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A Region of Romance
The Moving Past
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8m 40s
A promotional portrayal of cottage country in the Huntsville area, the film acknowledges this was Indigenous land. Visitors travel on boats called ‘Algonquin’ and ‘Iroquois.’ Cottagers enjoy various activities on water and land, such as tennis, horseback riding and lawn bowling. An Indigenous man, said to be the grandson of the local chief, in full headdress, visits the lodge by canoe.
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