Community
:
Town
of Victoria
Conception Bay
Population-2001 Census: 1,798
Group
: Victoria Tidy Towns Committee
Program
Coordinator/s: Members of the Tidy Towns Committee
Contact
Person: Lynn Burke, Phone
# 1-709-596-2711.
e-mail: ????
To apply for this program
Outline
of Activities involved:
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Construct
and install 15 park benches
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Upgrade walking tail system
- Trail
markers.
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Crushed Stone on 2 km of paths
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Construct and install 18 garbage can holders in community
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Construct
and install raised flower beds in public areas
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Cut
grass and make hay as winter feed for NF Pony.
Dates
of project activities.
July 1, 2003 - July 27, 2003
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The
Newfoundland Pony
The Newfoundland Pony has long been a proud
and integral part of Newfoundland culture and history. It
was for centuries the main beast of burden that toiled for
our foreparents. It helped in helping Newfoundlanders wrestle
a living from a harsh but beautiful land.
Early
settlers brought with them from the British Isles Exmoor, Dartmoor,
New Forest,Galloway, Welsh, Connemara, and the odd Highlands Pony.
With very little new blood being introduced from outside Newfoundland
thes ponies over more than 3 centuries interbred until one common
pony emerged, the Newfoundland Pony.
These
hard working and loyal ponies hauled firewood, timber,kelp, rocks
amongst other things. They transported their owners by back, cart
and wagonin times before the car. They were an integral part of
the Newfoundland way of life right up to the late 1950's and beyond.
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