About the French/English/Indian thing.- This weekend in Orillia I took pics of some beautiful monuments along the waterfront. One was to Samuel de Champlain. He was a settler in the early 1800's who tried to teach the Indians English and change their religion to have them believe in God etc. The French settlers were also trying to become friends with the Indians and they all clashed at different times. The English, French and Natives fought for years over land, hunting and fishing rights etc. There is a beautiful monument to this in Oirllia depicting a man of the cloth with a cross in his hand and two Indians at his feet and a soldier and two Indians with a peace pipe - these are all done in bronze. The top of the monument is a huge bronze statue of Samuel de Champlain. It is a very impressive and majestic memorial. It is one of the most beautiful statues in Canada.It was erected in 1925. I also took pics of some cannon that were date 1810. Two years prior to the war of 1812.! I will post them when I get the pics processed.
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