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What to do and see in Perth, Canada: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Perth, Canada including Perth Town Hall National Historic Site, McMartin House, The Mammoth Cheese, St. Anthony Monastery, Scotch Line Farm.
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1. Perth Town Hall National Historic Site
2. McMartin House
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
3. The Mammoth Cheese
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4.0 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By JohnMcQuarrie - Ottawa, Canada
While this is not a destination attraction, it is certainly worth a few minutes to enhance your visit to Perth's storied "Turning Basin". Take a minute to read the two information panels on the display and this excerpt from: Perth, Spirit of Place by Kay Rogers: "The Mammoth Cheese was more than a novelty. Its purpose was to promote the export of Canadian cheddar around the world as an exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Cheddar’s significance to the economy of Canada, especially Ontario, and to the livelihood of farmers, including those in our area, cannot be underestimated. In her book, "By the Labour of Their Hands: The story of Ontario Cheddar Cheese", Heather Menzies writes: In the late 1800s, cheddar cheese was second only to timber in export volume for Canada. From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, when cheese was the staple source of protein in the diet of the English working class, eaten half a pound at a sitting in the noontime meal, Canada supplied seventy per cent of Britain’s huge import needs. In the heyday of Ontario cheddar, there were 1,242 cheese factories dotted across he province, exporting over two hundred million pounds of cheese a year. Cheese accounted for thirty-five per cent of farmers’ incomes. John McQuarrie, Ottawa
4. St. Anthony Monastery
Under the spiritual leadership of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II & His Grace Bishop Macarius, St. Anthony Monastery is established to be a community of consecrated monk-priests, monks and novices which pursue a way of life most closely resembling the communal life of St. Macarius the Great. Daily, the monks and novices gather in the church for the communal services of midnight praises, celebration
