Earl Rowe served as the 20th Lieutenant of Ontario from 1963 to 1968.

The park, near Alliston consists of a river:





which has been dammed to create a pond and a beach:


and a large meadow habitat which has many hiking trails:






Some of this is perfect for the somewhat rare Clay-coloured Sparrow:

Other birds:






Some botany:




























Thomas Gordon, the first postmaster, named this community supposedly after his father’s hometown in England. It may instead have been named for a farm or home, because no Everett is shown on modern maps of Britain.










NATURE POETRY
I think if you listen closely
In the sweet, glad days of spring,
With the song of the brook,
the breeze and the birds,
You can hear the flowers sing. – Helen Isabel Moorhouse (b.1876)
Miles Hearn
Everett was at the centre of a long and contentious fight by a residents group against a new gravel pit to be opened and operated by Nelson Aggregates. The Pit was approved by the previous council of Adjala-Tosorontio Township in March 2018 after the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) dismissed the groups appeal
Wonderful pictures–as usual. Thanks, Miles!
Wonderful post,
Shows the fresh beauty of late spring early summer.