Oot and Aboot

On this beautiful Sunday afternoon, RB and I took a trip out to see some of the beautiful scenery where we're living here in Ontario. We went to a park here in Guelph that runs alongside the Speed River, and then drove out to historic Old Galt which is one of the three towns that make up the city of Cambridge, Ontario. Old Galt has many individual heritage home designations which adds to the district's sense of place, history and culture. City council for Cambridge is in the midst of trying to get Cultural Heritage Landscape status which is meant to take a "holistic" approach to heritage designation. Rather than just the built landscape or individual building designations, it includes important landscape features such as hills, trees, rivers and everything in between that lends itself to the unique character of a place. While that's a nuts-and-bolts explanation, it's much more complex which is why focus groups and workshops discussing the CHL designation have been ongoing for a few years now.

Here are a few photos that I took today. It's really a beautiful and unique place. You can click to view it in a larger size.

Speed River, Guelph

Park bridge, Guelph overlooking Speed River

Presbyterian Church, Queen's Square, Old Galt

Old Galt, Grand River which is a designated Heritage River in Canada.

More Grand River

This building along the river is said to be haunted.

Looking through the divide on one of the bridges that crosses the Grand River in Galt.

Main Street, Galt.

Carnegie Library, Main Street, Old Galt

What do you think of places like this? I encourage all of you to post an entry about where you live and the places that effect your memory, create the culture and help develop your own 'sense of place'?