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18-07-07, 17:21
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Frenchie
What is a French name like "DROUIN" doing in Australia......???
....maybe some Kanadian immigrated there a long time ago.... I live on Drouin Road....Just East of Ottawa......named after the French Canadian farmer that cleared up the first area farm circa 1870...after the US Civil War demand for heavy timber had taken it tole on the pine forest for military fortifications. Drought and stripping of meager top soil resulted in a large sandy dust bowl circa 1900 -1920. Dust bowl was rectified by planting trees.... it is now the largest man made forest in North America....... named after the forest ranger that started the planting in 1922.....Larose Forest!!! Trivia nut... BooB
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada 
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