Vimy Ridge Farm,Guelph - Completed

[KarenM]

Thank you for your good wishes. We are planning to visit Carlisle tomorrow as we fly home on Thursday. Are places still known as lots and concessions?  Do you know much about Carlisle?

Yes, they are still the same lot and concessions, they don't change. 

Karen

[madand]

Thanks for all the help that we have had with this topic. Today we drove out to Carlisle. We found the churchyard and the grave of Lewis Binkley. There was a ladies meeting taking place at the church. One of the ladies had lived on the farm next to Lewis Binkley so was able to tell us exactly where the farm was. It was on the 8th concession and is now a fruit farm. The lady at the farm was very friendly and allowed us to take pictures. We never thought when we set of for Canada we would achieve so much. Thanks again.

[valeriec]

I am so glad that you were able to find the farm. Hopefully, you enjoyed your visit to Canada.
Val

[J.J.]

Awe, nice people to help you out like that!  Did they say what type of farm it was back then?

[vbain]

mixed crops and animals

[molsonmutt]

Too bad that I just saw this conversation now.  I currently own Vimy Ridge Farm.  I would have loved to show you the property and the Dormitory where he would have slept during his training.  I'm in the process of slowly restoring the property.

[madand]

What a pity you didn't see this earlier. We did go to Vimy Ridge Farm and saw the bottom of the drive. It would have been great to see inside. Thank you for the offer anyway.
We do have a photograph of the group of boys on the ship on the way to Vimy Ridge. If that would be of any interest to you we could email you a copy.

[molsonmutt]

That would be great!!  Where is the picture from??

[valeriec]

molsonmutt

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Val