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Gilberts: The disaster staycation tour a suggested day trip in area

On Easter Monday, Jim suggested that we take a drive and his suggested destination was a place we have been to a few times before.

On Easter Monday Jim suggested that we take a drive and his suggested destination was a place we have been to a few times before. It is located in Elgin County; just off Highway 401 (in fact you can see it from the 401).  It is the site of a terrible plane crash in 1941, just east of Lawrence Station. That got me thinking: With gas prices being what they are and folks being squeezed by higher prices everywhere, maybe some people would like some ideas for a trip closer to home. Here is our  disaster staycation tour.

We’ll start with the 1941 plane crash east of Lawrence Station in Elgin County. It was the early days of commercial aviation and American Airlines Flight 1 was on the third leg of a trip........

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