Townships, QC Design: Natalie Dionne Architecture photo : Raphaël Thibodeau Forest House I, Eastern Townships Forest House I is the latest work by Montréal-based studio, Natalie Dionne Architecture. The firm has earned widespread praise over the years for its contextual approach, its creativity, and its attention to detail. Forest House I adds to a rich portfolio of original, residential homes, equal parts urban and rural.

26 Oct 2020 Blackwood Studio, Hinchinbrooke

20 Oct 2020 Cowley Avenue House, Ottawa

8 Oct 2020 Wendover House, Ottawa

31 Jul 2020 Chester Cottage in Nova Scotia

14 Jul 2020 Portland Residence in Mont-Royal, Québec

4 Jun 2020 Lake Huron Summer House, Ontario Architects: Saota photograph : Adam Letch Lake Huron Summer House in Ontario This summer house is set on the banks of Lake Huron in a small, remote Canadian town about an hour’s drive from London, Ontario.

14 May 2020 Abacus House on Bras d’Or Lake, Nova Scotia

4 May 2020 103, Land House in Meaford, Ontario

24 Apr 2020 La Frangine Residence Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

22 Apr 2020 Lakeside Cabin in Lac-Brome, Quebec

31 Mar 2020 Ravine House near Don River Watershed

4 Feb 2020 Rodeo Drive House, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Architects: Alloy Homes Incorporated photograph : Joel Klassen Rodeo Drive House in Calgary, Alberta This family home is built on a small, triangular lot that was considered virtually unusable. Situated atop a ridge overlooking the Calgary Stampede Grandstand, the views are magnificent from the upper floors.

1 Feb 2020 Modern Farmhouse, Calgary, Alberta Architects: Alloy Homes Incorporated photograph : Joel Klassen Modern Farmhouse near Calgary, Alberta The architecture is inspired by the simple lines and humble materials of the adjacent working ranch.

31 Jan 2020 River’s Edge House, Calgary Architects: Alloy Homes Incorporated photo : Joel Klassen River’s Edge House in Calgary, Alberta This new Canadian family home was designed and built to feel like it had been a part of the neighbourhood for years. The property is wrapped in low-maintenance natural materials designed to weather gently and enhance its character over the years.

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5 Nov 2019 The River Cabins, Wheatley River, Prince Edward County Design: Nine Yards Studio photograph : Tamzin Gillis, Nine Yards Studio Prince Edward County Buildings The smallest province in Canada, Prince Edward Island is celebrated for its vibrant arts and culture scene and is renowned for culinary experiences featuring world-class seafood and produce.

21 Jun 2019 Muskoka Boathouse in Ontario

16 Jun 2019 Pilon-Hébert Residence in Potton, Québec

11 Jun 2019 Powder Snow House in Bromont, Québec

28 May 2019 Hatley House in Québec

14 May 2019 Church Residence in Frelighsburg, Québec

17 Apr 2019 Gazing House in Scarborough Junction, Toronto

20 Mar 2019 Residence Le Nid on the St. Lawrence River, Quebec

17 Mar 2019 Dans l’Escarpement in Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré

30 Jan 2019 La Barque Residence in Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm

11 Dec 2018 TRIPTYCH House in Wentworth-Nord, Quebec

3 Dec 2018 Friesen Wong House in Okanagan, British Columbia

2 Dec 2018 Shelter on a Rock in Racine, Québec

14 Nov 2018 Long Horizontals House in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François

2 Oct 2018 Vallée du Parc Residence in Shawinigan, Québec

16 May 2018 Gulf Islands Residence, Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, western Canada Architects: RUFproject photograph : Ivan Hunter Gulf Islands Residence

20 Feb 2018 La Cornette House, Township of Cleveland, Québec, Eastern Canada Architects: YH2 photo © Francis Pelletier La Cornette House in the Township of Cleveland Built on the slope of a small hill, La Cornette is a country house open to the pastoral landscape that surrounds it. Under a soaring roof resembling a nun’s cornet wimple is a roomy dwelling modelled on traditional Quebec houses of old that lodged large families and their relatives.

19 Feb 2018 La Luge Cabin, La Conception, in the Laurentides region of Quebec Architects: YH2 photography © Francis Pelletier La Luge in La Conception Mostly dedicated to the enjoyment of Quebec’s winter, La Luge is a secondary home lying in the midst of the forest. Nestled on its site, surrounded by dense vegetation preserving the house’s privacy, La Luge integrates a private spa which occupies almost a third of the useable area, adding on to the traditional countryside living spaces.

16 Feb 2018 Window on the Lake, Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Mauricie region, province of Quebec Architects: YH2 photography © Francis Pelletier Window on the Lake in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton The house stands on the site of an old family cottage, just steps away from the shores of Lac Plaisant in the Mauricie region. Thanks to its simplicity, restraint and refinement, the project embodies the architect’s attempt to capture the essence of cottage life – a wooden home designed for vacations and enabling true communion with nature.

9 Feb 2018 Sky House, Stoney Lake, Ontario Design: Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster photography : Doublespace Photography Sky House on Stoney Lake Negotiating the steep topography of a lake-side site, this holiday house consists of two volumes stacked on one another. The lower volume nestles into the landscape so that it is barely visible as one first approaches the house.

6 Feb 2018 The Wooden Wing, Lac-Supérieur, Quebec Design: YH2 architecture photography : David Marien-Landry The Wooden Wing in Lac-Supérieur The Wooden Wing is a large cottage on the shores of Lac Supérieur, in Quebec’s Laurentians. The house is perched on a sizeable outcrop of granite bedrock, giving it a commanding yet intimate view of the lake and Mont Tremblant, on the other side.

4 Feb 2018 Withrow Laneway House, Calgary, Alberta Architects: Studio North photo : Mark Erickson Withrow Laneway House in Calgary Affordable housing in a thriving city like Calgary is a challenge for many, not the least for two newly graduated professionals starting a design studio with big dreams and a limited budget. We see alleys as a new place for community and dwelling. This project offers an opportunity to save one of Calgary’s heritage houses and to build an affordable, compact living space in the inner city.

19 Jan 2018 Indigo Lane House, Whistler, British Columbia, western Canada Design: Stark Architecture Ltd. photo © Krista Jahnke New House in Whistler, BC A crazy site! But one of the greatest things about Architecture is having lots of constraints. The more constraints, the more inventive you have to be. The site drops steeply from the road, almost a 25 ft sheer drop down to a flat site, with retaining walls below.

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Ontario Homes for Sale : Ontario real Estate Properties

Introduction

Ontario County is the gateway to the Five Finger Lakes region of New York City. A balanced labor force is composed of a high proportion of professional and technical workers, and is considered to be one of the most productive labor forces in the country. Although the level of qualifications is high, labor costs are often lower than in neighboring metropolitan areas. The picturesque Finger Lakes wine country has a vibrant tourism industry that offers relaxation throughout the year.

How to find homes for sale?

On the off chance that you're wanting to move and want to find homes for sale, whether you are looking for a house for sale in Ontario NY or some other place, this blog can help you track down the right fit for you. By far, most people will agree that finding a house on rent is definitely not an easy task at all, as it may seem to be. Be that as it may, believe us that this so-called simple task can possibly transform into a certified headache if not dealt with properly. 

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Gawd, I hate lying. We were clearly in the wrong, trespassing on private property, hiking a deserted dirt road, which swings around a finger of the lake where nobody lives. Except for the birds. Thousands and thousands of them fly back and forth between the frozen, stubbly cornfields and the water. When the bald eagles appear before last light, it is otherworldly. And day after day, we were the only humans present to witness the spectacle. The man in the pick-up truck asked me if I’d seen the sign at the end of the road. The one with the big yellow letters that said NO TRESPASSING. I shook my head and muttered no, my instinct for denial to authority figures honed to an ice pick by seventh grade buddy John Bowman, always in trouble with the nuns. “Deny everything” he sagely counseled from the back seat of the school bus. My wife at least had the decency to apologize as we hightailed it out, while I was busy mentally angling another way in to this marvelous avian shrine. - The ice on Lake Ontario is starting to shatter, the longer days encouraging the spring melt. Ice shards tinkle and clang from the stirring tides like a hippy chime made from beach glass and strung on driftwood. Not to be outdone for the sunset symphony, thousands of ducks, swans, and geese float on the windless lake so far out on the horizon they’re unseen, their endless chatter carrying over the darkening lake. - #canada #winter #birdwatching #tresspassing (at Prince Edward County) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMOU0ZCLFv8S5Hhml_nNr-hxJabuELMtm9ZdCM0/?igshid=12bw0lpkd36ai

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Spending the summer at Camp Arey

By Jonathan Monfiletto

These days, you could still spend the summer along Keuka Lake at Camp Arey – just as youngsters could for nearly four decades from about the turn of the 20th century until the outbreak of World War II. However, with all due respect to the owners and residents of what is nowadays a seasonal vacation community, these summer homes on the lake seem a far cry from the natural science camp of yesteryear.

The Yates County History Center recently heard from a descendant of Dr. Albert Arey, who started the natural science camp. I knew the name of the camp and that it had been a summer camp for boys and girls, but that was about all I knew. I didn’t even know where the camp was located, except that it had been on Keuka Lake. Naturally, for those who know me or at least know my writing, this communication led me to research Camp Arey and learn more about it.

The first thing I learned is Arey, described in our sources as a Rochester science teacher, initially established his camp on the west side of Canandaigua Lake at Tichenor Point – in the town of Canandaigua in Ontario County. A lover of the natural world, the professor started his camp in 1890 so his students would have a place to explore such fields as geology, botany, and taxidermy. As Allison Cooper wrote in a “Time and Again” column in the May 15, 2006 Daily Messenger, “So he leased the plot of land from the Tichenor family, his wife sewed two tents out of sturdy canvas and the Natural Science Camp was born.”

The Natural Science Camp, as it was called then, was set up like a military camp and considered the first of its kind in the United States featuring tent camping. “A bugle horn sounded the wake-up and bedtime calls and at meal time the boys marched two by two to the mess tent,” Cooper wrote. “Dinner was at noon and the campers snacked on barrels of ginger snaps and Smith Butter Crackers, which were made in Canandaigua. They consumed sixty gallons of milk per day.”

The first year, 40 boys showed up to the camp; 15 years later, when Camp Arey prepared to leave Canandaigua Lake and head to new quarters on Keuka Lake, 150 boys per season was the norm. They came from New York City, Albany, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse as well as locales around the Finger Lakes. Their average age was 18. As well as studying science, the boys formed a baseball team and played against teams around the area. They also swam, sailed, and rode horses.

In January 1905, Arey purchased Eggleston’s Point on Keuka Lake in Barrington from Cornwell Bros. through Goodspeed & Miller’s Real Estate Agency and planned to move the camp there. “It is expected that large and permanent buildings will be erected and this point become one of the liveliest places on the Lake,” the Yates County Chronicle asserted on January 25, 1905. On May 5, 1905, the Penn Yan Democrat proclaimed the camp’s new location to be an economic boon for Penn Yan and Yates County – with 150 campers likely making the total camp population 200 including the staff and providing people ready to spend money. A Canandaigua man estimated that area’s merchants’ loss at $30,000 per year when the camp left.

Each year, the camp was to run from July 1 through September 1 – essentially, from the time school let out until it opened again. In 1905, tuition and board for a full term cost $100; shorter periods cost $12 per week. An “athletic tax” of 25 cents per week was also levied on each camper to pay for the equipment and expenses related to the camp’s teams. “While the Science Camp is a big summer school, text books are not every much in evidence,” the Democrat described Camp Arey ahead of its opening. “Nature furnishes many interesting studies, and botany and entomology, geology, taxidermy, etc., are some of the things that will be taught. There will be a shop for electrical demonstrations. The athletic program will consist of track athletics, base ball, basket ball, swimming, boating, riding, and sailing. There will be a dark room for those interested in photography. A dramatic club will be organized the first week of the Camp, and the plan is to produce several plays during the season, and a minstrel show in July. … Large army tents are provided for sleeping quarters. They have wood floors raised from the ground, and a water-proof ‘fly.’ Each tent accommodates three pupils, and has an electric light.”

As the camp prepared to open on Keuka Lake, arrangements were in the works to have the camp’s baseball team play some of its games in Penn Yan. There was also talk of field trips from the camp to Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands, and Watkins Glen. Visitors were welcome to the camp at any time, through the arrangement of the commandant. All of the coaches and instructors at the camp had college degrees, and some had served in the U.S. military.

Various sources point to the different reasons for Camp Arey’s change in location. More campers meant the camp needed a larger property. Indeed, the Democrat on July 4, 1906 announced the beginning of the camp’s first season on Keuka Lake with 275 boys and young men. At the same time, the Tichenor family’s price to purchase the Canandaigua Lake site was too high for Arey. Keuka Lake offered more land at a cheaper price.

Various sources also provide different dimensions for the camp’s property. An unidentified source states Arey organized the camp on Keuka Lake on 125 acres with 2,000 feet of lake frontage. An outline of Camp Arey’s history put its at 160 acres. Notes left behind by former Yates County Historian Frank Swann list the parcel at 140 acres. The Democrat in 1906 described buildings upon 165 acres of land – an assembly hall large enough to accommodate the entire camp, a 50-by-75 mess hall, an office building, a shop containing the electrical plant, a number of smaller buildings, and the farmhouse, barns, and carriage house.

Camp Arey even had its own post office, to serve the camp as well as locals during the summer season. Campers raised their own vegetables and supplied milk from their dairy. The property eventually expanded to 230 acres when Arey purchased more land for the camp. Though only boys were admitted in early seasons, later on girls were allowed at the camp; boys came for half of the season, and then girls came for the remainder.

Arey himself continued to run the camp until 1912, when he apparently accepted a position in the science department of a girls high school in Brooklyn at twice the salary of his position in Rochester. Moving his family to Brooklyn, Arey sold the camp to his son-in-law and daughter, Andrew and Mildred Fontaine, who operated the property as a girls camp until 1939. The Fontaines in turn sold Camp Arey to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patin, of Cleveland, Ohio, who continued to oversee the girls camp for a few more years.

The World War II years put a strain on the camp, while living patterns and outlook changed. During the 1940s, the Rockefeller family purchased the property as an executive retreat but apparently kept the Camp Arey name. In the 1950s, there was an effort to make Camp Arey the site of a state park, as at that time there were only two state parks in the Finger Lakes at Taughannock Falls and Cayuga Lake. That effort, however, faced much opposition and failed to come to fruition.

You can still spend your summer at Camp Arey if you so wish. You just won’t be staying in a tent and studying the natural sciences as youngsters once did.