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TAY CANAL 175th ANNIVERSARY - PERTH, ONTARIO

16 May, 2009:
A tip of the hat to the town of Perth, Ontario on the 175th anniversary of the Tay Canal.

At the launch of celebrations, held downtown at the Tay Basin and Crystal Palace, the area's history comes alive as Parks Canada interpreters and local residents in period dress portrayed notable figures from the past.

Pictured here, as represented by Ian Doig, is Scottish-born, the Honourable Roderick Matherson, a wealthy Perth merchant and a Senator in Canada's first parliament after confederation in 1867.

cooking pea soup with pig's feet 24 May, 2009:
At the military re-enactment camp in Last Duel Park, cooking pots simmered with delectable concoctions such as soupe aux pois avec pattes de cauchon. Martha Stewart move over! Here's real culinary prowess being demonstrated - courrers des bois style on the Banks of the Tay - as pea soup with pigs feet is prepared in the traditional manner of the early French boatmen who plied northern waterways with supplies and furs. "And that's a good thing."