Re: OT - Too Good to be...


"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| On 2008-07-30, Annie C wrote:
| ...
| >| You also had geese but now I think they have all moved to Ohio
| > permanently.
| >
| > ..and the rest live in our neighborhood late Sept-May ;-)
| >
| > I believe they only summer in Canada now... but they love our local
| > wetlands.
| > At our house we call them the Wawas.
| > Wawa is the Ojibway name for wild goose..
| > Learned that in Canada..
|
| Which is why the town of Wawa, Ontario has a 28' statue of a
| Canada Goose.
|

Exactly... and I know it well. For years, we used to tent camp every August
in the provincial parks near there, and always made our annual pilgramage to
the town. ;-) We love that area..

Annie
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