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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Pj+fcrjYdYfheu5le/J95A) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Laura and I had our obligatory weekend picnic at Wentworth Provincial Park on this day thanks to a sunny forecast. We walked the trails which are actually cross country ski trails leading out of Wentworth Provincial Park. One crosses the foot bridge and then traverses a large meadow. At the end of the meadow you'll find the trails that lead off in numerous directions. The trails are wide and well groomed. We hoped to find birds but the lateness of the day had many species silent. There were a lot of Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies in the area. After our hike and picnic we stopped at nearby Wentworth Falls. The water level was low which is surprising considering all the rain we've had this spring. The falls actually flow out of a cave about 50 metres above the base of the falls. You can get to this cave by scrambling up the trail on the left side of the falls. The cave is probably man made, possibly blasted out by the operators of the rail road that runs above the falls. This environmental mutilation was likely done to drain a bog or lake, just to make laying railroad track easier and less expensive, but this is just speculation. At the entrance of the cave one can see the opening at the other end, perhaps about 150 metres distant. If the water is low it's easy to walk through the cave with a flashlight and appropriate footwear. The slippery algae and mosses that are plentiful near the cave openings do not exist within the cave so footing is relatively easy. Laura and I did not go through to the other side but in a photograph attached you can see the distant opening of the cave. It would be interesting to know the story of this cave/tunnel. A portion of the water flowing over Wentworth Falls does not come through the cave but shoots out an opening in solid rock. http://www.hanstoom.com/StockPhotos/Visions3/0187.html Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ --Boundary_(ID_Pj+fcrjYdYfheu5le/J95A) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=text><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Laura and I had our obligatory weekend picnic at Wentworth Provincial Park on this day thanks to a </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><BR><SPAN class=text>sunny forecast. We walked the trails which are actually cross country ski trails leading out of Wentworth </SPAN><SPAN class=text>Provincial Park. One crosses the foot bridge and then traverses a large meadow. At the end of the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN class=text>meadow you'll find the trails that lead off in numerous directions. The trails are wide and well </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>groomed. We hoped to find birds but the lateness of the day had many species silent. There were a </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>lot of Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies in the area.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=text>After our hike and picnic we stopped at nearby Wentworth Falls. The water level was low which is </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>surprising considering all the rain we've had this spring. The falls actually flow out of a cave about 50 </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>metres above the base of the falls. You can get to this cave by scrambling up the trail on the left </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>side of the falls. The cave is probably man made, possibly blasted out by the operators of the rail road </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>that runs above the falls. This environmental mutilation was likely done to drain a bog or lake, just to </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>make laying railroad track easier and less expensive, but this is just speculation. At the entrance of </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>the cave one can see the opening at the other end, perhaps about 150 metres distant. If the water is </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>low it's easy to walk through the cave with a flashlight and appropriate footwear. The slippery algae </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>and mosses that are plentiful near the cave openings do not exist within the cave so footing is </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>relatively easy. Laura and I did not go through to the other side but in a photograph attached you can </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>see the distant opening of the cave. It would be interesting to know the story of this cave/tunnel. A </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>portion of the water flowing over Wentworth Falls does not come through the cave but shoots out an </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=text>opening in solid rock.</SPAN><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p><A href="http://www.hanstoom.com/StockPhotos/Visions3/0187.html">http://www.hanstoom.com/StockPhotos/Visions3/0187.html</A></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hans Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_Pj+fcrjYdYfheu5le/J95A)--
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