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Observer Walt
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Great pictures. Thank you.
In front of the Civic Centre (5th pic from the bottom), at the right, the statue is Tom Thomson, the famous artist who spent a lot of time in the area, seated with his sketch pad, and with his canoe nearby. In the winter, they tie a scarf around his neck.
In front of the Civic Centre (5th pic from the bottom), at the right, the statue is Tom Thomson, the famous artist who spent a lot of time in the area, seated with his sketch pad, and with his canoe nearby. In the winter, they tie a scarf around his neck.
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Christopher DeWolf
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strange. cottage country is an unfamiliar concept to me... my family always spend the summer (okay, two weeks) on the west coast, in, uh, condo country.
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ganjavih
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Very cool pics... what a charming little town.
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bizorky
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Had lunch at the place in the ninth photo before heading off to camp at Killbear. Huntsville is nice.
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stokell
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Tom Thompson's artist kit really looks like a laptop, I noticed it the last time I was in Huntsville. Its a great town, but I'm afraid the downtown is going to die due to the new big box Wallmart development just outside of town. There are rumors of the town's only LCBO moving out there, and if that happens, the historic downtown is certainly doomed.
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Observer Walt
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Stokell: I certainly hope that can be avoided. There is quite a bit of new development on the outskirts of Huntsville. It's one of the few towns up there that is actually growing significantly. The good news is that there has been a mall on the outskirts of town for years, as well as a big freestanding Canadian Tire and some other stores, and the downtown has remained healthy to date. Hope this remains so.
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stokell
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But the Canadian Tire, Huntsville Place Mall, and the other stores in that area are hardly on the outskirts, that stretch of main street is now being incorporated in downtown, it may not be historic downtown, but it still is downtown. On the other hand, the Wallmart, and all the other big box stores that went up, are far from downtown(just east of highway 11). I think this situation is much different.
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paulbali
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It seems Toronto could learn a thing or two from Huntsville about keeping trees alive and well along the sidewalks.
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Observer Walt
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Stokell: I absolutely share your concern. The Huntsville downtown has been resilient in the past but that doesn't necessarily mean it can stand up to a Walmart, which has caused damage to other small-town downtowns.
I'm not sure what the answer is. As long as there is demand for Walmart, they will build stores. Attempts to zone them out of existence would probably not hold up, although I understand that in Vancouver they have no stores because of city opposition.
I'm not sure what the answer is. As long as there is demand for Walmart, they will build stores. Attempts to zone them out of existence would probably not hold up, although I understand that in Vancouver they have no stores because of city opposition.