#143 Birds

Birds in the Upper Canada Village farm.

Upper Canada Village

Our end-of-the-year field trip today was Upper Canada Village. (Which happens to be about 2 hours away.) It's a re-make of what a small town would be like in the 1800's. You can go in the shops and houses where there are actors explaining life in a certain building. For example, the dressmaker yelled at the girls wearing "trousers." Are soccer shorts trousers? Apparently they are!

For those who don't know, back in the 1800's, Canada was ruled by the Brittish. They split the country into two parts. (Ontario and Quebec were the most important parts) Lower Canada was most of (up North). And Upper Canada was much smaller. It consisted of North/Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec. Everyone important lived in Upper Canada because that was where most trade happened and the country was governed. Trades would happen via the "Fleuve St. Laurent" which was divided between Upper and Lower Canada.

(I basically just translated a history lesson from French to English for you!)

#94 Cafe

This was the only building (other than the bathrooms) that was actually modern. It was actually like a real cafeteria!

#42 Fences

White fence outside a yellow house

#226 Direction

They had a lot of sign posts with "street names" on them.

#190 Farm Yard

(after taking this one I was very dissapointed to hear there was no "lazy" theme)
These pigs didn't even move the whole time we were there today! There were three of them and they were huge.
Especially compared to their little friends!!!

#142 Shiny

In the Tin Shop they were demonstrating how to make candle snuffers. This wall was sooooo bright!