It is so exciting that with barely a week left, Chapleau is leading the race to be Canada's ultimate fishing town. Our massive margin has shrunk a little, but we seem to be holding steady. It would be such a fantastic accomplishment if Chapleau won. Not only would the money help, but the bragging rights and huge boost to our town's morale would be great also. I don't know about you folks, but when I think of a great fishing town, Chapleau tends to leap to mind a lot more than a city in the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. It's a natural fit and I sure hope that we win.
At the same time, I have noticed a disturbing trend in town. There seem to be a few naysayers that are convinced that winning this contest would be a bad thing for Chapleau. They seem to think that a first place finish would result in an inundation of tourists that would empty all of our local lakes of their fish stocks. These few individuals have managed to convince their entire families and others to boycott the contest entirely. This is probably the biggest piece of nonsense I have ever heard. Most of us sane people realize that this fear is completely unfounded. The future economic benefits of the tourists that do make it here are sure to be significant. Let's not let a bunch of traitors spoil this great opportunity for our town. It's backwards thinking like that that keeps Chapleau from soaring to its greatest potential.
Go Chapleau!
I totally agree with you!
ReplyDeleteThe people who are negative about this are probably people who are either anti-social or poachers and don't want to get caught.
Come on people take pride in your town!
Gas is way to expensive to travel and american tourists don't like us when our money is doing good. So don't worry!
HANDS UP TO MRS. CHARLEY PLOURDE and all of us who are working hard at this!
Let's see...20 1/2 hours to go.
ReplyDeleteA lead of over 12500 votes!
Way to go Chapleau!
Keep it up, we're almost there!