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Event Overview

Her Honour conducted an official visit to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, first touring Truly Green Farms with His Worship Randy Hope. Her Honour and His Worship visited the Capitol Theatre where they held a private meeting before participating in a roundtable on the subject of "Community Sustainability – a focus on rural Ontario in transition". Later that day, Her Honour visited the Retro Suites Hotel where she both enjoyed a community dinner and stayed for the evening.

Her Honour visiting Truly Green Farms.

Tweets

Yesterday was a beautiful day to visit @MunicCK. Thank you to Mayor Randy Hope for a warm welcome!

Truly Green Farms was eager to show off its state-of-the-art waste heat capture system. Impressive!

A meaningful dialogue with #ChathamKent community members about ongoing efforts to adapt to changing rural economies.

Reflecting this morning on the privilege of seeing a cohesive community, looking to the future with energy @MunicCK #ChathamKent

Site of Significance

"The Buxton Settlement National Historic Site of Canada is a cultural landscape of some 4,680 hectares. It is a primarily agricultural landscape, comprised of flat, worked fields defined by deep drainage ditches and a grid of intersecting roads. Homesteads are scattered throughout the settlement area including its two hamlets, South and North Buxton, which also contain important religious, educational and cultural institutions associated with the settlement's founding by Underground Railroad refugees." Source.

Did You Know?

"Chatham-Kent is also home to the Ontario Genealogy Society's Kent Branch, where descendants of fugitive slaves, and those with black ancestry can trace their roots and gain knowledge about details in how, when and where their ancestors arrived in Canada. The Kent Branch is located within the Chatham-Kent Public Library and invites members of the public seeking knowledge about their ancestry to do their own research using materials on their "open shelves" resource centre." Source.

Royal Connection

The future King Edward VIII visited Chatham in September 1919 "and was met at the Grand Trunk station (still functioning) by thousands of well wishers. He was then escorted on a brief motor tour of the city by Mayor Hammond and was greeted, on every street, by hundreds of school children who were given a holiday in recognition of the special event." Source.

Media

Lieutenant Governor Talks Rural Ontario In CK