On Heritage Day my Mom and I went to Heritage Park. There was a long line to buy tickets, and we had to stay in line until the gates were opened. When we got in we picked up a passport at Midnapore Station and we took part in a scavenger hunt. In the scavenger hunt we went to different stations and got a stamp if we completed an activity.
We started the scavenger hunt by going to the post office to buy some land for $2,800. We got a pre-built house, some land, a well and a cow. I even got to do laundry the way the early settlers used to do it!
Then we went to the HBC Fort to see what 20 beaver pelts could buy us in the olden days. I learned that you could buy a blanket, lots of beads and a cotton dress. We watched a Voyageur show, and we learned that the Voyageurs didn't take baths to protect themselves from bugs.The dirt kept the bugs from biting the Voyageurs.The Voyageurs worked for the Hudson Bay Company by trading pelts.
I played a native game that involved a stick, some string and a wooden loop. You had to try and get the stick in the wooden loop. The loop got smaller and smaller and smaller. I did really well at the game. I got the stick through all of the loops. Then we did a relay race and I won. We had to ride a mop with a paper horse head on the top across the grass and grab a flag and run back and put it in a stand before the other person did.
Then we went to the town hall to learn about the paper and how it was made. I got to see paper getting made in a press. We leaned that at the previous night's Town Hall meeting it was decided that they would build a new Town Hall made of sandstone. We also got ice cream and some things from the bakery too.
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