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Welcome to Day Two of our week of Pelee Island. You can see

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Plopped in the middle of Lake Erie, a bit south of Leamington, Ontario, is Pelee Island. I’ve got a special affinity for the place because my father and grandmother were born there and I spent my childhood summers playing in the sand and water near my grandparents’ farm on the East Side.
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We’re surrounded by water: Lake St. Clair to the north and northeast, the Detroit River north and northwest of that and then Lake Erie on the west and south. With this much water there is always lots of boating going on. Have a look:

On any given day you can see sailboats dotting the […]

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Tiger Lily, originally uploaded by frigante.

These flowers grow wild all over the place. My grandmother used to pick armfuls of them and put them around the house on Pelee Island. I’ve got a few bunches in my yard (as do many people living here).

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