It’s got a lot colder than the lovely heat we have been enjoying and today is not much more than 14 degrees C! We started our day in a town called Midland and we visited a tourist attraction called Saint Marie of the Hurons. It is a replica village on the original site of a Jesuit mission built in the 1630’s when the first missionaries ventured west of Quebec bringing Christianity to the Indian people, especially the Wendat tribe. They established an outpost and village here. Saint Marie became a spiritual retreat for Christian Indians. It was eventually abandoned and burnt to the ground when unrest amongst the Indian tribes caused casualties amongst the Jesuits. It was interesting to compare life in the 1630’s with life in the 1830’s.
On our drive home we saw our first live deer. We have seen lots of road kill, but it was great to finally see a wild deer on the side of the road.
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