"There is an enchantment about this valley, which only those who were born under a river spell can understand.  The magic of the earth is in it.  It is bound to the earth, as the spaces of lake and ocean are bound to the sky.  As we turned to follow the course of the stream, it was as if a minstrel were singing a song that we had often heard before; something recalled from childhood about wandering with the river past stone dykes and busy towns into a land of meadows and perpetual summer.

"We were tracing our way on the River Road from Dunnville, through farmlands and along the old lumber trails, where in other days the logs from these rich forests were floated on a strong current that took them from Brantford down to Lake Erie.
"Some of the descendants of these trees are now transformed to hold telephone and Niagara Power Lines..."

~ Katherine Hale describing travelling up stream along the Grand River.  This Ontario, The Ryerson Press, 1937
Tomorrow:  Hale follows the Grand River to Cayuga.