Category Archives: Orillia Places

Jul
28
2009

Back to the Huronia Regional Center (Opinion)

Last week I received a comment on an earlier post I had made about the closing of the Huronia Regional Center in Orillia. It’s quite long, and the person has a vastly different opinion than mine. As the publisher of this blog, I have the right to decide what to post or not post, and [...]

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Apr
14
2009

The Floodgates & Other Things

Last week (April 8th to be exact) we decided to take a run out around the townships, more just to get out for a while and away from the house.  The newspaper had reported rising waters around Lake St. John and the Black River, so we went to have a look.
 
Some areas were pretty bad…a [...]

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Oct
29
2008

From Over Orillia

I’ve slowly been working on a series of photographs from around Orillia – just places and things I think have interest.
The most recent batch were taken from up on Harvie Settlement Road, just at the edge of ridge. Autumn is a wonderful time to shoot this scene, since it looks out over Orillia towards Lake [...]

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Oct
24
2008

Frenches

…no, not mustard, Frenches Hot Dog Stand. Though it’s really much more than a hot-dog stand. It’s been down on the fringe of Couchiching Beach Park ever since I can remember…before that, even. It is still as popular as it always was, and it looks the same – or very nearly. Though they may have [...]

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