The Creemore
Inside the Echo
Echo
Friday, September 2, 2016 Vol. 16 No. 36 www.creemore.com
To the CORE
The Weight of Paper Many hands make light work
Cuddy Jamboree celebrates 10 years
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News and views in and around Creemore
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Small Halls Fest lineup announced
Staff photo: Fred Mills
It's all about the beer Andrew Millsap (from left), Tom Gateman, Chuck Henderson and Rob Perkins raise a glass at Copper Kettle Festival August 27. For more photos, see page 7.
Raible pays homage to Petun by Trina Berlo A new book about the aboriginal people who once lived in the Creemore area is the product of much personal interest and research by Pat Raible. Raible first learned of the Petun about 21 years ago. She and her husband Chris had opened a bookstore on Creemore’s main street, where they were paid a visit by Charles Garrad, an archeologist who was researching the history of the First Nations people of the Wyandot tribe. The fruits of Garrad’s research were published in Petun to Wyandot: The Ontario Petun from the 16th Century (2014). The 656-page book is a comprehensive and academic account of more than 60 years of research and fieldwork. His interest in the Petun was piqued when he was introduced to an archeological
site near Craigleith in the late 1950s. Records from fur traders of the day, Samuel de Champlain, and religious missionaries concur with artifacts found at local sites to confirm that the Petun people lived in villages in the immediate area. Raible embarked on her own research and has shared her knowledge of the Petun locally through events organized by the Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society. Most recently, in anticipation of the 400th anniversary of Champlain’s visit to the area, Raible gave a talk about the Petun and that research has gone into the writing of The Petun: People of the Hills , published by Curiosity House Books. Raible said the 91-page book is meant to be an introduction to the Petun, with the hope that those
interested would go on to further their own learning. Evidence shows the Petun lived in former Nottawasaga Township, south into Mulmur and north into The Blue Mountains, writes Raible. The earliest Petun village in the area was located on the western edge of present day Creemore. The Petun hunted and processed beaver for the purpose of trading fur but they were also farmers, growing corn, beans and squash. Petun translates to “tobacco people” but it is thought that if they grew tobacco it would have been for their own use. The names bestowed on the First Nations people were nicknames given by those recording their encounters with them and not the names the native people would have used for themselves, said (See “Champlain” on page 3)
by Trina Berlo The schedule has been released for the third annual Small Halls Festival coming up at the end of this month. From Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, venues in nine of Clearview Township’s communities will host a number of events. Singhampton Hall is hosting a wineand-cheese with Georgian Hills and Scotch Hollow, a whiskey nosing with dinner by Mylar and Loreta’s, Thirsty Traveler Kevin Brunch and a Sunday hike on the Bruce Trail. Avening will welcome to the stage Elliott Brood and a mystery band will pay tribute to The Tragically Hip. There will also be a contra and square dance, laser tag, bowling and games with a barbecue lunch on Sunday. Brentwood Hall is celebrating Oktoberfest on Friday, continuing through the weekend with a harvest market, country breakfast, horseshoe tournament, a Saturday evening concert with The River Town Saints country band and a Sunday pancake breakfast. Dunedin Hall will host a classical guitar concert with Jeffrey McFadden, which includes cider and cheese pairing. Two nights of Rib Tickler dinners with Yuk Yuk’s comedians returns to Nottawa Hall, with music by Not Ottawa on Friday night and Strange Potatoes on Saturday night. Sunnidale Corners Community Hall is having a pub night, with live music by Steve Parton and The Relics, and a euchre tournament. The Poultry in Motion chicken races are back at Duntroon Hall, with an antique tractor and engine show, the Bowmore settlement map project, local farmers’ market, Sheridan’s blacksmith (See “Dan” on page 3)
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