News2009- Grandview Lodge was demolished last fall, another heritage building on the lake gone.

New Officers for 2007 as of May 26th.

President - Bill Darker

Vice President - Amy Darker

Vice President - Mary Lou Stanton

Secretary - Sara Clipsham

Treasurer - Ken Thomson

Newsletter Editor - George Page

Webmaster & Membership - David Stanton

Past President - James Stanton

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This year marks the 200 th Anniversary of Michael Clipsham's birth in 1807. The following poem was possibly written by William Clipsham and was presented by Mamie Clipsham to the Sparrow Lake Women's Institute in 1925.

The Pioneers of Canada ......................................................................................Return to Homepage

I love to hear the pioneers Tell of days of days of yore And why they left their native land To seek a foreign shore.	The pioneers, for many years Had hardships to go through, As great as Wellington, That won his fame at Waterloo.
To face the breeze and forest trees That did in profusion grow, Here they built their cabin homes Some sixty years ago.	Where could you read of greater deeds, Than pioneers could show, When clearing up this wilderness Here sixty years ago.
O what a debt of gratitude, We owe the pioneers, Then treat them friends, with due respect In their declining years.	If Mountains, Lakes and Rivers, Are beautiful to view, Here every day Niagara's spray Falls like the morning dew.
For most of them have gone to rest As early records show. They tried to make a home for us Here sixty years ago.	Its fertile fields abundance yields, Its scenery is grand, No wonder that Canadian boys Do love their native land.

Picture is of Michael Clipshams grave marker in Churchville, Ontario ...................................Return to Homepage