This area is being reforested. Please use the path (access south of the house or west of the picnic shelter), and be careful not to harm the young trees. This is private property. The owners ask that you follow the same rules applicable to public parks (dogs on a leash, stoop and scoop, no littering, etc).
Plenty of parking is available at the church (1725 Beaverdale Road).
Henry Wanner (Senior) and his son immigrated from Pennsylvania in the early 1800's and settled in this neighbourhood. This land was farmed by Henry Wanner (Junior) . His 1872 obituary credited him not only with the donation of the land and most of the costs for a "meetinghouse " and cemetery, but with many other acts of generosity as well. "To the wandering poor, his house was always open . . .". Though childless, Henry and his second wife Hannah (Clemens) "adopted, one after the other, no less than six children, three boys and three girls . . .".
Thus the name "Wanner" attached to both the church ("meetinghouse") and cemetery at the intersection of Beaverdale Road and Old Maple Grove Road.
The reforestation project was undertaken in 2012 as a part of the congregation's 175th anniversary celebrations (1837-2012).
Contains a twonie for FTF the new container.