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Hampton Conservation Area: March 2021

I enjoy peering over my area map and looking for places that I have never visited.

A conservation area on Bowmanville Creek sounded perfect!

I would never have made it up and down this hill without my ice grippers.

Hampton was settled in 1840 by Henry Elliot who built a mill here. The Elliot’s were from Kilkhampton in Cornwall England and named the place Hampton.

This is a very sleepy hamlet and not on any major road. I saw no cars in 30 minutes.

General Store
Hampton United Church
Hampton United Church
Hampton United Church

Some botany:

Highbush-cranberry (Viburnum opulus)
Highbush-cranberry (Viburnum opulus)
White Spruce cones
Wild-cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)
Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)
Virgin’s-bower (Clematis virginiana)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)

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Saw this on Reddit!

NATURE QUOTE

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Margaret Atwood 

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