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Luke Hendry’s recent coverage of regional history efforts engaged as I learned; “Members of the Prince Edward County Heritage Advisory Committee have begun work on a plan to preserve the county’s heritage buildings.” But whose heritage?
Frankly, I adore historic buildings, my favourite being the Fairfield-Gutzeit house in Bath where I stood one sweltering summer’s day, gazing across the Bay of Quinte envisioning bateaux traffic, cooling winds whirling through centre-hall bay shore doors and lifting me toward latter 18th Century – a flourishing feat for any museum. With abundant Regency and Victorian architecture to admire nearby however, built heritage remains Caucasian, European heritage. And while I celebrate that which I possess myself, I’m unconvinced this priority warrants greater Quinte’s focus.