A souvenir of the village of Meadowvale-on-the-Credit, described and illustrated by HSpiers. . ll andthe variety of goods kept is a sur-prise to most people. The hotel does a fair transienttrade, with also good accommoda-tion for boarders. Passing from the business sectionto its immediate surroundings as wefind it today. lowing herds find a cool retreatneath drooping willows, or riverelms, on the sultry days of of the river reminds onethat the old wooden bridge built byFrank Sibbald was washed awayabout eleven years ago, and thepresent iron bridge erected. The C. P. R. passes ab
A souvenir of the village of Meadowvale-on-the-Credit, described and illustrated by HSpiers. . ll andthe variety of goods kept is a sur-prise to most people. The hotel does a fair transienttrade, with also good accommoda-tion for boarders. Passing from the business sectionto its immediate surroundings as wefind it today. lowing herds find a cool retreatneath drooping willows, or riverelms, on the sultry days of of the river reminds onethat the old wooden bridge built byFrank Sibbald was washed awayabout eleven years ago, and thepresent iron bridge erected. The C. P. R. passes about onemile from the village, and there isquite a comfortable little stationthere. Four passenger trains give a more peaceful and appropriate placefor summer boarders than thatafforded by Mr. Watts palatialresidence and grounds. This housewas originally built by Mr. Gooder-ham, at a cost of $30,000. Thereare plenty of shade trees and a goodlawn tennis court. Certain familieshave made it their headquarters forthe summer for a number of years,which shows Mr. Watt looks afterhis patrons THE STORE OWNED AND RUN BY C. W. SWITZER. The village, when clothed in sum-mer garb, presents a very artisticappearance. The long row ofwillows by the mill race and the talland majestic elms, with here andthere a group of solitary pines andpoplars, all lend themselves to thegeneral environment, that to say theleast, has a pleasing effect. TheCredit River continues to wend itswinding way, but now thru, grassymeadows and fertile flats, where daily service to and from Torontowhich is distant a little over twentymiles. A Summer Resort. This little village has also becomequite a summer resort, and onemight travel a long way to find a Altho one may not have coveredeverything of interest in the villagepertaining to its past and presentrecord ; enough has been said toshow that Meadowvale on the Creditwhich was originally cut out fromthe pathless forest over sixty-eightyears ago, has become an idealC
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