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Awens to All:
When I got back to my Campsite, I got my Evening Summer Solstice Campfire started.
Here is my YouTube of my Campfire:
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Dave TheDruid-3X3The next morning, I did a Tour of Willow Bunch and saw the Museum whose Main Attraction is the fact that the Tallest Ever Human Giant Canadian was Born in Willow Bunch and for a time held the World’s Record Tallest Human. That was Edouard Beaupre.
Here is the Front Statue and Memorial:
Willow Bunch has only one Pub so I went there to check it out and had found from Internet Reviews that it’s Pizza is rated at Very Good so I tried their ‘Jolly Giant Pizza’.
The Internet Reviews were not lying. That Pizza was easily in the Top Ten Best Pizzas that I had ever tasted.
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Dave TheDruid-3X3Awens to All:
After visiting the Turtle Effigy, I went back to my Campsite at Jean Louis Lagare Regional Park and had a Dinner of Bison Steaks and then lit my Summer Solstice Evening Camp Fire.
Here is the Video of my Fire:
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Dave TheDruid-3X3The next morning, I went for a Drive About Tour of little Willow Bunch and stopped in at the Willow Bunch Museum which has displayed the Story of the Willow Bunch Giant Edouard Beaupre who was at that time the World’s Tallest Human ever until Robert Wadlow.
It was an Interesting Museum and here is the Monument out front of the Museum that is Dedicated to Edouard Beaupre the Willow Bunch Giant:
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After that, I went to the Jolly Giant Pub and tried their Pizza which I found Online to be said as an Excellent Pizza. I tried their ‘Jolly Giant Special’ and found that it was indeed one of the Best Pizzas I had ever tasted.
I then went back to the Regional Park and had another evening Camp Fire before turning in to my Little Dome Tent for a Nights Rest.
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Dave TheDruid-3X3The next morning, I found that I had gotten Lucky and the forecast for 3am Rains had not Fallen and everything was perfectly Dry. So I quickly got up at at 5:30am and quickly got my Tenting Gear packed up and stowed away in my Ford Explorer. The Minor Miracle was that it was the exact moment that I got my Tentage Packed that the First Morning Raindrop hit my Head.
So I then went down to the Park Cook Shack and set up my Kitchen Equipment and had my Breakfast before departing for Regina to have another Visit with my Aunt.
Here is a Picture of my Camping Kitchen Setup:
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Dave TheDruid-3X3Awens to All:
I then decided to take Pictures of Historical Points of Interest to Text to my Druidistic Ladyfriend in Ontario that I came across while on my way back to Nipawin.
On Highway 6 while on the way North to Regina, I came upon this one:
Coordinates:
Lat = 50.13444, Lat = -104.62277Here is the Test from this Historical Cairn:
Preserve Our Heritage
Wood Mountain-
Fort Qu’Appelle TrailThe 250 Mile Trail linking Wood Mountain with Fort Qu’Appelle passed this site.
From about 1850, Indians, Hunters, Traders, Missionaries, Mounted Police and Pioneers transported Pelts, Pemmican and Provisions over its length.
From Wood Mountain the Trail ran East to Willow Bunch, North-East over the Dirt Hill across Moosejaw and Wascana Creek to the Hudson’s Day Company Fort on the Plains and thence North to Fort Qu’Appelle.
Cat Trains normally made their trip in Three Weeks.
Father Lestano was a regular Traveller Ministering to Metis Settlements.
In 1881, Sitting Bull led his Sioux Band this way vainly seeking Sancuary in the Qu’Appelle Valley.
A Saskatchewan Historic Site
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Dave TheDruid-3X3Awens to All:
When I left Regina, I came upon the Steffenson Family Cairn which is about 163Km North of Regina on the 6th Hwy.
It Commemorates a Farming Family that Donated the Farm Land to be allowed to Grow Wild allowing Native Plants to take over the Land.
The Text on the Cairn goes:
” Through the donation of this land (s1/2 SW 7-34-18 W2)
To the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation’s Habitat Trust Fund,
we hope to preserve native plant species and to provide
an area for wildlife observation for future generations.Although much of this land has been tilled in the past,
many native plant species have reintroduced themselves again.Will one of these native plant species become important
as a food source, in the production of an industrial product,
or in a pharmaceutical product? Only knowledge acquired
in the future will answer these questions.Take a moment to enjoy the wild plants and animals
that share this land with us.Ernest, Lorraine and Murray Steffenson
Dedicated Summer 2000
Dave TheDruid-3X3About 3Km up Highway 6 from the Steffenson Family Cairn is another Point of Interest that I had seen several times before while driving by. This time, I stopped to check it out.
It is the Site of a World War 2 Bombing & Gunnery School.
Here is the Commemorative Plaque Text:
” No.5 Bombing & Gunnery School
During World War II Aircrew Training
Bases were established across Canada
No.5 Bombing and Gunnery School was
Based on this Site near Dafoe from 1941
to 1945 and Trained Hundreds of Aircrew
for the Fight against Tyranny. Aircrew
Trained in Canada under the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Totalled
131,553 and some 40,000 Gave Their
Lives for the Freedom we enjoy Today.This Cairn recognizes the Men and Women
who Trained and served at the Dafoe Base.Dedicated By The
600 (Regina) Wing-R.C.A.F Assn.”Attached is the Pictures of the Monument.
Dave TheDruid-3X3After leaving the No5 WW2 Gunnery School, I drove North to Melfort and turned right onto Hwy #3 and at about 4.8Km West of Tisdale, came upon another Historical Cairn which is Commemoration of a 1920 Gunfight that occurred there.
Location Coordinates:
Lat = 52.84165,
Long = -104.06786Here is the Text of the Plaque:
“SHFS
Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society Inc.
Tisdale Gun Fight
On Sept.19 1920, the Saskatchewan Provincial Police (SPP)
handled a sensational Manhunt & Gun Battle. Four Men
robbed Lumberman at Barrows Junction, Manitoba. They
walked the Canadian Northern Railway Tracks into
Saskatchewan. The Manitoba Provincial Police alerted SPP
Constable Joe Ives and Two Railway Section Men met the
Thieves on the Tracks East of Hudson Bay Junction. After
exchanging Shots, the Thieves ran into the bush. More Police
later arrived to search kilometers of Track. Ives found &
Arrested Two of the Outlaws, Wasyl Braschuk & John
Fashchowy in the Hamlet of Peesane.Sept.21, Railwayman Nick Polloway Tracked Footprints to a
disturbed haystack 4.8Km East of Tisdale. The Police
surrounded the 15.2 tonne haystack. During the all day
Shoot-Out, the SPP pleaded with the Hidden Men to Surrender.
Finally Inspector R.R.Tait ordered the Stack burned. The
Hidden Men Jerry Smule & “Tony” Kozal died by Fire or
Gunshot. Brashuck & Fashchowy served 7 years in Prison for
Attempted Murder of Ives and carrying Offensive Weapons.Erected by the Town of Tisdale
“Gathering, Prserving and Promoting Interest
in the History and Folklore of the are now know as
Saskatchewan”
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Dave TheDruid-3X3Awens to All:
It is now 7 Days to 2026’s Summer Solstice!
Time to start Planning on what we are going to do for Summer Solstice!
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Dave TheDruid-3X3Awens to All:
Got up this morning to find something that I had not known about.
Got Googled that this is also Nation Indigenous Peoples Day which has actually been held on Summer Solstice since 1945.
Here is it’s Canadian Government Listing:
https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100013718/1708446948967So I guess I will drive out to the Nipawin Medicine Wheel this morning to have a Meditative Retreat and watch the Pelicans Fly around.
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Dave TheDruid-3X3Here is some Information about National Indigenous Peoples Day from it’s Wikipedia Listing:
National Indigenous Peoples Day (French: Journée Nationale des Peuples Autochtones; formerly National Aboriginal Day)[1] is a day recognizing and celebrating the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada.[2]The day was first celebrated in 1996, after it was proclaimed that year by then Governor General of Canada Roméo LeBlanc, to be celebrated annually on 21 June. This date was chosen as the statutory holiday for many reasons, including its cultural significance as the Summer solstice, and the fact that it is a day on which many Indigenous peoples and communities traditionally celebrate their heritage. A proposal to rename the day National Indigenous Peoples Day was made in 2017. The bill to make that change (C-369) was still being debated by parliament when the legislature was dissolved.[3] The federal Crown has begun referring to the day as National Indigenous Peoples Day, regardless.[4]
This day has been celebrated as a statutory territorial holiday in the Northwest Territories since 2001 and in Yukon since 2017. It is not however, currently considered a statutory holiday across the rest of the country.[5]
Dave TheDruid-3X3Awens to All:
Went down to the Nipawin Power Station to Meditate at the Medicine Wheel that is down there and got a quick Video of the Pelicans Flying about:
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Dave TheDruid-3X3Here is my Solstice Fire getting started:
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Dave TheDruid-3X3And here it is as the Night was getting Darker:
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