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LBisutcket BE A BEACH BUM BE A CULTURE VULTURE Swim, lounge, play, repeat. Join the kids in Mix your sand-and-surf vacation with culture. building sandcastles and collecting shells There are four professional theatres within and interesting stones while you enjoy a short drive of the beach - Huron Country Lake Huron’s sparkling, clean waters from Playhouse, Victoria Playhouse, Blyth Festival Ipperwash to Bayfield. Two dog-friendly Theatre and Stratford Festival. Browse local beaches are located in Pinery Provincial Park. galleries where you’ll find original artwork Sunscreen, drinks, snacks, towel - check! and get insight from the artist. Relax on a restaurant patio to the sounds of live BE AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE musical performances by the areas favourite musicians. Start on page 32. Where can you skydive, parasail, seadoo, paddleboard, skateboard, cycle and swim? BE A TASTE EXPLORER Happily all in one place - the Greater Grand Bend Area. Find out what the shoreline Farm-to-fork is just the beginning! Many looks like from 1,000 feet and top off your stores and restaurants sell and use meats adventure-filled day wakeboarding at nearby and produce from local family farms. Pick-up Windmill Lake and Eco Park. Get out there! fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables, meats, garlic and honey from farm-gate locations and BE THE MACHINE farmers markets. Tour and taste the bounty of the county from microbreweries, cideries Grand Bend Motorplex is one of only two and wineries. Be a Taste Explorer starts on Canadian racing venues that offers dragracing, page 60. roadracing, oval-track racing and motocross. It’s also home to the MOPAR Canadian SHOP THE UNIQUE Nationals. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard the roar and felt the vibrations of a jet truck or Retailers of Bayfield, Exeter, Forest and Grand jet car racing down the track! Bend offer unique and varied products, including local photography and art. Escape BE A HEALTHY HIKER the mundane and repetition of big-box stores and malls. Shop the unique at family-owned Pinery Provincial Park is one of the most stores for a refreshing shopping experience beautiful and popular parks in Ontario with that will excite your soul and delight the rare Savanna and Carolinian forest and wildlife senses. and fauna unique to the area. Lots of area park and conservation area trails to enjoy; several BE A PALAEONTOLOGIST are wheelchair accessible. Fossil hunt for crinoids, brachiopods BE A BIRDER and trilobites in ankle-shallow water at Rock Glen Conservation Area and In March, an estimated 15,000 Tundra Swans cool off beside the only waterfall in return to Canada’s Arctic from Chesapeake Lambton County. Bay, Maryland, stopping over at the Thedford Bog behind Lambton Heritage Museum. It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE 5
Photo: J. Baillie MSEveueesntts Photo: J. Baillie See Festivals & Events for more events, 6 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001 dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. PAINT ONTARIO March 29 to April 20, 2019, 10am to 5pm, Lambton Heritage Museum, Grand Bend paintontario.com Paint Ontario is Ontario’s foremost juried competition, show and sale of original representational art from artists province-wide. Artworks depict the diversity of Ontario’s landscape, architecture, flora and fauna, waterscapes and urbanscapes. Founded by Master Pastel Artist and local resident, Barry Richman, in 1996, the Grand Bend Art Centre, founded by another local artist - Teresa Marie Phillips, took over the show’s management in 2015. Depending on the time and day you attend, you can watch local artists demonstrating creative techniques. Entry is FREE with museum admission. Weekdays 10am-5pm; Weekends 11am-5pm. ARTS, EATS & BEATS STUDIO TOUR – “THE STARS COME OUT” May 4–5, 2019, Multiple locations, Grand Bend & Port Franks, grandbendstudiotour.com Event features art, food and music at multiple studios and restaurants in the area. Saturday 10am–5pm; Sunday 11am–5pm. Photo: G. Rosema
BEACHFEST MOPAR DRAG-RACING midway rides, entertainers and NATIONALS musicians. The festival features one June 22, 2019, Main Beach, of the largest vintage and antique Grand Bend August 2–4, 2019, Grand Bend car show and shine events, taking grandbendoptimistclub.ca/ Motorplex, Grand Bend up all of the local playing fields. beachfest GrandBendMotorplex.ca Dig into a meal of home-cooked, locally-produced baked beans and Sample craft beer, wine and great food Canada’s largest drag-racing event, pork chops. while listening to fantastic music - all on the MOPAR Nationals at Grand Bend the Main Beach. Advance tickets $20 / Motorplex hosts 350 racing teams EXETER RAM RODEO $25 at the door. that compete in multiple vehicle classes. Don’t miss Top Fuel August 9–11, 2019, South Huron SUMMER SUNSET SOUNDS Dragsters, Nostalgia Nitro Funnies, Recreation Centre, Exeter, Nitro Harleys, Pro Mods, Outlaw exeterrodeo.ca July & August Sundays or holiday 10.5 & TD/TS, Jet Truck, Studebaker Mondays, 7pm, Main Beach, Grand Wheelstander, Can Am Stock Cowboy up and join the fun! Exeter’s Bend, summersunsetsounds.ca and Superstock plus hundreds of rodeo attracts fans eager to capture sportsman competitors. the challenges and thrills experienced Enjoy FREE concerts at the Grand Bend Rotary Community Stage on Photo: J. Baillie the Main Beach every Sunday or holiday Monday (except Labour Day). The area is known as the by competitors participating in Each concert features opening and White Bean Capital of Canada bareback and saddle bronc riding, headliner performances. Previous bull riding, barrel racing and pole years’ performers have included — growing, processing and bending. Bring the entire family out Emm Gryner, Steel City Rovers, The shipping tons of food-grade, to witness the thrills and spills of Mud Men, Genevieve Fisher, Five non-GMO beans worldwide. In this exciting event. The grounds are Oceans and Broomsticks & Hammers. open the entire weekend so you can Concerts FREE – donations welcome. fact, the Hensall District chat with the cowboys/girls, witness Bring your own chairs. Co-op is Canada’s top white behind-the-scenes activity and grab autographs. CANADA DAY bean exporter. AT THE BEACH LAMBTON FALL COLOUR ZURICH BEAN FESTIVAL & CRAFT FESTIVAL July 1, 2019, Main Beach, Grand Bend August 23 & 24, 2019, Zurich October 12 & 13, 2019, Lambton CanadaDayGrandBend.ca Fairgrounds, Zurich Heritage Museum (Grand Bend) BeanFest.ca & Legacy Recreation Centre Grand Bend’s Main Beach hosts one of (Thedford), lambtonmuseums.ca the largest Canada Day celebrations Friday features Wrenchbenders on Lake Huron’s shoreline. Live music Cruise Night and live entertainment Giant artisan show and sale of at 8pm; fireworks at 10pm. FREE on the main stage starting at 7pm Canadian-made, non-manufactured event – donations welcome. with fireworks at dusk. On Saturday, products ranging from food items to Zurich’s downtown core morphs into home and garden décor, jewellery, KETTLE & STONY festival ground-zero with vendors, clothing and one-of-a-kind gift items, POINT POWWOW 100+ vendors! July 13 & 14, 2019, Kettle & Stony Point First Nation, 9226 Lake Road, Kettle Point kettlepoint.org/powwow For 49 years, the Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation have invited everyone to enjoy a cultural heritage event unique to North America – the Pow Wow. Event features traditional dance competitions (jingle dress, fancy shawl, traditional, grass and more), drumming, traditional foods and crafts, and ceremonial and traditional clothing. Parking is FREE; reduced admission for veterans, seniors and children. It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE 7
At the BeachGETACTIVE The beach is a magical place for adults and kids alike, where time stands still and the day can be spent relaxing on soft sand, soaking up the rays, swimming or surfing Lake Huron’s pristine blue water and building sandcastles. Cottagers, vacation-seekers and residents all agree – It Starts at the Beach… and ends where you want! BAYFIELD BEACH are on duty mid-June to Labour Day, Monday to Thursday noon to 6pm and Bayfield’s Beach is a short seven Friday through Sunday and Holiday minutes walk to its picturesque Main Mondays 11am to 7pm. Street and holds Blue Flag status (BlueFlag.org). The beach has drive- A children’s accessible splash pad and up access, limited parking, public interactive accessible playground are washrooms, public phone and fully- located beside The Beach House, equipped life-saving station. Located which offers public washrooms, beside the marina, you can enjoy a change rooms, outdoor showers, stroll on the pier, a swim and relax on concession and elevator access to the the large sandy beach. Stunning lake observation deck. Beach volleyball views available from the scenic lookout courts and nets are setup mid-June to in Pioneer Park (top of the bluff). mid-September. Enjoy a stroll along Viewable south of the main beach is the boardwalk to the gazebo and pier. the shipwreck of the \"Linda Hindman\" steamboat (villageofbayfield.com/ For safety reasons, barbequing, glass shipwreck). items and tents are not allowed on the Main Beach. There’s also no There’s 65 kilometres of sandy camping or driving on the beach and beach shoreline from Bayfield to dogs are restricted to parking lot and Lambton Shores southernmost concreted areas only. Sorry, no dogs point and more than ten public on the beach. access beaches! DID YOU KNOW Paid parking helps off-set the cost GRAND BEND BEACH of lifeguards and all the beach Grand Bend’s Main Beach is family- amenities your family enjoys at friendly and a short five minute walk to all the food kiosks, restaurants and Grand Bend’s Main Beach. stores on Main Street West. You make it possible! Blue Flag (BlueFlag.org) water quality IPPERWASH BEACH status means your family is assured of Ipperwash beach is one of the longest safe, consistent swimmable water for freshwater beaches in Ontario. Public a weekend getaway or vacation. The washrooms and picnic areas near the addition of an accessible beach mat beach are maintained by the Ministry from the boardwalk to the shoreline of Natural Resources. There are no provides wheelchair users access to lifeguards on duty, so take extra the water and makes it easier to get caution to watch children. There’s no to for those with strollers. Lifeguards facility for overnight camping. Free 8 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001 Photo: T. Eagleson
Get Active FLAG SYSTEM Swim hazard flags are posted on the lifeguard chairs. No flags are posted when lifeguards are not present. • No Flag - No lifeguard on duty. • Red Flag - Danger, high hazard. Extreme wave action and/or currents and/or E.coli count over 100/100 mL of beach water. Swimming not recommended. Lifeguard on duty. • Yellow Flag - Caution. Moderate hazard. Rough water and strong current and/or strong offshore wind. Lifeguard on duty. • Red & Yellow Flag - Limit of supervised swimming area. Swim between flags. It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE 9
Get Active parking is available in Ministry-owned PORT BLAKE BEACH & DAY PARK lots off the beach on West Parkway BLUE FLAG Drive or East Parkway. Paid parking at Located at the north end of Grand and on the beach is available between Bend (intersection of Highway 21 and Since 2009, Grand Bend’s Main Centre Sideroad, Kettle Point and Dashwood Road/CR83), Port Blake West Ipperwash Road. No vehicles offers a quieter stretch of sand with Beach has held uninterrupted allowed on the beach between a bluff-top grassed picnic area with West Ipperwash Road to Ipperwash BBQs. Dogs are allowed on the beach Blue Flag status (BlueFlag.org), Road or East Parkway Drive. and must be leashed with messes cleaned up. The park offers a picnic which means your family can be PINERY PROVINCIAL PARK pavilion, washrooms, change rooms, playground equipment, BBQs and assured of consistent swimmable Pinery Provincial Park is located eight picnic tables. Open daily 9am to 9pm. kilometres south of Grand Bend and Admission Victoria Day Weekend to water quality, beach cleanliness boasts one of the most beautiful Labour Day Weekend is $5 per person beaches in Ontario, offering day or $12 per car load. and safety. Lifeguards on duty visits, camping and 10 kilometres of sandy beach and dunes. Two all- BEACH WATER throughout the summer. terrain wheelchairs are available QUALITY INFOLINES: for loan to provide accessibility to YWoauntDoton,tMiss the beach and there are accessible Lambton County (Grand Bend and south): ramps to the beach (call Park Visitor 519-383-3816, lambtonhealth.on.ca Canada Day Celebrations, Centre at 519-243-1521). Pinery has Grand Bend Beach nine day-use beaches, two of which Huron County (Port Blake and north): July 1, 2019 are dog friendly. 1-877-837-6143 ext. 2501, Twitter Summer Sunset Sounds, Grand Bend Beach @huronbeachinfo, huronhealthunit.ca July & August, multiple dates See Festivals & Events for more events, dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. Photo: D. Carter 10 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
Get Active ARKONA • FOREST • GRAND BEND • IPPERWASH • PORT FRANKS • THEDFORD It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE 11
On the LakeGETACTIVE Sailing and boating enthusiasts can find everything they need at the municipal Port Franks Marina, Grand Bend Harbour and Bayfield Marina, which are open from Victoria Day Weekend to Thanksgiving Weekend. Boaters can take the “Safe Boater Get Certified Test” at either the Grand Bend or Port Franks marina offices. There are also a number of private marinas in the area. PINERY PROVINCIAL PARK serviced transient dock $2.30 per Depth: 3 - 4 feet. Monitor – VHF foot/day, unserviced transient Channel: 68. Amenities: 70 seasonal Rent canoes, hydro bikes, paddleboats dock north pier $1.90 per foot/day, slips, gas dock (diesel), public and single or double kayaks for use personal service pump out $13.55 (all washrooms, pump out, electrical, within in the park until Thanksgiving prices +tax). Oil, marine toilet paper internet, public boat launch, showers, (second Monday in October). and AquaKem available for purchase. ice, pavilion & picnic area, park, Rental building is near the Park Store , Visa, Mastercard, Debit & Cash. The volleyball court. Fees: One-day launch 519-243-2220. marina is walking distance to Grand pass $15.80, seasonal launch pass Bend’s stores and restaurants. Two- $238.75, transient dock (serviced) GRAND BEND hour paid parking is available on $2.30 per foot/day, transient dock HARBOUR / MARINA River Road. Free daytime and paid (unserviced) $1.90 per foot/day, kayak/ overnight boat trailer parking is canoe launch pass $5 per vehicle, Visa, 91 River Road available in the Ontario Street and Mastercard, Debit & Cash. May to Oct.: 519-238-2000 Municipal Drive parking lots. See Oct.-May: 519-243-1400 press 3 Tips for Travellers on page 134 for BAYFIELD MARINA [email protected] detailed parking information. Operates: mid-April to mid-October, 33 Long Hill Road 8am-8pm, 7 days a week PORT FRANKS 519-565-2233 HARBOUR / MARINA [email protected] Coordinates: 43 18 83 N / 81 46 09 W. Channel Depth: 6 feet. Dock 7574 Biddulph Street Coordinates: 43 34 5.3 N / 81 42 Depth: 6 feet. Monitor – VHF May to Oct.: 519-243-2354 16 W. Channel Depth: 8-10 feet. Channel: 68. Amenities: 30 seasonal Oct. to May: 519-243-1400 press 3 Dock Depth: 9 feet. Monitor - VHF slips, 35 transient slips, mid-grade [email protected] Channel 68 & 16. Amenities: 20 gas and diesel, public washrooms, Operates: mid-April to mid- transient slips, 60 seasonal slips, pump out, electrical – 30 & 50 amp, October gas and diesel, washrooms and internet, shuttle service, public boat showers, pump out, electrical – 20, launch, laundry facilities, showers, Coordinates: 43 14 75 N / 81 55 59 W. 30 and 50 amp, internet, public ice. Fees: One-day launch pass Channel Depth: 4 -10 feet. Dock $15.80, seasonal launch pass $238.75, 12 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
LIFE JACKET FACTS: smartboater.ca boaterexam.com • Over 90% of people who drowned in recreational boating incidents were not wearing a lifejacket. • Most people who drown never intended to be in the water. • Many boaters who drown considered themselves good swimmers. • Most drowning happens unexpectedly when small boats capsize or someone falls overboard - leaving your lifejacket behind in the boat or even worse tucked under the bow. Photo: M. Diotte phone, shuttle service, public boat launch, picnic area and tables, ice. Canoe & kayak rentals. PRIVATE MARINAS • Bayfield River Cottage Colony & Marina: 19 Fisherman’s Rd. Wharf, 519-565-2632 • Harbour Lights Marina: 27 Chart House Hill, Bayfield, 519-565-5150 • R&R Marina: 9346 Lake Rd., Kettle Point, 519-786-5604 • Seven Winds Marina: 10009 Superior St., Port Franks, 519-243-2900 • South Shore Marina: 1 Lakeshore Lane, 519-565-2110 YACHT CLUBS • Bayfield Yacht Club: bayfieldyachtclub.shuttlepod.org 519-565-5480 • Grand Bend Yacht Club: gbyc.ca, 519-238-6676 • Port Franks Yacht Club: portfranksyachtclub.ca 519-333-8673 13It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE
ABedaNrenaline Junkie Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well GO PITSIDE preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming – “WOW – What a Ride!” —Hunter S. Thompson Join more than 60,000 racing fans who annually attend heart-pumping Add heart-revving adventure to rent bikes by the hour, day or action at one of Canada’s largest longer. They also offer bike repairs. motorsport facilities, Grand Bend your vacation with local outfitters See related websites: Grand Bend Motorplex (grandbendmotorplex. Bike Club (strava.com/clubs/21707), ca, 519-238-7223). The Motorplex who offer everything from skydiving, mapmyride.com/ca/goderich-ontario, offers drag racing, road racing, waterfronttrail.org. oval-track racing and moto cross parasailing, paddleboarding, competition. It’s the location of the DECKS, RAMPS, BOARDS, largest drag-racing event in Eastern wakeboarding, flyboarding, seadoing, BMX & SCOOTERS Canada, the MOPAR Canadian Nationals, and now also the MOPAR skateboarding, motor sports, horse Ready to ramp things up? The Canadian Superbike Championship, quaint village of Zurich is home to which is televised on TSN. This year, riding, fitness classes and more. Ontario’s largest indoor skatepark. the International Hot Rod Association All In Action Sports & Skatepark (IHRA) announced the addition of a PEDAL POWER (519-236-7203, allinactionsports. “sportsman no electronics\" class to com), a 40,000-square feet indoor the Summit Super Series program. According to Cycling Canada, skate park facility, is not just for the Tony Hawks of this world, it provides Ever wanted to take a Ferrari or the number of competitive and opportunity and inspiration for kids Lamborghini or other exotic car and adults. Riding rookies benefit for a drive? The GTA Exotic Cars recreational riders has grown 10 per from training on courses with foam (gtaexotics.ca) track experience pits and padded ramps. Whether program lets drivers select their cent annually in recent years. No biking, skateboarding or testing your dream car and take it for a spin. scooter skills, safety equipment and Maybe you’d rather throttle it surprise then packing the family’s bikes appropriate course levels ensure out on a motorcycle. The Racer injury free fun. Packed with wall-to- 5 Motorcycle Training School along with the swimsuits is becoming wall incredible courses and features, (racer5.ca) is offering weekend All In hosts professional competitions, training from introductory to pre-race a more frequent vacation plan. Local including the World Championships. levels for aspiring motorcycle racers. Kids summer camps enable young bike routes vary from eight kilometres riders a chance to work with some of Of course, crowd favourites like the the pros that compete in advanced Ontario Nostalgia Drag Racers Weekend, to 40 kilometres and cycling guides competitions. Equipment rentals Stratford Spectacular, Windsor Race available - bring your own helmet, Weekend and Thunder by the Beach are are available from the Welcome guards or pads. all back for another year. Centre. Mountain bikes, coaster bikes, tandems and classic bikes, including kids bikes, trailers and strollers, can be rented in Pinery Provincial Park (ontarioparks.com/park/pinery, 519-243-2220) by the hour, day or week. The bike rental is open daily 9am to 9pm and is located beside the park store. Outside Projects (facebook.com/OutsideProjects, 519-955-1729) in Bayfield provides repairs and equipment sales, full bike inspection and servicing. In Goderich, look for 360 Bikes ’n Boards (360bikesnboards.com, 519-524-7171) where you can 14 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
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Get Active can be frightening, so they offer an exclusive jet boat charter service new skydivers a freefall skydive with MOTORCYCLING two instructors assisting until the and quality seadoos, jet skis and parachute is activated, which is when It’s not the destination, it’s the the beginner steers the parachute three-person waverunners for rent. journey. The Greater Grand Bend with instructions via radio. Area is nestled between two regions Other providers of seadoo and that publish motorcycling route Skydiving not your thing? Try guides - Cruise the Coast and Ride parasailing with Grand Bend waverunner rentals include Deep Perth County. Motorcycle tour Parasail (grandbendparasail.com) itinerary maps are available at the through the skies at heights of up Wave Rentals (deepwaverentals. Welcome Centre, located south-east to 1000 feet from the pier. There of Grand Bend’s main intersection. are several qualified instructors and com, 519-615-7333) and Splash Water Handy motorcycling websites: operators who provide instruction cruisethecoast.ca, ridegreybruce.com. to all participants, no matter their Sports (splashgrandbend.com, experience level. Deals can be had. Take advantage of early bird 519-671-4865). flights, which run from 9am to 11am FREEFALLING & daily; sunset loads where you can Bayfield’s Windmill Lake Wake PARASAILING enjoy one of Canada’s best sunset & Eco Park (windmill-lake.ca, destinations from a bird’s-eye view 519-524-0636), an eco-friendly Since 1982, the Grand Bend above the main beach; and group outdoor recreation park, offers rates and specials for groups of eight beginner, intermediate, and Sport Parachuting Center or more people. advanced cable wakeboarding, as well as stand-up paddleboarding, (skydivegrandbend.com) has Before you head out on the canoeing, kayaking and paddle water, be sure to get your boating. Windmill Lake is the operated as the only skydiving Pleasure Craft Operator only straight-line cable park in Card. You can take the boater Huron County and the first bi-level facility in Southwest Ontario. education course, pass the wakeboarding park in Canada. There exam and print off your are adventures for the whole family Qualified professional instructors temporary card - all online with programming like PaddleFit, at boaterexam.com/canada Stand-Up Paddleboarding, SUP assist beginners to advanced Yoga and guided nature tours that WATERSPORTS wind through 200 acres of forest. skydivers with freefalling. Whether Head over to Xtreme Water you’re a freefalling expert or this is Sports (xtremewatersports.ca, 519-319-4864) where you can whip your first jump, there’s something for around on waves in a seadoo, launch into the lake off of a 20-foot everyone at the parachuting centre. water trampoline, try out a tube or water ski. They even have the latest Instructors recognize a first jump innovation in adrenaline-rousing SIGHTSEEING FLIGHTS water thrill ride flyboarding, which You Don,t is essentially a “water jet pack” that Papple Aviation (pappleaviation. Want to Miss uses water pressure to let the user rise into the air, dive, and jump out wordpress.com, 519-318-4224) of the water. Xtreme also provides offers daylight scenic flights from Goderich and Centralia (Exeter) MOPAR Canadian National year round. Seeing countryside from Superbike Series - July 8 & 9, 2019 ONDR Nostalgia Weekend the air is a great way to experience June 28-30, 2019 Bayfield Vettefest - July 5 & 6, 2019 Southwestern Ontario in all seasons, BaconFest - July 13, 2019 MS Bike Tour - July 27 & 28, 2019 especially during the Fall. Lake MOPAR Canadian Nationals August 2-4, 2019 Huron’s shoreline changes daily and Wind & Waves Outdoor Eco Festival August 3-5, 2019 is so clear you can see individual Thunder by the Beach August 31 - Sept. 2, 2019 rocks under the water. Volkfest, Bayfield - Sept. 29, 2019 HORSE RIDING See Festivals & Events for more events, dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. A great family activity or just a way to relax, horse riding can include trail rides, horse drawn wagon rides and more structured skill development. Home on the Range Frontier Town (frontiertown.ca, 519-523- 9478) in Londesborough, offers 18 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
100 acres of trails throughout some of the areas most Get Active spectacular scenery. All About Horses (facebook.com/ allabouthorsesthedford, 226-678-1471) in Thedford offers • GRAND BEND GYM, skills development that includes beginner riding lessons, Grand Bend: 4am to 10pm daily, secure carded entry, riding trails, dressage, jumping, hunter and western passes and memberships, 6,200-square-foot gym facility, disciplines. grandbendgym.com, 519-238-6093, 37 Ontario St. N. BOWLING • OAKWOOD RESORT, Grand Bend: Drop-in, monthly and seasonal gym, pool and fitness class passes, Looking to take it easy after an action-packed day or seeking oakwoodresort.ca/fitness-oakwood, rainy day activities? Hit the lanes at Town & Country 519-238-2324, 70671 Hwy. 21. Bowling Lanes (Main Street, Zurich). Family-friendly 5-pin bowling can include glow-in-the-dark fun! Call 519-236- • SOUTH HURON FITNESS, 4923 or visit townandcountrybowling.com. Exeter: 24-hour, 4,000-square-foot gym facility; passes and memberships, southhuronfitness.com, FITNESS 519-235-4555, 190 Thames Rd. E. Maintain your fitness routine away from home at one of the • YMCA FITNESS CENTRE, Forest: areas gyms. Inside the Shores Recreation Centre. Adult and student priced day passes available, ymcaswo.ca, • BIRCH PARK TRAILER PARK, 519-786-9622, 7883 Amtelecom Pky. Grand Bend: Gym passes and memberships available to non-park visitors, birchbarkcamping.com, • YMCA FITNESS CENTRE, 519-238-8256, 36501 Dashwood Rd. (County Rd. 83). Goderich: Inside the Maitland Recreation Centre, ymcaswo.ca, 519-524-2125, 190 Suncoast Dr. E. Photo: L. Harrington 19It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE
FBaeairway Ninja Get your daily 10,000 steps by walking nine holes of golf! Walk 18 holes and you could walk between five to seven kilometres. Do that three times a week and you’ve got a heart-healthy, all ages, all abilities, fun, outdoor, stress- reducing, social pastime or competitive activity. Cart-pull your clubs or carry them and you’ll burn even more calories. By Joey Burnley offers a place to stay, an indoor pool Rd., Thedford, 519-296-4653, and a restaurant. widderstation.com), an all-around The Huron coastline corridor offers beautiful course that’s visually incredible golf courses, each one Heading north west, you’ll hit Indian enchanting and offers an engaging just minutes away from the next. It’s Hills Golf Club* (6991 Lakeshore golf challenge too. Beyond the the perfect destination for anyone Rd., Lambton Shores, 519-786-5505, beauty and stimulation of the course, wanting to pack a lot of golf into a trip indianhillsgolf.ca). If your inner you’ll be delighted by the excellent and experience the individuality and fairway ninja is up for a challenge, hospitality and selection of craft uniqueness each course provides. this is it! This course is interesting, beer, including Widder Station’s own naturally stunning and well kept. With craft beer, “Train Wreck”. The course On the south end of the golf trail, lots of elevation changes, walking this offers challenges off the back tees, Sawmill Creek Golf Resort & Spa course sends you on an adventure but is also family friendly. If you love (3790 Lakeshore Rd., Camlachie, 519- that will keep your heart rate up. cardio, Widder is a walker’s wonder. 899-4653, sawmill-creek.com) will Indian Hills friendly staff will soon be allow you to loosen up, sharpen up, working in an exciting new clubhouse. Barely a tee shot away from Widder and eat up, before hitting the links. This year (2019) marks the start of Station is Arkona Fairways Golf This facility offers a spa retreat that will construction of a new clubhouse Club* (8562 Townsend Line, Arkona, help you relax at the hands of trained facility designed by Canada’s famous 519-333-6446, arkonafairways.com). Registered Massage Therapists and indigenous architect, Douglas Joseph The maturity of this course provides Estheticians. Sawmill has practice Cardinal (djcarchitect.com) who is irresistible natural beauty. Lush, facilities that include a driving range, also designing the Kettle & Stony mature tree-lined fairways and fast, target greens and more. The course Point Cultural Centre. well manicured greens are just a taste itself is well maintained and offers of what golfers can expect. Speaking plenty of rolling terrain, well-placed Only minutes away, neighbouring of taste, don’t miss out on Mulligans hazards, and fast greens that will some massively impressive sand Bar & Grill. This eat-in or take-out on- surely test your skill and accuracy. dunes, is Sandhills Golf Club (9767 site restaurant will have you returning Don’t forget to polish off your Sawmill Port Franks Rd., Thedord, 519-243- to Arkona for more than just the golf! experience by refuelling with a chef- 1800, golfnorth.ca/sandhills). This prepared meal. course is modest in length, but offers In the heart of Grand Bend you will find the ideal layout to sharpen your short Oakwood Resort (70671 Bluewater Bearing north you’ll find Forest Golf game. It includes the challenges and Hwy., Grand Bend, 519-238-2324, Club & Inn (102 Main St. S., Forest, hazards of a championship course, oakwoodresort.ca). Much more than 1-800-265-0214, golfnorth.ca/forest). yet is perfect for a novice golfer. Bring a gorgeous golf course, it boasts You can really get a workout at this the family, hit the beach, climb the beach access, suites and cottages, a 27-hole course. It’s walkable with dunes and enjoy some golf! main dining room and Dave’s Pub & many par 3 holes complemented Grill, kids’ area, spa and indoor pool. by some longer holes to keep your Just around the corner you’ll The course offers a unique layout driver from getting rusty. A resort style find Widder Station Golf, Grill course, nestled into a quaint town, it & Taphouse* (8395 Decker 20 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
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Get Active Only moments away, Exeter Golf OAKWOOD RESORT Club’s* (40374 Kirkton Rd., Centralia, that means you’re never far from the 519-235-1517, exetergolfclub.ca) in their strategically placed bunkers; resort and is a perfect balance for clubhouse called The Barn, literally but not to worry because you can avid golfers, families or conference converted from an antique barn, always prepare yourself at the driving attendees. Mature coniferous and offers spectacular views out to the golf range and practice facility that the oak trees provide enchanting scenery, course in a facility oozing character course includes. yet also come into play narrowing and charm. The 9-hole course offers the fairways and approaches to the a gently rolling landscape with wide, Beyond the fairy-tale-like village of greens, offering enough challenge forgiving fairways. The challenge lies Bayfield is another collection of unique to keep your golf skills in check. Golf and exciting courses. Just north of professional available for coaching Bayfield’s marina is the Bluewater and lessons for all ages. A short drive just north of Grand Bend is the White Squirrel Golf Club (72538 Bluewater Hwy., St. Joseph, 519-236-4030, whitesquirrelgolfclub. ca). Under new ownership, the extensively renovated clubhouse and new gourmet food truck offer the hungry, thirsty golfer tasty options for a quick bite or relaxing meal. White Squirrel offers quality greens, a pleasing mix of distances between holes and lots of exciting water hazards. Just a jaunt to the east you’ll find Ironwood Golf Club (70969 Morrison Line, Exeter, 519-235-1521, golfnorth.ca/ironwood). This is a pretty course with a pleasing layout. If your golf game needs a challenge, Ironwood will provide. Fast greens and a variety of well-placed hazards will test your technique, all while delighting you with the appeal of a well-maintained space. 22 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
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Get Active Golf Advisors list of top 20 courses WIDDER STATION in Canada. Golf opportunities for Golf Course and Campground* moms and kids are offered, as well as Goderich Sunset Golf Club (33937 (77416 Bluewater Hwy., Bayfield, practice facilities and lessons. Golf Course Rd., Goderich, 519-524- 519-482-7197) a manicured 9-hole 8047. sunsetgolfclub.com) which course dating back to the 1920s. Its Back along Lake Huron’s shoreline is has not one, but two courses. Their quality reflects a century’s worth of Baby Boomer par 3 course is 9-holes perfecting. The delight in this course is doubled by its attached family- friendly campground. Nearby is Woodlands Links Golf Course (37858 Huron Rd./ Hwy. 8, Clinton, 519-482-7144, woodlandslinks.com). This scenic course is perfect for the average golfer who not only has a love for the game, but also for nature. It’s known to be an interesting course with a blend of forgiving holes and fun challenges. Just east of Woodlands is Seaforth Golf Club (42990 Front Rd., / 1-A Doig Dr., Seaforth, 519-522-0985, seaforthgolf.com). Here you’ll find a mature and well cared for course that calls to any golfer up for a challenge! The course offers interesting and different holes, with lots of challenges for different shot making. The small details of this course make it special, each hole comes with a name and a story. Seaforth is ranked 18th on the 24 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
Quick Golf Guide GetActive of fun for everyone. It’s designed to exhilarating golf experience. Need Mini Putt Locations accommodate families, youngsters, to practice up? This course provides parties, seniors, beginners and more. lessons, camps and programs • Gold Coast Landscaping It’s also a low-pressure place to try out provided by a golf professional. 75526 Bluewater Hwy. in Bayfield any and all of your clubs. Sunset’s main 18-hole course is full of challenge *indicates a London Golf Trails course (golftrails.ca) • Main Street West, Grand Bend and excitement. Water, bunkers and narrow tree-lined fairways create an • Rock Glen Family Resort 685 Rock Glen Rd., Arkona 25It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE
HBeeaalthy Hiker The area is blessed with many gems of nature, being located on the northern fringes of the Carolinian Life Zone. This zone represents less than one percent of Canada’s landmass and is home to the largest diversity of fauna and flora species in the country. It’s also home to the highest number of species at risk. The landscape features miles of LAMBTON Carolinian Zone. Access at 9984 sandy beaches along the shores of SHORES TRAILS Northville Crescent, off of Highway Lake Huron, bare and forested dune 21 by the Ausable Cut Bridge. Offers lands, fresh-water coastal wetlands, The pull-out map in this guide features a challenging two-kilometre looped rare Oak Savanna, steep and forested hiking route maps. Lambton Shores trail over a high sand dune. Easy ravines in river and creek valleys, Nature Trails/LSNT (lsntblazers. shortcuts available. Trailhead sign. remnant prairies of tall grass and com) is a volunteer organization wildflowers, spherical concretions dedicated to the development, ESLI DODGE CONSERVATION or Kettles in black shale beds, and upgrade and maintenance of trails AREA, Forest: brachiopod and trilobite fossils from in Lambton Shores in partnership Twenty-acre conservation area (part the Devonian Period. with landowners, residents, the of the St. Clair Region Conservation municipality, sponsors and donors. Authority) with artificially created TRAIL ETIQUETTE Other than Pinery Provincial Park lake (no swimming). Access at 88 (pinerypark.on.ca/trails), Rock Glen Main Street. Portable washrooms TRAIL ETIQUETTE• Stay on trails and follow \"blazes\" Conversation Area (abca.on.ca) and May to October. Playground, picnic Esli Dodge Conservation Area (scra. area, tennis courts, paved walking/ (marks show turns and endpoints) on.ca), the following information is cycling paths, gazebo. The island in • •D onS(m’ttaalyirtktoesnrsthraoiwlstaunrndsfoanllodwen“bdlpaozienst”s) courtesy of LSNT. the lake acts as a stage for theatrical • •K eeDpodn’ot glitsteorn leash and musical performances during the AUSABLE RIVER CUT summer and the hillside opposite • •F ollKoeweptrdaoilgusseons alenadshactivities CONSERVATION AREA, seats 6,000 people. Home to Forest’s • •• To anklyeTlFeaofaooklvlneooelwtyoopntpnrrlilyahnyioptlfstuohosoogettposrargaiprnnathdpsshaascntaidvnidtlieeasve Northville: Canada Day Celebrations. Developed hiking trail through 32 kilometres of forested acres in the 26 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
Get Active FOREST TRAIL SYSTEM, Forest: Two access points: (1) Drive east on L-LAKE MANAGEMENT Access from Rotary Civic Square. Asphalted 2.8-kilometre walkway leads Elginfield Road from Sylvan, turn right AREA, Port Franks: south to Esli Dodge Conservation Area. The trail along the Old Railway onto Vernon Road; (2) Drive north 69-acre area offers gentle Track and around lagoons west of Forest offers a 4.5-kilometre return trip from Sylvan on Sylvan Road, turn 1.5-kilometre trail through cedar over flat lands. left onto Elliot Road and right onto wetlands and mixed Carolinian GRAND BEND ROTARY NATURE TRAIL, Grand Bend: Boot Hill Road, watch for signage. forest. Access at 7101 Outer Drive. Asphalted 9-kilometre walking and cycling trail alongside Highway Trailhead and On-trail signs; trail Trailhead sign. 21 from Grand Bend to the Pinery Provincial Park entrance. guide available. PINERY PROVINCIAL JOANY’S WOODS TRAIL, Sylvan: LAMBTON COUNTY HERITAGE PARK, Grand Bend: 367 acres in the Ausable River Valley offers a challenging 4.8-kilometre FOREST, Port Franks: 6,300 acres of Oak Savanna, trail and an easy 3.2-kilometre trail through mixed Carolinian and Great Hiking and mountain-biking trails in Carolinian woodlands and Freshwater Lakes Hardwood swamp forest, and a 2.2-kilometre trail along the river. 570-acre Oak Savannah and Carolinian Coastal Dune ecosystem. Home to forest. Access from Port Franks endangered plants, animals and Community Centre, 9997 Port Franks Rock Glen Conservation Area Road. Offers three trails: 3.1-kilometre, 8680 Rock Glen Road 5.2-kilometre and Arkona • Ontario • Canada 6.6-kilometre. • Museum • Falls • Trails • Fossil viewing Trailhead and On- Trail signs. • Picnic pavilions • Book weddings, reunions abca.ca • 1-888-286-2610 Home of Rock Glen Falls ROCK GLEN WATERFALL 27It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE Photo: J. Jutzi
Get Active terrain with few stairs or boardwalks. SOUTH HURON TRAILS Access at 76249 Bannockburn Line, insects. Extensive nature trails and between Brucefield and Bayfield. MORRISON DAM, 13-kilometre asphalted, close-loop MACNAUGHTON PARK & bike path. Bike and helmet rentals BAYFIELD RIVER SOUTH HURON TRAIL, Exeter: (mountain, coaster, tandem, kids, VALLEY TRAILS, Bayfield: 10-kilometre round-trip hiking trail child trailers and helmets). Wheelchair Heritage Trail: Follow Pioneer from the Morrison Dam westwards accessible trails and two beach- footsteps through Bayfield on an along the Ausable River to Exeter’s friendly wheelchairs available for use. easy 2-kilometre stroll along tree- MacNaughton Park. Hiking, cross- lined streets, passing heritage country skiing, birding and wildlife ROCK GLEN buildings. Mavis Trail: Four-season watching and fishing. Picnic areas CONSERVATION AREA, Arkona: 2.5-kilometre challenging looped trail and washrooms. Access from Exeter’s Home of Lambton County’s ONLY to Bayfield River and back. Access Main Street by the river or drive east WATERFALL. Plunge your hand in from Stanley Recreation Complex, of Exeter on County Road 83, turn the water and grab some pebbles 38572 Mill Rd., Varna. Sawmill Trail: south on Morrison Line and watch for – it’s likely you’ll find a brachiopod, Access the 1.67-kilometre woodland signage. abca.on.ca crinoid or gastropod fossil! Stairs, and riverside trail from Highway 21, boardwalks and bridge allow turn east onto Old River Road, then GEOCACHING visitors to explore the glen’s steep right onto Sawmill Road, watch for & GIS TRAIL MAPPING sides and 10.7-metre-high waterfall. signage. Varied terrain changes from Scenic lookouts, picnic area, BBQs, flood plain to coniferous forest and Geocaching is like a high tech pavilions, museum, washrooms and hillsides. Taylor Trail: 1-kilometre scavenger hunt in which participants two playgrounds. Drive north of looped easy walk through flat terrain, use a Global Positioning System Arkona on Arkona Road (County Rd. suitable for wheelchairs. Access from (GPS) unit or mobile device to search 79), turn right on Rock Glen Road, Stanley Recreation Complex, 38572 for “geocaches\". Download cache watch for signage. Mill Rd., Varna. Woodland Trail: locations from geocaching.com. medium difficulty, 5-kilometre trail GPS units available at Northville BLUEWATER TRAILS meanders along village roads, dips Municipal Office, 9575 Port Franks into woods and follows old gravel Rd., Thedford, 519-243-1400. Huron The following information is courtesy pit and lumbering roads and deer County’s hiking guide is available at of the Bayfield River Valley Trails paths. Access at Keith Crescent and the Welcome Centre in Grand Bend Association (bayfieldtrails.com), Hill Terrace. or hikehuron.ca. the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (abca.on.ca) and Friends of HULLETT PROVINCIAL You Don,t Hullet Marsh (hullettmarsh.com). WILDLIFE AREA, Clinton: Want to Miss 5,420 acres along the South Maitland Learn how to read blazes at River and located on the paths of Bayfield Pole Walkers discoverthetrails.ca - click two major waterfowl flyways (Atlantic Facebook.com/bayfield.pole.walking & Mississippi). Seven trails from a “Hiking”, then “Trails”. 0.4-kilometre to a 4.6-kilometre, Savanna Strollers, featuring grassland, wetland and Pinery Provincial park BANNOCKBURN wooded terrain. Activities include Wednesdays, 9:15 am year-round CONSERVATION AREA, hiking, horseback riding, seasonal (meet at Lambton Heritage Brucefield: hunting, canoeing, snowmobiling and Museum) Year-round, 62-acre conservation geocaching. Multiple parking lots and area with wet meadows, eastern access points. Refer to hullettmarsh. Pinery Fall Classic white cedar forest, deciduous forest, com for hiking map and information. October 20, 2019 old field and mixed scrub and marsh. Main trail leads from the parking See Festivals & Events for more events, lot. The first 500 metres consists of dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. accessible boardwalks over river and creek; balance of trails feature hilly 28 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
BBeiarder The area boasts habitats ranging from Carolinian Forest to sand dunes and shorelines, offering opportunities to engage in birdwatching throughout the year. Popular spots include: Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend Rotary Trail, Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area, Old Ausable River Bed, Karner Blue Sanctuary, Lake Smith, Lambton County Heritage Forest, Kettle Point, Ipperwash and the Grand Bend Lagoon Area. RETURN OF THE SWANS 319+ SPECIES OF BIRDS Larks, Downy Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, In March upwards of 15,000 Tundra Lambton County is located on the White-breasted Nuthatch, American Swans return to their favourite resting northwestern edge of the Carolinian Goldfinch and Red-tailed Hawks grounds – the Thedford Bog – located Life Zone (Eastern Deciduous Forest are common. Bald Eagles can be east of Lambton Heritage Museum biome) that extends from Georgia and spotted along the shoreline from just south of Grand Bend. The the Carolinas west to the Mississippi Port Franks to Grand Bend and water Museum runs Tundra Swan exhibits River. The climatic conditions support areas provide observation of a great throughout March. Exact dates when large colonies of waterbirds in mild diversity of waterfowl in all seasons. the swans return is entirely up to winters and numerous nesting Mother Nature. landbirds in summer. The county is YWoauntDoton,tMiss part of the Mississippi Flyway over Tundra Swans winter in Chesapeake which migrating northern nesting Return of the Tundra Swans, Bay, Maryland returning via a birds pass in Spring and Fall. This Grand Bend – March 9-17, 2019 3,000-kilometre flight to their summer offers sightings of species usually breeding grounds in Canada’s Arctic found elsewhere in North America Migration Weekend, Pinery every spring. They stop to rest and the rest of the year. Provincial Park – May 17-20, 2019 feed on remnants of last year’s crops. Much honking and squawking and Fall or spring bring migratory Owl Prowl, Morrison Dam, small-group v-formation flying can bird populations which include: Exeter – November 2, 2019 be witnessed on the still-flooded Common and Red-throated loons, farmland. numerous Raptors, Snowy Owls Christmas Bird Count, Pinery and the Tundra Swans. Summer Provincial Park – December 21, 2019 Bring binoculars to view the swans from provides opportunities to observe Greenway Road. The best viewing Scarlett Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, See Festivals & Events for more events, time is in the morning. Swan updates Cerulean Warblers, Pine Grosbeaks, dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. and news: ReturnOfTheSwans.com Bohemian Waxwings, Great Blue or call 519-243-8574 to check on the Herons and more than 200 other swans arrival status. bird species. In the winter, Horned HANDY WEBSITES Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority abca.on.ca 29 Lambton Wildlife Blog lambtonwildlife.com Lambton Shores Nature Trailblazers lsntblazers.com Ontario Field Ornithologists ofo.ca Pinery Park pinerypark.on.ca/what-lives-in-pinery/ St. Clair Region Conservation Authority scrca.on.ca It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE
MBeaaster Angler Area communities are home to a range of fish species and the most diverse fish communities in the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority’s watershed. A fishing & paddling guide for Huron County is available from the Welcome Centre in Grand Bend. FISH A GREAT LAKE Head out onto Lake Huron with Blue Line Fishing Charters (bluelinefishingcharters.com) or Grand Bend Fishing Charters (grandbendfishingcharters.com), both run out of Grand Bend from April to October. You’ll have the opportunity to catch King Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout and Walleye on fully-equipped vessels with top-notch fishing tackle and electronics. According to local fisherman, trolling with downriggers and dipsey divers will yield the best catch in the lake. FISH A QUIET RIVER Fly Fitters (flyfitters.ca) offers guided fly fishing, spey fishing and sport fishing adventures on the Maitland River, Bayfield River and Saugeen River and along the shore of Lake Huron. Located near the town of Goderich. AUSABLE RIVER CUT, Port Franks: Offers a diverse warm water fish habitat, including Channel Catfish, Walleye and Smallmouth Bass. There are also migratory runs of Rainbow Trout and Chinook Salmon. 30 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001 Photo: R. Sharpe
BANNOCKBURN MOTORIZED BOATS You Don,t Get Active CONSERVATION AREA, & CATCH-AND-RELEASE Want to Miss Brucefield: Runs of Blue Gill, Brook Trout, Brown Motorized boats are not allowed Morrison Dam Fishing Derby Trout, Chub, Dace, Darter, Rainbow on the Old Ausable Channel or the Exeter, May 4, 2019 Trout, Salmon, Smallmouth Bass and Parkhill Reservoir. Catch-and-release Sunfish. Access at 76249 Bannockburn is encouraged and anglers should Family Fishing Derby Line, northeast of Varna between always return any species at risk to Benmiller, June 23, 2019 Brucefield and Bayfield. the water of any watercourse. Family Fishing Week OLD AUSABLE FISHING LICENCE Pinery Park, June 29-July 7, 2019 CHANNEL, Pinery Park: (Card & Tag) Supports a warm-water fish Joe Brandon Memorial Trout Derby community. It is home to nearly 50 • CANADIAN TIRE: 100 Thames Rd. Bayfield, October 11-13, 2019 common species, including many E., Exeter - 519-235-0160; 84 Union kinds of minnows, sunfish, catfish, St., Forest - 519-786-2121 See Festivals & Events for more events, perch and some top predators like • RONA HARDWARE: 57 Ontario dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. Northern Pike and bass. The Channel St. S., Grand Bend - 519-238-5500 is also home to three species at risk - • SERVICE ONTARIO (ontario.ca): TOP 10 Benefits Pugnose Shiner, Lake Chubsucker and 388 Main St. S., Exeter - 519-235-4578; of Fishing Grass Pickerel - please help protect 93 Main St. S., Forest - 519-786-2929 them and do not remove them from (Source: healthfitnessrevolution.com) the river. Boat motors are not allowed Photo: F. Wondergem on the Channel at any time and there 1 Full Body Strength - Battling even is a ban on baitfish use. a small fish engages shoulders, back, arms, core and legs. MORRISON DAM CONSERVATION AREA, Exeter: 2 Family Bonding - Family time Area boasts a 30-acre lake, which is a promotes feelings of security and popular spot for family fishing. Access well-being. at 71108 Morrison Line, Exeter. 3 Boosts Immune System - Sunshine PARKHILL CREEK, Grand Bend: is the best source of vitamin D. Has a similar fish habitat to the Ausable Cut, with lake-resident 4 Promotes Relaxation - Time in Yellow Perch present at the pier at nature with a focused task is akin times. to meditation. PARKHILL RESERVOIR, Parkhill: 5 Improves Cardiovascular Health Located in the Parkhill Conservation - Fishing can burn an average of Area. Populations of White Crappie 200 calories an hour. and Largemouth Bass. Take Country Road 81 to Highway 7, turn onto 6 Teaches Self-Reliance - If you can Centre Road. Brochure available on fix a rod with just ingenuity, what abca.on.ca. else can you do? HANDY WEBSITES 7 Bestows Patience - Fishing puts patience to practice. Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority abca.on.ca Maitland Valley Conservation Authority mvca.on.ca 8 Encourages Travel - Fishers are Ontario Family Fishing ontarioamilyfishing.com among the most travelled. 9 Enjoy The Great Outdoors - Fishing inspires a closer connection with nature. 10 Improves Balance - Reeling in a fish in a canoe requires balance, core strength and flexibility. 31It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | GET ACTIVE
CBeua lture Vulture FOR THEATREGOERS It’s sometimes hard to please everyone when choosing a vacation destination. Some want to lounge around in the sun all day, others want to get out and explore local culture. Some want to do both. Lake Huron’s shoreline is the perfect destination for those who want it all. PROFESSIONAL Taylor (April 30-May 18), Summer Front Page (July 30-October 25), Private LIVE THEATRE of ’69 (June 4-23), Murder for Two Lives (April 24-October 26), Little Shop (July 2-21), The New Canadian of Horrors (April 29-November 2), The HURON COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE Curling Club (August 6-25), Hogan’s Neverending Story (May 16-November Main Stage & Playhouse II, Hoedown (September 3-22), Dracula 3), The Crucible (August 1-October 25), Grand Bend: 1-855-372-9866 (October 15-27). Henry VIII (May 8-October 12), Mother’s DraytonEntertainment.com Daughter (May 18-October 13), Nathan BLYTH FESTIVAL, Blyth: The Wise (May 25-October 11), Birds of 2019 Season: Main Stage – Thoroughly 1-877-862-5984 BlythFestival.com a Kind (July 30-October 13). Modern Millie (June 5-22), Disney’s Newsies (June 27-July 13), Rocky: The 2019 season: True Confessions from THE LIVERY / GODERICH LITTLE Musical (July 18-August 3), Grease the 9th Concession Fundraiser (May THEATRE, Goderich: 519-524-6262 (August 8-31). Playhouse II – Glory 23-25), Jumbo (June 12-August 10), Thelivery.ca (June 12-22), You’ll Get Used To It… Cake-Walk (June 26-August 10), The War Show (June 27-July 13), Team On The Hill (July 31-Sepember The Livery presents a number of Twelve Angry Men (July 18-August 5), In The Wake of Wettlaufer (August theatrical productions under the 3), Jack and the Beanstalk: The Panto 7-September 6), Bed and Breakfast Goderich Little Theatre flag, as well (August 8-31). (September 11-28). as national and international films (see \"For Movie Goers\" below) and Fall and Winter concerts at the STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Stratford: live musical concerts. 2019 season: Playhouse are announced closer 1-800-567-1600 StratfordFestival.ca The Fantasticks (February 23 & 24, to concert dates. A special concert March 1-3, 8 & 9), Crimes of the Heart or seasonal production is held in 2019 season: Othello (May 3-October (May 2-5, 9-12). December. 27), Billy Elliot: The Musical (April 16-November 3), The Merry Wives of VICTORIA PLAYHOUSE, Petrolia: Windsor (May 11-October 26), The 1-800-717-7694 TheVPP.ca 2019 Season: You’ve Got A Friend: The Music of Carole King and James BLYTH FESTIVAL VICTORIA PLAYHOUSE 32 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
Arts and Culture Huron Country Playhouse Live TPhreoaftersesional in Grand Bend! 2019 Season Thoroughly Modern Millie | June 5 to June 22 Glory | June 12 to June 22 Disney’s Newsies | June 27 to July 13 You’ll Get Used To It! The War Show | June 27 to July 13 Rocky: The Musical | July 18 to Aug 3 Twelve Angry Men | July 18 to Aug 3 Grease | Aug 8 to Aug 31 Jack and the Beanstalk: The Panto | Aug 8 to Aug 31 huroncountryplayhouse.com | 519-238-6000 33It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | ARTS & CULTURE
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FOR MOVIE-GOERS Arts and Culture KINETO THEATRE, Forest: STARLITE DRIVE-IN In operation since 1917, Kineto is open four days a week, year round! KINETO THEATRE Some movies shown in 3D. Call or go online to find out what’s playing. kineto.ca, 519-786-2303, 24 King Street West STARLITE DRIVE-IN, Grand Bend: What could be more fun than enjoying the remaining heat of a summer day while bundling the kids up in their pajamas to watch a movie under the stars? Call or go online to find out what’s playing. The 2019 season opens May 3 with Avengers 4 and Disney's Aladdin. starlitedriveintheatre.com, 519-238-8344, 36752 Crediton Road PARK THEATRE, Goderich: Two screens playing current movies. movielinks.ca/park-theatre-goderich, 1-800-265-3438, 30 The Square THE LIVERY FILM FEST, Goderich: The Livery runs a film series between September and April of national and international films in partnership with the Toronto Film Festival and Film Circuit Board. Visit thelivery.ca/film-series. 35It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | ARTS & CULTURE
Arts and Culture SEASONS Image by Kelly Stevenson You Don,t BLYTH CENTRE FOR THE ARTS - PO BOX 10, BLYTH, ON N0M 1H0 Want to Miss LIVE. ORIGINAL. CANADIAN. THEATRE. Forest Film Festival, Forest January 21 & 23, February 18 & 20, “I continue going to the Blyth Festival because of March 18 & 20, 2019 what its plays tell me about myself as a Canadian Lambton Film & Food Festival, Forest struggling, not always successfully, to make my way May 23-27, 2019 in an increasingly complex world.” The Livery Film Fest, Goderich September to April, see website for Robert Reid, Reid Between the Lines films and dates. See Festivals & Events for more events, JUNE 12 to AUGUST 10 | WORLD PREMIERE dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. JUMBO VICTORIA PLAYHOUSE By Sean Dixon 36 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001 One of the biggest tales in the history of South Western Ontario, playwright Sean Dixon brings the real larger-than-life story of Jumbo the Elephant’s fateful final performance in St Thomas, to the Blyth Festival stage. JUNE 26 to AUGUST 10 CAKE-WALK By Colleen Curran On our 45th anniversary, we are bringing back this delicious comedy that premiered at the Blyth Festival in 1984 and went on to international acclaim. JULY 31 to SEPTEMBER 5 TEAM ON THE HILL By Dan Needles This play is a rich, funny and moving family drama about life on the home-farm, complete with its nostalgia for the way things used to be, and the struggles for succession. AUGUST 7 to SEPTEMBER 6 | WORLD PREMIERE IN THE WAKE OF WETTLAUFER By Kelly McIntosh with Gil Garratt & others Created with compassion from interviews with some of those most closely affected, this play follows fictional siblings as they learn their infirm father has been in the same home as Nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer. A hard-hitting but life affirming story of hope for change. SEPTEMBER 11 TO SEPTEMBER 28 BED AND BREAKFAST By Mark Crawford From the playwright of last year’s sold out comedy The New Canadian Curling Club comes a slap-down drag ‘em out comedy about being truly “out” in small town Ontario for a limited run. Call 1.877.862.5984 or visit blythfestival.com
Culture VultureBea ArtsandCulture FOR ART LOVERS Many artists make this beautiful area their home and place of work. Small galleries and working studios abound. Meet and chat with local artists, while you browse and buy original art. What follows is the profile of one of the area’s local artists. The Legend of Red Dog – native artist Jeff George by Judy Johnson A conversation with Red Dog, a red- self-expression on canvas. Through Jeff at Baillie’s Picture Framing bearded, soft-spoken, reflective man the studio’s large picture windows, Photo: J. Baillie is not unlike getting to know one of the view of Carolinian forest is an his paintings - there are many layers to invitation to walk the woods and closely to find the diversity of spirit discover. We chatted while he relaxed marvel at nature’s colourful splendor. animal imagery within, then to reflect on the sofa with his two rescue dogs The studio’s interior view echoes and ultimately feel their impact. surrounded by colourful images and that invitation. Brightly-coloured symbols in paintings finished and in paintings call to the viewer to first Jeff paints in the Woodland Style, progress. enjoy at a distance, then to look more recognized by its vibrant colours and abstract figures that represent Red Dog, known also as Jeff George spiritual and mystical objects, people and Minemagabu, his spiritual name and creatures. It’s a style created and meaning “the one that walks in made famous by Norval Morriseau, the light of the creator”, lives and works out of his home studio in Port Franks. Storyteller with brush and paint, Jeff comes from Kettle Point’s Anishinabek First Nation. Jeff’s life experiences have had a profound influence on him; a journey of overcoming obstacles and recovering from an abusive childhood and loss of father and half- brother at an early age. A process of replacing harmful behavior with self- acceptance and embracing his inner artist - a path he intuitively knew was his destiny. An art therapy program became a personal rebirth, providing opportunity for healing through 37It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | ARTS & CULTURE
Arts and Culture Jeff at the Kettle & Stony Point PowWow Photo: J. Baillie who won the Order of Canada for his achievement. Within Jeff’s work are Jeff with his rescue dogs; Blue & Pita the visual echoes of Morriseau’s and Photo: J. Barry Johnson Jean Mark Jacobson’s artistic influences. Vibrant colour, two- dimensional images and sharp, distinct lines create animal and bird symbols that tell of Ojibway legends, Jeff’s own personal growth, and events that impacted him. One of Jeff’s latest works is a large, rectangular acrylic on canvas, displaying an eagle feather embedded with symbols of strength, respect and caring. It’s a gift for his partner, a visual depiction of vows renewed. Like the universal native stories, there are lessons within the paintings. The Eagle flies high, carrying prayers and messages to the Creator. The Bear offers protection and symbolizes courage. The graceful, patient Heron stands in the midst of a treed lake, reminding people of a key Ojibway belief to protect and steward Mother Earth, the source of all life. A self-described bad student with a lack of focus, school hours were spent doodling and drawing. Jeff’s Grade 4 teacher gave him coloured pencils and encouraged him to create a large classroom mural. By the time Jeff was in Grade 7, people visited the school to admire his chalkboard cartoons. Having others value his artwork became a source of quiet, modest pride for Jeff, who is thankful teachers encouraged his artistic talent. Jeff, Red Dog, Minemagabu, is living his name and destiny – emerging from a world of darkness into light, healing and helping others heal through interpreting the oral stories of his people through paintings full of details to be examined. 38 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
GALLERIES / WORKING Main Street Gallery: Arts and Culture STUDIOS 4 Main St. N., Bayfield 519-565-2048 GRAND BEND ART Art By 3: Marten Arts Gallery: CENTRE, Grand Bend: 7710 Clayton St., Port Franks 17A Main St. N., Bayfield gbartcentre.com, 519-238-1155 artby3.com, 519-243-3321 martenartsgallery.com Offers scheduled and drop-in art Janette Baillie Photography: 519-565-2222 classes, seminars and workshops for all janettebailliephotography.com Patina Studios: ages including summer camps for kids. Bill Nieuwland: 12B Main St. N., Bayfield theartistbill.com, 519-238-6447 patinastudios.ca, 519-955-6517 KRYART STUDIO, Bayfield: Bliss Studios: Red Dog Art Studio: kryartstudio.ca, 519-565-4732 7617 Riverside Dr., Port Franks bit.lyjeff-red-dog, 226-349-3216 Drop-in and scheduled art classes, blissstudio.info, 519-243-3598 Richman Gallery: all ages. David Hudgel Woodturnings 30 Alberta St., Grand Bend & Design: 519-238-6213 LAKE LIFE STUDIO, Camlachie: 7617 Riverside Dr., Port Franks Studio 109: lakelifestudio.com, 519-328-2217 davidhudgelwoodturningand 239 Main St., Parkhill A working glass art studio, retail and design.weebly.com, 519-982-3399 mariebohm.com, 519-667-7869 workshop location. D. Culbard Fine Arts Studio: Sunset Arts: 30 Ontario St. S., Grand Bend 67 River Rd., Grand Bend, OAKWOOD RESORT, Grand Bend: dculbardfineart.com, 519-238-0021 sunsetarts.info, 519-238-6914 oakwoodresort.ca, 519-238-2324 Gallery on Main Street: Treehaus Canada Studio: Hosts group creative and art events 14 Main St. W., Grand Bend Grand Bend, treehauscanada.ca with Amy Gelinas instructing. Check 516-383-4349 website for dates and details. Gift of Art: EXPLORE YOUR 19 Main St. N., Grand Bend INNER ARTIST TREEHAUS CANADA @GiftofArtGrandBend STUDIO, Grand Bend: 519-238-1576 Check websites for details, dates and treehauscanada.ca, 226-678-5118 JMR Art Gallery: times of drop-in and scheduled art A working glass art studio that offers 9 Main St. N., Bayfield classes for all ages and levels. fused glass workshops to everyone jmrcollections.com, 519-565-2213 ART BY 3 STUDIO, Port Franks: 10-years and up. Kryart Studio: artby3.com, 519-243-3321 Locations hosting group creative and 24 Main St. N., Bayfield Variety of one-day art workshops, art events. Check websites for details, kryart.com, 519-565-4732 including encaustic hot wax, photo dates and times. Lake Life Studio: encaustic, glass jewellery, stained • Oakwood Resort (Grand Bend): 3811 Lakeshore Rd., Camlachie glass drip, fused glass and garden art. oakwoodresort.ca, 519-238-2324 lakelifestudio.com, 519-328-2217 • Pinedale Motor Inn (Grand Bend): pinedale.on.ca, 519-238-2231 • White Squirrel Golf Club (St. Joseph): whitesquirrelgolfclub. com, 519-236-4030 You Don,T Want to Miss Arts, Eats & Beats Studio Tour, Multiple Locations May 4-5, 2019 Paint Ontario March 29-April 30, 2019 Lambton Colour & Craft Festival, Grand Bend October 12 & 13, 2019 See Festivals & Events for more events, dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. 39It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | ARTS & CULTURE
CBeua lture Vulture FOR HERITAGE HOUNDS Kettle & Stony manage the countless details that dance, a whirl of colours and creative Point Pow Wow make a successful Pow Wow. More designs suggesting butterfly wings, than 2,500 people attend every year. danced by young women moving by Judy Johnson into womanhood. Elaborate regalia From the moment you park opposite with an eagle feather circle bustle The second weekend in July is an the Pow Wow grounds, you will be is a feature of the men’s Traditional opportunity to share in something caught up in the excitement and Dance. The eagle is the messenger truly outstanding - a celebration anticipation. Elaborate, often bright to the Creator, flying highest of all of native cultural heritage at the regalia of the dancers’ moves in birds and carrying prayers up into the Kettle & Stony Point Pow Wow. The the lake breeze and sparkles in the sky. The men’s Fancy Dress Dance is 49th Annual Competition Pow Wow summer sunshine. Natives and non- very athletic and requires endurance takes place July 13 and 14, 2019 at natives of all ages from babes-in-arms by the young men who wear heavy 9226 Lake Road (kettlepoint.org/ to elders move into the grounds, regalia on a hot summer day. The powwow/). smiling and chatting. Men’s Grass Dance movements imitate grass moving in the wind. The Pow Wow is a combination of There is always a bustle of activity. The Jingle Dress dance, a healing many things: a social event for all Booths beckon with goods for sale dance is an Ojibwe tradition, and ages and tribes, a spiritual and sacred – art, jewellery, clothing, crafts, other traditional dances each have occasion, a celebration of heritage beadwork and more. There are food their own meanings and movements, and beverage stands – some featuring passed down through generations. fresh Lake Huron fish, native flatbread Regalia is highly individual and holds strawberry shortcake. Known as the deep meaning for a dancer. heart berry for the wild berry’s shape, the strawberry is a sacred food in The beat of the sacred drum and the Ojibwe culture. sound of the singers accompany the dancers as they perform. and culture, and pride in one’s roots. On both the Saturday and Sunday of the Pow Wow, people come early to At the end of the day, everyone knows Organizers Brenda George, Debbie be in time for the impressive Grand they have been a part of something Bressette and Liz Cloud work hard Entry which is the official opening. very special. We say Miigwech! Thank throughout the entire year to make You might get a seat, but best to you for giving all the opportunity to the Pow Wow happen. They bring bring a lawn chair or blanket. Brenda learn and share in this wonderful, together dancers from Canada George has been involved in planning unforgettable celebration. and the U.S., vendors, drummers, the annual Pow Wow for many years singers, volunteers and sponsors, and and relates that every time veterans, flag bearers and dancers enter the grassy arena from the East, walking in the direction of the sun for the Grand Entry, she is so moved her “heart pounds at the sight”. Throughout the afternoon, about 200 dancers in full regalia compete in traditional native dances. Among the women’s dances is the Fancy Shawl 40 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
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Arts and Culture or twine to a Jingle Dress Dancer which she carries during the dance; they request that she dance to bring physical or Jingle Dress Dancer, mental healing to a family member, friend or themselves. Cindy Henry by Judy Johnson The Jingle Dress Dancer also dances for general healing of those who might not have asked, but also are in need. People who have experienced the Kettle & Stony Point Pow Wow regalia is made with much care; it has a great Pow Wow will probably have seen Cindy Henry dancing in deal of spiritual meaning to the dancer. Other regalia, such Jingle Dress. Honouring the Ojibwe cultural traditions is in as that worn by Cindy for Ceremonial occasions, is sacred, the family: Cindy’s Mom is a Traditional Dancer; Cindy is a not to be viewed by non-participants in the Ceremonies. Jingle Dress Dancer, as is her daughter. Photo: C. Fraleigh Cindy started dancing about the age of five. As a student in non-native schools, she was a target of bullying, surrounded by kids with hands clapping over their mouths imitating stereotypical war cries they heard in the movies and TV. Cindy fought back, constructively - by bringing her dancing regalia to school, educating other students about her people’s cultural tradition of dancing and showing them traditional dances. Cindy’s passion for her culture and the dance is obvious as she describes when, according to tradition, she was in her Berry Fast of puberty, when a girl moves from childhood into womanhood, learning skills and knowledge from an older woman. During the year, the young woman is not allowed to eat berries, showing self-discipline, nor can she dance. “Can you imagine how difficult it was as a dancer, not to be able to dance, not even to move to the beat of the drum? When I was able to dance again, I valued it even more”, Cindy shares. Later she became a Fancy Shawl Dancer and now, as she explains, “with more life experience, age and knowledge”, she embraces Jingle Dress Dancing, competing in Pow Wows in Canada and the United States. Jingle Dress regalia has 365 metal jingle cones, one for each day of the year. During the dance one foot must always be in contact with the ground, keeping the dancer connected to Mother Earth. The Jingle Dance is native Ojibwe. Originally cones were rolled from the lids of snuff boxes; now they are usually purchased along with beads and other regalia items from stores like Thunderbird Crafts in Kettle Point. The Jingle Dress makes the sound of icicles in winter during the graceful dance, harking to the healing qualities of Mother Nature during the dormant months of winter. All the Pow Wow dances are spiritual but the Jingle Dress Dance is the only healing dance. Before the event, people bring gifts of tobacco wrapped in cloth with a tie of yarn 42 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
You Don,t Arts and Culture Want to Miss Kettle & Stony Point Pow Wow, Kettle Point July 13 & 14, 2019 Exeter Ram Rodeo, Exeter August 10 & 11, 2019 Western Ontario Steam Threshers Show, Forest August 15-18, 2019 See Festivals & Events for more events, dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. EPTOIQWUEWTTOEW Arrive early to get a seat. Bringing your own lawn chair is a good idea. Check the Grand Entry start time on Saturday and Sunday and come early. Follow announcements about when to stand, when to be silent, when to remove your hat, etc. Clap and cheer the dancers – follow native folks’ leads. Be courteous. Ask a dancer if you have permission to take their photo. There are dances for everyone to join in, native and non-native, in regalia or not. When the announcer offers an invitation to dance, accept the opportunity to share in a time-honoured ritual. No alcohol or drugs allowed. Consider donating to honour and support the costs of these non-profit events. Go to the organizing desk to the left of the grounds entrance or find out if there’s a donation box. Do not refer to dancers’ attire as a costume. It is regalia, imbued with great spiritual and personal significance. 43It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | ARTS & CULTURE
Arts and Culture Photo: J. Baillie learners gained English language skills to help in writing letters, taking All Aboard Clin- 1926. Their school car route covered correspondence courses or ordering ton’s CNR School 237 kilometres of northern Ontario from Eaton’s catalogue. on Wheels Muse- rail from Capreol near Sudbury to um! Foleyet. The Slomans spent the Highlights of school car life included school year on the rail line and enjoying film reels of diverse by Lauren Ihrig summered in Clinton. The program hometowns played on Fred’s movie expanded to seven routes and projector, participating in Christmas Clinton’s School on Wheels Museum lasted until 1967. concerts, enjoying the company offers more than just a glimpse of the family’s pets, birthdays of into windows past. And, there’s The museum celebrates the students and celebrities, and, hands- good reason for its inclusion in Ron demographic diversity of those who on learning, including playing with Brown’s Top 150 Unusual Things to attended the school on wheels, farm models and observing railway See in Ontario! including children of loggers, life. The school car was a social and trappers, First Nations families, educational centre. Restored working railcar turned railway and hydro-electric workers. museum encourages visitors of all Impressively, students would often The museum also showcases the ages to experience the magic of travel long distances to attend Slomans’ cleaver use of the small an educational experiment turned the school car, sometimes by skis, living quarters in the railcar’s rear unique family experience, firsthand dogsled, snowshoes or canoe, by using multifunctional furniture and hands on! depending on the season! At various and basic amenities. The abundance stops along the way, students would of artifacts and original records Located in Sloman Memorial Park enjoy a week of classroom learning is but one of the perks of visiting (76 Victoria Terrace), CNR school before heading home with a month the museum! car #15089 is equal parts mid-century of homework to tie them over classroom, Canadian railway gem, until the school car returned in five Fred and Cela’s legacy has included ’tiny home’ and treasured family weeks time. a royal visit in 1939, the receipt of chronicle. the Order of Canada and induction Ahead of his time, Fred taught into the Canadian Railway Hall of Passionate museum guides share academic subjects and citizenship Fame. Current highlights include a the story of Fred and Cela Sloman while maintaining an experiential popular Children’s Festival with and their five children, who helped approach to learning. This is Thomas the Tank Engine held the realize Dr. J.B. MacDougall’s dream something museum staff have second week of August. of delivering education to families in creatively adapted to make the visitor Northern Ontario through a mobile experience extra special. Adult school on wheels. During Fred’s WWI service overseas, he was inspired to pursue a teaching career as a way of empowering people through literacy. Fred and Cela took the helm of one of two railway routes servicing Ontario in 44 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338P-h2o0to0:1J. Baillie Photo: J. Baillie
MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES Arts and Culture Arkona Lions Museum & Information Centre: FOREST LAMBTON MUSEUM 8680 Rock Glen Rd., Arkona LAMBTON HERITAGE MUSEUM April-October: 519-828-3071; November-March: 519-235-2610 Forest Lambton Museum: 8 Main St. N., Forest forestlambtonmuseum.ca, 519-786-3239 Lambton Heritage Museum: 10035 Museum Rd., Grand Bend lambtonmuseums.ca, 519-243-2600 Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum: 171 Main St., Lucan donnellymuseum.com, 519-227-0756 School on Wheels Museum: 76 Victoria Terrace, Clinton centralhuron.com/schoolcar, 519-482-3997 St. Joseph Museum & Archives: 72981 Bluewater Highway stjosephmuseum.ca, 519-236-7707 lambtonmuseums.ca/heritage Discover an outstanding collection of unique local artifacts and their stories! Open year round, closed weekends and holidays from November to February. 10035 Museum Road, Grand Bend 519-243-2600 45It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | ARTS & CULTURE
CBeua lture Vulture FOR MUSIC LOVERS Since 1919, Grand Bend’s Main Beach has been a popular venue for live music. First with the Lakeview Casino, which operated for five decades until 1969, then with Canada Day Celebration events and now with Summer Sunset Sounds and Familiar Favourites. The beach now boasts a permanent stage - the Rotary Community Stage. CANADA DAY JAM SESSIONS, OPEN The Sandbar & Grill CELEBRATIONS & MICS & OTHER MUSICAL sandbargrandbend.ca FIREWORKS, Grand Bend: OFFERINGS The White Squirrel Golf Club whitesquirrelgolfclub.com Headliner band takes the stage Patio dining while enjoying live at 8pm; fireworks at 10pm. musical performances is a popular BAYFIELD: Look for performance FREE event — donations welcome. summertime activity. announcements from: canadadaygrandbend.ca GRAND BEND: Look for performance Black Dog Pub & Bistro 519-238-2001 announcements on Facebook and blackdogpubbistro.ca posted on flyers and signs around The Ashwood Bourbon Bar & SUMMER SUNSET town and plan to attend: Restaurant theashwood.com SOUNDS, Grand Bend: Aunt Gussie’s Country Dining The Docks Restaurant auntgussies.ca docksrestaurantbar.com Popular series features original music EXETER: One of the area’s finest in a variety of genres, including rock, Gables in the Bend restaurants now combines food with folk, celtic, jazz and blues. Performers @GablesinGB music on the patio during summer take the stage at 7pm Sundays or Midori Sushi months and has an outdoor dog- holiday Mondays. Opening act midorigrandbend.squarespace.com run for patrons’ pooches. Check followed by headliner performance. Oakwood Resort Eddington’s (eddingtons.ca) website FREE event — donations welcome. oakwoodresort.ca for events and dates. summersunsetsounds.ca Pinery Market pinerymarket.com CONCERT HALLS FAMILIAR FAVOURITES, The Colonial Grand Bend: @colonialhotelgrandbend Bayfield’s charming town hall (bayfieldtownhall.com) is the venue Concerts feature well-loved cover for many a concert and performance. songs performed by area musicians As well, Bayfield’s concert organizers every other Wednesday night in July will announce concert dates on and August. entertainthisthought. Facebook and on their website com, 519-933-0142 . thebayfieldconcertseries.com. Tickets are often available through ticketscene.ca. You Don,t Want to Miss Summer Sunset Sounds, Grand Bend July 7, 14, 21, 28; August 5, 11, 18 & 25, 2019 See Festivals & Events for more events, dates, times and details, pages 50 to 59. 46 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
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Arts and Culture 15 minutes to To Goderich Canoe Rentals Pedal Car Rentals NAMED ONE OF CANADA’S Public Library FRIENDLIEST COMMUNITIES BY EXPEDIA.CA! “Bobbing boats, charming Boutiques and ringing bicycle bells make it easy to think you’re in some kind of fairytale when you’re walking through Bayfield” VISIT US TODAY! Bayfield Farmers’ Market Fridays May-Oct 15 minutes To Grand Bend unwind Treat yourself to the tranquility of our sunsets, energize your spirit on our network of trails, and be captivated by our historic charm. Once you visit Goderich, your heart will never leave. goderich.ca | 1.800.280.7637 48 grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
Arts and Culture COME EXPERIENCE EXETER JUST 20 MINUTES FROM GRAND BEND SHOP EXPLORE OUTDOORS EVENTS Exeter is home to many well- Take a stroll along our 8km Friday Ladies Night Out known retail outlets as well as all-season nature trail, relax May 31, 2019 unique specialty stores that in one of our beautiful parks, feature home décor, fashion, or spend the afternoon at Exeter Farmers’ Market and one-of-a-kind items to Exeter public pool and Splash Thursdays from May to satisfy all your retail needs. Zone. October 2019 Whether you need a new summer outfit or a new car, GOLF Exeter’s Town-Wide Yard Sale you can find it in Exeter! June 15, 2019 Whether you’re an avid DINE golfer or a rookie, golfing is Canada Day South Huron a great way to enjoy a sunny July 1, 2019 With over 15 restaurants to afternoon. Exeter has three choose from, Exeter is sure to beautiful and well-kept golf Jessica’s House Music Weekend have something to delight your courses nearby – just two July 6, 2019 taste buds! Enjoy a local hot minutes from town! spot, a favourite treat from a HuronSound Music Festival well-known chain, or a picnic in TOURS July 20, 2019 the park! Explore Exeter’s classic Exeter Sidewalk Sale Days DISCOVER OUR Victorian architecture with July 18 – 20, 2019 WHITE SQUIRRELS self-guided heritage walking tours – or, discover over 30 Exeter Rodeo Have you ever seen a white barn quilts in the area when August 9 – 11, 2019 squirrel? Exeter is home to a you follow the South Huron special species of squirrels – Barn Quilt Trail. Exeter Moonlight Madness true white squirrels (not albinos). September 26, 2019 Exeter Christmas Festival November 15 – 17, 2019 Experience Exeter @Exeter_ON @ExperienceExeter www.experienceexeter.ca 49It Starts At The Beach... and ends Where You Want! | ARTS & CULTURE
Festivals and Events GrandBendTourism.com twitter.com/grand_bend [email protected] facebook.com/grandbendtourism 1-888-338-2001 • 1-519-238-2001 ANNUAL EVENTS Pinery Family Welcome Wagon Cabaret Day Weekend Bridal Show March 8-10, Savanna Strollers February 16-18, 2019 February 24, 2019 7pm, Bayfield Town Hall, Bayfield Walking Club Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend South Huron Recreational bayfieldtownhall.com Wednesdays Year-Round, 9:15am, ontarioparks.com/park/pinery/ Centre, Exeter 519-565-5788 Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend events, 519-243-8574 (Visitor facebook.com/ [email protected] pinerypark.on.ca/walking-club Centre) exeterbridalshowcase Call for tickets. 519-243-1713 Learn how tiny predators living under 519-238-8048 Savanna Strollers Walking Club the snow to songbirds survive winter; Local vendors, door prizes, Return of the meets Wednesdays at Lambton ask about “Feeder Birds“; Join the fashion shows, planning guides, Tundra Swans Heritage Museum, south side. Owl Prowl. special displays and gift bags for March 9-17, 2019 every bride. Thedford Bog (behind Lambton Bayfield Pole Walkers South Huron Heritage Museum), Grand Bend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Family Day Winterfest March returnoftheswans.com 9am-10am. Sunday is family walk February 18, 2019 519-243-2600, heritage.museum@ 9am-10am. Meet in front of Hive on 8am-9pm, South Huron Whiskey Jack, Stores & county-lambton.on.ca Main Street, Bayfield. Recreation Centre, Exeter Songs of Stompin’ Tom Witness thousands of swans Facebook.com/bayfield.pole. familydaywinterfest.ca March 1, 2019 migrating to Canada’s Arctic. Check walking 226-423-3028, [email protected] 7pm, South Huron Recreation website for daily migration updates. Pole walk to change ordinary Full list of family-friendly events Centre, 94 Victoria St. E., Exeter walking into fitness walking using on website. Lions Club breakfast, huronwavesmusicfestival.ca Memories in March - specially designed poles. snowshoeing, public skating, wagon For four decades, Whiskey Jack has Get Outdoors! rides and more. been performing their unique brand March 11-15, 2019 JANUARY of Canadian country music coast Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend Family Day Winter Fun to coast. Tickets at ticketscene.ca/ ontarioparks.com/park/pinery/ Forest Film Festival February 18, 2019 events/22784/ events, 519-243-1521 January 21 & 23, 2019, 7:30pm, Falls Reserve Conservation Visitor Centre open 10am-5pm. Kiwanis Kineto Theatre, Area, Benmiller The Livery Theatre – The Exhibits, indoor programming, 24 King St. W., Forest www.mvca.on.ca, 877-325-5722 Fantasticks: A Musical nature documentaries, scavenger forestfestivals.ca, 519-786-4879 Join us for snowshoeing, hot dogs, March 1-3, and 8 & 9 2019 hunt, guided hikes, chickadee Movie presentation: “Room for popcorn and maple taffy candy. Fri. & Sat. 8pm/Sun. 2pm, The Livery programs. Skiing, snowshoeing Rent“. Proceeds benefit Forest Warm up with free hot chocolate Theatre, 35 South St., Goderich and skating. Overnight stays in tent, Kiwanis Projects. and coffee by the campfire. thelivery.ca, 519-524-6262 trailer or heated Yurts. [email protected] February Forest Film Festival Annual Ipperwash February 18 & 20, 2019 Me, You & Us Exhibit Maple Festival Bayfield Concert 7:30pm, Kiwanis Kineto Theatre, March 1-17, 2019 March 16 & 17 / March 23 & 24, 2019 Series — Matt Mays 24 King St. W., Forest Lambton Heritage Museum, Williamson Farms (7739 Lakeshore Dark Promises Tour forestfestivals.ca, 519-786-4879 Grand Bend Rd.) / Silver Birches Campground February 9 & 11, 2019 Movie presentation: “Puzzle“. lambtonmuseums.ca, 519-243-2600 (9537 Army Camp Rd.) 7pm, Bayfield Town Hall Proceeds benefit Forest Kiwanis heritage.museum@county-lambton. 226-520-0144 bayfieldtownhall.com, Projects. on.ca [email protected] [email protected] Three-day art workshop followed Breakfast, Hay Wagon & Bush Tours JUNO Award-winning singer- The Livery Theatre – The by a celebration of publicly at Silver Birches Campground songwriter Matt May with bandmates Fantasticks: A Musical exhibited portraits. (9am-3pm); Sugar Shanty Tours at Adam Baldwin and Ryan Stanley. February 23 & 24, 2019 Williamson Farms (9am-5pm). Tickets available on ticketscene.ca. Sat. 8pm/Sun. 2pm, The Livery Theatre, 35 South St., Goderich thelivery.ca, 519-524-6262 [email protected] BONNIE DUNE MANOR TUNDRA SWANS BARRY RICHMAN Photo: J. Baillie 50Photo: R. Switzer Photo: M. Shephard grandbendtourism.com | 1-888-338-2001
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