Beach Wedding Ontario
Polar Princess Return From James Bay, Canada
The hospital is on the Moose Factory Island causing transportation difficulties during the warmer season. Rachel*, our guide, told us when her mother was pregnant with her older sister during spring break up a helicopter was also in service. With no lighting for the helicopter, for two weeks before her due date she was flown to the hospital on the island for the night and returned during the morning. This went on for two weeks after her due date. Her sister was born during the day at home. Gives us a different perspective, doesn’t it?
Back to the ride up the river. We had seen a few other people out in their boats at this hour and one on a beach. Early Hudson Bay Company ships had to load sand from “Ships Sand Island” to balance the ship for the return trip to England. The furs must have been too light.
Our ride took about an hour from Moosonee before we reached the mouth of the river. Having seen the salt water of James Bay the Polar Princess began to turn around. I would like to know your guess for the movie title, so take a minute to think about it. I will reveal it soon. We were now headed for Moose Island Factory
One more fact about the spring break up. Remember I said the river had four feet of ice during the winter. The width of the river must be at least a half mile at places. One channel was man made at a width of 50 feet. During spring break up the ice erodes the banks of the river dragging dirt and trees with it. Over the years the 50 feet has expanded to over 200 feet!
The movie has started. It was a national documentary (sorry) about the Cree making their fall and spring hunting trips. Children today are losing their hunting skills and knowledge. This story was about an elder, his wife and their family as they teach adult children and grandchildren how to hunt. Another question, “What do you think they are hunting?” This is moose country, with moose, black bear, foxes, and wolves could be their prey.. Their target is the Canadian Goose! Yes, as many as have migrated to the States, some are being harvested for the food they provide. We saw how they plucked and cooked the goose, giving new meaning to having your goose cooked! It was an interesting documentary.
This morning at breakfast, one of the couples told us about being asked to attend a wedding where the feast included 15 geese being roasted. Imagine someone in the states or any larger city for that matter, asking a tourist to come to a local wedding. I know it was fascinating to visit with the local residents and to be watching the geese being cooked. Lunch was served, a ham sandwich with carrots on the side. Still on the river we were served a cake with a maple leaf drawn on it for Canada Day. I kept trying to get Rachel* to sing “Oh Canada,” the national anthem. Oh well. It had been a great ride up and we are approaching the island. I will describe that excursion on another article.
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has anyone gotten married in Northern/ Central Ontario during the late fall?
IF SO, WHERE?
I have been searching for venues and such to hold the ceremony and reception at and i am at a loss. I used to live in Woodland Beach (elmvale/ Tiny township) and I have seen weddings there in the summer, but it’s hard to choose a good location for a fall wedding (november 3, 2012) seeing as in central/ Northern Ontario sometime it snows in October and the tempurature drops really fast come November (we picked the fall so that we can get married as close to the date of the first day we met, November 13)… I personally LOVE the winter and the cold doesn’t bother me as much as it would the rest of my family and fiance, but its hard to start planning a wedding if i don’t even know where to have te ceremony.
SO, i turn to the brides and grooms of Ontario, where did you get married in the fall?
the chances of someone from ontario seeing this and providing you an answer are very slim since this is an international site and most people who answer the questions are based in the united states…but i did some research of your area and although i cannot be sure all of these are exactly in central/northern ontario, i tried to keep them in pretty close proximity to the only town you mentioned, elmvale. you didn’t say about how many guests you want to have or what type of venue you are looking for so i included several different types and sizes you can look at to get you started.
http://www.ancastermill.com (click on chapels and room selections for indoor venues) this is a stunningly lovely venue with streams and stone mills and modern glass and wood decor.
http://www.strathmere.com/ a quaint bed and breakfast type place with indoor facilities for weddings and receptions.
http://www.onthefork.com/event/index.php a sleek modern restaurant type venue
http://www.lakeviewartsbarn.com/about.html a large open rustic loft type venue
http://stratfordwhitehouse.com/ a beautiful old antebellum white mansion
http://viamede.com/ an active lake resort
http://beantown.pmhclients.com/index.php/site/index_en/ very, very well kept and lovely rustic barn type venu
http://www.villageinn.ca/events.html restored historic village inn in lakefield
http://stgeorgehall.com/weddings.html large very fancy glitzy banquet hall
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