One-Tank Trip for
August 30/14
(c) By Jim Fox
Visitors are invited to come and validate the long-standing nickname of the West Montrose Covered Bridge as the “kissing bridge.”
The heritage
structure – Ontario’s only remaining covered bridge – is part of a heritage
walking tour during Doors Open Waterloo Region on Sept 20.
Built in 1881, it
was “appropriately nicknamed due to the intimacy and privacy that the covered
bridge offered its travellers,” Canada’s Historic Places says.
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| Tours will be given around the West Montrose “Kissing Bridge” in September. (Jim Fox photo) |
The iconic one-lane
structure is located in one of the province’s most picturesque landscapes as it
spans about 60 metres (198 feet) across the Grand River.
It also represents the
early history of Woolwich Township and of an earlier time in the village about
20 minutes north of Kitchener-Waterloo.
The walking tours
of 45 minutes leave at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. from Letson Park at Rivers
Edge Drive and Letson Drive.
Along with the
bridge and the nearby Lost Acres Variety store and bakery, the walk includes West
Montrose village, one of Ontario’s first recognized Cultural Heritage
Landscapes.
The bridge with its
red-painted wood panelling and gable roof was designed by local contractor John
Bear and built with his brother Benjamin as a replacement for an earlier open
bridge at that site.
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| West Montrose “Kissing Bridge.” (Jim Fox photo) For complete story, go to: http://1tanktrips.blogspot.ca/2014/08/pucker-up-for-west-montrose-kissing.html |
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