046as a result of the $800,000'reclamation and flood con- be beautiful now, but it is orderly and presentable. II
trol project on the Thames?, The river llas changed is seen here looking east to the Thames St. bridge
from a snaky, meandering, slovenly stream into a from a point near. the C.N.R. station.
smart looking canal. Banks have been widened, than-
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17DS Weddings
"Sluices's Parliament held in
1793 at Newark '(now Nlagars)
took cognizance of the fact that
Protestant ministers were so scarce
that the duty of marrying devolved
on one of the officers of the gar-
rison. This was the rule of the
Niagara Post, and, indeed,
wherever the British troops formed
a garrison. A"law was passed to
validate all such marriages. At this
time there was not one Protestant
minister in what is now Ontario,
so this act confirmed all marriages
l performedby magistrates, colonels,
- adjutants, or regimental surgeons-
' Persons living further away. than
- -18 miles from a church of. Eng-
land minister (and all.: did) were
permitted to apply tQ a neighbor-
ing Justice of the Peace who
would, for a shilling fee, give public
notice of the intended marriage,
slid then unite the couple, accord-
Ing to .,Church of Tngland form."
A sample, of the type of wedding
certificate given to the brideand
groom of 1823, Is hereby given:
"April 8, 1823 '
Whereas Al hon o bt, of
the Township. of Woodburn, and
Margaret Standon, of the Town-
ship of, Middleton, are desirous of
intermarrying � ,with each other,
slid there being no parson.or min-
Ister of the church within eighLecn
miles, &c., ` &e" l declare lhaun
legally joined."
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