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hometown of Winnipeg. When they were transferred to France,

he gave the bear to the local zoo. There, a young boy named
Christopher Robbins saw the bear and gave it the additional

handle Pooh. The stories followed. We were excited to learn there

was a Pooh Park in town and rushed over to have our pictures
taken with the statue. Unfortunately we will not be in town for the

3-day festival beginning this weekend, The Annual Winnie Home
Town Festival. An event of some magnitude we suppose.

We stopped for a picture with a massive Canadian goose at the

outskirts of Wawa. It really is impressive. It was placed there to
commemorate the last hookup of the Trans-Canada Highway in

the 60’s. An information center there taught us that there is a

thriving gold-mining industry in this part of Canada. They estimate
there is $63 Billion still in the ground.

We’re is a nice Mom and Pop Motel tonight and have reservations

for an early morning train ride up into the forest. It’s midnight,
Caroline and Teddy have spoken at the convention and it’s time

for bed.

SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO

Wednesday - The tourist, sightseeing train left at 8:00 AM sharp.
The trip involved a 114-mile ride to a park in the forest that the

train company had “improved” with picnic areas and walkways to
an overlook and several waterfalls. We carried our lunch and

settled in for a quiet, scenic idle through the Boreal forest.

Why are children allowed out in public before age 18? The pre-
teenage boys immediately behind us on the train were not rude,

but they were persistent in their voluble discussions on the merits

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