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Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

There are quite a bit of difference in those denominations.

For example the Church of Christ believes in no music at all in church while the Baptist Churches includes music in their services. There are other differences related to scripture as well.

Erin

Monk's First Lady

Name of inhabitants: Allistonian sing., -s pl.

Alliston, Ontario is an Ontario community just about 90 kilometres NNW from Toronto. It is part of the Town of New Tecumseth which is part of Simcoe County. (The 1991 amalgamation of Alliston, nearby villages Beeton and Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth, created one legal municipality, the Town of New Tecumseth. Municipal offices for the Town are located in Alliston.) The heart of the community is divided by Highway 89. It was founded in 1847 by English immigrant William Fletcher. Only months after it was granted the title of 'town', the entire town burnt to the down leaving the majority of residents homeless. They quickly rebuilt.

Alliston is located where the corners of four of the original townships of southern Simcoe County (Adjala, Tosorontio, Essa, and Tecumseth) meet.

Earl Rowe Provincial Park is located three kilometers west of Alliston, in the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio. It is one of the largest provincial parks in Southern Ontario. Lots of drinking goes on here.

The town grew as a commercial centre for the area farmers and was best known as a potato-growing area. It is still a major industry in the town and is celebrated by the annual Alliston Potato Festival.

Honda of Canada Manufacturing, Inc. operates an auto manufacturing plant, the biggest industry in Simcoe County, located to the southeast of Alliston, along the Tottenham Road (Simcoe Road 10); less than 1 km south of Highway 89. The plant had a minor fire in the late 1990s. There are now 2 plants and Honda employs approximately 4,500 people One plant currently manufactures the Civic and Acura CSX, while the second also builds Civics (Sedans only) alongside the Ridgeline pickup truck and the Acura MDX. A third Honda plant, for the construction of engines, is being built and is supposed to open in 2008 and during this they will close part of Tottenham Road (from Albert Street to Industrial Parkway) and extend Highway 10 to Industrial Parkway this road will open on December 27 [1]. There will be a Wal-Mart Supercenter [2] built on this road behind the Ford dealership [3] This will be one of the several Supercenters in Canada and possibly one of the biggest.

The most famous citizen of Alliston was Sir Frederick Banting the co-discoverer of insulin. The town's only high school is named in his honour, Banting Memorial High School. Another famous resident was Theodore Loblaw of the grocery store chain.

Alliston has two publics Elementary Schools (Ernest Cumberland and Alliston Union ) and two Catholic elementary schools (Holy Family and St. Paul's), one public high school (Banting Memorial), a post office, four banks, a small movie theater, the Circle Theatre, and several parks. Their junior hockey team is called the Hornets, and the minor hockey league plays under the banner of the Tornado's. Alliston's soccer teams are simply known as the Alliston Red.


Summary: Potato, Hockey, Creator of insulin. Not a hell of a lot else.

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He's got the whole village on his finger.(he's got the whole world ) No, we really don't have a control tower. it's true. it's damn true.

that's the run way and the vilage is right beside it.
A Brief History
The native residents of Anaktuvuk Pass are the last remaining band of Nunamiut(people of the mountains or something like that )85( ) Eskimo, a semi-nomadic inland group whose ancestors date back for hundreds of years. They settled permanently in this location in the early l950's, which historically and to this day is a major caribou migration route. In times past their subsistence needs required utilization of nearly the entire Central Brooks Range. Even today they still continue to depend on caribou and other natural resources for food, clothing and cultural continuity.

Although the village his undergone many cultural and technological changes in the past few decades, the Nunamiut have retained their basic lifestyle, identity and social structure to a remarkable degree.

The establishment of Gates of Arctic National Park and Preserve in 1980 placed Anaktuvuk Pass virtually in the middle of a nationally recognized unit of the National Park system. The resulting publicity from the establishment of the park has increased visitation to this region and can potentially be disruptive to the existing community.

Natives today maintain ownership of approximately 175,000 acres in the Anaktuvuk Pass region. Ownership may be through village and regional corporations or native allotments.

A majority of the village and regional lands surround the village while native allotments are scattered throughout the park.

Beginning at the earliest stages of planning for the formation of the park, the National Park Service recognized a national interest and was mandated by the United States Congress to insure the protection of the Nunamiut culture and lifestyle, including subsistence use and privately owned lands. The Nunamiut Eskimo of Anaktuvuk Pass retain a strong environmental identity involving traditional use with the surrounding areas. Therefore, the National Park Service has joined with the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the Nunamiut Village Corporation to establish a cooperative land use agreement. This agreement allows for local residents to operate all-terrain vehicles for subsistence activities during the summer months to certain lands near the

Anaktuvuk Pass area.
While Visiting Anaktuvuk Pass
As you travel across the land you may encounter local residents engaged in hunting, fishing, trapping, berry picking, or other subsistence activities at any time. These activities may be free-ranging or stationary. Fishing and hunting camps as well as traplines (areas where trapping occurs, generally
along rivers and creeks) are not uncommon to come across. In addition, please be aware your physical presence can unintentionally influence game movements and result in disrupting the village subsistence activities. We ask you to consider carefully your presence in the village as well as while traveling across native lands. The impact of your visit may be kept to a minimum by following these suggestions:
Introduce yourself. Be friendly, but respect the privacy of others.
Ask for permission if you wish to photograph local residents or their homes, particularly in the village, but also in the field.
Be sensitive toward the native village culture and lifestyle. Often it will differ from your own, so assume nothing and ask if you do not understand.
Respect any private property that you may encounter in the backcountry and leave it be. This includes structures, camps, traps, and what may often appear as abandoned property.

Do not camp within sight of the village. Tents on hillsides several miles may still be visible to local residents.(because they come out to vist you trust me i've done it a few times <,< )85()
Remember that the residents of Anaktuvuk Pass may not view wilderness values and recreational pursuits as you might view them. The concepts of seeking out an opportunity like backpacking and a wilderness experience simply for pleasure may be quite foreign. For residents, the 'wilderness' is generally a daily part of their existence. While much of their lives are spent out in the 'wilderness' it is often associated with subsistence activities as they work to make a living from the land and the resources.
Camping Information

In the Village:
For public convenience, the village has often designated a specific area for overnight camping within the community. In recent years this camping area was located among the willows along the east side of the runway opposite the town. Please check at the store, restaurant, community center, or ranger station for current information. Camping within sight of the village but outside of any designated area is perceived being disrespectful toward the residents (i.e. trespassing) and should be avoided.

On Native Corporation Lands:
Native corporation lands completely surround the city of Anaktuvuk Pass and extend for several miles. These are privately owned lands. Maps showing these lands are located at the ranger station in Anaktuvuk Pass. Visitors are allowed access onto these lands by foot and/or dog team. However, camping within one-half mile of an active hunting camp or camping for more than one night at the same site on these corporation lands is prohibited except in emergencies. Inquire locally at the ranger station or Nunamiut Corporation office for further information

v a tourist group. the lady's talking about a sod house that was never demolished or eroded(from the mud that holds the trees together)

v a view from down below.


and yes.....we do interbread alot....my mom is married to her cousin or uncle. it's rare that we interbread with other familys that's not an eskimo.....the truth from the bible is that the whole human race was born from two people. so when you look at a female that you know you're not realted too....you really are related to her in some way. <,< i could be wrong though. v.v

Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

Do you have any population numbers for your town?

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a few months ago i thought it was 250, then i read it was 300+ it might be 286. i could be wrong, let me research some more. < o >.< o >

Population (year 2000): 282. Estimated population in July 2006: 251 (-11.0% change)

Males: 146 (51.8%)
Females: 136 (48.2%)

Felix posted this already....i knew i read it somewhere.

Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

Not much less than my hometown then!

....lol

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oh...didn't relize that. )85( always thought that the great 48 had every state with at least 500+ population. )85( thought it was mandatory for 500+ population. )85( goes back and read the other posts. <.<
in other news.
Crum and Anaktuvk Pass is, as of today.
isn't a location. It's a lifestyle. Vikings, barbarions, and gladiators alike unite! because <,<

our twn prbly dsn't hve a wiki.

Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

The approximate population of my town is 300.

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i believed you the first post. <.<

i was wrong on one point though.... AKP does have a wiki.
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an other 100 more pops. WE ARE 420!!!!
i was close on the Nunimuit meaning. Can you imagne if we only had to be called mute(muit) we are also assioatied with high noon(nuna)
Ernest P Warrel-KnowwhatImean?

Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

I know.....lol

I just didn't know if you saw it in the first post or not. I know with me in some of the other posts I had trouble finding the population listings.