Yesterday's run was a pretty routine one,
but I posted some pictures at -
http://picasaweb.google.com/northwapiti/RunNov222007
I started off with Flash in lead, but he made it very clear
that he was not ready to be a lead dog yet and I swapped him
out with Runner within 1 ½ miles. Flash still proved to be
distracted up in swing, so I ended up with him back in wheel
before the run was over. He worked just once he was in
wheel! Ah, 'Puppy Brain'.
Part of yesterday's run was up on the historic Landing
Trail. This trail fascinates me. It was established in 1875
by the Hudson Bay Co and used until the railway, which
actually ran along the east boundary of our property, came
along in 1912.
It is mentioned in James Michener's Journey and I found some
interesting information online about the trail -
http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000370
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=7563
The section of the trail I travel is now part of the Trans
Canada Trail System -
http://www.tctrail.ca/home.php
http://www.albertatrailnet.com/trails_to_try/Athabasca_Landing.pdf
As a point of trivia - The Trans Canada Trail reaches from
the Pacific to the Atlantic and up to the Arctic Ocean. In
2000 a relay occurred across Canada bringing water along the
existing and proposed sections of the trail from reach of
these oceans to be joined in a fountain in our nation's
capital in Ottawa.
From - wx.toronto.ca
ABOUT THE TRANS CANADA TRAIL RELAY 2000
a.. The Trans Canada Relay Trail began on February 19,
2000 in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, when water from the Arctic Ocean
was drawn by local Junior Rangers and blessed by local
church representatives before being placed in a symbolic
baton.
b.. The western leg of Relay 2000 began in Victoria,
British Columbia on April 7. Water was drawn from Victoria's
Inner Harbour and brought to shore by Aboriginal war canoes
for its trip east across Canada. On May 5, the Atlantic
waters were drawn in Cape Spear, Newfoundland.
c.. Five thousand official water carriers (1,300 in
Ontario) have walked, run, cycled, ridden horseback,
cross-country skied, snowmobiled and journeyed by wheelchair
along the 16,000 kilometer Trans Canada Trail that stretches
across Canada's mountains, prairies, forests, parks, towns
and cities. The waters from the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific
oceans will all reach their final destination of Hull,
Quebec on September 9, 2000, when the Trans Canada Trail is
officially unveiled. When it is complete, Relay 2000 will
have visited more than 800 communities across Canada,
including 165 in Ontario
When the relay passed through Perryvale, my 2000 Iditarod
team and I carried water out of Perryvale and along part of
the Trail.
That's your history and useless trivia lesson for today.
Karen
