It was another beautiful winter weekend in Timmins. We had plenty of snow Saturday when the Ontario Provincial Police commemorative patrol arrived in town. The patrol is to re-create the early days of the OPP which began in Northern Ontario in 1909. They’re traveling 1000 kilometres through the wilderness in three weeks. Of course, they had to stop in at Timmins which was one of the first detachments for the OPP back in the wilder days of the gold rush.
It was sure cool to see the sled dogs. I was amazed at how small they are. And despite the temperatures of minus 35, they curl up and sleep in the snow. But when the time comes to hitch up to sled, they sure look happy. The two OPP officers on the patrol are also having an adventure, despite the fact they have to wear the old fashioned wool tunics and itchy-woolly long-johns.
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It was another beautiful winter weekend in Timmins. We had plenty of snow Saturday when the Ontario Provincial Police commemorative patrol arrived in town. The patrol is to re-create the early days of the OPP which began in Northern Ontario in 1909. They’re traveling 1000 kilometres through the wilderness in three weeks. Of course, they had to stop in at Timmins which was one of the first detachments for the OPP back in the wilder days of the gold rush. 
It was sure cool to see the sled dogs. I was amazed at how small they are. And despite the temperatures of minus 35, they curl up and sleep in the snow. But when the time comes to hitch up to sled, they sure look happy. The two OPP officers on the patrol are also having an adventure, despite the fact they have to wear the old fashioned wool tunics and itchy-woolly long-johns.
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If it wasn't for the sound problems the event would have been perfect
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Markus
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