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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jun 12, 2012 18:08:14 GMT -5
I came across this story and pictures on facebook and thought I would pass it on. This is copied from the facebook post. The wall is situated at Island Lake Conservation Area on Hurontario Street South and is open to the public seven days a week. The Memorial Forest Trail runs through part of the conservation area and takes you through the 'Dods and McNair Memorial Forest' where the dry stone tree can be seen on the south side at a high point on the trail. While people have been encouraged to plant trees in memory of loved ones, Eric got permission from Dods and McNair and the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to build a dry stone wall in memory of his wife Kerry instead. This fantastic dry stone structure was build by Dry stone waller Eric Landman with the help of his eldest son Jordan, as well as many other friends and family, to commemorate the life of his beloved wife who sadly passed away last year. I cannot think of a more fitting and beautiful way to commemorate the life of a loved one than by getting together with friends and family and building a piece of stone art together in their honour. All those involved found working on the project a great help with dealing with their grief as well as showing their love for a wonderful lady. While the main wall is made of Limestone, Eric used local rounded granite fieldstones that were found on site to represent the leaves. A lot of them had green moss on them that added to the effect of the stones looking like foliage. ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/rock%20memorial/RockWall-OrangevilleOntarioCanada4.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/rock%20memorial/RockWall-OrangevilleOntarioCanada3.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/rock%20memorial/RockWall-OrangevilleOntarioCanada2.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/rock%20memorial/RockWall-OrangevilleOntarioCanada.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/rock%20memorial/RockWall-OrangevilleOntarioCanada5.jpg) hope you enjoyed this. Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jun 12, 2012 18:33:58 GMT -5
That's really a cool wall. I love dry stacked walls. There's a website called Dry Stone Walling Across Canada that I enjoy. They offer classes, but I've never taken one. www.dswa.ca/
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Post by rockingthenorth on Jun 12, 2012 21:52:45 GMT -5
That is so cool
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Post by NatureNut on Jun 12, 2012 22:16:41 GMT -5
Wow, that wall is so entirely impressive and what a way to memorialize someone so well loved. Thanks for posting this. Jo
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Post by herchenx on Jun 12, 2012 23:25:33 GMT -5
That is very cool, thanks for sharing
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Post by zarguy on Jun 12, 2012 23:46:58 GMT -5
as a rockhound & amateur mason, I really loved that wall. Thanks for posting it.
Lynn
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