AHCC COMMUNITY GUIDE & DIRECTORY 2017-18

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IN THIS ISSUE Then & Now • Featuring Ha’s Restaurant & Mac Lang Toasting Almaguin • Touring a Local Brewery, Distillery & Wine Shop ALT Agriculture • Redefining a Northern Farm Business The Tom Thomson Connection Snowmobiling in Almaguin • A Winter Experience CANADA 150 • Canada Day Celebrations throughout the region •

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Thank You to all AHPP Photographers Main Image: Michael Nelson Share and view photographs of the people, places and things that make up the past, present, and future of this breathtaking place, the Almaguin Highlands.

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n behalf of the Almaguin Highlands Chamber of Commerce I would like to welcome you and your family to the Villages of Almaguin. Almaguin is a vast region where the seemingly endless trails, roads, streams, lakes and forests provide us with limitless opportunities to enjoy them in our own ways and in every season. It is a place where the song of the White-Throated Sparrow calls in the new day while the Common Loon bids us a goodnight.

A place with many quaint Villages and vibrant Communities, that together, continue to grow and mature into the places we are all proud to live, work and play. Whether you are touring through, looking to settle in or rediscovering your home, Almaguin is a place where you can THRIVE. I will see you out there!

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IN THIS ISSUE Then & Now • Featuring Ha’s Restaurant & Mac Lang Toasting Almaguin • Touring a Local Brewery, Distillery & Wine Shop ALT Agriculture • Redefining a Northern Farm Business The Tom Thomson Connection Snowmobiling in Almaguin • A Winter Experience CANADA 150 • Canada Day Celebrations throughout the region lifestyle

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ALMAGUIN HIGHLANDS PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT KATE HOOD PHOTOGRAPHY • katehood.ca EXPLORERS’ EDGE • explorersedge.ca

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SEASONAL EVENTS There’s Always Something To Do! FARMERS MARKETS Fresh. Local.

PARKS & TRAILS Experience the Region’s Beautiful Parks & Trails THEN AND NOW Featuring Ha’s Restaurant & Mac Lang DISCOVERY ROUTES A Guide to Local Trails, Cycle Routes & Waterways MUNICIPAL INFORMATION

BUSINESS DIRECTORY Connect with Local Businesses & Services

ANDREW GIBSON, AUTHOR & CONTRIBUTOR WILLY HOLLET, EDITOR LAURIE STAHLBAUM, CONTRIBUTOR EMILIO FOFFANO, CONTRIBUTOR

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ALT AGRICULTURE Redefining a Northern Farm Business IN THE GARDEN Sustainable, Native, Pollinator THE HEART OF CANADA’S FOREST COMMUNITIES Inspiring our National Identity ALMAGUIN’S RIVER Discover the Magnetawan River GOLF ALMAGUIN Courses with Charm & Character TOASTING ALMAGUIN Touring a Local Brewery, Distillery and Wine Shop TOM THOMSON The Almaguin Connection COUNTRY JAMBROEE A Burk’s Falls Favourite SNOWMOBILING IN ALMAGUIN A Winter Experience

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rom whichever direction you approach there is an invisible line you cross where everything changes. It’s hard to put your finger on it, but the scenery changes - it’s quieter - the very air is different.

It’s not as busy here – not as “built-up”. You have to work a bit harder to find all of the unique opportunities and adventures there are here. You won’t find water parks or big chain hotels, but you will find “Screaming Heads” and unique lodges, cabins and campgrounds. A bit of extra effort, to explore, get lost and discover, is hugely rewarded.

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ou won’t find Almaguin Highlands on many maps, as it is officially East Parry Sound District. It is an interesting story how the region came to be called Almaguin Highlands. Astrid Taim, in her book Almaguin – A Highland History tells the story that in the summer of 1958, local business people keen to promote the distinct identity of the region, held a contest to come up with a new name for the area.

More than 100 people entered the contest and Jean Sutherland of Toronto won the $50 prize for her submission of Almaguin Highlands. The name had combined Algonquin, representing the park to the west, as well as the Algonquin Indians,

whose former hunting grounds were now part of the region, with Mag netawan, for the river that runs through the area. Uin was added to honour the area’s original inhabitants.

Later, when a new high school was named Almaguin Highlands Secondary School, and the local newspaper was renamed The Almaguin News, the name that had originated in a contest gained credibility. This story illustrates how the impulse to “brand” or create and explain an identity for a region, has been here for a while. And the unique and creative way this has been done in Almaguin speaks to the creativity and imagination you will still find in abundance here.

I t’s a bit quirky here. We didn’t care for the name we were stuck with on a map, so we created a new one! In this magazine you will find stories of businesses and individuals, some new to the area, some with deep roots, all that have found ways to thrive in an area where limited services and resources inspire a spirit of innovation, creativity and cooperation. We make the most of what we have and what we have in abundance is unspoiled nature and people from varying backgrounds who work together to create something special. This magazine contains just a taste of the opportunities there are to discover the Almaguin Highlands.

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THEN & NOW Almaguin was once the hunting grounds of the Ojibwa, Huron and Algonquin First Nations. When the Ontario Government passed the Free Grants and Homestead Act of 1868 large numbers of settlers were attracted to the area. A person 18 years or older could claim 100 acres and gain ownership within five years if he built a cabin twenty feet by sixteen feet, cleared at least two acres a year to a total fifteen in five years, and stayed there during that time. Imagine what it must have been like to hack a homestead out of the woods in those days, with simple tools and real horse power and without running water or electricity.

Farming was made even harder in this area due to the rocky nature of much of the region, but by the late 19th century, the Almaguin Highlands was home to a large number of farms. In order to supplement income and survive, many farmers had to work other jobs or businesses. The most common option was to work in the lumber industry, one that was crucial to the development of the area.

From early on the area was popular as a sport hunting and fishing destination.

After the Second World War, a period of farm abandonment coincided with the repurposing of the land for seasonal camps, cottages and recreational use, a transition that continues to this day.

Today, the increasing popularity of summer and winter recreational opportunities, and a trend of seasonal cottages being transformed to year-round homes, is transforming the local economy.

People of all ages and backgrounds are finding their own ways to thrive in the Almaguin Highlands and combining old and new ideas to put their own spin on the rural lifestyle.

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NEWCOMER’S EXPERIENCE Like many, we had first come to the Almaguin Highlands as recreational visitors, became enamoured with the area over a period of years before deciding to relocate permanently to pursue a rural lifestyle. In our case, it was keeping horses, vegetable gardening and cross-country skiing that we found space to indulge. We bought an old farmstead, long neglected and in need of work. But we didn’t know then the connection we would come to feel with the place and it’s past - didn’t know that the acreage we now owned could be traced to those land grants of the late 1800s, or that as we slowly renovated the old red brick farmhouse, we would find artifacts and building material bearing the name that we would look-up on a map showing the names of the original grant holders! The Schneider family were among the earliest settlers and we were living in their house! We had become part of a story, still being written, of a unique and magical place that has been witness to the changing tides of history.

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FESTIVAL OF ALMAGUIN BUSINESS 2015 May, 23 2015 SUNDRIDGE SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL & RBC TRIATHLON August 7,8 & 9, 2015 SOUTH RIVER-MACHAR AGRICULTURAL FAIR September 12, 2015 STRONG AGRICULTURAL FALL FAIR September 18 & 19, 2015 ALGONQUIN, HIGH ROCK, MIKISEW & TOM THOMSON PARKS ALMAGUIN AIRPARK IN JOLY TOWNSHIP

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SOUTH RIVER MACHAR UNION PUBLIC LIBRARY Date: Various activities throughout the year.

Please visit the website or Facebook page.

Location: 63 Marie Street, South River Details: Contact 705-386-0222

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RYERSON TWP. BBQ AND MARKET Date: June 24th, 2017 - 8AM - 12PM Location: Ryerson Township Office, 28 Midlothian Rd., Burk’s Falls

ANNUAL KEARNEY LION’S LOBSTERFEST Date: June 24th, 2017 Location: Kearney Community Centre Details: For details & tickets, contact Kearney Lions at 705-636-7594

CANADA 150 SONGS WISEMAN’S CORNER SCHOOLHOUSE HOMECOMING EVENT Date: June 24th, 2017 - 12PM - 3PM Location: Wiseman’s Corner Schoolhouse, 112 Midlothian Rd., Burk’s Falls

Date: June 29th, 2017 Location: Chalmers United Church on Ottawa Avenue, South River Details: TBA

POWASSAN MOTORCYCLE RALLY : BURK’S FALLS & AREA 150th CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS : FAMILY FESTIVITIES Date: July 1st, 2017 - 10AM - 3PM Location: Downtown Area, Ontario St., Burk’s Falls

LOG DRIVER’S WALTZ : STREET DANCE & BBQ Date: July 1st, 2017 - 6PM - 12AM Location: Burk’s Falls Legion, 4 Mary St., Burk’s Falls

ARMOUR, RYERSON & BURK’S FALLS FIREWORKS DISPLAY Date: July 1st, 2017 @ Dusk Location: Armour, Ryerson & Burk’s Falls Arena, 220 Centre St., Burk’s Falls

LEGACY LIFE CENTRE PANCAKE & SAUSAGE BREAKFAST : FREE EVENT

BIKERS BATTLING CANCER Date: June 30th - July 2nd, 2017 Location: Powassan Fair Grounds on Fairview Lane, Powassan Details: Live music, offsite camping, vendors and daily events. For information visit bikersbattlingcancer.ca

SOUTH RIVER MACHAR SUMMER DAY CAMP Date: July & August; Mon-Fri; 9:30AM - 3:30PM Location: Hockey Opportunity Camp located on Eagle Lake Details: Registration at the South River Municipal Office at 63 Marie Street. For more information contact the South River municipal office at 705-386-2573 or visit the village website.

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Date: July 2nd, 2017 - 9AM - 12PM Location: Legacy Life Centre, 44 Commercial Drive, Burk’s Falls

BURK’S FALLS & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERITAGE DAY : CELEBRATING EARLY INDUSTRY & TRADE Date: July 8th, 2017 - 11AM - 3PM Location: Watt Century Heritage Centre, 827 Chetwynd Rd., Burk’s Falls P H O T O G R A H Y :

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SOUTH RIVER LIONS CLUB CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS Date: July 1st, 2017 Location: Machar Arena at 1A Lincoln Avenue.

Details: For more information visit the South River Village website closer to the date.

SUNDRIDGE-STRONG RECREATION COMMITTEE CANADA DAY CELEBRATION Date: July 1st, 2017 @ 2PM Location: Village of Sundridge Lion’s Park Details: Parade, Canada Day Cake, Musical Entertainment, Games, Lakeland Bucket Rides, BBQ, Fireworks. For more details contact the Sundridge Village Office at 705-384-5316

POWASSAN CANADA DAY 2017 Date: July 1st, 2017 Location: Powassan Lion’s Park, Powassan Lion’s Pool and Glendale Park Details: Activites will take place at the Powassan Lion’s Park from 11AM to 4PM Kid’s activities, Face Painting, Inflatables, BBQ lunch, Cake, and Live Music.

1PM - 4PM : Free swimming at the Lion’s Pool.

Fireworks at dusk at Glendale Park!

PERRY CANADA 150 CELEBRATION Date: July 1st, 2017 Location: Emsdale Community Park, Emsdale Community Centre, 32 Joseph Street, Emsdale, Ontario Details: Join us for a Barbeque, Cake and punch, Music

by Scotia Junction, Square Dancing, Display at the Library, The Historical Museum will be open, Recognition of oldest citizens, Art contest - Details available at the Library, and Children’s games and soccer

MAGNETAWAN CANADA DAY CELEBRATION Date: July 1st, 2017 Location: Downtown Magnetawan Details: For complete details please call 705-387-3947

WHITESTONE CANADA DAY CELEBRATION Date: July 1st, 2017 Location: Dunchurch Fairgrounds Details: Fireworks schedule for 9:00PM. For details please visit www.whitestone.ca

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EVENTS TROUT CREEK ANGLERS & HUNTERS FISH FRY Date: July 1, 2017 Location: Trout Creek Community Centre 181 Main St W. Trout Creek Details: Canada Day Fish Fry, annual event hosted by the Commanda & Area Anglers and Hunters – fish, baked beans, salad. Doors open at 4 PM / silent auction and penny sale / Meal begins at 5PM. For info call 705-387-3947

FISHING DERBY / CANOE RACE Date: July 5, 2017 Location: Powassan Hydro Pond (at the end of Purdon Line) Details: Derby from 8:00AM – 12:00PM Canoe Race from 10:00AM – 12:00PM Register at the Powassan Municipal Office or at the Hydro Pond

SPRUCEDALE COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE Date: July 5, 2017 Location: Registration at the Sprucedale Community Centre, 31 William Street, Sprucedale Details: Youth Focused cycling event in Sprucedale

ALMAGUIN HIGHLANDS PLAYERS PRESENTS : “HAROLD & MARTHA’S SUNSET WEDDING” Date: July 7, 8, 14, 15, 2017 Location: Moving play which begins at Grace Anglican Church located on Ottawa Avenue, South River Details: Time TBA

CREATIVE CHANGE’S ART SHOW Date: July 7th – 9th, 2017 Location: Kearney Community Centre Details: Wine and Cheese Reception @ 7:00 p.m. on July 7, 2017- admission $5.00. Free admission for the arts show and sale.

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Date: July 8, 2017, 10AM - 4PM Location: Near North Enviro-Education Centre 140 Main Street, Sundridge Details: To celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday and to remember Tom Thomson, a great Canadian painter who died 100 years ago on this day.

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ANNUAL SPAGHETTI DINNER Date: July 15th, 2017 Location: SSJ Arena, Sundridge Details: For details visit www.strongagriculturalsociety.com

AHMIC LAKE COTTAGERS ASSOCIATION SQUARE DANCE Date: July 22, 29 and August 5th, 2017 Location: Magnetawan Community Center 4304 Hwy 520, Magnetawan

KEARNEY REGATTA Date: Civic Holiday Weekend August 5, 6, & 7, 2017 Location: Main St., Kearney Details: Fun for the whole family! From land and water sports to dinners and social gatherings, right through to the highlight Fire Works Extravaganza Sunday night, events for all ages. For details visit www.facebook.com/KearneyRegatta

SUNDRIDGE SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL Date: August 12th, 2017 Opening Ceremonies 9:30AM Location: Main St., Sundridge and Village of Sundridge Lion’s Park Details: Almaguin’s biggest summer festival. Over 140 vendors, great street entertainment, children’s activities, street dance and NEW for 2017 a Dog Show for Adults and Children. For more information, please visit www.sunflower-festival.com

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FAMILY FESTIVAL - SPRUCEDALE

Date: August 5th & 6th, 2017 Location: Centennial Park, Magnetawan Details: Enjoy a weekend of great family activities on the water. For full details a schedules please visit: www.cecebewaterways.ca

Date: August 19th, 2017 Location: Sprucedale Community Centre 31 William St, Sprucedale Details: Horseshoe tournament, music, entertainment, BBQ, children’s activities, horse wagon rides.

LORUSSOPALOOZA MUSIC FEST

TROUT CREEK AGRICULTURAL FALL FAIR

Date: August 18 - 20, 2017 Location: 747 Nippissing Rd, Magnetawan Details: Magnetawan’s annual music festival! Enjoy a wide variety of genres including rock, folk, blues and soul. Camping available on site. For full details and lineup visit www.lorussopalooza.com

Date: August 25 – 27, 2017 Location: Trout Creek Community Centre Details: Light Horse Show, Baby Show, Displays of Flowers, Vegetables, Baking, Homecrafts & Junior Exhibits, Kids Races & Games, Spaghetti Supper, Pancake Breakfast, Tradeshow, BBQ, mini horse show.

The Best Little Fair North of Barrie!

BURK’S FALLS COUNTRY JAMBOREE Date: August 18 – 20, 2017 Location: ARBF Agriculture Society Fair Grounds 220 Centre St, Burk’s Falls Details: A full weekend of country and bluegrass music. This year featuring North Cross, The Schotts, Mahon Family Band & many more. For full line-up and details visit www.burksfallscountryjamboree.ca

BURK’S FALLS & AREA YARD SALE Date: August 19th, 2017 Location: Multiple Locations Details: For a list of sale locations or to add a location call the Burk’s Falls Office at 705-382 3138

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12th ANNUAL WINDSONG MUSIC FESTIVAL Date: August 25 & 26, 2017 Location: 509 Memorial Park Dr. Powassan Details: Featuring some of Canada’s best indie folk, rock, and blues artists such as Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Reuben and the Dark, Joey Landreth and more. Only 300 limited tickets are available, making this festival a desired destination for music fans that like to get close to the music. Camping is available from tent to RV, and each year free musical workshops are offered on Saturday before the music begins. For more details visit www.windsongmusicfestival.com

EMSDALE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FAIR Date: August 26th, 2017 Location: Emsdale Community Park and Community Centre Details: For event details please visit www.emsdaleagriculturalsociety.com

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EVENTS MAGNETAWAN FALL FAIR Date: September 1, 2 & 3, 2017 Location: Magnetawan Community Centre 4304 Hwy 520, Magnetawan Details: For full event details please call 705-387-3947

SMOKE N’ SPURS RODEO Date: September 1, 2 & 3, 2017 Location: Purdon Line, Powassan Details: The SMOKE N’ SPURS FESTIVAL is an outdoor festival with kids activities, exhibits, displays, food, live outdoor concert, truck & tractor pulls, ATV Mud Bog, FMX Trick Riding, Rough camping, plus the Professional rodeo with all of the traditional rodeo events. For full details please visit www.smokenspurs.com

136th ARMOUR, RYERSON & BURK’S FALLS AGRICULTURE SOCIETY FALL FAIR Date: September 4th, 2017 Location: Armour, Ryerson and Burk’s Falls Memorial Arena, 220 Centre St, Burks Falls Details: Enjoy many family friendly activities including the heavy horse show, horse pull, kids games, inflatables, local music and more! English and Western Light Horse Show is on September 3, 2017. Awards Night is on October 22, 2017. Visit www.arbfas.ca

POWASSAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FALL FAIR Date: September 2 - 3, 2017 (Labour Day Weekend) Location: Fairgrounds in Powassan Details: Admission: $7 per day, $10 weekend pass Kids 12 & under free. Parade starting at 11:00AM (Sat).

Heavy Horse Pulls, Demolition Derby, Live Music, Exhibit Displays, Vendors & Games, Penny Sale & Bingo, Poultry and Rabbit Show, Tickled Teals Balloon Animals, Inflatable fun, Painted Kids (Sun), Little Res Q -Reptile Show (Sun) Other events to be added. Visit our website at www.powassanfallfair.com or our Facebook page.

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STRONG AGRICULTURAL FALL FAIR & PARADE Date: September 16th, 2017 Location: SSJ Arena, Sundridge. 10AM – 4PM Details: Visit www. strongagriculturalsociety.com

HARVEST FESTIVAL Date: September 15 – 17, 2017 Location: 981 Midlothian Rd, Burk’s Falls Details: The Harvest Festival features a variety of world class performers over four stages. For complete details visit www.harvestfestival.org

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ALMAGUIN HIGHLANDS ARTS COUNCIL ART SHOW AND SALE

TROUT CREEK UNITED CHURCH ANNUAL HARVEST SUPPER

Date: September 29 – October 1, 2017 Location: Highland Brew Co, 309B Highway 124, South River Details: A diverse and vibrant show of art made possible by the talented people in the Almaguin Highlands. For details and locations visit: www.almaguinhighlandsartscouncil.com

Date: October 1st, 2017 Location: Trout Creek Community Centre Details: TBA

2017 ANNUAL FALL PUMPKIN HUNT Date: September 30 and October 7, 2017 (Dates may change, please check website for up-to-date information) Location: Copeman Tree Farms, Bloomfield Rd, Sundridge Details: Kids get to pick a pumpkin from the fields, food and drinks included, cookie decorating, bird feeder making, a maze, fall crafts, free raffle, win a big carving pumpkin, special guests (i.e. Elsa from Frozen or Chase from Paw Patrol!)

For tickets: www.FreshlyCutTrees.wix.com/ CopemanTreeFarms or Facebook.com/ OrganicTree

NIPISSING KENNEL CLUB ANNUAL DOG SHOW Date: October 6 - 9, 2017 Location: Trout Creek Community Centre 181 Main St W. Trout Creek Details: For over 60 years people from all over North America have headed north Thanksgiving weekend to attend the Nipissing kennel club dog show and vie for the top dog. For more info contact Anne McDougall at chieftainboxers@sympatico.ca

UNITED CHURCH SUPPER Date: October 7th, 2017 Location: Magnetawan Community Center 4304 Hwy 520, Magnetawan

ARMOUR, RYERSON AND BURK’S FALLS AGRICULTURE SOCIETY SLO-PITCH TOURNAMENT Date: October 21 & 22, 2017 Location: Burk’s Falls Fairgrounds 220 Centre St, Burks Falls Details: To register or find a team, call Dawn at 705-224 3657 or visit www.arbfas.ca

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ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY : SOUTH RIVER

Date: TBA Location: 63 Marie Street, South River Details: Hosted by the South River Machar Recreation Committee

SPRUCEDALE SENIORS FRIENDSHIP CLUB CHRISTMAS CRAFT SALE Date: October 28th, 2017 Location: Sprucedale Community Centre 31 William Street, Sprucedale

SPRUCEDALE HALLOWEEN HAUNTED TRAIL Date: Saturday October 28th, 2017 Location: Sprucedale Community Centre 31 William Street, Sprucedale Details: Candy, children’s games, spooky trail.

MAGNETAWAN LION’S CLUB HALLOWEEN PARTY Date: October 31st, 2017 Location: Magnetawan Community Centre 4860 Hwy 520, Magnetawan Details: For details please call 705-382-5895

REMEMBERANCE DAY SERVICES Date: Saturday, November 11th, 2017 – 11 AM Location: Cenotaphs throughout Almaguin

SUNDRIDGE - STRONG RECREATION COMMITTEE TREE LIGHTING Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 @ 4:45 PM Location: SSJ Arena, 14 Albert Street, Sundridge Details: A Parade of Lights will start at 4:45PM and proceed to the SSJ Arena. Lighting of the Christmas Tree, Wagon Rides, Visit Santa in the Heritage House, Entertainment, Refreshments. For more details, call Sundridge Municipal Office at 705-384-5316

CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND BAKE SALE Date: November 25th, 2017, 4PM - 8PM November 26th, 2017, 9AM - 3PM Location: Burk’s Falls, Armour & Ryerson Memorial Arena, 220 Centre St, Burk’s Falls Details: Get your Christmas shopping done early and support local craftspeople and organizations.

Call Wilma at 705-382 2022 for more information and to register. Visit www.arbfas.ca for more details.

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EVENTS BURK’S FALLS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY Date: December 1st, 2017 @ 6 PM Location: Stan Darling Park, Ontario St, Burk’s Falls Details: Join us at Stan Darling Park for carols and more!

BURK’S FALLS CHRISTMAS PARADE Date: December 2nd, 2017 Location: Ontario St, Burk’s Falls Details: For details visit www.facebook.com/cdobar or call 705-382-3138

SMOKE N’ SPURS PARADE OF LIGHTS Date: December 2nd, 2017 Location: Powassan Details: Enjoy beautifully lit floats, tractors, truck & trailers, horse & riders and of course Santa.

Participate in a family skate at the Powassan Sportsplex following the parade.

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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE : SOUTH RIVER

Date: TBA Location: 63 Marie Street, South River Details: Hosted by the South River Machar Recreation Committee

SPRUCEDALE CHRISTMAS SOCIAL Date: TBA Location: Sprucedale Community Centre 31 William Street, Sprucedale Details: Tree decorating, kids crafts, hot food and beverages, music, and Santa will be making an appearance!

NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION Date: December 31st, 2017 Location: Trout Creek Community Centre 181 Main St W. Trout Creek Details: Free skating, horse drawn sleighs, hot dogs & hot chocolate. Fireworks at 6:15PM

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BURK’S FALLS WINTERFEST Date: January 20 & 21, 2018 Location: Burk’s Falls, Armour and Ryerson Memorial Arena Details: Fun for the family including bowling at Riverbowl, games, live entertainment, wagon rides and more! Find Burk’s Falls Winterfest on Facebook for more details.

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SOUTH RIVER LIONS WINTERFEST Date: February 2018 Location: South River/Machar Arena 1 Lincoln Ave, South River Details: Many activities for all ages over the Winterfest week. For details call Anne at 705-358-2967

KEARNEY DOGSLED RACES Date: February 3 – 5, 2018 (subject to change – see website below) Location: Main Street, Kearney Details: An exciting experience for everyone! Dog sled and Ski-joring races complimented by great food, shopping and activities for the whole family in the beautiful town of Kearney. For details visit: www.kearneydogsledraces.ca

TROUT CREEK WINTER CARNIVAL Date: February 14 - 18, 2018 Location: Trout Creek Community Centre Details: The annual Trout Creek Carnival will take place Family Day weekend at the Community Centre. Wednesday evening the Trout Creek Lion’s host a $1,000.00 jackpot bingo, Friday sees the beginning of the Men’s and Ladies hockey tournaments running through until Sunday, Saturday the children’s games, as well as the dance (19 yrs and older only) with the pancake breakfast Sunday. Weekend wristbands are $10.00 each, $5 for a single day, ages 12 and under are free. For more details contact the municipal office.

SPRUCEDALE WINTER CARNIVAL Date: February 17 & 18, 2018 Location: Sprucedale Community Centre 31 William St, Sprucedale Details: Pancake Breakfast, Parade, children and adult games. For details contact 705-685-7901.

KATRINE WINTER KARNIVAL Date: March 2 – 4, 2018 Location: Katine Community Centre 6 Browns Dr. Katrine Details: Featuring Bowling at Riverbowl, family dance, kids activities, outdoor games, live entertainment and more. Visit the Katrine Community Centre Facebook page for all details.

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EVENTS 8th ANNUAL A.R.B.F. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MIXED SLO-PITCH TOURNAMENT Date: April 21 - 22, 2018 Location: Burk’s Falls Fairgrounds 220 Centre St, Burk’s Falls Details: To register your team, call Dawn at 705-224 3657. For details see: www.arbfas.ca

MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL Date: April 28th, 2018 Location: Main Street, Powassan Details: Pancake Breakfasts, Kidz Zone, Lumberjack Show, Craft, Food and Maple Vendors on Main Street and in the Sportsplex, Live Music, Scotttish Heavy, shuttle bus to Matthews Sugar Bush and offsite parking and much more. For more details see: www.powassansyrupfestival.ca and Facebook.com/ PowassanMapleSyrupFestival

2018 ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT Date: Easter Weekend - March 31 & April 1, 2018 Location: Copeman Tree Farms Bloomfield Rd Sundridge Details: Tickets go on sale in January and sell out fast! 8000 Easter eggs (4000 on each day) filled with chocolate, candy, and toys! A maze, egg decorating, cookie decorating, free raffle, food and drinks included, goodie bag for the kids, special character guests, real bunnies, and more! For tickets: www.FreshlyCutTrees.wix. com/CopemanTreeFarms or Facebook.com/ OrganicTree

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SHOOTERS RENDEZVOUS 23rd ANNUAL GUN SHOW AND EXHIBITION Date: April 28, 2018 (Date subject to change) Location: SSJ Arena, 14 Albert St. Sundridge Details: Challenge your PAL. Bring your licence and come out to buy. Over 100 vendors. Air gun and Archery ranges on site. For details visit www.eaglelakegunclub.ca/

10th ANNUAL A.R.B.F. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BALL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT Date: 2018 Dates to be Announced Location: Burk’s Falls, Armour and Ryerson Memorial Arena (220 Centre St, Burks Falls Details: To register your team call Dawn at 705- 224-3657. For details see: www.arbfas.ca

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Day: Tuesdays Time: 9AM – 1PM Runs From: June 20 - August 22, 2017 Location: Beside Burk’s Falls Arena 220 Centre St, Burk’s Falls Contact: Dianne James 289-241-3152 www.arbfas.ca

Day: Saturdays Time: 9AM – 1PM Runs From: May 20 - October 7, 2017 Location: 160 Main St, Powassan, (beside The Beer Store) Details: May - Thanksgiving, 9AM - 1PM rain or shine. Local vendors offer early vegetables – lettuce, spinach, onions, radish, carrots, beets, Swiss chard, garlic tops. Or purchase homemade bread, pies, squares and other baking; jams, jellies, pickles; local freezer meats; goat milk soaps and lotions; herbs and perennials; bedding plants and annual flowers; crafts, sewing, jewelry. Enjoy BBQ sausage on a bun, hot and cold beverages. Picnic tables under the large tent. New vendors welcome. Pets must be leashed.

MAGNETAWAN Day: Saturdays Time: 10AM - 1PM Runs From: May 20 - Oct. 7, 2017 Location: Magnetawan Lion’s Pavillion Contact: 705-387-3947

PERRY TOWNSHIP Day: Fridays Time: 10AM - 2PM Runs From: June 30 - Sept. 1, 2017 Location: 1695 Emsdale Rd, Emsdale (Almaguin Highlands Info Centre)

SOUTH RIVER Day: Saturdays Time: 9AM – 1PM Runs From: July - August 2017 Location: South River Machar Arena (1 Lincoln Ave, South River)

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We sell FROZEN & CURED MEATS, JAMS, PICKLES, RELISHES, BEETS, HONEY & MORE. We make cookies, sweet breads, cinnamon & fruit rolls, bars, tarts, fruit pies (meat pies & cream-filled pies on order), a variety of bread & dinner rolls

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Patti and Wayne Chalmers took a serendipitous route to arrive at this “hobby into livelihood” success story. Both had separate careers but shared their love of gardening. One summer the purchase of a small backyard greenhouse and placement of a small sign by the side of the road were major turning points. They were amazed at what they could grow, and that people were interested in buying their overflow.

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The Chalmers have utilized innovative hydroponic methods to increase yield and efficiency. In addition to the huge all natural, year round greenhouse, (soon to be twinned) they will support 60 CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) customers this summer, up from 34 last year. CSA’s are an economic arrangement between growers and customers that allows individuals and families to invest in a farm’s yearly produce in advance. This has the advantage of providing capital up front for growers. By sharing in the risk people take a more active role in how, and where their food is grown. Everything here, from beets to blueberries, is grown without herbicides or pesticides.

An additional 2 days a week summer and winter at the farmers market, plus providing year round regular restaurant, resort, and local customers with greens means they are very busy. The local food movement has made all the difference for Springhill.

Far from the idyllic magazine image of gathering using wicker baskets, the day to day farm reality is much more down to earth. Picture planting 300,000 seedlings, thinning, weeding, tending, then harvesting all by hand; and that’s just the carrots! No other farms are nearby which reduces potential pest problems.

The Chalmers family has taken advantage of the micro climate created by their south facing hillside acreage to grow crops deemed unlikely in our region, such as high bush blueberries and hardy cherries developed in Manitoba. Wayne is now contemplating year round strawberries.

They have moved away from growing flowers this year and the re-purposed greenhouses are full of propagation seedlings and raised beds for what will become floor to 12 ft. ceiling tomato plants.

They estimate a first crop by the end of April! Oh, and that goes for cucumbers too.

Walking into a greenhouse under cultivation in the north, in January, is a bit discombobulating. I do however recommend it. The Chalmers can provide fresh lettuce and 6 other greens all year by the pound with reasonable advance notice.

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Native plants, ones that occur naturally in the local surroundings tend to be better adapted to the local climate and soil conditions, and therefore more resistant to diseases and pests than hybrid plants. They are better able to survive in drought conditions once established, and thrive in adverse growing conditions. Native plants invite wildlife like bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds to visit. They don’t need to be manicured, they can be a bit wild, and they are low maintenance while still being pretty. So we are able to minimize the input of water, fertilizer, and labour.

It is just such a garden that we have created at the Near North Enviro-Education Centre in Sundridge, where the goal was to ‘Create a garden around the new building where the public of all ages would feel welcome to come in and enjoy the space, while being functional and sustainable’.

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As a landscape designer, I love to get people outside, and creating a new garden space is very exciting. For this space, I could see pathways meandering through gardens filled with flowering wildflowers, interesting grasses and unique shrubs that supplied colour, texture and movement with fascinating flowers, seedheads, and stems. For this garden, the design is a combination of the science of horticulture and the art of placing plants. We have designed it so that there will be something interesting in all seasons.

This eco-friendly garden is no longer just a vision in my head, as this year it has become a reality. All native plants wildflowers, grasses and flowering shrubs - selected for this garden are wonderful for pollinators.

By creating a garden that welcomes insects like bees and butterflies in, we are helping to preserve pollinators which in turn makes a garden alive.

Bright colours especially blue, yellow, red and violet are very attractive to pollinators, and during the night flowers’ fragrances are alluring. Native plants are better adapted to providing for pollinator’s needs. Many new plant varieties have been bred to look and smell attractive to humans, but often lack accessible nectar and pollen for pollinators. The action of planting a pollinator garden can have a large impact on the environment, and most importantly, a positive impact in the lives of essential plant pollinators.

Planting a native flowering garden focused on supplying pollinators’ needs is a step in the right direction.

I hope you will take time to journey through the new gardens at the Near North Enviro-Education Centre this summer, and in those to follow as they mature and change personality.

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This statement is true not just in a geographical sense, but also with respect to the long rolling sugar and red maple hills of the Almaguin Highlands area. While I believe the values of Almaguinians and Canadians are synonymous, our rural communities instinctively find meaning from our forests, deep in our hearts and minds. Collectively, the roots of this meaning go back at least 150 years, and the 150th year of Canada, and Ontario, offers an appropriate occasion to reflect on the forces that have shaped our minds and spirits, what forests mean for us today, and what we can look forward to in our forest communities.

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, in my case, it was 1876 when my great, great grandfather William John Kent settled on Pevensy Road just east of my current residence in Strong Township.

Like many of the families who reside here in the Almaguin Highlands we find our Canadian roots at that time when the first settlers came to the area. The Lake and The Hills by Mary S. Edgar, paints a vivid picture of early times and puts context to how our communities came to be. Summers for pioneers were a beginning of preparation for the long harsh winters to come. Any construction (mostly barn-raising followed by the famous barn dances—yeeha!), the growing of vegetables and feed for livestock, and the winter’s firewood had to be done before the fall harvest. The fall harvest and hunt kept people busy preserving and trading the fruits of the summer’s labours to neighbours.

For most pioneers, men headed to the bush camps to go logging for the winter, those not working directly for the forest industry were working jobs that were supported by the industry. The winter’s logging ended with the April thaw, and men spent the spring with log jam poles on log drives pushing the winter’s harvest down rivers out to sawmills. Forestry was the best opportunity available to provide families the income they needed to settle the area, and we prospered because of it.

Although our flag enshrines the maple leaf as a national symbol, it could equally have been a yellow birch leaf or the long outstretched arm of a white pine bough. Both of these valuable species are native to the Almaguin Highlands, and at one time represented a much greater component of our local forests. The vast untouched forests that existed pre-settlement held unfathomable stocks of massive white pine trees, believed to have been in infinite quantity. Ken Armson, in Ontario Forests: A Historical Perspective, writes that in the year 1895, 90% of the Gross Provincial Product was a direct result of white pine harvesting revenues—think about that: 90%! Yellow birch, too, was critical to the building of this country.

It was much sought after for its dense wood and tensile strength, vital in the construction of fighter planes through World Wars which were essential in securing the freedom that we enjoy today. Perhaps the most important benefit we inherited were roads. Access to Algonquin Park via Rain Lake Road and Chemical Road, just to name a couple, lay on old JR Booth rail beds. The vast majority of our OFSD trails are possible because of abandoned logging roads.

There is no place we can go in the Almaguin Highlands area without seeing the benefit we gained from logging.

Our prosperity and freedom, however, did come at a cost. Past harvesting was carried out under the false assumption that our forests were in everlasting supply. Coincidentally, both white pine and yellow birch stumps take many decades to decay, and they are commonly found throughout our forests and offer a vivid reminder of that cost - the severe degradation of our forests.

It wasn’t until the 1980’s that the words “sustainability” and “forest management” came to the forefront of discussions about logging, and the industry as well as the forests have evolved.

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Today, for many Almaguinians old and

new, we treasure many of the same values, tho’ oft they go unremarked: We still harvest in the fall either from our gardens or through hunting with friends and family. We still go to maple syrup festivals in the spring, not because it’s our only practical source of sugar, but because it’s part of our culture and we instinctively love its taste. We still go to farmers’ markets, not to trade for essential items to sustain our families through the winter, but to support our communities. And we still do firewood, not because it’s our only option, but because it’s the nicest heat, and it gets us outside for a good old fashioned workout (firewood, it’s been said, warms one multiple times: cutting, splitting, piling, bringing in, and, finally, burning!).

Likewise, our able-bodied men now don’t all depart for the logging camps in winter, but our communities do continue to benefit from logging.

Having a long history of forestry running through the Kent bloodline—and Tom Bryson my forestry technician/naturalist father—it was natural for me to choose to carry on the logging tradition in the family. The industry still offers some of the best job opportunities in our local communities, and jobs that we can be proud of.

It has taken a few decades of sustainable forest management to show its effects, but with each passing year we see more and more the repair, recovery and restoration of our forests, and interestingly, we are also seeing an increase in forest cover. Failed farming operations on lands found unsuitable for agriculture were abandoned and are naturally regenerating

to forests. A quick comparison of aerial photographs from the early 1900’s through to today shows steady increase in forest cover across the entire Almaguin Highlands area.

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, with the health and local range of forests increasing, there is a bright future for the Almaguin Highlands and its forest communities.

Perhaps the most exciting opportunity, unique to forest management, is the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change by sequestering atmospheric carbon—an intuitive concept when you stop and think about it. Trees are made primarily of carbon. If we harvest a tree, process that tree into forest products that store carbon (most notably lumber), then grow another tree in the harvested tree’s place, the emissions to do the work can be varying degrees less than what the new tree sequesters.

And scientists are finding ways of treating forest products so they last much longer than the time it takes the average tree to grow.

What we don’t store in carbon can be used in cogeneration power plants (i.e wood pellets, burners) to create a renewable energy.

With an aging demographic in the Almaguin Highlands, there will be a need and a place for young people to tend to our future forests. I have two boys, Kiefer and Timothy, that like me and generations before me, will be part of a new greener generation with opportunity to stay and work in the forests of the Almaguin Highlands long into the future…… our forests, for today and tomorrow.

So, in conclusion, on this 150th Birthday of our great Canada, let’s be proud of our Almaguin Highlands cultural heritage, support our forests today as they support us, and look forward to a bright future in the Heart of Canada’s Forest Communities.

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(Back Country) Location 1: Rain Lake Access Point (#4) Rain Lake Rd, Kearney Permits & Maps @ Kearney Community Centre.

Location 2: Kawawaymog (Round) Lake, Chemical Rd, South River. Access Point Office on site for Permits.

Algonquin, the first provincial park in Ontario, protects a variety of natural, cultural, and recreational features. As one of the largest provincial parks, Algonquin is diverse and offers something for nearly everyone. The Almaguin Highlands offers access to the ‘back country’ of Algonquin Park. These access points cater to the more experienced outdoor adventurists.

For park conditions, maps and other information, please visit www.algonquinpark.on.ca/visit/camping/

Location: Burk’s Falls Fairgrounds 220 Centre St, Burk’s Falls Offering a variety of features for BMX and skateboarding on a paved surface. Please note that all safety equipment must be worn as this is an unsupervised area.

BIG DOE LAKE PUBLIC BEACH AND PARK Location: 1686 Peggs Mountain Rd, Ryerson Township Situated on the North-West Shore of Big Doe Lake.

Complete with picnic area, bathroom stalls and gravel boat launch.

BROOK’S FALLS PARK Location: 690 Deer Lake Rd, Emsdale Brook’s Falls is a great place to escape into nature. Sit and relax by the falls, tour the grounds and don’t forget to bring your picnic lunch! Brook’s Falls is an area favourite for visitors and sure to give a great outdoors experience for all ages!

BURK’S FALLS COMMUNITY PARK & PLAYGROUND Location: Houston St. (Behind Health Centre), Burk’s Falls A great spot for the kids to have fun complete with a playground, shaded picnic area, portable bathroom and badminton net.

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DOE LAKE PARK (McMURRICH/MONTEITH) Location: On Birch Crt off Almaguin Dr, Sprucedale This location offer all of the amenities needed for a great day on the lake. Go for a swim on the sandy beach, or have a picnic. Washrooms are available on site. Launch your boat at the nearby boat launch located at 157 Almaguin Drive.

DOE LAKE MUNICIPAL PARK (ARMOUR) Location: 1014 Ferguson Rd, Katrine Have a perfect family day on Doe Lake! Complete with a paved boat launch, public beach, washroom building equipped with a wheelchair ramp, beach volleyball area, basketball pad and net, swings, and playground equipment.

EMSDALE COMMUNITY PARK Location: 29 Joseph St, Emsdale The Emsdale Community Park offers a playground area, baseball diamond and ice rink. Located beside the public library and community centre, the park is a great choice for a relaxing day outside.

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Location: 843 High Rock Rd, Sundridge Be sure to visit High Rock Lookout Park for one of the most spectacular overviews of Lake Bernard; tour the adjacent walking trail to enjoy the lake and grounds.

Also features a covered picnic area, open picnic areas and benches.

Location: 54 McCrandle St, Novar Visit our brand new children’s playground! While the kids are playing, take a walk around the community gardens. Also features an ice rink in the winter.

KEARNEY BASEBALL DIAMOND

Location: 180 Kent Rd, Armour Township Offers public access to Pickerel Lake via a natural, sand and gravel boat launch and beach. Picnic area and public washroom are on site. Pickerel Lake Park is perfect for a day trip and picnic away from the crowds.

Location: 53 Park Rd, Kearney Perfect for a day of pick up baseball with some friends.

The on-site parking area can accommodate plenty of cars as well as ATVs and Snowmobiles in-season.

MAGNETAWAN PUBLIC BEACH AND PARK Location: HWY 520, Magnetawan Dock your boat at the Magnetawan Government docks or drive to this beautiful beach on the shore of Lake Cecebe. Offers a playground and public washrooms.

Also features a paved boat launch at the docks and access to Ahmic Lake via the Magnetawan Locks.

MIKISEW PROVINCIAL PARK Location: 301 Park Rd South, South River Mikisew is the perfect family camping destination.

The park offers private sunny campsites in two campgrounds, near the shores of Eagle Lake. Tent, trailer and RV campsites are available with or without electricity, on a good variety of campsites, in both campgrounds. The Park is open from May to September annually. For a list of all amenities, please visit www.ontarioparks.com/park/mikisew or call 705-386-7762.

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POWASSAN LIONS PARK Location: Behind the Powassan Sportsplex (433 Main St, Powassan) This park is a perfect place to spend a sunny afternoon.

Offers beautiful flower gardens created by the Powassan Horticultural Society. Benches and gazebo available.

POWASSAN MEMORIAL PARK Location: Corner of Main St and Memorial Park Dr., East Need a place to have a friendly gathering? We have beautiful flower gardens created by the Horticultural Society. On the warm days there are shady areas with benches for you to relax. Planning to have some entertainment at the gathering? Well, why not reserve the gazebo for free! It comes with lighting and hydro. Please contact the Municipal Office for booking information.

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Location: Behind the Powassan Sportsplex 433 Main St, Powassan This park is a perfect place to spend a sunny afternoon.

Offers beautiful flower gardens created by the Powassan Horticultural Society. Benches and gazebo available.

Location: Pickerel & Jack Lake Rd., Burk’s Falls Formerly known as Thompson Rapids. Relax and cool off in the Magnetawan River. Offers great scenery, swimming and picnic areas.

POWASSAN MEMORIAL PARK Location: Corner of Main St. & Memorial Park Dr., East Need a place to have a friendly gathering? We have beautiful flower gardens created by the Horticultural Society. On the warm days there are shady areas with benches for you to relax. Planning to have some entertainment at the gathering? Well, why not reserve the gazebo for free! It comes with lighting and hydro. Please contact the Municipal Office for booking information.

RAINY LAKE BEACH AND PARK Location: 636 Old Rainy Lake Rd, Burk’s Falls A great location for a day in the sun on Rainy (Bartlett) Lake. Offers a picnic area, washroom and beach. Sand and gravel boat launch available with free parking.

SOUTH HIMSWORTH PARK Location: 7 Glendale Heights Dr, Powassan Perfect place to play a game of soccer, or host a family event in the community centre hall available for rental.

Contact the Municipal office for more information.

SUNDRIDGE LION'S PARK AND SPLASH PAD Location: 91 Water St, Sundridge On-site is a playground, washroom, large pavilion, boat launch, docks and parking. The newly installed splash pad was installed in memory of Stacey Stillar (Sullivan). Enjoy a day on Lake Bernard with all the amenities you need in downtown Sundridge!

STAN DARLING MEMORIAL PARK Location: Yonge and Ontario St, Burk’s Falls Also known as the Village Green, Stan Darling Park is a great spot to relax and take in some of our history. Enjoy the shade in the covered picnic area, learn about local celebrity Pete the Bear and remember our Veterans at the captured WW1 machine gun.

BURK'S FALLS HERITAGE RIVER WALK Location: Burk’s Falls Information Center Ryerson Cres. Burk’s Falls The Heritage River Walk stretches from the footbridge below the dam to the racetrack at the arena grounds. With the Magnetawan River on one side, and lush forest on the other, it is the perfect place for walking, picnicking, and sightseeing.

EBERTSON SCHOOL TRAIL Location: 3033 Hwy 518 E or 674 Stoneway Rd, Kearney The Ebertson School Trail follows an abandon side road offering a glimpse in to Kearney’s past. Suitable for hiking, biking, snowshoeing, skiing, four-wheeling and snowmobiling.

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Location: End of Catherine Ave, Powassan The Pines, including some of the favourite trails in this area, lead up to Powassan Mountain, one of this town’s great natural attractions. A hike to the top of the mountain offers visitors a spectacular view of the surrounding highlands. A trip along the many back country roads in this area will lead you to discover antique treasures, artists, and craft studios.

Locations: Lakeshore Dr, South Bernard Lake Rd, High Rock Dr, Sundridge Experience natural beauty on the Lake Bernard Trail. This biking trail is comprised of rural road sections and offers a moderate to challenging ride. Some sections are paved where others are gravel.

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Location: Biddy St (at the Locks), Magnetawan There are so many sights to see on this short, 3km hiking trail. View sections of Ahmic Lake and Lake Cecebe as they are connected by the Mighty Magnetawan River. The trails connect the Magnetawan Community Park, Village Locks and Historic Downtown Magnetawan.

Location: Multiple Locations The Forgotten Trails Association creates, maintains and promotes safe and ecologically sustainable trails of natural or historical significance in the South River area.

These four-season back-country trails are managed for the purpose of non-motorized recreational trail activities.

The trails are managed by volunteers and promoted through local resource-based ecotourism initiatives.

Visit www.discoveryroutes.ca for complete trail listing and trail head locations.

You can find the Forgotten Trails Association on Facebook.

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PARK TO PARK TRAIL Location: Access off of 1695 Emsdale Rd, Emsdale The Park to Park Trail stretches from Algonquin Provincial Park to Killbear Provincial Park. This trail system has a total distance of over 230km and welcomes both motorized and non-motorized travel. This trail is a four season trail offering access to snowmobiles in the winter.

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THE PINES TRAIL Location: 62 Big Bend Ave, Powassan Formerly known as the Highland Trail, The Pines is a series of interlocking loops, spanning 4.26km in the Town of Powassan. Starting to the side of the Eastholme Retirement home, the trail winds through a red pine forest that was planted in the 1930s. Interpretative stations are located at various points along the trail which detail the ecology and history of the area. Maintained by the Municipality of Powassan, The Pines is owned by a cooperative of private landowners.

SEGUIN RECREATIONAL TRAIL (TRANS CANADA) Location: Perry Township, McMurrich/Monteith Township Enjoy walking/hiking, biking, horseback riding, crosscountry skiing, snowmobiling. Motorized vehicles are permitted on the trail. Visit www.tctrail.ca to map your route!

SPRUCEDALE RECREATIONAL TRAIL Location: 31 William St, Sprucedale The trail is approximately 2km and begins on a boardwalk that stretches across a solitary beaver pond and then proceeds into a forest where you will come across broad maples and high ridges. You may encounter deer, moose or beaver and all around you, there will be signs of their activity.

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I want to loop you in on one of the best-kept secrets of the Almaguin Highlands: the Magnetawan River.

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The Magnetawan River and surrounding watershed are rich in culture and diverse in recreational opportunity. There is little visible difference between these lands and adjacent Algonquin Park, save that the Magnetawan is accessible along the majority of its great length.

The Mag is a destination of choice for canoeists, kayakers and SUP-ists, who find peace in floating past protected banks between Burk’s Falls and Magnetawan. And when they feel the eventual longing to extend their day-trip, local cottage resorts, B&Bs, restaurants and shops are ready to accommodate them overnight or for weeks on end.

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Despite the languid character of its middle reach, the Magnetawan has multiple rough edges and untamed stretches. One need only visit the upper sections between Kearney and Burk’s Falls to see the Mag’s wild side (of particular beauty is Brooks Falls in Perry Township). White water rages in spring from Knoepfli Falls on Highway 124 in Magnetawan, through the backcountry to Magnetawan First Nation on Highway 69 at Britt.

If you’re lucky, and if your timing is just right, you can ride the crest of these secluded Class IV rapids through the non-operational Magnetawan River Provincial Park.

In winter, the water slows and freezes the lakes for ideal ice-fishing, snowmobiling and true northern ice-hockey.

A recent initiative to unite local stakeholders in conservation, stewardship and promotion of the Magnetawan River is gaining support. This will no doubt mean that our sleepy secret will soon become widely known as Almaguin’s River and as a place of pride in Ontario’s recreational landscape.

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Such a claim is unverifiable of course, but for local residents and vacationers alike there are a wide range of courses throughout Almaguin for health and leisure. Two in particular are making major upgrades this year, and one of those just might be on the forefront of changing the very game itself.

The Ridge Golf Club at Ten Gables Colloquially known simply as “The Gables”, historically the original inn built by the Anderson Family prior to W.W.2 provided one stop on site accommodation, outfitting and guide service for the region.

Diversifying with the establishment of “The Ridge B&B”, owners Mike Wardell and Shannon Martin now advise on Hiking, XC Skiing, Snowshoeing, and Sledding opportunities throughout the winter. They also pace like parents if their charges are late back from a day’s outing. B&B customers come from as far afield as Holland and California.

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overlook the highly anticipated re-creation of Earl and Billie Anderson’s flower gardens, a project designed and to be planted by a current Anderson relative, Lexi Dearborn.

Mike plans to raise the bar on course maintenance this year while still maintaining a green footprint meaning minimal chemicals and a reliance on aeration, greens sanding, and cultural practices. Visitors will appreciate the new putting green adjacent to the first hole this year. In an attempt to appeal to the younger crowd and get kids interested in the game, returning this year is the popular, free, juniors teaching program Tuesday nights in June.

Diversifying inside a limited footprint is what exemplifies The Ridge Golf Club at Ten Gables; its newest name. Known as The Gables to everyone, it’s an inn, outfitter, golf course, and now B&B. The history, grounds and the buildings are in good caring hands.

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Eagle Lake Golf Course 12 hole golf is a thing! Who knew?

No less an expert on the game and course design than Jack Nicklaus is a proponent of the 12 hole game, believing it could resurrect declining interest. “We should consider the possibility of making 12 holes the standard round. Eventually it would be accepted because it makes sense in people’s lives”. It also lowers the cost of a game.

Course owners as far afield as London, Kawartha Lakes, and Mississauga in Ontario have taken Nicklaus’s ideas to heart; designing 12 hole courses to rave public reviews. “Red Leaves” in Utah is the Golden Bear’s own design addition to the trend.

Add Eagle Lake’s Dave St. Onge to this list of believers. After several years of planning and excavation, his vision is to have 2 new holes and fairways added to the existing 10, landscaped and seeded

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Months of rough work and irrigation was completed last fall with new spectacular views from the highest point on the property looking out over the lake. An opening and Facebook contest is planned for August 2017 with a 2018 seasons pass grand prize.

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League play returns with Men from 1:00 PM on Mondays, Women’s Tuesdays throughout the day, and Thursdays for Seniors, 9:00 AM shotgun start. Other events include the ever popular Friday Fish fry featuring Pickerel, Perch and Haddock deep fried in Dave’s secret beer batter recipe. The club house is always available for Tournaments and special events as well.

Thanks to Dave, Almaguin is now on the leading edge of a new direction for Golf. Stay tuned.

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GOLF There are many fine courses throughout the region listed below.

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KARAOKE EVERY OTHER FRIDAY. Ahmic Lake Golf Club Magnetawan • 705 387 3961

13 Ontario St., Sundridge ON www.thenorthernroadhouse.ca

Almaguin Highlands Golf and Country Club Katrine • 705 382 3635

Clear Springs Golf Course Powassan • 705 724 5735

Eagle Lake Golf Course South River • 705 386 0261

Highview Golf Course Powassan • 705 724 5230

The Ridge Golf Club at Ten Gables Sundridge • 705 384 5844

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Enthusiasts travel far and wide to meet these inspired entrepreneurs and to learn about the care and special attention to ingredients that go into their craft.

The Almaguin Highlands boasts a local brewery, wine shop and distillery that offer unique experiences and award winning products. Many come to our area for beautiful lakes, forests and wildlife, but more and more are adding a visit to the Highlander Brew Co., Corner Wines and Copperhead Distillery to their itineraries. Whether you want to taste their locally made products, learn more about their process, or immerse yourself in the experience of making your own, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

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Located in the Village of South River on Highway 124, Highlander Brewery is proudly supported by their community, where they are a focal point for local music, art and community events. When you take the time to tour Highlander Brewery, staff are happy to guide you through the elements of their craft first hand, from a walk amongst the impressive brew house tanks, to a stop in their store which features locally made products and many of their fine beers on tap for your tasting pleasure. Simply stop by or call ahead for groups of twelve or more. Two of their brands, Scottish Ale and Blacksmith Porter, are available through the LCBO. The rest are available for purchase at the brewery or on the Highlander website, where they offer a free home or business delivery service anywhere in Ontario. For those who want the full experience of brewing beer, they also offer programs such as Introductory Brewing and Brewer for a Day.

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In fact, Martha encourages customers to come up with a question about wine making that Tim can’t answer. Tim and Martha strive for 100 percent satisfaction for their clients by paying special attention to their individual tastes and by featuring a wide variety of wines.

Corner Wines’ kits are made by Andrew Peller, part of the Peller Estates family, and world leader in wine kits. At Corner Wines you can find anything from a refreshing wine cooler to a big bold red, with many wonderful whites in between. Visitors are always welcome.

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Sharon and Craig Ferchat had been seasonal residents of Almaguin for many years, but their love of the area and lifestyle it offers encouraged them to set up permanent residence and a business two and a half years ago. The distillery opened eight months ago and their onsite distillery shop opened in early December 2016. It is already a huge attraction for local residents and visitors, with free tastings and their many locally inspired products available for purchase, including Blackcurrant Vodka, Almaguin Moonshine and Magnetawan Rye Moonshine, soon to also be available at the LCBO. The focus for all of their hand-crafted products is quality, with an emphasis on “grain to glass” using fresh, local ingredients.

Sharon and Craig welcome visitors to drop by and visit their store, but recommend larger groups call ahead. Future plans include running tours of the facility and setting up an outdoor demonstration still to educate visitors on the distilling process.

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From South River to Burks Falls, the Highlander Brew Co., Corner Wines and Copperhead Distillery each feature unique experiences that offer a view of the passion and the craft behind the business of artisanal beer, wine and spirit making. Enjoy a day meandering along the back roads to visit each facility and stop in the villages that help inspire these entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams and thrive in the Almaguin Highlands.

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Quality Hand Crafted Delicious Beer Come visit the brewery! Take a tour, enjoy a pint in the Highlander Room, sample our selection of beers, or make a selection to take home.

No time to visit? We will bring the beer to you! • Order any of our beers online • Free delivery to home or office in Ontario

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The Highlander Room has seen dinners, shows, private parties, training sessions, and club meetings. It is available to anyone in the region at no charge. Check the website for availability.

For more information or to see upcoming events visit www.highlanderbrewco.com.

All of our beers are available at our retail store in the brewery. The shop is also full of artisanal products from across the region.

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Nghe and his parents were refugees from Vietnam, who left their ancestral home to find new opportunity in an unfamiliar place. When Nghe’s parents opened Ha’s Restaurant in 1985, he was just eleven years old. Nghe remembers always being in the restaurant; as a host greeting customers, doing prep - endless hours cutting chicken and peeling shrimp - and his favourite, honing his knife skills.

Now Ha’s Restaurant is a thriving second generation establishment in Sundridge and Nghe and his wife Robbie continue the tradition by involving their three kids in the restaurant. One day a week, the two boys like to help out, hang out, and hone their knife skills, while the youngest, Lucy, loves to talk to the customers and ask them if everything is all right.

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Robbie was also pursuing a career in advertising. But Almaguin was always home and eventually family bonds and a love of the Highlands drew them back when it came time to raise a family. Nghe and Robbie took over the family business in 2007 and it wasn’t long before they were redefining an approach to “North American Chinese Food”, incorporating authentic, from scratch, Asian Cuisine.

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When Nghe was competing in Chopped Canada, talking about his Father, he said “ one reason why I am here is I want to show him everything that he’s done, all the effort, all the sacrifices he made…is a success”. This also applies to how Nghe runs his restaurant and lives his life as he is passing his work ethic, his pride in family and heritage, and his commitment to the community on to his kids.

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Mac Lang is known for having one of the largest inventories of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and RAM vehicles in the province.

Customers come from far and wide because they remember parents, grandparents and great grand-parents doing the same. It has not only become a tradition, they have formed relationships with staff members that have been with the dealership for so many years. Purchasing a vehicle has become a “destination outing” as Mac Lang customers take the opportunity to shop at a favourite local store and eat at a restaurant they enjoy.

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Mac started working at the garage shortly after the war and by the 1960’s the business was renamed Mac Lang Chrysler Products and really started to grow. Mac was a rather colourful businessman. He was a no holds barred, tell it like it is kind of person.

He added the now famous “Sells for Less” slogan, still in use today, and was an early adopter of television advertising, buying ads on TV stations all over northern and central Ontario.

In the 80’s, with the Farquhar family at the helm, the “Sells for Less” tradition carried on. A new company jingle was created. It ended with the catchy phrase “In Sunny Sundridge…Sells for Less!” The “Sunny Sundridge” concept has since become part of the Village’s identity and reflects the connection between the business and the community.

As Brock looks back on the history of Mac Lang he can’t imagine being able to work and live in a more beautiful place.

The commute to work takes two minutes and the cottage country life is at his front door. He is excited to celebrate 85 years in business here in Sunny Sundridge and certain that Mac Lang’s will be around for at least another 85 more.

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Welcome To Sunny Sundridge.

Whether you’re returning for the summer or visiting for the first time, rejoice in the natural beauty that this region has to offer. We know that you will enjoy experiences that will last a lifetime.

Mac Lang (Sundridge) Ltd. has been part of this area for 85 years and we invite you to come and visit us summer, winter, spring and fall. We offer new and used vehicle sales, a complete all-makes service department, body shop, parts and bumper to bumper auto detailing. Mac Lang is pleased to offer you a courtesy shuttle or service loaner and a car wash is included with every visit.

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ainting with fierce abandon, he worked quickly on small birch veneer “boards” of 8.5” X 10.5”, capturing the changing weather and light with his direct, bold brushwork.

A master colourist, his dynamic works have become the iconic images of the northern Canadian landscape. His vision and interpretation of the north, now seared into our consciousness from countless reproduced images, shape our perception of where we live. We can’t separate our way of seeing from his.

So much of what is recorded about Tom Thomson’s life and death focuses on Canoe Lake and surroundings. Many people don’t realize that he spent considerable time in the South River area. He stayed at the New Queen’s Hotel, later called The Norland Hotel. It burned to the ground and is now an empty lot on the north side of the railway tracks.

He would pick up his mail and occasionally go to square dances with one of the gals who worked at the post office. He purchased birch panels at a veneer mill in South River. Seen buying provisions at Ard’s store, he was asked why he came all the way to South River to purchase groceries when there were so many other settlements closer to Canoe Lake. His simple reply was “Not by canoe.”

Kevin Callan writes about the route in “A Paddler’s Guide to Ontario’s Lost Canoe Routes.”

He had a close friendship with Tom Wattie, the Park Ranger stationed on North Tea Lake. They first met in 1913 when Thomson paddled north through the Algonquin lake chains. Wattie and his family lived in South River, but owned a small cabin (camp) on an island on Round (Kawawaymog) Lake, at the western edge of the Park. In the fall of 1915, Tom Thomson, Tom Wattie and local South River doctor, Dr. Robert McComb, spent several days at the camp. While Wattie

and McComb went hunting, Thomson painted, and in a frenzy it would seem.

Although several boards fueled the nighttime campfire, at least five remain from that time: “Sand Hill”, “White Birches, Round Lake”, “The Tent”, “Dawn on Round Lake” and “Chill November” (which was also set on Kawawaymog, but painted the following winter in his Toronto studio).

Although over 100 years have passed since he painted those images, the landforms remain. Here is a way to investigate and gain an appreciation of the work: arm yourself with reproductions of those paintings and spend a day on Kawawaymog Lake unravelling your own Tom Thomson mystery. Try to figure out his perspective and decode the distant shorelines. Take a box of colours and record your own impressions, emulating his low vantage point from a canoe….you may find out something.

In 1917, Tom Thomson shipped a tent and camping gear to South River to one of Tom Wattie’s sons, Gord, as they had made plans to take a trip to Temagami that fall.

Thomson died in July, the trip was never taken, and the gear remained stored in Wattie’s house for years. Eventually it was donated to the Algonquin Park Museum / Archives, which sets up another puzzle…. is that the same tent that was painted on Kawawaymog Lake in 1915?

The story ends famously in tragedy and mystery, both of which threaten to overtake the genuine story which is the significance of Tom Thomson as a brilliant, groundbreaking painter.

Around noon on July 8, 1917, one hundred years ago this year, Tom Thomson, skilled canoeist, paddled out around Little Wapomeo Island on Canoe Lake and no one ever saw him alive again.

His body was recovered on July 16. He was just thirty nine years old.

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Marg captures nature's everchanging shapes, vibrant colours & moods in her acrylic, watercolour & pastel paintings.

Impressions of nature's beauty are always evident in her work.

We would like to welcome you to our “off the grid and off the beaten path” gallery/workshop. Open most days.

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This is true of the Jamboree but both men agree that their love of music and sharing it with others makes it worthwhile.

Now celebrating its 6th successful season, the Jamboree has become a regular destination for people from all over the province. Held at the village fair grounds, attendees have a place to park their campers, listen to the entertainers from under a canopy and enjoy a variety of foods served by local companies. The stage is easily visible to those who gather around their campsites or in the reserved area. Most of the musicians stay after their performance so fans can talk to them, get autographs and buy cd’s. The Jamboree is an easy mix of professionalism and relaxation and moves smoothly from one set to the next. There is an overall feeling

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This lack of pomp and fuss is carried over to the purpose behind the event.

The goal is to promote local talent, bring a quality event to the community and to support local charities. The Jamboree has made substantial donations to the Burk’s Falls Food Bank as well as other organizations. This generosity would be less surprising if the duo were financially benefiting from the Jamboree.

Gray/Hall Productions raises funds to support the Jamboree by holding a monthly jam session. The Third Friday Coffee House takes place at the Burk’s Falls Legion and brings together talent from the Almaguin area as well as other communities as far away as Leamington and New Liskeard. The Coffee House is free and all patrons are asked to do for 3 hours of outstanding music is to make a small donation ($5 recommended). The Coffee House also benefits the Legion which sells meals and snacks.

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Many of the performers also appear at the Jamboree. Coffee House regulars including Patty Crozier, James Gray, and Melody Tricco trade sets at the Jamboree with headliners such as the Good Brothers.

Many well-known artists and those on their way to becoming so also appreciate the opportunity to strut their stuff. One of those artists is Naomi Bristow (www. naomibristow.com) whose talent and stage presence goes far beyond someone who is only in their mid teens. Her yodelling skill puts her on a par with other greats such as Jimmy Rodgers or Patsy Montana. Naomi was also excited to be at the Jamboree stating that, “it was a great honour to sing in the area that my Grandfather Ernie Dauncey was raised.

He has been my biggest fan throughout

my music career and meeting some of his family and all the great people from Burk’s Falls was a thrill and privilege for me.”

No event succeeds without the backing of others. Gray/Hall productions credit the unending volunteer hours of area residents as well as the artists for making the event possible. The men are quick to give special thanks to family members Jenny Hall, June Gray and sons Leonard and Dave who work at both the Jamboree and Coffee House . Financial assistance is very important and sponsorship by the village of Burk’s Falls and the Township of Armour as well as private individuals is greatly appreciated.

The 2017 Burk’s Falls Country Jamboree will be held on August 18, 19, 20. Camping is available on the grounds and there is some limited space in a Bed and Breakfast. For more information, check out the Jamboree’s Facebook page.

A person can never go to too many festivals and another outstanding event taking place in the Almaguin Highlands is The Powassan Windsong Festival, featuring Juno winning artists the festival takes place at 509 Memorial Park Dr. The date for this year’s concert is Aug. 25, and 26. This year’s line up is available on their Facebook page.

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DISCOVERY Get lost in the beauty of Almaguin Highlands’ local trails.

Hike, bike, canoe, snowshoe or just sit back and take in the view.

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THE PINES - 4 km (hike, snowshoe) Access: Catherine Avenue (Behind Eastholme), Powassan The trail is a series of loops that wind through a red pine plantation to the top of the Powassan Mountain offering a spectacular view of the surrounding highlands.

Trails # 2 through 8 are developed and maintained by the Forgotten Trails Association. The association promotes safe and ecologically sustainable trails of natural or historical significance in the South River area. The fourseason back-country trails are managed by volunteers for the purpose of non-motorized recreational trail activities.

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ONE-A-DAY TRAIL - 1 km (hike, mountain bike) Access: Chemical Road, Laurier Township A comfortable walking trail which terminates at the picturesque One-ADay Lake.

Access: Unnamed Forest Access Road, Laurier Township This beautiful trail offers hikers several beautiful views along the way.

While it isn’t really a ‘mountain’ in the true sense of the word, hikers should be prepared for a moderately challenging climb.

(hike, snowshoe, mountain bike) Access: Chemical Road, Laurier Township This rugged back-country trail passes through stands of hardwood, a pine plantation and wetland areas.

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to Mary Jane Lake (hike) Access: Chemical Road, Laurier Township This trail is part of the historic portage route used by Tom Thomson, Group of Seven Painter to access South River from his beloved Algonquin Park.

Access: Unnamed Forest Access Road, Laurier Township The trail wanders through a majestic hardwood forest and offers a breathtaking lookout over the Almaguin Highlands.

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MUSKOKA TRAIL - 2 km (hike, snowshoe) Access: Old Muskoka Road, South River The Muskoka Trail follows along part of the original Muskoka Road abandoned when other roads, which were easier to travel, were built in Machar Township.

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OLD NIPISSING ROAD - 90 km (hike, mountain bike, horse, ATV) Access: Various (Seguin Falls to Commanda) This historic colonization road nicknamed ‘Ontario’s Ghost Road’ is part of the Trans Canada Trail. While the north end and midsection around the community of Magnetawan continue to be used and maintained as a travelled road, the north end of the road is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

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ALMAGUIN COMMUNITY SKI & HIKING TRAILS (hike, ski) Access: Behind Almaguin High School, 21 Mountain View Road, South River These trails are open to the public for hiking year-round and groomed by volunteers for cross-country skiing in the winter.

10 NESBITT TRAIL - 2.5 km (hike, snowshoe) Access: Clear Lake Road, Ardbeg The landscape around the trail is characteristic of Georgian Bay ecology with expansive bedrock ridges and significant wildlife habitat features.

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WHITESTONE LAKE RECREATIONAL TRAIL - 2.9 km

(hike, mountain bike, snowshoe) Access: North Meadow Cove Road, Dunchurch The trail weaves through a diverse mixed forest with towering hemlock and oak trees.

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CORNELIA LEVERING BROADMEADOWS TRAIL - 3 km

loop (hike, ski, snowshoe) Access: Golf Course Road, Magnetawan This trail is located at the Ahmic Lake Golf Course and Broadmeadows Wildlife Area.

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HERITAGE RIVER WALK - 1.4 km (hike)

- 1.2 km loop (hike, snowshoe) Access: 4195 Highway 520, Magnetawan The footpath crosses the provincial lift locks over the Magnetawan River and leads to a small island chain that stretches across the water.

Access: 170 Ryerson Cres, Burk’s Falls With the Magnetawan River on one side and forest on the other, the trail is the perfect place for walking, picnicking and sightseeing.

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EBERTSON SCHOOL/BARE ROCK/STONE FENCE TRAIL - 6.3 km (hike, ATV, snowmobile,

mountain bike) Access: Multiple access points including Highway 518, Stoeger’s Road, Kearney This series of interconnected trails offers glimpses of a farming community circa 1890 as you pass through a variety of woodland terrain.

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- 1 km (hike, ski, snowshoe, dog sled) Access: 190 Main Street, Kearney This series of trails that can be enjoyed year-round by many different trail users.

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HORSESHOE TRAIL - 0.6 km (hike, mountain bike, snowshoe, dog sled) Access: Patton Road, Kearney This Trail was created by the Kearney Dog Sled Committee. The moderate trail climbs up and along a ridge above Sucker Creek.

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- 2 km (hike, ski, snowshoe) Access: 31 William Street, Sprucedale The trail begins on a boardwalk that stretches across a solitary beaver pond and then proceeds into a forest where you will come across broad maples and high ridges.

19 SEGUIN TRAIL/PARK-TO-PARK TRAIL

- 60 km (hike, bike, snowmobile, ATV, mountain bike) Access: Various (Emsdale to Parry Sound) The Seguin Trail is managed by the Park-to-Park Association with sections designated as part of the Trans Canada Trail. This former rail corridor is popular year-round with all types of trail users.

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canoe routes, the River Run offers a scenic day paddle.

Magnetawan River flows 175 km from Magnetawan Lake inside Algonquin Park to the community of Britt on Byng Inlet. Much of the river is navigable by canoe.

Discovery Routes Trails Organization is a partnership of people with a passion for living in Northern Ontario’s great outdoors. The organization is dedicated to the maintenance of our natural and historic trails and the development of new opportunities for all ages and abilities to experience. Find detailed trail information and individual trail maps on the organization website at

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There is something different around each corner.

Our trails travel through rugged forests, over lakes, rivers and creeks leading to the Villages throughout the Almaguin Highlands. Local businesses cater to and count on snowmobiling for revenue during the winter. You can find accommodation, food, fuel, repair, rentals and staging within reasonable distance of each other. We have large and small loops to choose from depending on whether you are looking to go riding for a few hours or overnight. There is something for everyone.

These trail networks are marked and maintained by endless hours of volunteer work. Without club volunteers the trails would not exist. Almaguin Highlands is fortunate to have a good number of people willing to give back to their community through their volunteer time.

Come enjoy everything Almaguin Highlands has to offer and be sure to bring your camera on your wilderness adventure to capture spectacular scenery and abundance of wild life. When you return home from riding here, it won’t be long before you are planning your next return trip.

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Burk’s Falls Food Bank | Almaguin Minor Hockey Figure Skating Clubs | Almaguin Highlands Secondary School Christmas Public Skating | Village of Burks Falls | Parade M.A Whittick | Chamber of Commerce | Soccer Program Thank you for letting us be a part of your community.

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Sunday - 4pm 10am11am to 5pm July & August Sunday Open 7 Days a Week 11am to 4pm

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Foodland 6435 South River Highway 124 Box 231 South River, ON P0A 1X0 foodland.ca

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January, February & March – Closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

156 Ontario Street, Burk’s Falls ON P0A 1C0 For information 705-382-2771 on workshops and events, visit www.circlinghawkscentre.com Follow us on Facebook

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BURK’S FALLS ART AND CRAFTS CENTRE 113 YONGE ST See us on Facebook Home to the finest, one of a kind paintings, home décor, fibre arts, jewellery and much more for home or gift giving.

Hours of operation May, June, Sept, Oct. Fri and Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

July and Aug. Tues. to Sat. 10 a.m.-4p.m.

Dec Sat. only 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Closed Nov. and Jan.

Groovy Glass Beads Souvenirs!

for everyone, everywhere… yep, even him, even there

Handmade Flamework Glass Beads & Jewelry At the Traffic Lights in South River 102 Ottawa Ave., (705) 386-9463 Open Tues-Fri 10-6 & Sat. 10-4

Supporting women in creating sustainable livelihoods through achieving economic independence.

Women’s Own Resource Centre 105 Ottawa Avenue, South River, Ontario Phone: Fax: Toll Free:

705-386-9672 705-386-7111 1-888-640-8668

info@womensownresource.org

Entrepreneurial Skills Training Balanced Living / Life Skills Resource Networking

Business Services Community Events Information, Referrals and Support

A community based non-profit agency that has been serving the District of East Parry Sound since 2000

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TOWN OF KEARNEY

Including Villages of Novar & Emsdale Office: 1695 Emsdale Rd. P.O. Box 70 Emsdale, ON P0A 1J0 (705) 636-5941 Open Monday to Friday www.townshipofperry.ca

Office: 8 Main St. P.O. Box 38, Kearney, On P0A 1R0 (705) 636-7752 Open Monday to Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM www.townofkearney.com

EMSDALE COMMUNITY CENTRE: 32 Joseph St., Elmsdale, ON P0A 1J0 (705) 636-5941

KEARNEY COMMUNITY CENTRE: 8 Main St., Kearney, ON P0A 1R0 (705) 636-0527

NOVAR COMMUNITY CENTRE: 25 Laurie St., Elmsdale, ON P0A 1R0 (705) 636-5941

LIBRARY: 8 Main St., Kearney, ON P0A 1R0 (705) 636-5849

LIBRARY: 25 Joseph St., Elmsdale, ON P0A 1J0 (705) 636-5454

RECYCLING & TRANSFER STATION: 149 King William St., Kearney (705) 636-0588 open 9:30AM to 1:30PM closed Wed & Thurs

RECYCLING & TRANSFER STATION: 775 HWY 592N (705) 636-0588 Summer Hours 8AM to 4PM Closed Wed & Thurs

SAND LAKE TRANSFER STATION: 147 Kallio Rd., Kearney Open 2PM to 6PM Closed Wed & Thurs

PUBLIC WORKS: (705) 636-5941

MCMURRICH | MONTEITH Including Village of Sprucedale Office: Township of McMurrich/ Monteith 31 William St. P.O. Box 70 Sprucedale, ON P0A 1Y0 (705) 685-7901 Open Monday to Friday 9AM to 4:30PM www.mcmurrichmonteith.com SPRUCEDALE COMMUNITY CENTRE: 31 William St., Sprucedale (705) 685-7901 LIBRARY: Burk’s Falls and District Public Library 39 Copeland St. Burk’s Falls (705) 382-3327 RECYCLING & TRANSFER STATION: 2161 HWY 518W Summer Hours: 9AM to 5PM closed Wed & Thurs ROADS DEPARTMENT: (705) 685-7609

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ARMOUR TOWNSHIP Including Village of Katrine Office: 56 Ontario St., P.O. Box 533 Burk’s Falls, ON P0A 1C0 (705) 382-3332 Open Monday to Friday 9AM to 4:30PM www.armourtownship.ca

RYERSON TOWNSHIP Office: 28 Midlothian Rd Burk’s Falls, ON P0A 1C0 (705) 382-3232 Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM – 4:00PM www.ryersontownship.ca

KATRINE COMMUNITY CENTRE: 6 Brown’s Dr., Katrine, ON P0A 1L0 (705) 382-5019

Armour, Ryerson & Burk’s Falls Memorial Arena: 220 Centre St., Burk’s Falls (705) 382-3811

ARMOUR, RYERSON & BURK’S FALLS MEMORIAL ARENA 220 Centre St., Burk’s Falls: (705) 382-3811

LIBRARY: Burk’s Falls and District Public 39 Copeland St,, Burk’s Falls (705) 382-3327

LIBRARY: Burk’s Falls and District Public Library 39 Copeland St. Burk’s Falls (705) 382-3327

RECYCLING & LAND FILL SITE: 141 Chetwynd Rd,, Burk’s Falls (705) 382-2682 Summer Hours: 10:00AM to 5:00PM Closed Wednesday

RECYCLING & TRANSFER STATION: 141 Chetwynd Rd. Burk’s Falls, ON (705) 382-2682 Summer Hours: 10AM to 5PM Closed Wednesday

PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR: (705) 382-3822

ROADS DEPARTMENT: (705) 382-5982

VILLAGE OF BURK’S FALLS Office: 172 Ontario St. P.O. Box 160 Burk’s Falls, ON P0A 1C0 (705) 382-3138 Open Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri @ 8:00AM - 5:00PM www.burksfalls.net

Armour, Ryerson & Burk’s Falls MEMORIAL ARENA: 220 Centre St., Burk’s Falls (705) 382-3811 LIBRARY: Burk’s Falls and District Public 39 Copeland St., Burk’s Falls (705) 382-3327 RECYCLING & LAND FILL SITE: Burk’s Falls offers curb-side pickup within the village limits. Please contact the village office for details.

141 Chetwynd Rd., Burk’s Falls (705) 382-2682 Summer Hours: 10:00AM to 5:00PM Closed: Wednesday PUBLIC WORKS: Contact main office (705)382-3138 SERVICE ONTARIO: 303 Ontario St., Burk’s Falls (705) 382-9711

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MUNICIPALITY OF MAGNETAWAN Office: 4304 HWY 520 P.O. Box 70 Magnetawan, ON P0A 1P0 (705) 387-3947 Open Monday to Friday 9:00AM - 4:30PM www.magnetawan.com

MAGNETAWAN COMMUNITY CENTRE: 4034 HWY 520, Magnetawan

(705) 387-3947 LIBRARY: Magnetawan Public Library 4034 Hwy 520 (705) 387-4411

RECYCLING AND LAND FILL SITE: Locations: Chapman Site: 259 Rocky Rd, Magnetawan Croft Site: 218 25th&26th Side Rd, Magnetawan For Hours, Please Call: (705) 387-3947 or visit: www.magnetawan.com PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT: (705) 387-3980

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Office: 21 Church St. Dunchurch, ON P0A1G0 (705) 389-2466 Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM - 4:30PM www.whitestone.ca

Office: 28 Municipal Lane P.O. Box 1120 Sundridge, ON P0A 1Z0 (705) 384-5819 Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM - 4:00PM www.strongtownship.com

DUNCHURCH COMMUNITY CENTRE: 2199 Hwy 124, Dunchurch (705) 389-3211

SUNDRIDGE, STRONG, JOLY ARENA: 14 Albert St., Sundridge (705) 384-5571

LIBRARY: Whitestone-Hagerman Memorial Public Library 2206 Hwy 124, Dunchurch (705) 389-3311

LIBRARY: Sundridge-Strong Union Pubic Library 110 Main St., Sundridge (705) 384-7311

RECYCLING AND LAND FILL: York Street Landfill Site: 110 York St. Dunchurch Auld’s Road Landfill Site: 5 Auld’s Rd. RR 2, Dunchurch Phone: (705) 389-2466

RECYCLING AND LANDFILL: Site 1: 483 Forest Lake Road Phone: (705) 384-9898 Summer Hours: 9:00AM to 5:30PM Closed Wednesday & Thursday

Summer Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 9:00AM to 6:00PM Sunday: 10:00AM to 7:00PM

Site 2: 950 Muskoka Road Phone: (705) 384-5690 Summer Hours : Friday - Tuesday 1:00PM to 5:00PM Closed Wednesday & Thursday

WORKING ROADS & FACILITIES: (705) 389-2466

MUNICIPAL GARAGE: (705) 384-5819 Ext. 203

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VILLAGE OF SUNDRIDGE

JOLY TOWNSHIP

Office: 110 Main St Sundridge, ON P0A 1Z0 (705) 384-5316 Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM - 4:30PM www.sundridge.ca

SUNDRIDGE, STRONG, JOLY ARENA: 14 Albert St., Sundridge (705) 384-5571

Office: 871 Forest Lake Rd. P.O. Box 519, Sundridge, ON P0A 1Z0 (705) 384-5428 Open Tuesday to Friday 9:00AM – 5:00PM www.townshipofjoly.com

SUNDRIDGE, STRONG, JOLY ARENA: 14 Albert St., Sundridge (705) 384-5571

LIBRARY: Sundridge-Strong Union Pubic Library 110 Main St., Sundridge (705) 384-7311

ROADS DEPARTMENT: Contact main office (705) 384-5428

RECYCLING AND LAND FILL SITE: 483 Forest Lake Road Phone: (705) 384-9898 Summer Hours: 9:00AM to 5:30PM Closed Wednesday & Thursday Village Superintendent and Roads: (705) 384-7227

VILLAGE OF SOUTH RIVER

LIBRARY: Sundridge-Strong Union Pubic Library 110 Main St., Sundridge (705) 384-7311

Office: 63 Marie St. South River, ON P0A 1X0 (705) 386-2573 Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM – 4:30PM www.southriverontario.com SOUTH RIVER-MACHAR ARENA & COMMUNITY CENTRE: 1 Lincoln Ave, South River (705) 386-2622 LIBRARY: South River-Machar Union Public Library 63 Marie St., South River (705) 386-0222 RECYLCING AND LAND FILL: Curb side garbage pickup is available in South River. Please contact the municipal office at (705) 386-2573 for more information.

RECYLCING AND LAND FILL SITE: 483 Forest Lake Road Phone: (705) 384-9898 Summer Hours: 9:00AM to 5:30PM Closed Wednesday & Thursday

ROADS DEPARTMENT: (705) 386-0245

SERVICE ONTARIO: 2A Ontario St., Sundridge (705) 384-7022

MACHAR TOWNSHIP Village of South River Office: 73 Municipal Rd. North South River, ON P0A1X0 (705) 386-7741 Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM - 4:30PM www.machartownship.net SOUTH RIVER-MACHAR ARENA & COMMUNITY CENTRE: 1 Lincoln Ave, South River (705) 386-2622 LIBRARY: South River-Machar Union Public Library 63 Marie St., South River (705) 386-0222

RECYCLING AND LAND FILL SITE: 111 Municipal Rd. North, South River Phone: (705) 386-0001 Open Tuesday to Sunday 9:30AM – 4:30PM ROADS DEPARTMENT: (705) 386-2837

MUNICIPALITY OF POWASSAN Including the Villages of Powassan & Trout Creek Office: 466 Main St Powassan, ON P0H 1Z0 (705) 724-2813 Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM - 4:30PM www.powassan.net

POWASSAN SPORTSPLEX: 433 Main St., Powassan (705) 724-2537

TROUT CREEK COMMUNITY CENTRE: 181 Main St W, Trout Creek (705) 724-2813

LIBRARY: Powassan and District Union Public Library 324 Clark St., Powassan (705) 724-3618

Recycling and Landfill Site: 40 Proudfoot Rd. (705) 382-3332 Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 8:00AM—12:00PM PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: (705) 724-3532 SERVICE ONTARIO: 518 Main St., Powassan (705) 724-5493

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Telephone Exchange Numbers Astorville

Magnetawan

387

Burk’s Falls 382

Novar

636

Callander

Powassan

724

Dunchurch 389

South River

386

Emsdale

636

Sprucedale

685

Katrine

382

Sundridge

384

Kearney

636

Trout Creek

723

752 752

Accommodations, Camps and Camping A Touch Of Grace B&B Ahmic Harbour Hotel

705-783-8261 705-387-3333

Tanners Inn & Dining Algonquin Motel

705-387-4725 705-386-2641

Ahmic Lake Resort 705-387-3853 www.ahmiclakeresort.com Almaguin Campground www.almaguincampground.ca Bayview Rest Cottages

Bear Lake Resort www.bearlakeresort.ca

Belrose Bed & Breakfast Birch Crest Resort Birchwood Camp Black’s Guest House Briminard Bay B & B Camp Akomak (girls) Camp Katrindo Camp Kahquah (bible) Camp Klahanie Caswell Resort Cutter’s Cove Cottages

705-382-3802

705-382-0310

416-936-4156 705-384-7504 705-382-3136 705-382-9430 705-386-8390 705-384-2092 416-427-3171 705-382-2155 705-387-3923 705-387-3342 705-384-7600 705-636-5070

Dayspring Cottages www.dayspring.ca

705-382-3427

Doe Lake Campground Rizzort www.doelake.on.ca

705-382-2740

Deer Lake Lodge

DoeView Cottages Duckrock Resort Duin’s Pineridge Resort Echo Beach Cottage Resort Edgewater Park Lodge Fern Glenn Inn

Glen Bernard Camp www.gbcamp.com Granite Ridge Campground Haven Springs Cottages Hockey Opportunity Camp Knoepfli Inn Lake Bernard Park Lake’s End Campground Lawton’s Cove Lighthouse Cottages and Camping Lillie Kup Campground Lynwood Resort Maijac Cottages and Marine

705 492 2565

705-382-2557 705-389-3322 705-382-2027 705-387-3866 705-636-5683 705-636-1391

705-384-7062

705-636-1474 647-779-3565 705-386-7702 705-387-3396 705-384-5455 705-387-1280 705-382-2550 705-685-1176 705-382-3410 705-382-6118 705-349-3993

Manor Park Cottages Maple Brae Cottages Mapleton Retirement Village Mary’s Hideaway Mikisew Provincial Park Northern Retreats Northern Edge Algonquin Penbrook Resort Pickerel Lake Cottage Resort Princess Motel Quiet Bay Lodge and B&B Rainbow Bay Resort Robertson House B&B Rockwynn Lodge Russell Mews Apartments Sandhurst Resort Sand Lake Cottages and Inn Siesta Cabins Silversands Family Resort Somerville Place B&B Southwind Retirement Home Spring Lake Lodge Stovers Hidden Retreat Tanners Inn & Dining The Lighthouse Landing Camp

705-387-3778 705-636-5390 705-386-2933 705-386-8407 705-386-7762 705-636-9505 888-383-8320 705-382-5975 705-384-5543 705-723-5230 705-387-0115 705-492-9770 705-724-6498 705-387-0181 705-380-1191 705-636-7705 705-636-5047 705-384-0925 705-636-5380 705-636-7545 705-386-0846 705-386-1888 705-386-0307 705-387-4725 705-387-4626

The Northridge Inn & Resort www.northridgeinn.com

705-384-2252

Voyageur Quest www.voyageurquest.com

416-486-3605

The Ridge B&B T.J.’s Motel

Warblers Roost Westfalenhaus B & B Winning Techniques Camp Woodland Echoes Resort Ye Old Cutter Camp

705-384-5844 705-723-5000

705-978-4231 705-724-2314 705-636-5957 705-387-3361 705-382-9252

Arts, Entertainment and Events Ash Creek Pottery At Wits End Glass

705-752-3663 705-776-9553

Burk’s Falls Arts & Crafts Club

705-382-3138

Gray Hall Productions

www.facebook.com/grayhallproductions

705-382-2384

Burk’s Falls and District Museum Canvas Back Creations Country Style Picture Framing Expressive Arts for Wellness

Groovy Glass Beads Haviland Studio & Gallery In the Leaves Studio by Ann Swallow Jill Boschulte Art Studio/Gallery Karen Robinson Gallery King’s Framing and Art Gallery Lakeside Acres Soap Studio Lin-Cole Clay Art Naisa Sound Art Northern Crafter’s Collective - South River Northern Crafter’s Collective - Arnstein Paul Fogerty Design (Stained Glass) Peter Camani’s Screaming Heads

705-382-3934 705-636-9407 705-386-2938 705-477-5495

705-386-9463 705-382-1185 705-384-1892 705-384-9737 705-636-7950 705-752-4211 705 494 5550 705-387-3609 705-386-0880 705-386-9343 705-757-3956 705-386-2245 705-382-6413 91

BUSINESS DIRECTORY Petra’s Pottery www.petraspottery.com Rustic Blessings Studio by the Lake Original Art (July to Oct) The Back Woods Quilter The Nature Natives Art Gallery Vanessa Miller Artistry West Edge Guitars Windows to the North Gallery With Nature’s Help Whisper Cottage Studio/Gallery Woodland Studio

705-382-2289 705-386-2214 705-386-2279 705-382-5579 705-242-1237 705-223-9307 705-636-3343 705-387-3085 705-685-9971 705-384-7100 705-386-2371

Automotive, Marine and Small Engines Ahmic Marine (Marina) Almaguin Custom Canvas Another Place Enterprises Black Motor Sales Bray Motors Limited Crosswell Marine Danny’s XTR & Service Centre Dean’s Auto Care D&L Snyder Enterprises Eagle Lake Marine East End Auto and Small Engine Repair Fetterly Garage Garland’s Service Centre Giesler Automotive Giesler Boat Shop Giesler Marine Gilroy’s Tire Sales and Service Griffith Bros. Service Centre Groulx Equipment Hayes Service Centre I. E. Smith Bus Lines & Jim Detta Bus Lines J & J Farm Equipment Repair Inc. Katrine Marine Leigh’s Service

Mac Lang Sales and Service www.maclang.ca

Mainly Tires Mason Restorations

Mel’s Auto Sales & Service Muskoka Auto Parts Paul’s Auto Service, NAPA Auto Pro Phillip’s Country Service Phillip’s Towing Pinehill Auto Wreckers PNP Precision Mechanical Port Carmen Marina Powassan Auto Service

Rickwards Polaris & Small Motors www.rickwards.com Stack Fuels Ltd Stewarts Recreation Sundridge Auto Tech Sundridge Car Wash Sundridge Motor Sales Terry’s Garage Trout Creek Tire True North Machine Ltd.

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705-387-3490 705-387-0202 705-382-3949 705-384-5338 705-384-5333 705-387-0267 705-384-5870 705-387-2277 705-685-1357 705-386-2207 705-384-7200 705-636-5375 705-724-2531 705-724-1515 705-724-2648 705-724-2100 705-636-7012 705-386-2272 705-752-2229 705-752-2229 705-384-0707 705-724-6565 705-382-3806 705-636-5933

705-384-5352

705-386-8310 705-382-0914 705-382-2945 705-384-5345 705-382-0449 705-724-1018 705-724-3016 705-636-7278 705-382-2965 705-387-4200 705-724-3111

705-636-1596

705-384-7781 705-382-3331 705-384-7960 705-787-8392 705-384-5306 705-980-0446 705-471-1114 705-685-1498

Wayne Downing Auto Repair Whitestone Marina

705-636-7832 705-387-1593

Construction, Contractors and Trades Al Langman Construction A.M.J Prince Contracting Agroff Electric Ahmic Maintenance Allen Sohm Contracting Almaguin Mechanical Ardot Contracting Arnold Keown Construction Aultman Custom Homes Aultman’s Home Heating Barr Steel Sales Bert Hill Repairs

705-325-4056 705-571-0429 705-492-7790 705-387-4214 705-386-2224 705-384-1892 705-386-8260 705-724-3935 705-724-6669 705-724-2589 705-723-8080 705-386-8120

Ben’s Carpentry

705-724-1554

Brown’s Quarry www.brownsquarry.ca

705-499-6277

ClayMar Electric www.ClayMarElectric.ca

705-380-1233

Cottage Classic Docks www.cottageclassicdocks.ca

705-636-0042

Benny the Bugman - General Handyman Big Doe Enterprises Blair Flowers Construction Bob Sohm Construction Boden Electrical Boyes, Ted and Sons Construction

Boyes Electric BrenMar Enterprises Ltd. Brian Byers Construction Brian Piper Heating

Burnie’s Heating & Air Conditioning Burke’s Plumbing Burksdale Construction C.A. Boyes & Sons Ltd CJ Construction Cedar Croft Maintenance Ciggies Custom Woodworking Clare Piper Enterprises - Freight/HVAC Supply

CMI Electric and Heating Coleson Restoration

Crozier Crete

Crozier’s Welding & Manufacturing Cushman’s Stone and Gravel DB WETT Certification Darcy’s Drywall & Paint Daryl Jolliffe Dave McCabe Carpentry Deker Electric Don’s Handyman Doug Hall Contracting Dr. Foam Duchesne Electric Dudley’s Installation Ltd. E.J. Williams Surveying Ltd. South River Burk’s Falls Evan Hughes Excavating - Septics/Sand & Gravel First Choice Landscaping

705-499-6447 705-382-3099 705-386-2933 705-386-0531 705-783-3625 705-382-2920 705-382-2030 705-384-7680 705-724-3560 705-724-5921

705-724-1118 705-380-0917 705-685-1492 705-384-0409 705-498-7170 705-387-3027 705-723-2343 705-724-5588

705-382-0000 705-723-1626

705-382-5000 705-724-2698 705-789-7830 705-386-2997 705-386-1702 705-493-2091 705-840-8348 705-387-0515 705-387-1982 705-384-5124 705-386-8804 705-492-5044 705-724-3150 705-386-2291 705-382-2368 705-724-5602 705-387-1850

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Fowler Construction

G.F. Preston Sales & Service www.gfpreston.com

Glenn Love Electrical Contracting G. Redmond Construction & Forestry G Toogood Enterprises Girard Home Comfort Grounds Cottage Maintenance Heart of Stone Landscaping and Masonry

IDV Custom Homes Jamesway Custom Homes and Renovation Jays Home Improvement JDK Electric J. Jolliffe & Sons Contracting J M Construction J&S Construction John Froese Carpentry Joseph’s Tile & Flooring

Just A Hanging www.facebook.com/JustAHanging Ken Ferris Plumbing & Heating Klink Enterprises

Lakeside Painting and Wood Finishing Larry Geisler Carpentry Larry’s Econo Sandblasting Lyall Brayden Painting & Decorating MTY Electric Ltd. M Willis Construction MacFarlane Construction Maple Hill Construction Marshall Electric & Plumbing Marshall Well Drilling Mazur Electrical Mechanical McQuillin Maintenance

Men of Faith Inc. www.men-of-faith.ca Michael Moore Contracting Ltd. MINIX Excavating Mosmann Carpentry Mulligan Excavating and Construction Muskoka Log Homes Near North Burner Service Near North Cabins Near North Custom Concrete Near North Log Homes Neil Brown Well Drilling Nick Loney Construction/ Dr. Eavestrough Nick’s Odd Jobs Northern Comfort Modular Homes Parker Electric & Pole Line Paul’s Home Renovations Paul Sowrey Plumbing & Heating Peever Masonry / Muskoka Stoneworks Pink’s Plumbing and Heating Pioneer Nook Woodworking Pullman Excavating and Brushcutting Purdon’s Heating & Electrical Rainbow Concrete RM Sauve Construction Ltd.

Ransome Well Drilling Ray Coughlin Construction Reuten Construction Richards Contracting

705-636-0907

705-384-5368

705-636-1375 705-386-7715 705-723-1099 705-724-1924 705-387-3692 705-382-6377 705-387-1692 705-387-1800 705-382-9704 705-386-7344 705-386-0233 705-382-5618 705-387-4205 705-386-2071 705-387-1111

705-783-3133

705-386-0739 705-382-3241 705-380-3694 705-724-2416 705-387-3824 705-386-0714 705-724-6404 705-386-0310 705-386-2538 705-724-5842 705-636-5357 705-636-7774 705-636-9408 705-636-7835

705-382-2216

705-382-2069 705-788-4165 705-636-5762 705-685-7736 877-487-LOGS 705-387-3479 705-386-8848 705-387-0957 705-303-8844 705-636-0922 705-499-3601 705-783-5638 855-708-4663 705-382-2798 705-636-0555 705-636-7416 705-382-3522 705-382-2301 705-724-9654 705-382-9998 705-724-3113 705-386-0641 705-724-3205

705-382-9355

705-386-0030 705-477-5597 705-636-1905

RLS Controls www.rlscontrols.ca

705-384-0011

Stinson Electrical www.stinsonelectrical.com

705-382-6100

Rod Blakelock Renovations Royal Flush Plumbing Royston Restorations

Solid Rock Landscaping Stevenson Excavating and Haulage Steve Crozier’s Welding & Manufacturing

Stone Carpenter Trout Creek Log Homes Trout Creek Planning Mill Vic’s Welding and Fabrication W. John Fraser Lumber W.S. Conrad Construction Walter Benn Contracting Weber Plumbing and Electric West Edge Building Co. Wood Products Inc. Yoder Brothers Construction

705-382-3113 705-387-4500 705-382-0924 705-384-2706 705-382-2080 705-724-2698

705-380-0161 705-723-5501 705-723-5281 705-636-0700 705-387-4235 705-723-5314 705-636-5741 705-387-4530 705 571 1713 705-386-2371 705-724-9398

Employment and Education Agilec Employment Services www.agilec.ca Almaguin Adult Learning Centre www.almaguinadultlearning.org

Almaguin Highlands Secondary School

Employment North www.employmentnorth.com

705-382-6100 705-386-0764

705-472-5563

705-384-1110

Evergreen Heights Educational Centre Fairview Early Learning & Children’s Centre Land Of Lakes Sr. Public School M.A. Wittick Jr. Public School Magnetawan Central Public School Mapleridge School South River Public School St. Gregory’s School Sundridge Centennial Public School

705-636-5955 705-724-5462 705-382-2924 705-382-3038 705-387-3939 705-472-5751 705-475-2325 705-724-3482 705-472-5101

Near North Environmental Education Centre www.nneec.ca

705-316-0010

Food and Beverage Ahmic Harbour Hotel Al’s Diner Antonio’s Grill

Corner Wines www.facebook.com/cornerwinesinsouthriver Bakery by the Bridge www.facebook.com/BakerybytheBridge/ Bernard’s Bistro Blue Roof Restaurant British Boy Fish & Chips Burks Falls Welcome Centre Barista and Bakery Danny’s Justa Pasta Dee’s Bistro

Double Decker Dream Cuisine Ducks Nest

705-387-3333 705-382-0050 705-386-2002

705-386-9463 705-382-0144

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Echoes Restaurant Edgewater Park Lodge Ethel’s Snack Bar & Laundromat Gypsy Whole Foods - Organic vegetables, spices

Ha’s Restaurant www.hasrestaurant.ca

705-724-1433 705-636-5863 705-724-5488 705-382-3561

705-384-7540

Harbour Tavern 705-387-3333 Hawk & Fox 705-724-5767 Himsworth Café 705-724-5488 Kearney Trailside Cookhouse 705-636-1970 Kudo’s Restaurant & Bar 705-724-1400 LCBO Burk’s Falls 705-382-2928 Callander 705-752-3511 Dunchurch 705-389-3023 Kearney 705-636-5931 Magnetawan 705-387-3761 Novar 705-789-1777 Powassan 705-724-2914 South River 705-386-2541 Sundridge 705-384-7000 Magnetawan Grill & Grocery 705-387-0001 705-384-5447 Michael’s on Main Midlothian Valley Farm 705-382-3561 Novar Subway 705-789-1445 Papa Bear’s Family Café 705-382-2555 Quiet Bay Cafe 705 387 1501 705-384-2739 Red Brick Café & Gift House Sherri’s Diner & Catering 705-386-2490 Steirerhut Restaurant 705-384-1417 Suds On Main 705-636-1626 Spicoli’s Pizza and Pasta 705-349-0997 705-685-1260 Sprucedale Hotel Swisscan Dee Factory 705-724-5000 Tanners Inn & Dining 705-387-4725 The Northern Roadhouse 705-384-7474 The Pizza Pyre 705-499-5522 705-387-9292 The Swiss Country House Restaurant

The Veggie Stand 705-783-1577 T.J.’s Restaurant 705-723-5000

Tim Horton’s

www.timhortons.com/ca/en Village Cafe Yetti’s Pizza Wong’s Delight Chinese

Armour Township Office www.armourtownship.ca

Armour Township Roads

Armour, Ryerson, Burk’s Falls Fire Chief

Burk’s Falls and District Public Library www.burksfallslibrary.com

Burk’s Falls, Armour and Ryerson Memorial Arena

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Central Almaguin Economic Development Committee www.centralalmaguin.net/caeda Joly Township Office www.townshipofjolly.com Emsdale Fire Station 101 Emsdale Library

Chisholm Township www.chisholm.ca Kearney Fire Department

705-382-0115 705-382-0503 705-783-6588 705-389-2466 705-752-1410

705-384-9430 705-384-5428 705-636-5311 705-636-5454

705-724-3526 705-636-7402

Kearney, Perry, Magnetawan, McMurrich / Monteith Economic Development Committee 705-349-8995 Kearney Public Library

705-636-5849

705-636-7752

McMurrich/Monteith Town Office www.mcmurrichmonteith.com

705-685-7901

Perry Township Office www.townshipofperry.ca

705-636-5941

705-530-1501 705-382-9384 705-386-7733

Powassan Municipal Office www.powassan.net

705-724-2813

705-636-0003

Ryerson Township Office www.ryerson.ca

705-382-5151

705-382-3332 705-382-5982 705-382-4010

Burk’s Falls & Area Community Economic Development 705-571-1564 www.burksfalls.net/economic-development.htm Burk’s Falls and District Fire Prevention Burk’s Falls and District Health Centre

Burk’s Falls Welcome Centre By-Law Enforcement Officer-Perry, Kearney, Burk’s Falls, Strong, Sundridge By-Law Enforcement Officer - Sprucedale, McMurrich/Monteith By-Law Enforcement Officer – Whitestone, Dunchurch Callander Municipal Office

705-382-3138

Kearney Township Office www.townofkearney.ca Machar Township Office www.machartownship.net Magnetawan Town Office www.magnetawan.com

Government Almaguin Highlands Information Centre

Burk’s Falls Village Office www.burksfalls.net

705-382-2611 705-382-2900

705-382-3327 705-382-3811

705-386-7741 705-387-3947

Magnetawan Public Library Magnetawan Fire Department

Novar Fire Station 201 Ontario Provincial Police Burk's Falls Powassan Perry Township Library

Perry Transfer Station Powassan & District Union Public Library

Powassan Fire Station 1 Powassan Fire Station 2 Powassan Sportsplex Ryerson Public Works

705-387-4411 705-387-0148

705-789-8088 705-382-2015 705-724-2016 705-636-5454

705-636-0588 705-724-3618

705-724-3522 705-723-5253 705-724-2537 705-382-3822

705-382-3232

South River, Machar Community Centre & Arena 705-386-2622 South River, Machar Union Public Library 705-386-0222

South River Village Office www.southriverontario.com

705-386-2573

Strong Township Office www.strongtownship.com Sundridge Village Office www.sundridge.ca

705-384-5819

South River Visitor Centre

Sundridge, Strong Fire Dept.

705-386-0005

705-384-5316 705-384-7378

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Sundridge, Strong, Joly Arena Hall & Ball field Sundridge, Strong Union Public Library Trout Creek Arena Whitestone Library

Whitestone Municipal Office www.whitestone.ca Whitestone Township Fire Chief

705-384-5571 705-384-7311 705-723-5372 705-389-3311

705-389-2466 705-389-2466

Industry and Agriculture Appliteck Inc. Arbortech Tree Service Beaver Creek Farm Blue Bird Acres Organic Farm Copeman Tree Farms Cottrell Forest Products Debanna Farms Feed and Variety Store Darren Young Firewood & Logging Ferriers Maplebee Farms Gilmar Acres (Maple Syrup) Golden Treasure Maple Syrup Products Grandpa’s Farm Gypsy Whole Food Warehouse

Hammond Family Ranch www.hammondfamilyranch.com Iron Wheel Farms & Apiary Krause Farms Food & Feed

705-724-6400 705-724-3640 705-636-7155 705-493-1264 705-384-5506 705-384-7272 705 224-8019 705-723-1684 705-636-7117 705-724-3791 705-493-2674 705-636-7052 705-382-3561

705-382-3398 705-349-0999 705-724-2500

Lofthouse Manufacturing www.lofthouse.ca

705-382-3637

Miller Tree Services

www.jonathanmillercontracting.ca Near North Industrial Solutions www.nearnorthindustrial.ca

705-783-0353

Long's Maple Syrup Farms Mathew's Maple Syrup McLarens Maple Syrup and Sawmill Midlothian Valley Farms Organic Vegetables

Northern Enable Northern Stable Supply Company Over the River Orchards Powassan Farmer’s Market Quality Hardwood Ltd. R.C. Weidmark Services R&R Logging & Construction South River Planing Mills Springhill Farms Sugarstone Farm (Maple Syrup) Sunrise Heirloom Vegetables Sunshine Herbal Farm Swift Canoe & Kayak The Bear Chair Company

Tim Bryson Forestry Services

Trout Creek Feed Store Troyer's Maple Sugar Bush Waveform Plastics Webster Stone Ltd Wood Products Industries

705-723-5664 705-724-3427 705-386-2214 705-382-3561

705-384-1389 705-386-2000 705-723-1234 705-492-7977 705-845-8305 705-724-2424 705-387-4953 705-384-7776 705-386-7442 705-723-1782 705-723-2329 705-636-7528 705-723-5222 705-386-1881 705-386-0757

705-384-2224

705-723-5912 705-7242438 705-386-0000 705-492-5244 705-386-2371

Medical, Health and Personal Care Almaguin Chiropractic Centre Almaguin Highlands Health Care Centre

Arnica IDA Medical Pharmacy www.facebook.com/AnicaIDA

705-382-0640 705-382-2900

705-382-2111

Burk’s Falls Family Health Team 705-382-4020 Clement’s IDA 705-724-3523 Cottage Pain Clinic 705-571-6881 Country Haven Acres 705-636-9875 Drs. Dan & Tracy Stager Optometrists 705-386-2925 Dr. Bobert Weaver - Dentist 705-386-2318 Dr. Ford Chiropractic 705-384-0877 Dr. Terry Starr Dentistry 705-384-5456 De Novo Treatment Centre 705-384-1466 Eastholme Home for the Aged 705-724-2005 Eide’s Residential Lodge 705-724-2748 Emotional Healing Services by Beverley A Dymond CBCP 705-387-1717 705-384-1765 Gorham Denture Clinic

Harena Maris Health Products 855-586-2862 Health Test 705-995-0764 Heidi Scott, RMT 705-386-7127 705-724-2741 Glenn Pharmacy

Guardian Pharmacy Sundridge 705-384-5335 South River 705-386-0636

Josie’s Private Home Care 705-685-1329 K’Tiggaaning Midwives 705-724-2229 Krep’s Chiropractic Sundridge 705-384-7123 Powassan 705-724-5800 Lady Isabelle Nursing Home 705-723-5232 Maple Hill Health & Fitness 705-491-5105 Martel & Mitchell Physiotherapy 705-724-9851 Massage Muskoka 705-380-0115 705-645-6364 Muskoka Hills Retirement Villa Powassan Dental Centre 705-724-2900 Powassan Family Health Team 705-724-1020 South River Medical Centre 705-386-0512 Uplift Massage by Justin Mifsud 705-978-5456 Yoga with Heather 705-382-0959

Non Profit / Community Organizations Almaguin Choral Society Almaguin District Snowmobile Club

Almaguin Highlands Arts Council www.almaguinhighlandsartscouncil.com

705-384-7546 705-636-9558

705-384-0590

Almaguin Highlands Community Living (Hillcrest) 705-384-5384 (Glendale) 705-724-9444 Almaguin Quilting Guild 705-386-0753 Anglican Church Women’s Group 705-384-7602 Armour, Ryerson and Burk’s Falls Agricultural Society 705-382-2202 Burk’s Falls Army Cadets 3313 705-382-1881 Burk’s Falls Brownies 705-380-4955 Burk’s Falls District Food Bank 705-382-3989

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Burk’s Falls and District Historical Society Burk’s Falls Girl Guides Burk’s Falls Lions Club Burk’s Falls Rec Committee Burk’s Falls Royal Canadian Legion Branch 405 Burk’s Falls Scouting Christian Horizons De Novo Treatment Centre Dunchurch Royal Canadian Legion Branch 394 Eagle Lake Gun Club East Parry Sound Community Support Program East Parry Sound Literary Coun.

Emsdale Agricultural Society Emsdale Lions Club Emsdale Pioneer Museum Emsdale Scotia Womens Institute

705-382-3934 705-380-4955 705-382-2418 705-382-3138 705-382-3137 705-382-5634 705-386-2625 705-384-1466 705-389-3130 705-636-7935 705-724-6028 705-386-0764 705-636-5659 705-788-3309 705-224-9567 705-783-6505

Explorer’s Edge (RTO 12) www.explorersedge.ca

705-646-7673

Innovation Initiatives Ontario North (Iion)

705-474-7600 x5606

Friends of the Library Sundridge Golden Sunshine Club

www.iion.ca

Kearney Lions Club Kearney Royal Canadian Legion Branch 276 Kearney Senior Citizens Club Knights of Columbus Magnetawan Agricultural Society Magnetawan Friendship Club Magnetawan Historical Society Magnetawan Lions Club Magnetawan Ridgerunners Snowmobile Club Meals on Wheels Burks Falls and Emsdale Meals on Wheels Sundridge and Area Near North Snowdrifters

Outward Bound www.outwardbound.ca

Park to Park Trails Association Powassan & District Food Bank Powassan Agricultural Society Powassan and Area Figure Skating Club Powassan Girl Guides Powassan and District Food Bank Powassan and District Horticultural Society Powassan Meals on Wheels Powassan Drop In Centre Powassan Lions Club Powassan Royal Canadian Legion Branch 453 Sundridge Royal Canadian Legion Branch 467 South Almaguin Habitat for Humanity Project South River Curling Club South River Friendly Centre South River Horticultural Society South River Legion Branch 390 South River Food Bank South Shore Restoule Snowmobile Club Sprucedale Horticultural Society

Strong Agricultural Society Sundridge Brownies Sundridge Food Bank Sundridge Girl Guides

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705-384-1632 705-724-3613

705-636-7594 705-636-5889 705-636-7752 705-382-2740 705-387-3893 705-387-4855 705-387-3088 705-387-4597 705-387-4228 705-685-7450 705-724-6028 705-384-7491

888-688-9273

705-746-7663 705-724-1769 705-492-2811 705-724-6982 705-723-5051 705-724-5693 705-724-2135 705-724-6028 705-724-3651 705-724-3104 705-724-2235 705-384-5655 705-636-1679 705-386-2966 705-386-0322 705-386-7150 705-386-2906 705-386-2615 705-724-5678 705-636-5751 705-384-7110 705-384-5368 705-384-1114 705-384-7847

Sundridge Lions Club Sundridge Pathfinders Sundridge Rec Committee

The Labour Market Group www.thelabourmarketgroup.ca

Trout Creek Agricultural Society Trout Creek Friendship Club Trout Creek Lions Club Young at Heart Seniors Club

705-384-0791 705-384-7847 705-384-5346

705-474-0812

705-723-5564 705-723-1656 705-723-5793 705-382-2526

Places of Worship Almaguin Evangelical Missionary Church Anglican Perish of the Good Sheppard Bethel Pentacostal Church Birchdale Community Church Burk’s Falls Baptist Church Burk’s Falls United Church Chapman Valley Gospel Hall Chetwynd Community Church Church of Christ Church of Christ Church of the Holy Spirit Faith Chapel Gospel Mission Church Grace Pentacostal Church Higher Heights Christian Fellowship Kingdom Hall Knox Presbyterian Church

Legacy Life Centre www.legacylifecentre.com

New Hope Fellowship Legacy Life Centre Powassan United Church Powassan Wesleyan Church South River Chalmers United Church St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

St. Augustine's Catholic Church

St. George Anglican St. Joseph Roman Catholic St. Mary’s Anglican Church St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Sundridge Knox Presbyterian Church Trinity United Trout Creek Baptist Church Trout Creek United Church Zion United Church

705-386-0651 705-636-7038 705-386-7706 705-636-0140 705-382-1988 705-382-3325 705-384-5280 705-382-5463 705-386-2551 705-384-5214 705-636-5334 705-685-7114 705-384-7323 705-724-1720 705-386-1999 705-724-3193 705-387-4882

705-382-0755

705-382-0755 705-724-2815 705-724-3818 705-386-2308 705-382-2032 705-384-2224 705-387-3704 705-724-2118 705-724-2789 705-636-5334 705-723-5352 705-384-7452 705-382-0044 705-326-4576 705-723-5564 705-384-5220

Real Estate Century 21 Blue Sky Realty Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty (Powassan)

Chestnut Park Real Estate – Dawn Mashinter www.dawnmashinter.com Chestnut Park Real Estate – Sandy Tyers www.sandytyers.com Coldwell Banker Thompson Real Estate www.coldwellbankerrealestate.ca Burk’s Falls South River Sundridge

705-384-4500 705-724-1100

705-571-2534 705-788-4492

705-382-2323 705-386-2342 705-384-5437

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Hummingbird Realty Inc. Jackie McAvoy Real Estate Services

705-724-3939 705-636-5437

Re/max Legend Real Estate Inc., Brokerage www.remax.ca

705-384-5262

Re/Max North Country Realty – Louisa Moffit www.louisamoffit.com

705 382-2132

Re/Max North Country Realty

Re/Max Parry Sound/Muskoka Magnetawan Branch Royal LePage – Lakes of Muskoka Realty

705-382-6161

705-387-9700 705-382-5555

Royal Lepage – Deidre Lazar 705-380-2668 www.dlazar.ca Royal LePage – Emilio Foffano 705-788-6553 www.emiliosellsmuskoka.com Royal LePage – Judy Ransome 705-382-5555 www.realtor.ca/Residential/RealtorDetailsaspx?IndividualId=1399993 Royal Lepage Sundridge

705-384-2220

Retail Sales and Service Acme Pet Foods & Supplies www.acmepetfoods.ca

Algonquin Basecamp Algonquin Fine Foods Algonquin Garage Doors Almaguin Donation Store Anderson Do It Centre Anderson Windows Antique Radio & TV Shop A Touch of Unique Madness - Craft Store B&G Variety Bay City Ice Co. Berriedale Schoolhouse Antiques Best Pierogi Bizzy B’zz Bookbin Blacks Guest House Blu Moon Artisans Brushey's Nokian Footwear/Service Ontario Burk’s Falls Radio and TV

Canoe Algonquin www.canoealgonquin.com

705-384-5555 705-783-2005 705-382-0707 705-386-7815 705-249-4225 705-384-5321 705-384-5341 705-723-5333 705-724-6161 705-636-5511 705-724-2220 705-382-1181 705-739-7703 705-636-9025 705-386-8390 705-382-4008 705-724-5493 705-382-2726

705-636-5956

Canvas Back Creations

705-636-9407

Circling Hawks Centre Chiswick Woods

705-382-2771 705-724-1594

Capstone Market and Petro Canada -Burk's Falls 705-382-0359 www.facebook.com/capstoneburksfalls Collins ValuMart www.valumart.ca Copperhead Distillery www.copperhead-distillery.com CornBall Store Cottage Kitsch Cox’s General Store Culligan Springs Ltd. Deer Lake Trout Farm and Archery de Peuters Decorating Centre Down Memory Lane Eagle Lake Narrows Store Eclectic Cottage Friendly Acres Garden Centre

705-382-3134 705-909-0743

705-387-0653 705-636-9530 705-384-1126 705-636-7777 705-382-2219 705-384-5828 705-384-7947 705-386-0056 705-384-1478 705-386-2153

Fern Glen Garden Centre Fincham’s Harness and Feed Foodland Novar Foodland South River

705-636-0927 705-382-2544 705-789-1777 705-386-0826

Foodland Sundridge www.ontario.foodland.ca/stores/sundridge/

705-384-5378

Highlander Brew Co. www.highlanderbrewco.com

705-792-0808

Garden Market by Sandhill Nursery

Giesler Automotive Giesler Boat Shop Giesler Marine Gomoll Timber Mart Groovy Glass Beads Hi-Way General Store

Highland Recreation

Hill Valley Equipment Home Hardware Building Centre Burk’s Falls

Magnetawan Happy Tummy Gluten Free/Vegan Bakery Heather’s Garden and Home Home Hardware – Burk’s Falls Hubbert’s Maple Products Inspire Décor & Gifts Just Electronics

Katrine General Store Kearney General Store

Kidds Home Hardware Building Centre Sundridge www.kiddshomehardware.com

Kimtreelane Soap Co. Kirk’s Convenience & Gas Kwik Way

Magnetawan Bait and Tackle www.magbait.com

705-382-2442 705-724-1515 705-724-2100 705 724 21000 705-724-2023 705-386-9463 705-387-4400 705-384-9468

705-384-9700 705-382-3027 705-387-3988 705-384-7320 705-477-1492 705-382-3225 705-384-7847 705-801-5346 705-789-3616 705-382-2397 705-636-7999

705-384-5365 705-783-0548 705-685-7851 705-382-2887

705-387-3361

McManus General Store 705-685-7959 Memere's Bakery 705-358-2967 Miniature Memories 705-386-0175 705-636-0373 Morning Dove Monuments Muskoka Trailer Sales 705-783-4164 Near North Industrial Solutions 705-384-1389 NONSynth.com 705-571-1909 705-825-1234 Northern Lawn Care Service Northern Meat Packers 705-723-5573 Northern Supply Co. 705-723-1234 Oley's Armoury 705-724-6539 Oley’s Auction's 705-724-6539 Oley's Operations - Snow Removal 705-724-6539 Opspeculate Aerial Photography/Music Studio 705-384-0339 Original Heat Woodstoves 705-382-0007 Oshell’s Valu-mart 705-724-2917 Passion Plants 705-386-7991 P.C.I. Office Interiors 705-721-0776 People’s Value Store 705-386-0706 Phoenix Building Components 705-386-0007 Powassan Castle Building Centre 705-724-2749 Powassan Flowers 705-724-2334 Powassan Home Hardware 705-724-2810 Powassan Kwik Way 705-724-3207 Rev. John Hayes ~ Weddings-Baptisms-Funerals 705-477-5225 97

BUSINESS DIRECTORY R&H Distributing -Snowshoes & Outdoor Supplies 705-685-7728 Rustic Behaviour 705-387-9966 Hillside Country Store 705-386-2214 Sat Ent Systems 705-724-3895 Scarlett’s Maple Syrup 705-386-7788 Sears Catalogue Pickup 705-382-2320 Burk’s Falls 705-382-0122 Powassan 705-724-2004 Sundridge 705-384-5303 South River 705-386-2302 Slick Depictions 705-571-3213 South River Kwik Way 705-386-0606 Sprucedale Quality Meats 705-685-7747 Stevann’s - The Shop Crosstown 705-724-2564 Stick & Stone Track Shop & Feed 705-492-0174 Stoney Lake Variety 705-384-5253 Stovers Hidden Retreat 705-386-0307 Stoney Lake Variety 705-384-5253 Summer’s Attic

705-387-1452 Sundridge Meats and Deli (Sebastian’s) 705-384-7431 705-386-0440 Swift Canoe & Kayak Store Taylor Sales and Service 705-787-8982 The Bear Chair Co. 705-386-0757 The Beer Store South River 705-386-2322 Powassan 705-724-3311 The Cutter’s Edge

705-382-2026 The Flower Garden Burk’s Falls 705-382-1006 The Flower Garden Sundridge 705-384-7337

RBC Royal Bank Burk’s Falls

Sundridge

The Village Bins Thorpe Upholstery Trader Ted’s Trout Creek General Store Tucks Bait & Tackle

A Wise Tutor www.awisetutor.com

The Variegated Devas Nursery www.variegateddevas.ca

Wooden Roo www.woodenroo.com Woody Green Woodworking

705-787-5812

705-384-7025 705-724-6150 705-774-6450 705-723-1050 705-384-9845

705-382-3812 705-384-5476

Zak’s 705-384-0884 www.zakssundridge.ca 705-724-1554 Zehr’s Bakery

Services – Financial Assante Capital Wealth Management

855-840-6999

James Zantingh Mortgage Professional Mortgage Architects – Alex Passas

705-783-8067 416-889-1241

Freedom 55 Financial - Jennifer Farquhar 705-494-0765 Investors Group Financial Service Inc. Linda Daniels 705-382-3812 www.investorsgroup.com/en/linda.daniels/home Investors Group Financial Service Inc. Natalie Gallagher 705-571-3292 www.investorsgroup.com/en/natalie.gallagher/home Kawartha Credit Union

Burk’s Falls 705-382-2364 Emsdale 705-636-7834 Magnetawan 705-387-3763 South River 705-386-0088 www.kwarthacu.ca 98

Rocco Mortelliti Financial Services

Scotia Bank - Powassan

705-382-2699 705-384-5311

800-565-7269

705-724-2942

Services – General and Professional A & J Storage A Miron Topsoil LTD ABKS Accounting & Tax Services Affordable Portable Storage Ahmic Living Alex Preston Sand & Gravel Algonquin Storage All Heart Pet Rescue All Occasions DJ Service Almaguin Advertising Almaguin Animal Shelter Almaguin K9 Cottages and Boarding Resort Almaguin Building Movers Almaguin Custom Canvas Almaguin Highlands Ontario Inc. Almaguin Tree Service Almaguin Veterinary Services Almaguin Web Services Almarah Technical Services AM Paul Funeral Home Antique & Estate Appraisals (Brenda Scott) Armour Bathtub Refinishing & Repairs Art Bakker Mobile Barge & Septic

705-636-5698 705-783-3493 705-382-9777 705-382-0045 705-783-5454 705-384-7037 705-990-0151 705-724-2630 705-386-2237 705-783-1561 705-386-0020 705-380-5040 705-636-5008 705-387-0202 705-571-6881 705-386-2177 705-384-0325 705-571-6881 705-492-8328 705-724-2024 866-677-7665 705-382-3313 705-387-0615

705-380-4299

Beaver Creek Farms 705-636-7155 Benny the Bugman - Cleaning & General Handyman 705-499-6447 Bill Booth Serviceworks 705-384-0833 Bonazza Extinguishers 705-349-3473 705-499-0316 Brad Gilson Escavating, Dumptrucks and Logging Bren-Mar Enterprises Ltd 705-384-7680 Burk’s Falls Laundromat (7am-9pm) 705-783-6999 Muskoka Ready Mix - Burk's Falls 705-382-6295 Canada Post Astorville 705-752-4462 Burk’s Falls 705-382-3901 Callander 705-752-1380 Dunchurch 705-389-2133 Emsdale 866-607-6301 Kearney 705-636-5422 Magnetawan 705-387-3756 Novar 866-607-6301 Powassan 705-724-2934 South River 705-386-2927 Sundridge 705-384-7753 Trout Creek 705-723-5261 Cambrien Depres Pacey Insurance Brokers 705-724-2932 Canadian Firearms Institute 705-384-5692 Carr Aggregates 705-387-1987 Christian Horizons 705-386-2625 Claridge Lawn and Grounds Keeping 705-493-2848 Country Style Picture Framing 705-386-2938 Cowboy Ferrier Service - Scott 705-783-5476 Cozy Pup Creations 705-783-9891

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David Bolus Horticultural Services 705-636-1453 Dave Hall Excavating 705-787-5246 Dean's Auto Care 705-387-2277 DeRose Vet Clinic 705-382-2981 Cambrian Insurance Brokers Ltd. 705-384-7001 Designs for Living 705-380-6875

Dog On The Run 705-349-3644 Doggie Paws Spa

705-382-3082

Donna Smith Accounting 705-382-2418 Rick Vincor Septic 705-386-2201 Eco-Seal 705-636-5465 Eden Kennels 705-723-1604 Etching Muskoka 705-349-3824 Expedia Vacations 705-492-0685 Family Tree Photography & Vintage Event Rentals 705-349-1123 Gary Groome Backhoeing 705-636-7764 Get Stuffed Upholstery 705-746-0144

Green Moose Media www.greenmoosemedia.com Greg Boothby Earth Moving Gun Guys Family Tree Photography & Vintage Event Rentals Frank Cressey Signs

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Almaguin Spartans Hockey Club Ahmic Lake Golf Club Almaguin Highlands Golf and Country Club Beaver Creek Farms & Dogsledding Chocpaw Expeditions

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