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flesh. Suckers were always present but if caught were thrown back, being far too boney to eat.
Even in the driest years, there were swimming holes along the creek. Our favourite was a shoulder- depth pool with a fine sandy bottom across from Bear Creek School. After a hot day in the hayfield, it was the perfect place to clean up and cool off. As well as the fish, Bear Creek added extra flavour to meals. Wild mint and watercress both grew in pockets along the creek and, picked fresh were welcome because of their extra tang. One last note about the Bear Creek–Sydenham River system. Those of you with long memories may recall a TV commercial featuring a “little old lady” glaring at a hamburger and demanding indignantly, “Where’s the beef?” Poplar Hill residents would be justified in asking in like fashion, “Where’s the hill?” Approaching Poplar Hill on both Egremont and Ilderton Roads you descend a slope, cross Bear Creek (or Sydenham River), then climb a slope to enter Poplar Hill. Around 11,000 years ago (not being present then, I can’t give you an exact number), the last Ice Age started to relax its grip, and the massive ice sheet covering much of Canada started to melt. Vast quantities of water were released and, over thousands of years, drained into the oceans through huge rivers called glacial spillways. The rushing waters in these spillways cut wide, deep banks. As the climate warmed and the ice retreated, the rivers shrank and are continuing to shrink to their present-day size, leaving the original banks still in place. Southwestern Ontario especially is home to many shrunken rivers and creeks flowing between outsize banks. These waterways have been given the term “misfit streams”. When you ascend the roads into Poplar Hill, you are climbing not a hill, but the original banks cut by the Sydenham River system when it was young and “full of beans and buck”.
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John Caverhill is the younger son of the late Ernest Caverhill and Susie Boyd of Lobo Township. John’s writings often reflect his experiences and observations of growing up on the family farm, attending the one room school, S. S. No. 7 Lobo (Bear Creek School), and Vanneck United Church. John’s sense of humour and story-telling skills are legendary. His keen observation skills have augmented his repertoire .
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