Solo Touring

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In either July or November, I will tour the last leg of the "Uderground Railroad" into Ontarion, if it's not too, too, cold in November.

Again, I apologise for the long delay.

Biketouringrook, it is recommended if you do southern Ontario portion of the Underground Railroad, to do it in summer or before November.

I am familiar with this area..one of my closest friends..lives in the same town as the historic site for "Uncle Tom's cabin", the home of Josiah Henson. It is in the town of Dresden, Ontario. Which Harriet Stowe based her book on. Yes, the site gets busloads of visitors annually from all over Canada and U.S. It is really a piece of Canadian black history that is incredible.

I have visited/toured and stayed with my friend several times over the last 2 decades. Most recently, last summer.

SHe and I went to some other Afro-Canadian museums related to the whole area and Underground Railroad. About 30 kms. away from Dresden or less, is North America's oldest /first schoolhouse for children of freed black slaves. (early 1800's) It is now a historic site. We were given a tour by the site curator who is a great-great grandson of a pioneer black schoolteacher in the area.

My friend, who is high school teacher ,and I were impressed by the museum's sophisticated curriculum they have devised to teach kids in the region, on life as a Afro-Canadian child during that era --the kids actually take upon the role of a black child of a long-gone class featured in an archival class photo, and the present-day schoolkid is requested to research life about of that child. A real lesson that integrates history, geography, sociology, etc. The children spend several days based out of the historic school site so they can get immersed.

There are 2 different museums on Underground RR in that area in addition to the Josiah Henson's site.
http://www.uncletomscabin.org/
http://buxtonmuseum.com/
http://ckblackhistoricalsociety.org/


The area tends to be flat for cycling. And it is Central-Eastern Canada's tomato region..lots of tomatoes are grown in the region.