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Hiking Hamilton I just wanted to write to thank you for keeping me engaged with the . After spending Editor’s note: Not everyone on Manitoulin Island enjoys the magazine: 25 years in Georgetown and often walking on the Escarpment alone or with friends, I miss it. However, the Peterborough area has its own charm which I am falling in love with too.. This latest issue has many lovely Please take us off of your mailing list! At a meeting in Little Current and photos taken by Mike and his article on the e-bike was especially interesting. I remember I bought one in the a few years back, your representative refered to us Island residents as Please remove us from your mailing list as we are among the “people” Special Focus: early days when I was coordinator for Willow Park Ecology Centre and wanted to ride there with sustainable “the ignorant masses.” That was rude and ignorant. We do not want to that your C.E.O. stated that you were trying to save our land from. HOMES transportation. I never actually got there that way but eventually bought a Smart Car. Your articles, too, are read something published by someone who has no respect for those of Generations of us farmers/landowners (people) are the reason that You Can a wonderful read and I know that the magazine is the realization of a lifetime dream. Please keep the great us who live on the most beautiful Island in the world. Maybe he is just the Manitoulin is so pristine and healthy. WE love our land and do not Stay In! articles coming; I will visit soon. jealous because he is stuck in the city! TAKE US OFF YOUR LIST! need your type telling us how to care for it. Georgetown’s Stone Edge Estate Ruth Kuchinad, Keene Glen and Rochel Totman Glen Totman, Sheguiandah Niagara-on-the-Lake’s B&Bs Hankie Alert! Meaford’s Got the Views. Very informative, beautiful pics. Great article on bikes. Editor’s note: We did not have a representative at a meeting in Little Current. We also have no C.E.O. The Beautiful Joe Park Marek Jakubczyk, Woodbridge founders, owners and independent publishers of this publication are Mike Davis and Gloria Hildebrandt. We Winter 2013-14 Publications Mail #41592022 www.NEViews.ca (December, January, February) do respect those who live on Manitoulin and do not tell them how to care for it. We did, however, remove this writer from our mailing list as requested. Mike’s View: It was a very good article with the exception of your definition of an eBike. The eBike in your picture is Electric Bikes and the on a Hamilton dealer’s website that stated “It’s guaranteed to take you up any Escarpment in Hamilton with great incline fundamentally an electric scooter with pedals. The pedals are in most cases not very functional, provide little Our family are very excited about all the places we will visit this Niagara Escarpment power!” I contacted the dealer, but was told that they would not allow a test drive. Not allowing Dundas to Greensville. It was a a test drive makes me suspicious assist and serve only to avoid licensing requirements. Without the pedals the eBike wound be considered a coming year after collecting a plethora of free magazines from Niagara steep grade that went for about a of any claims made. I would not km. The bike was straining, but recommend having anything to made it without assistance from do with such a company. me. Note, I am a big guy, so any I sensed in doing my research bike would feel my weight. that most of the e-bikes are low speed motorcycle/scooter and require an entry level motorcycle driving test, licensing and insurance. Escarpment Views! Thank you for the deal yesterday on our two-year I also tried an Amego Bold produced offshore. Some, it Plus. It is called an open-framed appears, are slapped together bike, meaning it looks like a for anyone with a few thousand traditional mountain bike without dollars, who sell to unsuspecting If owners remove the pedals (generally because of the dangers of low curb clearance) they are required subscription. the cowling found on a scooter. customers. I would be concerned The model I tested stalled out about repair parts and service on the Escarpment grade. It may availability throughout the life have needed more pedalling of the e-bike. You have to be assistance, but it was not comfortable with both your to license & insure the vehicle. Note: eBikes are not allowed on designated bicycle paths and multi-use Lori Ryan, St. Catharines, via Facebook optimally set up for me. I am used e-bike and the terrain it will be to a pedal bike with a small seat used on. That means you need to and the seat post set to my height. test drive your potential purchase Pedaling the Bold, I could not where you are going to use it. If keep the speed up, and I suspect you are looking for an e-bike, I recreational trails. the motor overheated and tripped recommend spending some time out for its own protection. on due diligence. Make sure the Driving up the Escarpment is business is legitimate, has been extreme, so when I went to try in business for a while, and try to There are a variety of good hybrid bicycles available that are primarily bicycles with an electric assist motors. ◀ The Kitchen Garden at Dundurn out the rental bikes at ESkoot talk to their customers. Castle, Hamilton, has been restored Niagara in Niagara-on-the-Lake The Ministry of to resemble the way it was in the (NOTL), owner Colin Telfer said Transportation defines an electric 1850s. Visitors especially enjoy he did not allow the bikes onto bike according to weight, power, seeing garden staff and volunteers the Escarpment slope. I tried a maximum assisted speed and They will get one up the Escarpment but do require active participation. in their period costumes. ▲ The Amego Wind Ion near the top of the Escarpment scooter and drove around NOTL control criteria. In considering Stories overlooking Dundas and Hamilton. Photo by Mike Davis to various sightseeing locales. I an e-bike, make sure it has must say it was a lot of fun! The a permanently affixed label By Mike Davis that in the e-bike world, we are bike worked well on the very flat stating that the vehicle meets You are correct that eBikes run the full gamut of quality and it really is the Wild West out there. A lot of early still in the “Wild West” and it’s terrain. the definition (i.e. meets all the e all know that the very much “buyer beware” for Telfer says that the bikes have applicable criteria). No driver’s Niagara Escarpment potential buyers! a total time of only about 2.5 licence, no vehicle registration can have a significant I tried out two bikes hours of battery power if run or plate, and no motor vehicle from the difference in elevation distributed by Amego from continuously, but people use liability insurance are required. dealers sold them for six months and then disappeared. Parts are a big problem especially when it comes to Wand a fairly steep grade between their warehouse in Dundas. I them for a full day. The renters The maximum speed for which the top and bottom of the steep can recommend one of them stop at the many sightseeing the bike is allowed to provide sections. So how do the latest for climbing an Escarpment locations, restaurants, wineries, assistance is 32 km/hr, above electric bikes do on difficult hill. Amego’s Peter Steinke hiking trails, so the day fills out which the electric motor shuts Escarpment roads? is very knowledgeable about nicely. These rental bikes likely down. In Ontario, all drivers electric engines and controllers as there are few standards in the industry. Kitchen Electric bikes, known as the business and I found him take a real beating being out and passengers must be 16 years e-bikes, are pedal bicycles with comfortable to talk to. The on the road all season, yet the or older, and all must wear an an electric motor that assist the warehouse is also a repair bike I tried seemed to work approved bicycle or motorcycle muscle power of a rider. They depot. It has a great collection well. ESkoot primarily uses helmet. Enjoyed your article and the Views magazine. Cheers and safe cycling. take many forms, with different of various types of bikes. I tried Emmo bikes. I tried to contact For the Amego e-bikes tested, models varying how they assist a scooter called an Amego Wind the Emmo distributor for an the Wind Ion is priced at $3,150 the rider. Some are designed for Ion. Ion means it has a lithium interview, but my request was and the Bold Plus at $2,450. Garden at more than one passenger. ion battery. The look is similar unanswered. Amego states that the price After contacting several to a Vespa often seen in Europe. Checking the Internet for typically includes the PDI or pre- Patrick (Bear) Maloney, President, Grimsby Active Transportation Committee, Grimsby ▲ Simon Taylor, coordinator of the electric bike dealers to try out The Wind was able to make it e-bikes along the Escarpment, delivery inspection cost. ESkoot estate’s historic garden, delights their bikes, I quickly realized up the Escarpment slope from I found an interesting claim rentals are $29 and up. NEV in sharing and hearing stories about the garden’s history. 6 Winter 2013-14 Dundurn to start their gardens in April and compete to see who could grow the best flowers.”

Authentic Restoration The diaries of MacNab’s Castle daughters were just one Websters Falls & Tews Falls are in Dundas! Great magazine. Written and photographed by Helen Powers source of information used to recreate the two-acre garden Hamilton has many beautiful heritage properties which tell in its original location, a stories from the past and show us how people lived here in short walk from the house. Jane Kappele, Dundas different eras. One of the most famous is Dundurn Castle, “The fact that the garden a stunning mansion built by Sir Allan MacNab on a 50-acre gate has a direct axis to the estate overlooking Hamilton Bay. This property has been the drawing room door shows setting of many stories during its lifetime and the kitchen how important this part of the garden played a surprising number of different roles. Today property was to the family,” it stands in its original glory, having been restored as a living explains Taylor. As one of the example of sustenance, beauty and social activity in 1855. prettiest rooms in the house, the drawing room was often Hi I went to Owen Sound Foodland and they did not have any free copies of your magazine, I would really ir Allan MacNab was a railway line. The MacNab dramatic visual backdrop to and growing Hamilton with its estate in that period and they used for entertaining and this local politician for 30 family home was finished in the community, it was the abundant assets. spent time out on the land, included strolling through the years and the premier 1836 and today there are 40 property’s location at the Simon Taylor, coordinator walking and talking, and beautiful garden. of Canada from 1854 restored rooms on three floors head of that of Dundurn’s historic garden, going to market,” he says. “It A landscape architect like to get one, do you know when they will have them in stock? Sto 1856. He was involved in which delight and educate was important to MacNab. feels the kitchen garden was functional in that it fed created a restoration plan many high-profile initiatives thousands of visitors each year. He wanted to establish his adds a great dimension to people, impressed people and based on archeological including the establishment Although the Niagara own opportunity away from understanding the family’s it is where the girls talked 16 of Hamilton’s first bank and Escarpment provided a Toronto and be part of vibrant life. “This was a working about how delightful it was ▶ 17 Dorothy Mercier, via Facebook Spring Spring 2013 2013

Meldrum Bay Where to Get Copies of Gore Bay Little Current Reading Judith Jones letter Editor’s note: With permission, Dianne Miller of Georgetown painted This is Helen's response: Diane did a lovely job! I enjoy the different Sheguiandah M‘Chigeeng Niagara Escarpment Views Spring Bay 6 Mindemoya Along the Niagara Escarpment Manitowaning and Editor response in Winter the photo by Helen Powers that was published in Spring 2013. perception she gives to the scene - showing that the view from the Lake Tehkummah Pick up a free copy of Acton South Baymouth Niagara Escarpment Views at Acton Home Hardware Huron Chi-Cheemaun Ferry Edward Jones, Archie Braga the select locations below. Steve Fontanna, (Royal LePage 2013-14 issue, and checking the Here are both the painting and the photo as it appeared in Niagara camera lens is only a starting point of how to see the garden. Escarpment Realty) Georgian MacMillan’s Bay To list your business on the map, Ancaster Woodend, Hamilton Conservation call us to advertise at 905 877 9665. Authority main office Tobermory locations shown on back cover, Escarpment Views. Burlington Edward Jones, Todd Neff Markdale Foodland Caledon Caledon Fireplace Meaford Foodland this is obviously still a work in Chesley Grandma Lambe’s Robert’s Farm Equipment Sales Municipality of Meaford Lion’s Head Pro-Power Canada 6 Collingwood Café Chartreuse Milton Grey Heron Ted Chudleigh, MPP Scandinave Spa Milton Home Hardware progress. I refer you to http:// I recently came across your Scenic Caves Nature Adventures Wiarton Mindemoya Creemore Island Foodland Sauble Beach Foodland Mount Forest Dundas Robert’s Farm Equipment Sales Owen Sound www.canmaps.com/topo/ magazine for the first time at the Dundas Valley Conservation Area, 26 Meaford Trail Centre Niagara-on-the-Lake Caroline Cellars (Virgil) Tara Thornbury Erin Hilton Garden Inn Chatsworth Craigleith Edward Jones, George Paolucci Penner Building Centre (Virgil) Ravenna Picard’s (Virgil) Collingwood Flesherton Chesley Markdale nts50/topomap/041g16.htm Eco Fair in Welland in the Fall Duntroon Stayner Highland Grounds Niagara Falls Singhampton Village Greens Cafe Oh Canada Eh? Flesherton Creemore Lake 4 Stamford Home Hardware 6 Maxwell Georgetown Utopia Simcoe Dr. Michael Beier Family & Oakville 10Badjeros

Cosmetic Dentistry Kevin Flynn, MPP 124 There is a series of maps Dundalk of 2013. I thought you may be Denise Dilbey (Royal LePage Formosa Meadowtowne Realty) Orangeville Downtown Georgetown BIA Edward Jones, Ken Fast Mount Forest Shelburne 89 Alliston Edward Jones, Colin M. Brookes Orangeville Home Hardware Foodstuffs Building Centre Conn Mono Halton-Peel Biodiversity Network Town of Orangeville Laurel McGibbon Hotel Thornbury covering Manitoulin available, interested in this photo taken Niagara Escarpment Commission Owen Sound Foodland Orangeville 9 109 Caledon Stone Edge Estate Foodland Niagara Escarpment Commission 24 Alton 50 United Lumber Home Larry Miller, MP Caledon East Hardware Building Centre Tobermory Hillsburgh Wastewise Ravenna Foodland 10 Bolton Fergus Erin Young’s Pharmacy Bowering Guest House Terra Cotta this is the one for Kagawong from Red Lodge Resort on Lake Ravenna Country Market Toronto Ospringe Brampton Gore Bay Escarpment Biosphere Rockwood Acton Georgetown 401 My Ol’ Blues Rockton Conservancy Westfield Heritage Village 7 Hamilton Utopia TORONTO 403 Coalition on the Niagara Shelburne Nottawasaga Valley Campbellville Mississauga Escarpment Foodland Conservation Authority Milton and West Bay area. If you refer Manitou of the sun setting over Fennell & Gage Home Hardware Hearth & Leisure Westcliffe Home Hardware Vineland Morriston 6 Oakville QEW St. Catharines Foodland 8 Lake Carlisle 5 Hillsburgh Edward Jones, Jaquelyn Clark Grand Oak Culinary Market Rockton Burlington Foodland St. Catharines Home Hardware Waterdown Ontario Vineland Station Dundas Ancaster HAMILTON to the map and move the cursor Cup & Saucer. Jordan Stayner Bonnybank Bed and Breakfast 403 Ball’s Falls Centre for Conservation Foodland Stoney Creek Grimsby Niagara-on-the-Lake Wainfleet Beamsville Caledonia Winona St. Catharines Lion’s Head Stoney Creek Ben Berg Farm & Industrial 6 20 Vineland Foodland/Hellyer’s Food Market Hodgkinson Home Hardware Equipment 56 Smithville Jordan Hagersville Niagara Falls Little Current Terra Cotta Waterdown 65 over it, you can see by the Chris Spence, St.Catharines Foodland Terra Cotta Inn Picard’s Fonthill Thorold Fenwick QEW Locations on map are approximate only. Map is not intended to be a driving road map. Port Dover 3 Wainfleet Welland ■■■■ approximate location of Niagara Escarpment features elevation lines where the bluffs run on the north shore of Manitoulin. For example, you show no bluffs along the shore of West Bay, which has prominent bluffs continuing south on past the bottom on both shores. Conversely, you show bluffs on Barrie Island, which is quite low and flat, while the west shore of Bayfield Sound and Cape Roberts are quite high. I am looking to see if I can find a topographic map that shows complete elevation and contour lines of Manitoulin, and will refer or send it to you if I find it. For now, find attached a view from my deck across West Bay showing the Escarpment in the backround, which I am fond of referring to as my “million dollar view.” We really enjoyed the issues of the magazine we found in Foodland in Mindemoya. Bill Elliott, M’Chigeeng

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