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| Muddy the mudcat @Dunnville |
From Port Dover, we headed to Dunnville. Muddy, the 50-foot
giant mudcat statue, greeted us. There was no mistaking what the town’s mascot
was! There it was by the Centennial Park but as there was no good place for us
to park quickly for a good photo op, I had to make do with the picture I was
able to take.
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| Dunnville Museum |
From there, we headed to the No.6 RCAF (Royal Canadian
Airforce) Dunnville Museum where we checked out artifacts and training aircraft
from the No. 6 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) that was used to train
fighter pilots during World War II. They had quite an extensive display of
photos, uniforms, memorabilia, medals, and we even saw some attendance sheets!
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| by the Memorial Gardens @No 6 RCAF Museum |
I was so intent on listening to the wonderful couple who
gave us a tour to snap a pic of the cool flight simulator they had. We then
headed to the hangar to see vintage aircraft of the type used during training.
We all quite enjoyed checking out the various aircraft (Yale, Cornell, and
Fleet Finch). The girls even got to sit in the cockpit of a Grumman S2E Tracker
(used then for anti-submarine duty). So cool!
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| Grumman Tracker @No 6 RCAF Museum |
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| Yale plane @No 6 RCAF museum |
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| Fleet Finch @No 6 RCAF Museum |
It was so amazing to be able to check out museums like these
all over the country. It didn’t have to be a fancy museum to pique the interest
of the girls (or even the adults). How wonderful that somehow, somewhere, folks
are able to keep the various artifacts from history. We hope many more
generations can enjoy this museum!
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