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She organizers, and promotes, welcomes and directs, and once in a while sits front and centre (above)

from where she belts out a tune or two  along with the Bluegrass gang at Iroquois 4-day Galop Canal

Bluegrass Festival In the Park. Barb Rabideau's introduction of the original Blue Grass Festival in

South Dundas and subsequent  years long presentation drew their largest crowd on record,

the Iroquois Point jammed to capacity with near 200 large camping units and a

long list of entertainers, enthusiastically cheered this past weekend.

The Iroquois Lions prepared a huge order of barbecued chicken

dinners, then served  hundreds more to the community.

Recent high winds have taken a toll on the aging and massive maples through the

South Dundas community. One of those belonging to neighbour Peter McGregor,

one that split and dropped half the giant on his front lawn. Peter had no

choice but to call in friends and professionals for a clean up . . . 

The village of Iroquois, in South Dundas, would be hard-pressed to come up with a more

treasured asset than their own Candace Latulippe. To some she is the Mayor of Iroquois!

To all she is well know as the most popular community promoter in the Three United Counties.

And with the Annual Galop Canal Bluegrass Festival in town over the past weekend Ms Latulippe added

her annual Cheo Hot Dog Day at the village mall. Baked goods, Hot Dogs and Strawberry Short Cake

were the menu flavours of the day and drew a steady crowd of like supporters.

Candace, right in the above photo, greets a supporting family

at the donated baked goods table . . .

A replica of the early 1800's war ship Niagara that took part in the war of 1812 motored past South Dundas

Tuesday, June 23rd in the a.m. The ship is a training vessel today piloted by a crew of 23 instructors

and student and calls home the Erie Maritime Museum, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Golden Palm, on her first trip up the St. Lawrence Seaway

brings a new and eye-catching color scheme. She's a

double-hulled vessel that is capable of carrying

oil and/or chemicals,; 150m length and

22.8m breadth. She was built at

Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, China,

her keel laid on December 20th, 2024

and launched on 24th of June 2025 . . .

Good morning South Dundas . . . 

We don't often see this color in our tour of gardens. These blooms are just some of the thousands of

Iris varieties that have been on view over the past few months on our community . . .

Employees of Premium Construction were busy this week preparing the Morrisburg Arena site

for continued renovation. South Dundas' current staff (David Jansen) and municipal leaders

have moved the once near stagnant project to a reality after securing generous funding thru

the Province of Ontario. The sorely needed entrance renovation tendered by Premium

Construction topped the million-dollar mark, as did all eight of the bids tendered.

Mr. Jansen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities in South Dundas, previously

suggested the project will take 18-weeks, with completion in August 2026.

Thursday, June 11th - Elementary students came to Iroquois on Thursday, from various locales throughout the Upper Canada District School Board, running and jumping and tumbling and rolling through a variety of challenges in their annual track meet. We did not get the results but we did manage to capture some photos. Enjoy!!!!

Great weather translates into great photos,

especially with the variety of South Dundas backdrops available

almost everywhere one glances in our community. This shot, captured at

Mariatown Park early this week, was only lacking a few viewers taking up the chairs,

although it was quite early and quite crisp on this morning . . .

An overcast day on the river . . . 

When the sun sneaks into the mist on a very cold St. Lawrence River morning,

Boxing Day2025 at Morrisburg

Relax (meaning): See above . . . 

It is indeed a spectacular stroke of good fortune that our community can so shout out such

natural appeal.  Last evening at 6:59pm the Captain Henry Jackman moved into the spotlight

that was the setting sun, around the point at Mariatown. I had just set our dinner plates

on the table when she passed our frontage, excused myself, grabbed the camera

and raced to the waterfront a bit west of our place. We've seen this set-up

every fall since we moved to our current home. These sunsets and these

ships will recreate this scene time and again before the St. Lawrence

Seaway closes for the season. And you're welcome to visit anytime!

Bring your camera, take in our updated restaurant scene, and

chase the big gals climbing the waterway to inland ports . . . 

There are few  locations in Eastern Ontario that can provide exposure to the natural beauty

and diversity as well as does the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary . . .

The Algotitan running into an afternoon Fall storm east of the Iroquois Lock, South Dundas . . .

The last of the fall colors captured while on a road trip thru

Williamstown and the Long Sault Parkway . . .   . . .

Every once in a while we find captures that we've set aside for editing 'later'!

According to the camera data we set this one aside years ago. The camera used in the shoot is gone!

The data provides model info, dates, gps locations and more, like July 25th, 2019 at 7:21:10 a.m.

And we were using a Canon camera with a Canon 24-105mm lens.

Our parks along the river are something so special . . . 

The Trillium Class CSL Baie Comeau slips past our front yard, highlighting the last

of the fall colors and dragging the cold temperatures of the Great Lakes

into the  eastern ends of the St. Lawrence Seaway . . .

The sun had just dipped below a building cloud bank on the western horizon

when the Algoma Innovator slipped quietly by Mariatown's Duncan Park,

making her way to the Iroquois lock and then on to Cleveland, Ohio.