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Erin Semande

Erin Semande is the Provincial Heritage Registrar with the Ontario Heritage Trust.

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Oiseau Rock, a sacred site for aboriginal peoples who have left behind a remarkable legacy of ancient pictographs drawn using red ochre (Photo courtesy of Larry Graham)

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The 1913 John McKenzie House

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