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in the countryside. Visit the Rustic buildings at
Mennonite Story Interpretive Sainte-Marie among
Centre to gain some insight the Hurons; a kitchen
into the Mennonite and Amish inside (inset)
sects’ life. Just 2 miles (3 km)
down the road, north of
Waterloo, is St. Jacobs most compelling attractions.
Farmers’ Market. Housed in Located 3 miles (5 km) east
two caver nous buildings, of the town of Midland, the
stalls here sell Brat wurst with site is a reconstruction of the
sauerkraut, hinting at the settlement founded here 25
German heritage of the area. among the indigenous Huron
peoples by Jesuit priests in Orillia
1639. The village is divided @ n 50 Andrew St S;
into two main sections, one
24 "'\-= for Europeans (complete with www.orillia.ca
Sainte-Marie among a chapel and workshops), the Orillia is a pleasant country
the Hurons other for Hurons, with a pair town that was the home of
of bark-covered longhouses. the novelist and humorist
⌂ 16164, Hwy 12 E, Midland
# May–Oct: 10am–5pm Marking the boundary between Stephen Leacock (1869–1944).
the two is the small church of
Leacock’s hugely popular
daily ∑ hhp.on.ca
Saint Joseph, a simple wooden Sunshine Sketches of a Little
Sainte-Marie among the building (the interior of which Town poked fun at provincial
Hurons is one of Ontario’s has been carefully re-created) Ontario life. His old lakeshore
where the Jesuits set about home is conserved as the
trying to convert the Hurons. Stephen Leacock Museum,
Their efforts met with a containing original furnishings
variety of reactions, and the as well as details of the
complex relationship between author’s life.
the two cultures is explored Orillia lies along a narrow
here in detail. strip of water linking Lake
Couchiching to Lake Simcoe
and is a good base from which
to cruise both lakes. On the
shore, Orillia’s Centennial
Did You Know? Park has a marina and a long
boardwalk that stretch es all
The Port of Orillia holds the way to Couchiching beach.
an annual “Christmas in
June” event, with a Stephen Leacock Museum
turkey buffet. " ⌂ 50 Museum Dr, Old
Brewery Bay § (705) 329
1908 # 10am–4pm Mon–Fri
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