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Globe and Mail
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- Globe and Mail
Vermont's Dog Mountain, a mecca for those who want to celebrate their beloved pets
Anne Pace has been hearing about Dog Mountain for years, but until earlier this month, had never made a trip to the park. 'I really wanted to see this place,' she said, during a visit to the grounds with her one-year-old border collie, Tam. 'I put a note up for my previous border collie. He was my best buddy.' Set on 150 acres tucked away on a hillside in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Dog Mountain has become a destination for dog lovers looking to explore nature, take in art, or pay tribute to a pet. The park was created 25 years ago by Vermont folk artist Stephen Huneck and his wife, Gwen, and features hiking trails, swimming ponds, an art gallery and a Dog Chapel where visitors can add to the thousands of photos and notes to pets that cover the chapel walls. 'It is absolutely breathtaking. That's a lot of love when you think about each picture that's here,' said Vanessa Hurley, who was visiting with her husband and two dogs from Ohio. 'Dogs and cats both, they just bring so much enjoyment to our lives,' she said. Inspired by the bond he shared with his dogs, Huneck wanted to create a space where other animal lovers could celebrate their beloved pets, gallery manager Pam McCann said. 'Dog Mountain is really a pilgrimage place and a sanctuary,' she said. Huneck's sculpture, prints and furniture are featured in the gallery and scattered throughout the park, including inside the chapel he built himself. With black labs and golden retrievers carved into the ends of each pew and images of his own dog, Sally, in the stained-glass windows, his love of dogs is evident in every detail. Scott Ritchie and his wife, Julie, have been traveling the country in an RV with their three large dogs and thought Dog Mountain would be the perfect place for them to stretch their legs. They enjoyed it so much on their first visit, they decided to come back the next day. 'It's very rare you see something like this anywhere. We've been traveling all over the U.S. for five and a half months. Just a beautiful area,' he said. McCann says the park was made for visitors like Ritchie. 'That's what it's for, people who really care and people who are very connected to everything around them,' she said. 'Including the animals that they are the guardians of.'
CBC
2 hours ago
- CBC
'I offered my shoes': Pin trading is the 'unofficial sport' of the Canada Games
Pin trading is big at The Canada Games, like really big. Pegged as the unofficial sport of the Games; athletes trade and collect them for fun, for memories and for clout. There's also a Pin Guide on the official Canada Games app where you can keep track of the ones you collect. So, what's the craziest thing you'd trade for a rare pin?
CTV News
3 hours ago
- CTV News
Military Museums bring history to life at Summer Skirmish
A bit of military history came to life Saturday at the Military Museums in Calgary. It was the Summer Skirmish, where almost 2,000 years of warfare comes to life in a weekend of battle re-enactments and demonstrations. 'It's actually many different periods of history, from the Dark Ages, so about 900 CE all the way up to the Second World War represented,' said Military Museums senior curator and director of collections Alison Mercer.' So it's a lot of people in authentic historical outfits and uniforms with authentic weapons, doing authentic drills.' While military history tends to be observed in November, around Remembrance Day, Mercer said mid-August is a pretty prominent date in military history as well. 'Something that was very relevant that happened just yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, so the fact that we get to have this on August 16 and 17th is pretty special too, because, of course, there's a re-enactment component, but there's also the history component available in the museum too that people can see.' Mercer said that since the event was launched in 2003, the Military Museums have evolved the Summer Skirmish to be more interactive and more kid-friendly. 'There's a lot more activities for kids, more hands-on opportunities,' she said. 'For example, (you can) climb inside the T-72 tank. There's a weapons handling tent over there (to) see some authentic guns.' 'It's not just like a like a watch (event),' she added. 'It's (more) like a watch and do and learn (event) that way.' Summer Skirmish continues until Sunday at 5 p.m. at Military Museums. 4520 Crowchild Trail S.W. It's $40 for a family.
