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Volume 19, Issue 72
L I F E I N N O R T H U M B E R L A N D, P R I N C E E D W A R D C O U N T Y A N D Q U I N T E
SUMMER ALEX FIDA
TOAST OF THE COUNTY SUMMER DINING EN PLEIN AIR
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F E AT U R E S ALEX FIDA – GRAND PLANS FOR A PLACE HE CALLS HOME Meet the man who is a driving force behind Prince Edward County’s cultural renaissance. An interview with Alex Fida at the House of Falconer reveals his love of history, his passion for design and his understanding of the people who are the backbone of his community. by JANET DAVIES
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WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME Hotel bars are a disappearing breed in small town Ontario, but the bar in Kelly’s Homelike Inn is bucking the trend. Just what is it about this historic Cobourg bar that keeps a host of dedicated regulars coming back for a cool draft? by TOM CRUICKSHANK
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WELLINGTON WATER WEEK A group in Prince Edward County wants to bring community awareness to our natural environment and to our water. They’re orchestrating a cultural tribute to water by hosting a festival – aptly named Wellington Water Week – that celebrates the vital role that water plays in our lives. by MICOL MAROTTI
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COBOURG COAST GUARD CAPTAIN A boating excursion on Lake Ontario can change from a pleasant experience to a frightening ordeal if the wind picks up, the weather changes or the boat breaks down. When an emergency arises out on the lake, Captain Rob Moore and his highly-specialized Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue unit are out on the water within minutes of receiving a distress call. by PATRICIA BEESON
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GEORGE’S POND:
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CULTURAL CURRENTS: Caitlin O’Reilly
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INNOVATION: Tea Time Any Time
by MEGHAN SHEFFIELD
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FIELD NOTES: Incredible Journeys by TERRY SPRAGUE
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HABITAT: Turtle Talk
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LOVIN’ THE LOCAL: A Showcase Of Locally Curated Products by STEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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FOOD & DRINK SCENE: Dinner En Plein Air
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WATERSHEDDINGS: Seasonal Guide To Regional Events by INGRID NACHTRIEB
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FIRST WORDS |
WHEN I VISITED MY MOM IN HER NURSING HOME, one of our favourite pastimes was holding hands in the warmth of the summer sun and singing familiar songs. We sang old marching tunes she’d learned from her dad, who fought in the First World War. From there, we would break into God Save the King. But she always loved singing The White Cliffs of Dover – a song that promised “love and laughter and peace ever after” at the end of the Second World War. Mom was actually a product of two wars. While her dad’s war experiences impacted her early life, the Second World War affected her as a young woman. She said goodbye to her brother and to more than one boyfriend who headed overseas to fight in a war that sucked the life out of so many. And she stole the hearts of a few more “boys” at the Red Cross Canteen where she worked as a volunteer every week. During her days at the canteen, she danced with Norwegian soldiers who were training in Canada as pilots, she danced with Canadian soldiers, some on leave, and others whose minds and bodies were wounded beyond repair. She danced for the war effort. It sounds old fashioned, but she danced for King and country. I’m writing this note on the eve of D-Day, and the song that has been running through my mind all day long is The White Cliffs of Dover. Mom passed away in April, just before her 99th birthday. If there was ever anyone who “brought love and laughter” with her, wherever she went, it was my mom. “It is imperative that their memories become ours.”
contributors Watershed Magazine is proud to partner with community-based organizations that enrich the cultural, social, environmental and economic fabric of our region. Visit our website watershedmagazine.com to learn more about our partners.
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meghan sheffield A writer, web producer, and social media manager, Meghan specializes in telling stories about family, culture and place. Her writing has appeared in the Kingston Whig-Standard and Up Here magazine and is frequently featured on the good local’s website. Meghan is a mother, Montessori practitioner, and a serendipitous birdwatcher living in downtown Cobourg, who counts herself lucky to live so close to both Lake Ontario and the library.
signe langford Signe is a restaurant chef-turnedwriter who tells award-winning stories and creates delicious recipes for such publications as: Harrowsmith, the LCBO’s Food & Drink magazine, Marquee, and Today’s Parent. She published Happy Hands & Fresh Eggs; Keeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden with 100 Recipes in 2015. She studied Fine Art History and Humanities at the University of Toronto and York University, graduated with honours from OCAD University, and earned her Wine Specialist Certificate from George Brown College.
chantelle watt As a lifestyle brand photographer, Chantelle enjoys meeting and working with clients to help their brands come to life in a visually compelling way. Having grown up in the area, she is familiar with Northumberland and the surrounding area, but always loves meeting new faces and discovering hidden gems. Chantelle is self-taught with a passion for clean, timeless imagery. Her work has recently been featured by HGTV Canada and The Everygirl. No fancy awards, just lots and lots of happy clients.
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PUBLISHER/EDITOR JANE KELLY
EDITOR
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mbishop@watershedmagazine.com CONTRIBUTORS Shelagh Armstrong Lorne Aronson Patricia Beeson Matthew Botha John Corey Tom Cruickshank Janet Davies Tom Groot John Jeronimus Jane Kessler Johnny C.Y. Lam Signe Langford Shelby Lisk Brad Manning Micol Marotti Ingrid Nachtrieb Dan Needles Lee Rapp Meghan Sheffield George Smith Terry Sprague Roger Thomas Norm Wagenaar Chantelle Watt Tim Zeltner
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Mailbag
Letters to the Editor
GORGEOUS COVER This morning I had a phone call from my 87-year-
Congratulations to David Newland and Johnny Lam for their story on the Dewey family’s encouragement and support, as they help Slieman Al Jasem get established in the County fishing business. CARLYN MOULTON, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
old mom. The only purpose for her call was to tell me how gorgeous the cover of your Spring issue was. She was having a coffee and she wanted to tell me that “looking at the cover made it feel like
like your design for the interior of the magazine. My wife, Anita and I were in the advertising
spring”. Mission accomplished! Kelly Dirken, Renaissance Printing Inc., via email
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business when Deborah Samuels was practicing her craft. It is great to see her work. Still creative,
A CLEAN AND TASTEFUL MAGAZINE
passionate and inspirational! Congratulations.
We were at our cottage on Rice Lake this weekend
Roger Hill, via email
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and I got to spend some time enjoying the latest Watershed Magazine. I just wanted to share with
RAISE A GLASS TO JOHN DELACOUR
you how refreshing it was to see a magazine that
Just started reading the spring issue today and
was so clean, simple and tasteful in its design and
wanted you to know that I teared up when I read
presentation. More is not always necessarily better.
about John DeLaCour in First Words. Old Johnny
I very much appreciated the selection of Peony
D. could be grumpy but he did have a heart of
by Susan Nally for the cover. Strong brushwork,
gold. Your words brought back some funny mem-
beautiful colouring and she captured the essence
ories – mapping out the circulation routes in the
of the subject with no extraneous influence, just
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Mailbag
Letters to the Editor
delivery guys and lists, lists and more lists! Thanks for
we appreciate the space Watershed devoted to
those memories. I’m going to the Legion today and
telling the story. Interested readers who want to keep
will raise a glass to Johnny D.
up with new developments can follow PECSyria on
Mary-Jane Tonello, Former Editor,
our facebook page.
Watershed Magazine, via email
Carlyn Moulton
... A CELEBRATION OF WESTBEN’S 20 YEARS
Founder, PECSYRIA
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I just wanted to thank you for the feature on Westben
JOINT VENTURES
in Watershed. You have such a beautiful magazine! The
With regards to Tom Cruickshank’s article, it is my
story is well written, and the layout is beautiful. We real-
opinion that FSD Pharma has had, and will continue
ly like the way you printed “Centre for Connection &
to have, a positive impact on Cobourg.
Creativity Through Music” with Music being the largest
FSD has consistently advised the town of their
type. We are very honoured that you have included
plans to expand the facility in phases, hiring upwards
us, so thank you most sincerely. All the best.
of 1,200 people and let’s not forget this company is
Donna Bennett, Westben Centre for Connection
also on the cutting edge of advancements affecting
& Creativity, via email
the pharmaceutical industry. Should their plans come
...
to fruition, the result will be an economic spin-off in
CASTING THE NET OF OPPORTUNITY
the millions of dollars for our area. We have already
I want to congratulate David Newland and Johnny
seen contractors and local residents hired, employees
Lam for their story on the Dewey family's encourage-
buying homes and visitors to the plant spending
ment and support, as they help Slieman Al Jasem get
money here. FSD has received hundreds of résumés
established in the County fishing business.
from Cobourg and beyond, however one challenge is
This is a story of stubborn persistance against the
our lack of affordable housing for out-of-towners
odds; it is a story of hope, and it is also a story of gen-
seeking accommodation. That said, the opportunities
erous friendship. Prince Edward County has sponsored
far outweigh the challenges and I look forward to see-
34 former Syrian refugees so far, with more families
ing what could have been a derelict empty factory
expected to arrive this year and next.
continue to grow as an economic driver for our town.
Over 150 volunteers and donors have offered support and encouragement, but the whole community is
Wendy Gibson Retired Town of Cobourg, E.D.O.
benefiting from the availability of not just fresh fish from the County Catch, but also foods prepared and sold by Papa Ganoush and Momma Hummus, Nabi-
Watershed looks forward to reading all your letters!
ha's Travelling Kitchen and the Shway Shway Café – all
Please forward your letters to: Watershed Magazine,
businesses started by the Al Jasems and the Moustafa
160 Joice Road, Grafton, ON K0K 2G0
families. This really has been a community effort, and
or e-mail us at: info@watershedmagazine.com
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NOTEWORTHY
HERE TO HELP
Believe it or not, turtles have been around for 220 mil-
Have you ever wondered about the red and white boats
lion years. But in the last 100 years, their numbers have
that bob on their moorings along the east pier in the
been dropping steadily because of their low reproduc-
Cobourg harbour? They’re part of the Canadian Coast
tion rates and the destruction of their habitats. There are
Guard Search and Rescue unit, run by a crew of crack
five turtle species in the Watershed region, four of which
professionals who understand the vagaries and dangers
are either endangered or at risk. Can you name them?
of the Lake Ontario waters they patrol.
Habitat, Pg.58
A Day in the Life of a Coast Guard Captain, Pg.48
Matt and Liz Fleguel ferry 1,900 ewes – literally – between
Three talented gals pack up their products for a special
the Prince Edward County mainland and an isolated
en plein air summer dinner of smoked trout, freshly-
island in Lake Ontario. They bring the herd home to
foraged greens, and warm bread pulled from a wood-
their farm on Waupoos Island where, under the watchful
fired oven, by a baker, who is aptly named Annie
eye of Mother Nature, the ewes will give birth to their
Boulanger. The results are to die for.
lambs.
Food and Drink, Pg.64
Beyond the Garden Gate, Pg.24
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.” G.K. CHESTERTON
After I read your recent article about the value of well-maintained fence rows, I thought I should check out the ones on my property. What I discovered was that my fence rows are entangled by grapevines. How do I control them? Grapevines are hard to manage and can do a lot of damage to your fences and to the trees and bushes along your fence lines. If left alone, their tendrils wind around anything they can find, and will eventually choke or pull down whatever they can get a hold of. They can even kill mature trees. In the past, cows would happily chomp on the vines along the fence rows and keep them under control, but today, there just aren’t as many pastured cows. Alternatively, farmers used herbicides to keep the vines at bay. Today, the only solution is to grab your gloves and a heavy pair of shears and start yanking the vines off the trees, bushes and your fence line. Pull the vines as far back as possible because they have many tentacles that snake their way through the grass en route to their victims. It’s a job that needs to be done regularly.
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A literary afternoon with the return of some of our favourite authors Lisa Moore, Elizabeth Hay…and more! Moderated by CBC’s Karin Wells Sunday, September 15, 2019 - 2:00pm Victoria Hall in Cobourg, Ontario Tickets $40 (with tax receipt) Tickets by phone: Horizons of Friendship 905-372-5483 x10 Online: www.horizons.ca/events In person: Horizons of Friendship 50 Covert St, Cobourg & Furby House Books 65 Walton St, Port Hope In support of Horizons of Friendship’s programs in Central America & Mexico
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RETIREMENT ADVICE FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED LANDOWNER True Confessions from the Ninth Concession BY DAN NEEDLES ILLUSTRATION BY SHELAGH ARMSTRONG
AS A COUNTRY PERSON AGES, THERE IS A TEMPTATION TO IMAGINE the approach of a quiet
and graceful retirement – long, dreamy summer afternoons napping on the porch swing while grandchildren romp in the yard. That might be a happy possibility for the hedge fund manager in a condo beside the golf course on the edge of town, but not here, not for a freelancer and a farmer like me. First of all, although we do have a porch swing, the dogs get to it long before I do. Second, there are no grandchildren in sight because my sons are wary of entanglements and I have defended my daughters so vigorously over the last two decades they have decided to keep dogs instead of husbands. I am now blindly throwing my daughters at every man who passes by. The third complication is a barnyard full of sheep, chickens, donkeys and pigs, and a rooster that crows every morning at dawn. Waking up to a rooster’s crow has a natural, organic feel to it and I used to enjoy being pulled gently from slumber by his joyful cry. The trouble is the rooster also wakes my wife’s donkey, Maggie, who is a very different sort of alarm clock. A donkey shrieking under your bedroom window at first light does not wake you up in places, like the rooster. It wakes you up all over. After being jolted upright by one of Maggie’s stentorian moose calls, I experience eight hours of the most wide-awakeness I have known since my days in naval cadets. Morning chores leave me wobbly and winded by breakfast. Then the day begins, for freelance writers
never know when to stop. None of us gets a letter from the vice-president on the management floor saying, “We regret your skill set does not meet our present needs and your services are no longer required.” I once tried writing a letter like that to myself, but there was no outplacement team to escort me to the curb. Age 65 came and went without a gold watch or a cake, or any of those earnest speeches assuring me how much I would be missed. The phone just kept ringing with more deadlines from determined editors. People continued to corner me in the supermarket and demand to know what I had done lately. My dad was a Shakespearean actor who remained on stage until he was 86. I was surprised when he suddenly decided to pack it in because even at that age he could still remember lines and trudge around in costume. It was actually cheaper to get him to play old guys because he didn’t need makeup. But he claimed it was “very hard on the young people.” He said, “I come out on stage and the play just suddenly stops. You hear people whispering all over the auditorium, ‘I thought he was dead!’” So Pop hung up his tights and went home, as he put it, “to sit on my veranda and die.” Except he didn’t. He lasted another 11 years without any noticeable change. People tell me I have good genes. Nearly all my ancestors smoked, drank vodka tonics, ate red meat, and lived without serious ailments until they were well into their 90s. My father might still be with us today if he hadn’t taken every meal at Swiss Chalet from the day it opened in 1954. He was a lifelong
hypochondriac and started hanging onto the furniture to keep his balance when he was in his 50s. He wore out several doctors, visiting them every week to report some pop or gurgle his body had just made. He insisted he had never really felt well since that bout of Spanish flu he picked up as an infant in 1919. No MRI ever revealed anything wrong with him and he carried on doing his crosswords every morning, feeding his birds and going up to the theatre to run lines with young actors in the green room. And one day his heart just stopped. I hope this is my fate. I have organized the feeding program here so that I no longer press-gang the children and their friends into slugging square bales from the fields. A young cash cropper neighbour delivers all the hay I need with a giant tractor and builds a stack the sheep munch through all winter without me having to do much more than cut strings. I believe this is the secret to agriculture for seniors. Let everybody else, including the animals, do as much of the work as possible, but don’t start hanging onto the furniture. Keep moving. Meet deadlines. Don’t limp. Look after the life around you like a good steward of the manifold grace of God and never, ever turn your back on the ram. Editor’s note: Author and playwright Dan Needles is the recipient of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. His new book, True Confessions from the Ninth Concession (Douglas & McIntyre), a collection from 20 years of his columns for Watershed and other publications, is available at bookstores.
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A SELECTION OF THINGS TO DO AND DISCOVER ACROSS OUR REGION
MUST EXPLORE Sundays are best spent exploring, meandering
routes in Ontario – Lakeshore Road. While en
the back roads, and finding something a bit out
route, why not learn about the local history dur-
of the ordinary. The Friends of Wesleyville Vil-
ing Step Inside Sundays.
lage welcome you to discover their heritage village – a community that is quickly earning a reputation as the little village that could – along one of the most picturesque driving and cycling
Step Inside Sundays Sundays from June 30th - September 1st, noon - 4pm 2082 Lakeshore Road, Wesleyville Village Wesleyvillevillage.com
MUST TAG & RELEASE The sight of Monarch butterflies alighting on milkweed pods is one of the joys of summer. The Port Hope Historical Society is hosting its 10th annual Monarch “tag and release” day
MUST GO WITH YOUR GUT Discover everything there is to know about fer-
plenty of experts and food producers on hand
mented foods and gut-boosting microbiology
to learn from, sample from and take away from.
at Ontario’s Third Annual Fermentation Festival.
Just go with your gut!
This family-friendly day features 30+ vendors offering samples of kombucha, kefir, jun, kimchi, sourdough and sauerkraut, as well as hands-on workshops and demonstrations. There will be
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with butterfly expert, Donald Davis. It’s a chance for kids and adults to become intimately involved with the delicate Monarch butterfly. To learn more about the Monarch, The Nature of Things has a fascinating episode called The Great Butterfly Hunt, starring Gordon Pinsent, that explains the remarkable Monarch migration and tells the story of Fred Urquhart, the determined Canadian scientist who discovered exactly where the butterflies mysteriously disappeared when they flew south for the winter. You can watch it online at: https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/the-great-butterfly-hunt Monarch Tag & Release Saturday, August 24 10am - 4pm Dorothy’s House Museum 3632 County Rd. 9 Garden Hill
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MUST LAUNCH Walking along Belleville’s greenspaces just got sweeter with an infusion of entrepreneurial spirit and strategic vision in the form of pop-up shops, set to enhance the city’s natural assets and to encourage more foot traffic and interest in local businesses. Phase One, of Pop-Ups on the Bay, begins this June at West Riverside Park and will be home to the Brick Oven Pizza Truck, Doug’s Bicycle, and the Golden Scoop. Phase Two, set for 2020, will see some of the smaller structures replaced with shipping containers, strategically located by the Bay of Quinte, for a fresh take on the pop-up shopping trend.
MUST GET ON THE BUS Keep an eye out for the Bard’s Bus this August, as one of the area’s best live theatre productions rolls into town. Now in their 25th year, Driftwood Theatre brings accessible, live, outdoor theatre across Watershed country with a contemporary, Canadian take on Shakespeare. To kick off the season, Driftwood presents a colourful, rocking, rolling, funktastic, jazz-infused musical rendition of A (musical) Midsummer Night’s Dream! Driftwood Theatre – Driftwoodtheatre.com Trent Port Marina, Quinte West – August 8 Mill Pond Park, Bloomfield – August 9 Victoria Park, Cobourg – August 10 Scugog Shores Museum, Port Perry – August 11
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MUST CHEER Bring your determination, your ingenuity and your ‘A’ game to the Bloomfield Soap Box Derby for fast and furious fun. Ages 5 to 12 will race to victory in a self-propelled car, relying solely on gravity and gumption to cross the finish line first. The soapbox cars are as unique as the young drivers behind the wheel – from vintage wooden replicas to glossy, sleek and modern. Cheer for your favourite racer in this fabulously fun, family event. Bloomfield Soap Box Derby Saturday, July 13, 9am - 11:45am bloomfieldontario.ca
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STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHNNY C. Y. LAM
LAMBING
ON WAUPOOS ISLAND Two young farmers pit themselves against
the elements in a bid to run a successful sheep farm on an island in Lake Ontario.
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BACK IN THE 1980S, MATT FLEGUEL’S PARENTS
came across an ad in a local newspaper: A farmer had sheep for sale on Waupoos Island. Matt’s mom, who comes from three generations of sheep farmers in New Zealand, was interested. Before they knew it, the couple had packed up their house in Toronto and moved to Waupoos Island where they started a family and a sheep farm. Waupoos – a name derived from the Ojibwe word waabooz meaning rabbit – was originally inhabited by the Tyendinaga Mohawk. Today, Waupoos, the area located on Smith Bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County, is known for its cold-climate wines, artisan cheeses, apple ciders, fine mustard and highbush blueberries. And you’ll probably see more sheep than rabbits if you visit Waupoos Island. Matt went off to Queen’s to pursue a degree in engineering – a far cry from sheep farming – but it did not take long for him to realize he was a farmer at heart. “I’d rather spend a long day on a farm than an hour sitting in traffic on the DVP!” Matt laughs. In 2016, Matt and his wife Liz took over the Fleguel family farm and established Waupoos Island Sheep. The farm has grown from the few hundred sheep Matt’s parents started with, to over 1,900 head today. Lambing season can be joyous, but it is also the most hectic and stressful time of the year for sheep farmers – it certainly is for Matt and Liz. Imagine the logistical challenge of ferrying 1,900 ewes from the mainland over the water to Waupoos Island, and then monitoring the well-being of over 2,000 freshly born lambs and their mothers. The flock is always at the mercy of the unpredictable mood of Canadian spring. Then there is the threat of the coyotes – the natural predators that prowl the fields – which explains why there are six loyal and immensely powerful Great Pyrenees that watch and protect the flock. 26 | SUMMER 2019
Life on a sheep farm isn’t as fluffy and cute as you might imagine. In fact, it is often grim. “If you have livestock, you will have dead stock; that’s just how it is,” says Matt as he picks up a few dead lambs from the field. “We lost 60 lambs yesterday, mostly to dystocia and hypothermia…the most we’ve ever lost in 24 hours.” The weather is hugely important for the survival of newborn lambs. With a very cold and wet spring like the one we just experienced, so much life is at stake. “Mother nature pretty much does most of the work during lambing season. Our job is to make sure we help these lambs stay alive and healthy.” Matt continues, “Sometimes we do have to interfere when a ewe is having a hard time giving birth…like that one on her back over there!” Matt leaps off the ATV before he finishes the sentence and gets a hold of the exhausted ewe. The ewe, moaning and bleating on the ground, is obviously in distress; only the tip of the nose and the front feet of the lamb can be seen emerging from the ewe, seemingly stuck. Matt grabs onto the front legs of the lamb, which is covered in a yellowish amniotic fluid and tries to gently pull the baby out, all the while explaining what is going on. “He’s a big boy, look at him! Which explains why the ewe is having such a hard time,” says Matt as he successfully assists the birth of a healthy lamb. Most ewes give birth to just one lamb, although some will have twins, and some ewes will even have triplets. In the case of multiple births, often a ewe’s natural instinct will tell her to abandon one or two lambs to ensure the survival of another. That’s when Matt and Liz step in. In lambing season, Matt and Liz scour the fields looking for abandoned lambs that will be taken back to the barn where heat lamps and a milk machine are set up to keep them warm and fed around the clock. “Our daughter, Thora, does a good job keeping the orphaned lambs company in the barn – running and playing with them –
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It’s an enormous logistical challenge to ferry 1,900 ewes from the mainland over the water to Waupoos Island, and then to monitor the well-being of over 2,000 freshly born lambs and their mothers.
she even sings to the lambs sometimes!” says Liz with a smile. “Matt was probably Thora’s age when he first held a lamb.” Matt and Liz are carrying on an agricultural tradition that dates back to the mid-1600s when sheep were brought over to Quebec from France. In those early days, sheep were needed for manufacturing clothing and to feed the settlers. Nowadays, wool has very little commercial value for Canadian breeders. Lamb meat has become the main product for the farmer. Matt and Liz sell most of their lambs to the GTA, where the demand is high and they can get top dollar for their grass-finished lambs. “The way we keep our sheep is very much in line with the traditional New Zealand-style; we don’t keep the sheep indoors,” says Matt. “We also don’t feed our lambs any grain – just grass – which results in much better
quality and better tasting meat. By keeping the ewes outdoors year-round and moving them from pasture to pasture, they stay healthier and develop fuller and thicker fleece.” says Liz, who studied biology and is now teaching a pre-health program parttime at St. Lawrence College. “We are running one of the largest pasture-based operations in Ontario.” The community plays an important role in this style of sheep farming. So much land is required to successfully run a pasture-based sheep farm like the Waupoos Island Sheep operation. “We get a lot of passionate volunteers who are happy to help, and a lot of curious spectators snapping photos as we move our sheep from one pasture to another in the County,” Matt says. “People here have been very kind and supportive of us – the stories and photos they’ve been sharing on social media has helped raise awareness about what we do and how we do it.
It is very important to have a good relationship with our community because we depend on them for access to pasture and roads we don’t otherwise own.” Things have changed a lot since the first farmers put down roots in Prince Edward County, but the interdependent relationship between the farm community and local residents has remained the same. The gruelling hard work and the seemingly idyllic life of sheep farmers could be easily overlooked and romanticized, but somehow Matt and Liz handle the long hours and sleepless nights in stride. “Animal welfare is our top priority at the farm; it brings us so much pride and joy to see our sheep healthy. They all live a good life roaming free in this little slice of paradise that is Prince Edward County,” Liz says, as she hands a bottle of milk to Thora and shows her how to feed a little lamb in the warmth of the heat lamps in their century old barn.
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ALEX FIDA BY JANET DAVIES PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHNNY C. Y. LAM
Inspired by the history and the landscape that shaped his childhood, Alex Fida is fuelling a new generation of creativity and entrepreneurship in Prince Edward County.
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GRAND PLANS FOR A PLACE HE CALLS HOME ALEXANDRE FIDA IS A BIT OF A CELEBRITY IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY. His name comes up
often in conversations about restoring heritage buildings – from facelifts to full-on rescues and resuscitations. He can haul a historic house back from the very brink. It may take a few years, but he’s quick to comment, “If I am rich in anything, it’s time.” He has also appeared on The Globe and Mail’s Top 10 list of best
“I am always looking for the next thing.”
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Alex Fida prepping one of the grand rooms inside the House of Falconer
dressed men in 2017, but mention that and you’ll make him blush. He insists he was just in the right place at the right time, when the County was becoming the darling of the lifestyle pages. “Obviously I peaked early,” he laughs, saying his sartorial splendour has slipped. Working up ladders and down holes, hammering, painting, juggling blueprints and bills while running a 14-room hotel will do that to a guy. Alexandre was born in Switzerland and grew up in Bloomfield, in a beautiful house built in the Italianate style favoured by barley barons in the 1800s. His father, the late chef Willie Fida, established Angeline’s Inn and Restaurant and is widely regarded as bringing fine dining to the County. Alex and his sister Melanie grew up playing in the halls and common rooms, cheerfully sharing their home with the public. He still does that today in his own historic house in Picton. When Alex bought Falconer House, a whimsical old place with a fairy-tale look, it had long since lost its lavish gardens, not to a thorny forest as in fairytales, but to boring business buildings, plazas and parking lots. Although the same size as when antiques dealer Thera Falconer lived there surrounded by her treasures, it seemed shrunken and sad and destined for the wrecking ball, in spite of, or perhaps because of, its prime location. It had been sitting empty and unsold since Thera’s death in 2008. Everyone wondered what would become of it; nobody was brave enough to take it on. A collective sigh of relief was heard when Alex Fida bought it. Surely now the House of Falconer would survive. Thera Falconer’s heirs liked his visions and plans for the old place. “The Minaker family made this project possible by giving it to me at a price I could afford,” he says. “There is no way on earth I could have done it without them.”
CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN
As a little boy, Alex practiced his reading with a thick history book called The Settlers’ Dream. Published in 1984 by Tom Cruickshank – a name familiar to Watershed readers – historian and architect, Peter Stokes and photographer, John de Visser, it documents the region’s built heritage and is crammed with photos and stories about the surviving beauties of Prince Edward County – and the ones that fell down, burned down or were torn down, too. Perhaps his passion for architecture was sparked by that hefty picture book, the way a passion for trees and tractors is in other kids. “As a child I checked the newspapers for auction sales,” he recalls. “My mother would drive me to the place, leave me and come back for me at the end of the day. I’d look at everything and relish the action and bid on things, too.” He also remembers sitting in the back of his parents’ station wagon on Sunday drives around back roads, seeking out and discovering old forgotten places. “It felt like an epic adventure every time,” he says. Willie and Monika Fida made Angeline’s a success. “They worked hard and made it pay, but nobody got rich,” he says. Tragedy struck in 2007 when Willie Fida died in a car accident. Alex and Melanie, aged 20 and 17, inherited the inn and restaurant and had to decide what to do. With guidance from Monika, they chose to become second-generation innkeepers. Having grown up in the business, they knew how it ran, and they had ideas for improving accommodations and adding capacity, starting with building a row of motel-style suites and kitting each one out with a distinctive theme and a lot of style. Before taking on the running of the hotel, Alexandre went to study interior design in Florence, Italy, but came home to finish his degree with honours at Ryerson. It’s a lucky designer who has his
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Coffee maker – a collaboration between Alex and Caitlin at Cylinder Studio; steel staircase – a collaboration between Alex and metal artist Bruce Milan from Island Forge
own hotel to work on, and he threw himself into it, tapping his talent for reusing, recycling and repurposing, “pulling inspiration,” he says, “from the finest thrift stores and yard sales the world has to offer!” He insists Melanie is the brains of the business. She was just finishing high school when her life changed drastically: she now helps run the hotel, works as a nurse, has two children and is a trained Doula. It’s not uncommon for County people to have two, even three jobs. Some do it to make ends meet, others can’t resist an interesting opportunity. Chris and Norah Rogers come to mind, fellow innkeepers at the Waring House who also run a medical practice and a veterinarian clinic. THE AGE OF RESTORATION
Alex’s first rescue of a seriously decrepit structure
was a log cabin he found, sad and sorry-looking, on a property for sale on Babylon Road. Not a thing of beauty, it would surely be demolished by new owners, so, with help from heritage building expert Kip Brisley, Alex bought it and took it home. He was sure there was something good under all the siding and grime. “We stripped it all back, took it apart, catalogued every piece and reassembled it back at Angeline’s.” Sure enough, beneath four layers of siding that spanned a century there lurked a sturdy original log cabin. They rebuilt it and turned it into a luxurious standalone suite in the hotel gardens. They call it The Babylon. “Built heritage in Canada is often undervalued,” he says. “It’s not as old as in Europe, so people don’t feel it’s as important, but old clapboard farmhouses speak volumes about the settlers and conditions they lived in. I’ve learned
Everyone wondered what would become of the House of Falconer. A collective sigh of relief went up when Alex Fida bought it. Surely now the grand old house would survive.
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through trial and error and working with experts, but the log cabin was my first stepping stone. I figured if a pioneer could do it, I could do it.” With the Babylon under his belt, Alex was ready for House of Falconer. To help pay for restoration, he opened up the beautiful but desperately in need of renovation rooms to artists and pop-up shops. “It’s about evaluating where your values lie. For me, House of Falconer has not been about money,” he says. “I wanted to provide space for a creative community that I can be a part of, so that I can give others the kind of opportunities I got from County artists when I was growing up.” Peta Hall, a diminutive whirlwind arts activist now, but an internationally known potter in her day, was influential in Alex and Melanie’s young lives. “Mum sent us for pottery classes with her once a week, and we took quilting lessons with Lynn Lusk down the road. Our mother liked us to be busy,” he says wryly. “We did glass blowing with Ian Forbes out at West Lake. We were lucky that way, not just for the lessons and skills but getting to know the artists, being allowed into their world and seeing their creativity and different lives.” “A lot of sweat equity went into everything my
mother and father did and that goes for me, too,” he says. “My partner Adam and I are very resourceful; we’re always picking up new skills. We try our hands at most things, and we’re really good painters now! It’s not like we have a crack team who can bang stuff out in six weeks. We just keep at it, one room at a time as we can afford it.” HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A CELEBRITY?
I can’t help teasing Alex about being a local celebrity. He waves away the idea. I ask if he’s Googled himself lately and he laughs out loud, “Not for some time!” I say I have and I found a lot about him. That sort of kills his smile. He stares out the window as if he’d rather be outside than in an interview. I persist, suggesting he’s like a poster boy for valuing and preserving local heritage, that people admire him and are grateful for his efforts. He sighs and decides to humour me. “I’m really very shy,” he says. “Attention makes me a little uncomfortable. It’s nice that people recognize what I do, but I wish there was more recognition for some of the people that I admire, some of the old-timers. They don’t get the praise they deserve, yet they made this area
“It’s about evaluating where your values lie. For me, House of Falconer has not been about money… I want to provide space for a creative community so that I can give others the kind of opportunities I got from County artists when I was growing up.”
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what it is, they created the foundation of the County. Without them, our strong sense of community would not exist. Then there’s people like Owen who’s out there every day cleaning the streets.” He’s referring to the wiry, silent fellow, a familiar sight in Picton, who speaks to no-one but is out in all weather, picking up litter, sweeping sidewalks, even shoveling snow, totally independent of any local authorities. “Owen is like a celebrity to me,” says Alex. “I admire Geraldine Rorabeck who runs the Fabric World shop on Main Street, she’s just very specialized, content to provide that service and she’s been doing it for decades. I admire the tight multi-generation families here, too, and the sense of community they cultivate.” At that point, Adam enters the room with a large glass of something green and healthy for Alex. I’m grateful for his candour and decide I won’t press him any more. Like Alex, the House of Falconer has worn many hats. In the three years since it opened its doors, the old home has already been used as accommodation, a pop-up retail space, an arts space, and it has provided a shady garden for the public to enjoy. Alex shares the story of the House of Falconer’s renovation and evolution in posts and pictures on social media. Today, we are sitting in a big, graceful room with soaring original windows, a handsome Victorian fireplace and classy mid-century furnishings. The last time I was in this room, it held a vintage clothing mini shop. During Falconer’s Christmas Market, it housed Sparkbox artists Chrissy Poitras and Kyle Topping who were making jolly original artworks on the spot. For now, it’s just a sitting room, part of the vacation rental space that will help pay the bills this summer. As Alex sips his restorative drink, I appreciate how bright and welcoming it is while still being filled with a palpable sense of history. Looking up, I see an astonishing light fixture, so unusual and lovely I nearly fall backwards. “It’s by Harlan House,” Alex says. “Do you know his stuff?” I do. He’s an acclaimed and inventive porcelain artist. “It’s pretty old,” he says. “My mum bought it years and years ago. Looks good in here, doesn’t it?” Alex and Adam’s quarters are in the rebuilt drive shed, perhaps the worst part of the property when they bought it. The whole community watched the progress of its restoration, gasping as it was taken down and cheering as it went back up. As with the log cabin, they dismantled it carefully, numbered every piece, and rebuilt it using the original materials supplemented by necessary new bits. The day the walls went up again felt like an old-style barn-raising in downtown Picton. Willing friends and volunteers pushed and pulled together to raise the structure. Alex took down fences, and opened up the house to the town again. He’s content to have people
strolling the garden path; in fact he put it in to be a shady shortcut from the plaza car park to the Second Time Around shop. “It’s dangerous being so close to the secondhand shop,” he grins. “I try to stay away.” Unlike his long-term tenant, the brilliant artist Jonathan Kaiser, who lives and works at Falconer House and goes to the shop every chance he gets. WHERE TO NOW?
“I am always looking for the next thing,” says Alex. “But right now I just want to do what I’m doing well and not overextend myself. I’m very happy with what I have, and I want to help other people now so I do some consulting. Friends have bought an 1840s Quaker house in Bloomfield, opposite Angeline’s, that needs a lot of work. The foundation has gone but they really want to save it, and I can help. I do some interior design work, and of course I just try to stay on top of maintenance at Angeline’s. Melanie and I are thinking about the next chapter there, making strategic plans for the coming years. There are so many moving parts! When our last chefs left the restaurant to start their own place, we took the chance to re-evaluate and figure out where to go with it and came up with the Supper Club, inviting different chefs to do pop-up dinners through the year.” It’s not been an easy ride, but Alex is one of those fellows who would never tell you about the difficult times. He just feels lucky. “I’m fortunate to be able to build a life for myself here and do what I love. The County is my home. I know life is changing here, but then I don’t think Falconer House could have worked 10 years ago. It’s a combo of private/ public space with pop-ups and artist studios, events and rentals and our home.” We talk a bit about the drawbacks to rapid change in an old community, but Alex truly feels every single person who is in the County is part of the community, it’s why people want to be here. “My goal has always been to welcome anyone and everyone who is interested in what I have to offer,” he says simply. “If they want to be a part of it, that’s great; if they’re just curious, they’re welcome. As soon as you create walls, if you say, ‘Oh, you’re welcome. You can be part of it, but you can’t’, you run into problems. It’s that us-versus-them thing.” He’s a young man who feels connected to the past, the long-ago and not-so-long-ago, and is enthused about the future. “Melanie stops by with her children a lot,” he says. “We love being uncles, and Jonathan has become a big part of everybody’s life too. I wonder how the children will feel about House of Falconer and the people who come and go here as they grow up, how their memories will compare to our memories of Angeline’s.” Alex Fida is doing his best to preserve the County’s built heritage so it will be more than just memories. And to many of us that makes him a bit of a celebrity. WATERSHED 35
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A CURATED COLLECTION |
Aileen Amy Cherry 1895-1958 Watershed Magazine has partnered with two of our region’s most valuable cultural assets – The John M. Parrott Gallery in Belleville and the Art Gallery of Northumberland (AGN) in Cobourg – to highlight select works from their permanent collections. BORN AND RAISED IN BELLEVILLE, AILEEN CHERRY INITIALLY STUDIED FINE ART through correspondence courses sponsored by the Minneapolis
School of Art. She went on to graduate from the Ontario College of Art where she studied under Arthur Lismer. Despite travelling and painting throughout Europe and the United States, Aileen Cherry preferred painting in the Quinte area she called home, and despite showing her work across Canada and in New York, London and Paris, she painted solely for her own enjoyment. As a curator, I am struck by the fact that Aileen Cherry never sold any of her works while she was alive. Twenty years after her death in 1958, a treasure trove of her paintings was discovered in a barn north of Belleville. The Parrott Gallery is fortunate to hold five of her luscious oils in its collection. The soft palette of blues, greens and greys in this untitled piece evoke all the emotions of a sultry summer day. Susan Holland, Curator, John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville.
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WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME An ode to the small-town beverage room, which lives on – against the odds – as Kelly’s Homelike Inn in downtown Cobourg.
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f your party years began before 1980, you are no doubt familiar with the now-archaic term, Ladies & Escorts, as it related to Ontario’s notorious liquor laws. And likewise, when you look back on your misspent youth, you probably have memories of time well-wasted at the local beer parlour, one with a Ladies & Escorts room.
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“There’s a camaraderie that oozes from the walls,” says one regular patron. “It starts with the Kellys themselves and permeates the room – they talk to everyone,” adds another, noting that the bar sponsors his team.
You know the kind of place: not a nightclub, nor a sports bar, nor an English pub, Ladies & Escorts was a bare-bones beverage room. Invariably found on the main drag in a local hotel, you might recall the Royal in Picton, the Walton in Port Hope or the Queen’s in Belleville. Hardly the fanciest hostelries in town – in fact, some folks, ladies or not, wouldn’t be caught dead in them – these small-town institutions had been around so long that they became fixtures in their community. Generations of beer drinkers imbibed there, sitting in captain’s chairs surrounded by smoke and the smell of stale beer. Back in the day, 25-cent drafts were served by the trayful, often with a salt shaker and a side of pickled eggs. A dartboard dangled on a nearby wall, but long ago, someone lost all the darts. It didn’t matter, because on Saturday nights, the place was standing
room only. Above the buzz of conversation and a blaring jukebox, the party would go on till closing time – which in that era, was one in the morning – unless the dense blue cloud of second-hand smoke drove you out earlier. If those walls could talk… well, maybe it’s a good thing they can’t. You may not have thought of it before, but the small-town watering hole is an endangered species. So to find one that is still thriving is remarkable, but there it is, against the odds: Kelly’s Homelike Inn is still going strong in downtown Cobourg. Across the street from Victoria Hall and the market square, it has been an operating tavern since 1844. “For years, a bar like ours relied on the regulars – folks coming into to relax after work – and walkins,” says Gord Kelly, who has run the bar for his en-
tire working life and now shares duties with his two sons. “Nowadays, you need a marketing strategy.” To that end, Kelly’s capitalizes on its reputation as a friendly neighbourhood pub and actively recruits “after-the-game” celebrations and special events such as birthdays and retirement parties. Live music on the weekend brings in the young crowd when the older cohort heads for home. The panelled walls in the main bar are a history lesson in themselves. Team photos – some in faded sepia tones – hang amongst the championship banners and the signed NHL jerseys that reflect the glory of local sports legends. “There’s a camaraderie that oozes from the walls,” says one regular patron. “It starts with the Kellys themselves and permeates the room – they talk to everyone,” adds another, noting that the bar sponsors his team.
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“They make a big effort on special occasions,” says a third. He mentions the Kentucky Derby day when the staff circulated trays of cheese and crackers, homemade meatballs and pulled pork sandwiches. “They make a special effort and the atmosphere encourages you to pick up a conversation with the person next to you.” It’s about as far from Ladies & Escorts as you can get. Gord Kelly, now 71, has been working in the family business since he was legal. “Over the years, I‘ve seen a lot of bars and hotels bite the dust,” he says, recalling the Plaza, the British, the Baltimore and the biggest rival of all, the Chateau. Whether through bad management, bad times or bad luck, all of these downtown Cobourg landmarks have closed. Indeed, Kelly’s stands pretty much alone as
the sole surviving traditional small-town bar in town. On a Saturday night, it still packs them in and a summer evening sees the backyard patio full of regulars. When the three beverage rooms and the deck are full, the place holds 300 people. “The times are changing,” Gord says, explaining how the small-town pub scene has evolved in the 50 years – count ’em, 50 – he’s been managing the bar. “For one, there is way more competition than there used to be: sports bars, pubs, restaurants and special events.” It’s an older crowd than it used to be and they don’t drink as much. “People used to drop in for a round after a hard day,” Gord observes, “but with more retirees and fewer workers, you just can’t rely as much on the after-work crowd any more.” Furthermore, “the younger clientele – the 19 to 35year-olds – doesn’t drink as much as our generation
did.” To their credit, they’ve listened to the don’tdrink-and-drive mantra and as a rule, don’t take the risk. Gord is the third generation – in fact, the third Gord – at the helm of Kelly’s. It is the only profession he has ever known. “When I was younger, I used to work part-time at Loblaws down the street, and would come over to help my dad [the second Gord] serve the lunchtime crowd,” he recalls. “And when my shift at the store ended, I’d be back at the hotel to work some more.” Somehow, Kelly’s was his destiny. Today, he doesn’t put in the hours he used to, but Gord is there every morning, prepping the kitchen for lunch and tending bar in the afternoon. The heavy lifting doesn’t really begin until the afterwork crowd settles in. By then, Gord is comfortably back home, and the peak evening hours are split
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between his sons, new co-owners Gord (the fourth Gord) and Kris, both in their 40s. Libations have always been the bread-and-butter for the small town hotel, but until recently, hotels had a more fundamental role in the community. Traditionally, they were often the only places in town that served food, and rooms were in yearround demand among farmers coming to mill, salesmen selling their wares, groups looking for meeting rooms and settlers on their way into the hinterland. In fact, hotels were one of the first businesses to appear in fledgling settlements, and throughout the 19th century, even the smallest town would boast more than one. In 1856, Port Hope had six hotels; Picton had at least nine in the 1880s. They were often the most ambitious buildings in town, with beautiful verandas and balconies – note there is still one on Kelly’s – gracing the façade, from which guests could take in the downtown scene. Gord’s grandmother, Jean Kelly, bought the inn in 1932, perhaps to coax her husband, the first Gord, onto dry land after years working as a chef on the ferry that made the daily trek from Cobourg to Rochester. It was the height of the Depression, but things were actually looking up for small-town hotels: Prohibition had been repealed only five years before and after more than a decade in which alcoholic beverages were largely illegal, the bars were open and the taps were running again. Ontario was one of the last provinces to pull the plug on the “noble experiment” in which booze and beer were banished by law except by prescription from a doctor. (Doctors wrote 650,000 “prescriptions” in 1920). Even so, the decision to “go wet” was hardly unanimous – the matter was decided by a provincial referendum in 1926 and the yeas won by the slimmest of majorities. While folks flocked back to the beer halls, the newspapers were abuzz with scandalous reports of drunken behaviour and other moral impropriety, most of it aimed at women who chose to drink in public. Just get a load of these eyebrow-raising headlines published in The Globe in 1934 and 1935: “Trustee Observes Girls Being Brought Out of Beer Rooms” and “50 Girls Seen Drinking by Minister.” Clearly – tongue planted in cheek here – something had to be done about the social menace that came to be known as “mixed drinking.” The solution came in 1937 when legislation was passed that, among other things, segregated the sexes in the beer hall. It required that a hotel provide two distinct beverage rooms, each with its own entrance – one exclusively for men, and a second for women, who could bring along a date if they wanted. Never mind the blatant sexism, most agreed this was a progressive law. “In future,” observed The
Globe, “the beverage room will not be a convenience for women seeking the company of men.” And thus Ladies & Escorts was born, and for the next 40 years, it would be the norm in Ontario’s bars and taverns. “Thank goodness that was put to rest,” says Gord, who is old enough to remember that law and how difficult it was to enforce. In those early days, it was actually illegal for his grandmother to work in the bar in any capacity, even though she was co-owner and lived upstairs. And it was only in the late ’70s that the laws were relaxed enough to allow such questionable practices as seating more than four people at a table, moving from one table to another with a drink in hand, use of the offensive word “bar” in signage, or having windows open to the street. It was in this environment that several generations of Ontarians learned to imbibe. Looking back, there is little nostalgia for the archaic laws, but an old beverage room like Kelly’s still has certain panache. There’s something genuine about its down-home humility. Long may the taps run. A TOAST TO KELLY’S
Garry Sharp is a regular at Kelly’s and has been for almost 60 years. Now 80, he remembers the Men Only days, particularly Hallowe’en, when women, disguised as men, would sometimes sneak a peek inside the men’s beverage room. “They were always disappointed,” he laughs. For 30 years, Garry was at the helm of Sharper Image, a men’s wear store just around the corner on King Street. After closing up shop for the day, Kelly’s was his place to unwind with a glass of Labatt’s 50. “I would usually go in alone, but there were always friends to talk to. It felt like a home away from home.” It still is. “It’s my social hour,” he says fondly. “Wouldn’t miss the special events like the Kentucky Derby and Grey Cup.” He chuckles, “I can still remember sitting in the bar on a Friday afternoon and the phone would ring. It would usually be someone’s wife looking for them. The barman would call out, ‘Is so-and-so here?’ All eyes would turn to so-and-so, who would smile and shake his head. The barman’s answer was always the same, ‘Nope.’” Today, a Budweiser Light or a bloody Caesar are Garry’s beverages of choice when he stops in to Kelly’s. Chevy, his waitress, knows his order before he sits down – a turkey sandwich – not a turkey sandwich made from pre-sliced deli-version of turkey, but fresh turkey with mayo and yup, cranberry sauce. Ed Kukiel runs into Garry Sharpe regularly and at Kelly’s. Ed and his wife moved to Baltimore in 2000 and joined the corps of daily commuters on the Toronto-bound VIA train. “As newcomers,” he
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Kelly’s feels like a home away from home for people like Garry Sharpe – a place where he can drop by, meet friends or just sit and have a beer.
recalls, “we were told there were three local pubs we just had to visit: the Beamish, the Oasis, and most important of all – Kelly’s.” Almost 20 years later, Kelly’s is still his favourite go-to place for a Saturday lunch, where he invariably orders the house burger and a draft – in the traditional eight-ounce glass, a nostalgic hangover from the Ladies & Escorts days. “Long ago, Kelly’s became more than just a place to hoist a beer,” Ed says. “I can’t believe the number of friends and contacts I’ve made there.” Indeed, it was at Kelly’s that he either met or learned of several people he would eventually hire for home improvement jobs: a renovation contractor, a roofer, even the guy who built his pizza oven. “One of the great rewards of moving here was finding a place like Kelly’s.” “Every town has that bar,” says Matt Botha. “If
you know Cobourg, you know Kelly’s.” Despite the age difference, he feels the same affinity toward Kelly’s that Garry Sharpe does. “I always know that I’ll meet someone I know there. It’s guaranteed.” However, Matt’s social hour starts a little later. On weekends the bar takes on an entirely different character as the daytime regulars give way to a younger crowd. “Come 10:30 at night, I’ve seen the bar go from empty to 200 people in a matter of minutes, especially in summer when the university students are home.” Matt is philosophical about Kelly’s. Thinking back to the time he left Cobourg for a job out west, he remembers that Kelly’s was a welcome sight when he returned home. “The more things change, the more Kelly’s stays the same… and that’s a good thing,” he says.
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WELLINGTON WATER WEEK CONJURES UP IMAGES OF KIDS
building sandcastles on the beach and sailboat races on the horizon. But what if the turquoise water was contaminated with toxic blue-green algae blooms and its sandy shoreline was closed to the public because of high levels of industrial contaminants? Sadly, this has happened and it could happen again. A group in Prince Edward County wants to bring community awareness to our vital connection to water and our natural environment – how it links our communities, shapes our health, economies and even affects our weather. For a full week in August, Wellington Water Week will engage the public in the idea of water stewardship with a lively, interactive, water-themed festival of music, performance, exhibits, films, and ‘foodie’ events. The idea to host this water festival came to Canadian musician and Wellington resident Maria Gacesa while she was listening to a piece of music by Ann Southam called “Rivers Set 3: No. 5”. “The music made me think about how I could inspire our community 44 | SUMMER 2019
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The Village of Wellington plans to host a festival of extraordinary music, performance, exhibits, films, and foodie events that celebrates the power of water to mystify, connect and inspire.
to reconnect with our waterfront. Being a musician, I thought of a live music experience using water. I started researching water-influenced events and I discovered Stockholm’s Water Week,” recalls Gacesa. The Stockholm International Water Institute’s (SIWI) annual symposium gathers academics, business, and government leaders from around the world to discuss water-related challenges. “What I took from SIWI was the idea of hosting events in, near, or using water in order to create an immersive experience. To organize that type of event, I needed strong community support and an artistic powerhouse,” says Gacesa. She reached out to friends Johannes Debus (Music Director and conductor for the Canadian Opera Company) and Elissa Lee (violinist with Ensemble Made in Canada, Mozaïque) to help program the event. “The current talk around environmental conservation is so politicized and technical that people are discouraged into inaction, but art has a way of getting the message across in a more palatable way,” comments Lee. Johannes Debus nods in agreement adding, “Art
tackles the tough questions that shape our human condition in a way that inspires and connects people.” The three friends hatched a plan. They invited international artists to collaborate with local talent in a creative exchange. Wellington’s first Water Week Festival came to life. The outpouring of community support was beyond anything they had envisioned. Organizations like The Festival Players of Prince Edward County, community businesses – The Midtown Brewing Company, the Drake Devonshire Hotel – institutions like Wellington’s United Church, the local library, and Heritage Museum and dozens of local artists joined forces with internationally renowned musicians like Jennifer Gasoi, Elissa Lee, Architek Percussion, Opus 8 and Danika Lorèn to attract hundreds of visitors to the village. “Last year we took over the walls of Midtown Brewing Company with a large-scale art exhibit and sale. This year we hope to present an even bigger cheque to Rotary’s shoreline stewardship and Lake Ontario Waterkeeper,” enthuses artist Stew Jones. And again this year, the Festival Players are throwing their support behind the Water Week by becom-
ing a presenting partner. You can sense the excitement in Artistic Director Graham Abbey’s voice when he notes that, “Our partnership with Johannes, Elissa and Maria – with the talent they have invited – allows us to expand the traditional theatre offering and should prove a truly special experience for our audiences.” Lee smiles and says, “I have to believe that every small effort made to preserve our water can effect big changes, because without the muse of water, art dies.” WELLINGTON WATER WEEK runs from August 17 to August 25 and this year’s line-up includes performances by multiple Juno Award nominee Sarah Slean, who also joins Debus in leading, ‘SING!’, a mass community choir event on the shore of Lake Ontario; a live music performance set to the screening of the classic silent movie, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; food and music pairings with Chef Chris Byrne, and a slew of music performances by internationally renowned musicians.
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“OH, DAD, IF IT’S NOT ABOUT SHIPWRECKS,
crop failures, war or some social injustice, you’re just not interested.” That may sound harsh, but it’s just my kids going on again about my allegedly narrow musical horizons. No offence taken. They say it’s musical tunnel vision. Fine. I plead guilty. Jazz? I don’t get it. I’ve tried – especially since one lad is all about Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wynton Marsalis et al. Sorry. Still don’t get it. And Sarah Brightman is about as operatic as I can handle. That’s sure to get a snicker from the Le Nozze di Figaro crowd. But I’m a product of my environment and my musical proclivities were formed in the many folk clubs that popped up in the area surrounding the University of Toronto’s downtown campus in the late 50s and early 60s. Those were the pre-flowerchild and pre-thegentrification-of-Yorkville days when entertainment was affordable even for impecunious university students. We were regulars at one or another of those smoky little holes-in-the-wall where the young, mostly obscure folkies sang their soulful tunes. No Yuppie playground then, Yorkville was just a collection of modest coffee houses domiciled in the Victorian era residences that lined Yorkville Avenue. The Riverboat, the Penny Farthing and the Mynah Bird were but three of many. And not all the artists who played those clubs were doomed to obscurity. Gordon Lightfoot was among several future notables who cut their teeth at the Riverboat. Joni Mitchell got her start at the Penny Farthing. Although, also a music venue, the Mynah Bird was, perhaps, better known for topless dancers and a nude male chef. Good reason not to eat there. No fried bacon on the menu. Just around the corner on Avenue Road stood the Purple Onion. That’s where Buffy Sainte Marie wrote her controversial anti-war song, “The Universal Soldier”, one evening between sets. A little further north on Avenue Road, a young duo, Ian and Sylvia, honed their chops at the Village Corner Club. The music of those modern-day balladeers resonated with me. It still does. Theirs are stories of love, hope, despair, compassion, joy, tragedy and protest with a sense of history and our place on this planet. They tug, enrage, sadden, elate, inspire and educate. Sometimes all of the above simultaneously. Back in March 1968, long after my Yorkville days, Joy and I took in performances by two iconic folk artists of that decade at Massey Hall.
First up was the late Phil Ochs whose biting social commentary is legendary. In “The Party,” Ochs becomes a fly on the wall observing, with acerbic wit, the interaction of the diverse and mostly derisible characters at a large social gathering. The one line that has stuck with me from the very first is, “The wallflower is waiting, she hides behind composure / She’d love to dance and prays that no one asks her.” I feel her pain every time I hear it. In “Here’s to the State of Mississippi,” Ochs rips into the entire fabric of a state that makes most lists of the most backward states in the Union. No one escapes. Not the schools, not the police, the judges or the government - not even the churches. And the refrain, “Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of,” could have renewed relevance today. Later that same week, we saw the great Joan Baez who is probably best known for her rendition of “We Shall Overcome,” a song that became emblematic of the civil rights movement and the anthem of the 1963 March on Washington. And I can thank Ms. Baez for a lesson well learned. In those days, I taught English in a tough Toronto high school. One of my classes consisted entirely of about twenty low-achieving, disinterested 15 and 16-year-old boys. The prospect of teaching poetry to that group from the prescribed anthology seemed so hopeless that I ditched the textbook in favour of some of my favourite folk LPs. Rationale? Folk music is poetry. Right? I was surprised at how attentive they were to the first few tracks from my favourite Baez album. Then, when I attempted to squeeze some verbal response out of them, one lad, maybe the toughest of the lot and one whom I had the least hope of reaching, offered this, “I think she’s beautiful.” I blinked. When pressed to elaborate, he added, “I think she has a beautiful mind.” That was the day I learned to never judge a book by its cover. Back to the evening of the Baez concert. Afterwards, Joy and I retired to my favourite university days pub, Lundy’s Lane, in the now sadly demolished Babloor Hotel (yes, dear editor, that’s how they spelled it). Anyway, after a stiff libation, I worked up the nerve to pop the question that had been percolating in my mind for months. Although, she claims not to remember, Joy’s response is as clear to me today as if it happened yesterday. “I think you know the answer,” she said. That was it. I don’t think she ever actually said, “Yes.” But we celebrated our 50th last summer. Too late to back out now, dear. WATERSHED 47
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BY PATRICIA BEESON
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATTHEW BOTHA
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE COBOURG
COAST GUARD
CAPTAIN
Nasty weather or an unexpected emergency can turn a pleasant day boating on Lake Ontario into a frightening ordeal. That’s when the Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue unit comes into play. They know the lake and its volatility; they understand urgency and they are well-trained.
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T’S EARLY MORNING – THREE A.M. – WHEN THE PHONE RINGS IN THE COBOURG COAST GUARD’S LAND BASE. Rob Moore, the Command-
ing Officer, snaps out of sleep. It’s an urgent call from the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) in Trenton with a ‘tasking’ for the Cobourg Search and Rescue crew. A boat is taking on water out on the lake. JRCC provides the details of the emergency – what sort of boat it is, its position, how many people are aboard, whether anyone is hurt or experiencing medical problems and, most importantly, whether the boat is taking on water and, if so, how quickly. This time it’s a 26-foot cabin cruiser with a couple aboard, and she’s off Presqu’ile. While Moore is on the phone, the rest of his crew – Mike Nicol and Jason Hicks, both Rescue Specialists, and Mat Jakuszyk, the engineer – are up, dressed and standing by to hear the details. Within minutes, Moore is in his office and has located the position of the distressed boat on an electronic chart. The Cobourg station covers a large section of lake, extending from Oshawa to Point Petrie at the southern tip of Prince Edward County. Presqu’ile is 22 nautical miles, or close to 41 kilometres to the east, and it will take an hour to get there. Instant decisions have to be made: Does the crew take the 754 – a very fast, light, rubber Zodiac rescue craft – or Cape Rescue, the 47-foot cutter which is slower but carries far more equipment on board. All the key variables race through Moore’s mind: the weather, the distance to the sinking boat, how fast it’s taking on water and how cold the water is – and on this early June morning, the water is still very cold. The decision is made to take the cutter. If the boat in distress was farther away,
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In the twilight hours, Rob and crew members, Mike Nicol and Zack Paul, can be spotted conducting highly co-ordinated training exercises off the shores of Cobourg beach
the Trenton airbase would dispatch a Hercules plane or the Search and Rescue helicopter. It takes the practiced crew no more than ten minutes to throw together their gear. They grab jackets packed with insulation – essential for the temperatures that are far colder out on the lake, even in summer and especially at night. All the rescue equipment is stowed on board and, as they ready the Cape Rescue for sailing, Moore inputs his co-ordinates and his course in the navigation computer and establishes an estimated time of arrival at the disaster site. Once underway, he radios the Prescott Coast Guard – the middle man between themselves and JRCC – requesting they relay a message to JRCC that they’re en route and they expect to arrive at the emergency site within the hour. Moore is a bighearted man who exudes a quiet confidence. Although he describes himself as “not much of a talker”, his navy experience and his 17
years in the Coast Guard speak volumes. The boat noses quietly out of the marina into the darkness, past the sleeping boats tied up at their moorings. Once beyond the lighthouse guarding the harbour entrance, Moore leans on the throttle and the boat’s twin 450 hp. Caterpillar engines roar into action, creating a great whale’s tail of foam behind her. Cape Rescue, a Bay Class, west-coast-built boat, is, at 10-years old, the newest Coast Guard boat on the Great Lakes with a top speed of 25 knots – in layman’s terms, that’s around 46 km/h. “You can go full ahead and change to full astern,” says Moore. “But,” he adds with a smile, “the engineer doesn’t like it!”. In foul or bitterly cold weather, the best place to drive the Cape Rescue is in the enclosed bridge, but when on the lookout for a boat, as Moore and his unit are now, the open flybridge above it has the advantage of an unimpeded, 360° view.
Rob leans on the throttle and the Cape Rescue’s twin 450 hp. Caterpillar engines roar into action, creating a great whale’s tail of foam behind her.
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Coast Guard crew member Zack Paul on a fire drill
Over the flybridge is an air-filled flotation tank which automatically rights the boat if it were ever to turn turtle, and above that is the constantly rotating radar, its beam indicating objects in the water. In about an hour, the sinking cabin cruiser shows up on the radar, well before the crew sees it in the dark. Minutes later, they’re alongside and being welcomed by two visibly shaken, very cold, and greatly relieved owners who are up to their knees in water that is rising steadily. Moore radios Prescott Coast Guard with an update. In this case, it’s a straightforward message – they are bringing the couple on board and pumping out their boat. The crew tie the sinking cabin cruiser to Cape Rescue. Mike Nicol, one of the Rescue Specialists, checks the couple to make sure they’re all right. (Nicol was once a firefighter, so you could say he’s experienced rescue at both ends of the temperature spectrum). Apart from being frightened and very cold, the middle-aged couple are okay. Had they shown signs of hypothermia, Moore would have arranged for an emergency medical team to meet the boat. But right now, all that’s needed are dry clothes, warm blankets and a hot drink. In the meantime, Nicol and Hicks have hauled a pump onto the cabin cruiser and have started pumping out the water. Moore keeps in radio contact with the Prescott unit, relaying statistics on the situation. When the cabin cruiser is pumped out, the decision is made to take her back to Cobourg. But water is still coming in through a loose water intake pipe, so Nicol remains aboard with a radio while towing is underway, running the pump when necessary. The journey back is slow and uneventful and the sun is up by the time Cobourg comes in sight. The cabin cruiser is secured on the far side of the Coast Guard dock, where it will be inspected by one of the marina’s mechanics. The crew records all the final pieces of information from the cabin cruiser and 52 | SUMMER 2019
from the rescued couple – who won’t incur any of the costs associated with the incident – for their Search and Rescue report. Then the unsung heroine of the piece, Cape Rescue, gets cleaned up and her gear properly stowed. She’s refuelled, all the used supplies replaced, and she’s poised and ready for the next emergency call. Moore completes his Search and Rescue report, sends it to JRCC and all hands return to normal office duties. It’s 7 a.m. THE COBOURG COAST GUARD STATION – one
of the oldest of the nine stations on the Great Lakes, and one of the three on Lake Ontario – is tucked into a corner of the crowded Cobourg Marina along with 100 or so pleasure boats, angled off the long east pier. The two Coast Guard boats – the red and white Cape Rescue, and the 754 Zodiac, the orange rescue dinghy, fitted with a radar arch at the stern end – are tied up at the pier. Each boat serves a specific purpose at a specific point of time. Moore elaborates: “The Zodiac is used for high speed rescues. A boy was in trouble in the outer harbour the other day and we didn’t have time for the big boat, so we used the Zodiac.” It looks small beside Cape Rescue, but at 24.5 feet, it’s as large as rubber dinghies get. On the dock, adjacent to the boats, is a small repair shed. Across the main East Pier are two white buildings – the Ready Locker and the Coast Guard living quarters. In between the two buildings is a trailer, which acts as the office for the Search and Rescue Unit. But according to Moore, change is ahead. “In about a year, this is all coming down and we’re getting a new station. Everything will be under one roof.” He holds up an architect’s elevation. It’s not beautiful, but no doubt practicality will compensate for the new building’s lack of aesthetics. In the existing building, he shows off the living quarters with a kitchen and five bedrooms. There’s a good-sized
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From working in the engine room to scoping the waters, the Coast Guard Rescue Team is always at the ready
living room with windows looking out over a grassy strip straight onto Cobourg’s beach – real estate worth millions, for which any developer would give their eye teeth. Outside the living quarters, a large sign that reads, “This is a residence” warns away tourists who frequently walk up to the building, usually looking for a washroom, but sometimes just out of curiosity. Moore explains that “during the Waterfront Festival in July, it’s a zoo in the harbour area. We have special security at that time…There’s always something going on here.” From late March on, two crews of four work in tandem at the station – two weeks on and two weeks off – until the unit closes down completely in mid-December when the St. Lawrence Seaway freezes up and the Great Lakes shipping shuts down. The Search and Rescue boats are stored at the Canadian Centre for Inland Waters dock in
Burlington for the winter. After a long, busy summer, Moore spends the winter months at home, where the sailor transforms into a hunter and fisherman every chance he gets. But, he admits, when spring rolls round, he’s ready to return to his command. His three boys – an eleven-year-old and nine-year-old twins – “don’t like to see me go, but they’re used to it.” THE NAME ‘COAST GUARD’ SUGGESTS a pro-
tective role. Images of the rum runners who plied the waters of Lake Ontario during Prohibition come to mind. But those days are long gone. According to Moore, at one time the Coast Guard acted as an enforcement unit on the water but that role was turned over to the Marine Security Enforcements Team – a joint RCMP and Canadian Coast Guard unit that provides armed, on-thewater law enforcement for the Great Lakes and the
St. Lawrence Seaway systems. That said, if the Search and Rescue unit sees suspicious activity, they will take pictures and record the numbers off the boat in question and report their concerns to the security enforcement unit. Moore explains, “…we don’t get involved in security issues on the water. That’s not our job. We’re more like an ambulance.” Indeed, with the Rescue Specialists, the jump kit with first aid supplies and oxygen aboard, the Cape Rescue and the 754 Zodiac are like nautical ambulances. Will the Coast Guard change in the future? “It has already changed,” Moore notes when he speaks about the role of his unit on the water. “But, I hope it doesn’t change much more.” Apparently drones were being tried out in places and unmanned vessels are out on the water, “but they’re running aground!” We suspect robots won’t be stealing Rob Moore’s job any time soon.
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TEA TIME ANY TIME
Quinte’s Number E Tea brings modern flair to an old tradition BY MEGHAN SHEFFIELD
PHOTOGRAPHS BY SHELBY LISK
IF YOU WALK INTO ONE OF BRIGHTON’S
downtown cafés tomorrow morning, you’ll likely find Sarah Pelletier there, drinking a morning coffee. She’s a surgical assistant with just about every possible nursing credit to her name – and a nurse’s coffee habit. But she’s also a tea sommelier. And Sarah is reinventing what tea can be in Ontario. Sarah, along with her husband and partner Chris Auger, have made Number E Small Batch Tea a surprise solution to the problem posed by a summer’s day: what’s the perfect drink to refresh and relax? “It’s like starting all over again,” she says. “Tea is just so interesting.” Crafted by her sommelier’s palate with summer in mind, their sparkling teas are served on tap at the farmers’ market and local craft breweries, and in Instagram-worthy cans available at cafés around
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Ontario. From the can’s floral design with its sansserif font to the wellness-boosting, low-sugar, sparkling drink inside, Number E Tea’s small batch brews may be poised to usher in the next wave in tea. Sarah’s path to tea evangelism began in childhood. As a girl helping at the convenience store her father owned in Quebec City, she loved to spend afternoons making coffee and straightening labels in the beer fridge. She chose a career in nursing from a purely practical standpoint – it was a stable base that allowed her to explore and learn. Possessed of a constant love of learning, Sarah signs up for courses in any subject that piques her interest. She met Chris at a paramedic course nearly twenty years ago. The two were drawn together by a shared love of adventure and learning, and they both have pursued career opportunities that allow
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The third wave of tea is focused on single estates, where it is hand-picked and cured on individual estates that reflects the unique terroir of that place. them to travel the world. On those trips, Sarah and Chris began to see a pattern in the places they loved best: no matter where they were in the world, a day of outdoor adventure was balanced with a mug of something warm in a quirky independent café. The couple began dreaming about curating a space of their own. “We like locally owned. It has a different vibe, no matter where you are, and it’s just so relaxing,” Sarah says. “But in the military, you can’t have a brick and mortar place because you never know where you’re going to get posted.” Though the path wasn’t clear, Sarah went ahead and pursued what she loves best: learning. She began with a barista course, followed by certification as a tea sommelier – an intensive program on tea flavours and methods that concludes with a blind-tasting exam. With a new taste for tea, Sarah and Chris set up their tea booth at Wellington’s beloved Saturday market for the first time, serving hot tea and selling loose-leaf tea. Sarah says they both fell in love with market day: “Talking to people and having your own little thing, you know?” For professionals who spend their days meeting emergencies head on, selling tea at the farmers’ market felt like play. The following winter, they refined their shared vision of Number E Tea, with two important conditions: if they were serious about tea, they needed to travel. And if they were serious about the farmers’ market, they definitely needed something cool to sell on summer’s hottest days. Since those defining moments, Sarah and Chris
have been on tea-focused trips to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, East Friesland and England. Travelling to tea regions around the world informs not just what Number E Tea produces, but the how and why of it. They visited small estates in India, where most of the work is still done by hand. They met face to face with the women who spend their days plucking tea from low-growing bushes and workers who sweat in drying rooms kept at high heat all day long. It’s work that Sarah wants to honour, while at the same time, being mindful of which flavours are kept at the forefront of the product and what they add in. “I’ve seen all of the work that is involved when tea is harvested by hand on small estates,” she says. “When you drink good tea, you taste what these people have created.” Camellia sinensis, commonly known as tea, is an evergreen shrub. The key edible parts are the young leaves and buds growing at the end of its branches. Tea varieties like white, green, black or oolong are actually all made from the same plant. Their unique flavours are a result of different processing of the leaves and buds. Historically, tea has been at the centre of elaborate rituals, a marker of social status, and even a cause of war. But in North America, tea has been on the back burner for decades, as coffee and its accompanying culture took centre stage. Sarah says tea is more than ready for a comeback, and this time it’s not going to be Granny’s bags of orange pekoe. She describes the waves of coffee culture trends –
from Folgers, to Starbucks, to crafted, artisanal pourover brews – and says tea has gone through similar progressions, from the advent of tea bags, to a second wave of corporate brands like Teavana and David’s Teas, which focus on tea blends and adding surprising ingredients like chocolate chips and sprinkles, which Sarah says don’t offer the “true taste of tea.” The third wave is focused on single estates, where tea is hand-picked and cured and reflects the unique terroir of that particular place. “I think we’re more like third wave kind of people,” she says. “We visit estates, bring the tea back. Our focus is on pure tea. We don’t put any flavours or additives in our product. That’s the third wave, and it’s starting right now.” Developing a tea that meets the standards of the third wave, and can also satisfy the farmers’ market crowd on a hot day, required creativity and the courage to scale up. Experimentation led beyond simply putting tea on ice, into a new world of canned, sparkling teas, an innovation that expanded the scope of Number E Tea from the basement of Chris and Sarah’s home to a production facility and wholesale market. The business name comes from a math concept that the couple feels embodies both their product and their intention at Number E Tea: it refers to a value that doesn’t alter in consistency no matter how large the equation gets. From farmers’ market mornings to a growing ready-to-drink wholesale market, Number E Tea is riding the next wave to make their creative, quality teas the drink of choice – and not just for a morning cup.
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that take them from the sub-Arctic tundra where many of them nest, to as far south as Argentina and back again. Because of the variety of wintering grounds and nesting sites, spring and fall shorebird migration is almost a continuous event in Ontario. There is only a short period in June when we may not see any migrating shorebirds at all. Just when the last of the north bound shorebirds pass through in late June, the early southern migrants show up on our shores in early July. The adult yellowlegs, dowitchers and Least sandpipers, winging their way southward, are the first to appear on the scene. The migration comes to a peak in August and gradually tapers off, but numbers build up again as the juveniles, without parents to guide them on their migration, join the adults on local beaches and wetlands. By October, the shorebird numbers decrease and only a few trickle into November. So, what attracts shorebirds to staging areas where the smell of rotting algae assails the nostrils? They’re hunting for maggots – Diptera fly larvae and the larva of other invertebrates – in amongst the mats of rotting algae that accumulate in mud flats, sewage lagoons and along the shoreline. The
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constant wave action along the beach and the seiches – temporary disturbances or oscillations in the water level of a lake or partially enclosed bodies of water – create vernal pools and mudflats, that are the breeding grounds for invertebrates and a rich food source for the shorebirds. Birders become very skilled at monitoring conditions and following these habitats around as shorebirds move from one feeding ground to other feeding grounds as conditions dictate. Shorebirds are quick to find any new feeding grounds that become available. On some of the more reliable beaches in the area, it is not uncommon to view 20 of the 35 or so species of the shorebird family during the migration period. There are excellent opportunities to view shorebirds at Presqu’ile Provincial Park, and there are some good spots in Prince Edward County that are quickly coming into their own – the Kaiser
Crossroad flooded cornfields, and the wetlands along the South Shore Important Bird Area. However, any beach, wetland, sewage lagoon or mud flat will harbour a few species. Farm ponds and flooded agricultural fields are also potential shorebird watching areas. Shorebird identification can be a challenge. Many shorebirds show plumages that field guides fail to depict. In July and August, the adults will have worn, alternate (breeding) plumage, and molting adults can appear dishevelled with a mix of alternate and basic (winter) feathers. The first juveniles come on the scene in fresh juvenal plumage but later arrivals may be more faded and worn as they gradually molt to their first basic (first winter) plumage. It’s confusing at times, but fun. In fact, fellow birders will agree that spotting the one or two rarities is a most rewarding experience!
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Legend has it that the turtle always beats the hare but our hard-shelled hero has some new competition and the odds aren’t in his favour. BY NORM WAGENAAR
– late May through July – when they’re actively crossing roads between their wetland habitat and their nests in sandy and gravelled sites. It’s one more good reason to drive a little slower on the byways of Watershed country, where we may encounter five turtle species, members of the 220 million year-old animal order Testudines. Turtles have two distinct traits – long lives and low reproductive rates – that have kept them in nature’s balance for a very, very long time…that is until recently. Human activities, among them road building and the destruction of wetland habitat, are threatening their survival. In fact, seven of Ontario’s eight turtle species are on the ‘at risk’ list. The species you are most likely to see, and the only one not at risk, is the familiar painted turtle, distinguished by its red and orange stripes and much given to sunbathing on rocks and logs. Although researchers believe numbers have declined since pre-pioneer times, the painted turtle benefits from relatively high reproductive success and an ability to adapt to polluted and disturbed wetland environments. The painted turtle is common through much of North America and found coast to coast in Canada – the subspecies you’ll see in Watershed country is the midland painted turtle. Like others of its clan, the painted turtle has a long life – 60 | SUMMER 2019
a study in Michigan put some individuals at 55years-old and counting. If you spent your early summers wading wetlands, ponds and lake edges, you probably spotted the occasional snapping turtle – the fellow responsible for more than a few childhood phobias about stepping into murky waters. The snapping turtle, sometimes described as prehistoric in appearance, is the largest of Ontario’s turtles and can grow to nearly a half-metre long and weigh up to 16 kilograms. The snapping turtle’s fearsome reputation is due to its inability to retract its head into its shell, so its only alternative is to try to bite. Truth be told, the snapping turtle’s ferocity is overstated. In the water they are much more likely to lope away along the bottom than they are to attack. Snapping turtles can live a long, long time – up to 100 years, but their reproductive rates are low. The survival of each individual adult is extremely important. They are on the ‘at risk’ list as a species of special concern, so if you see one trying to cross a road, give it an assist in the direction it appears to be going. It’s not a bad idea to keep a snow shovel in the trunk specifically for these kinds of encounters. Prince Edward County’s ample wetlands and shorelines make it a hotspot for Ontario turtle diversity, and some turtle-related controversy as well. At the centre of one recent environmental storm was the Blanding’s turtle, a medium-sized species
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HABITAT |
Habitat loss, road kill and slow rates of reproduction all threaten the survival of the five ‘at risk’ turtle species found in Ontario.
easily recognized by its yellow chin and domed shell. In 2013, a proposal to build nine wind turbines on a 324-hectare patch of Crown land at Ostrander’s Point, on the County’s south shore, was defeated when naturalists argued the project would fragment Blanding’s turtle habitat. The Blanding’s turtle, found primarily in the Great Lakes region with isolated east coast populations, is on the endangered list due to the usual suspects – habitat loss, road kill, and slow rates of reproduction. Left on its own, unmolested by human intrusion, the Blanding’s turtle can live eight decades or more and, over that time, shows little impact from aging, making it of interest to researchers trying to extend human lifetimes. The wetland shorelines of Prince Edward County, as well as in the nearby Presqu’ile area, are good places to watch for the Northern map turtle, listed as a species of special concern. The map turtle gets its name from the yellow, tan and orange lines of its shell, which are said to resemble the contour lines on a map. Getting close enough to see those lines may be a challenge. The map turtle is a wary creature which will quickly jump into the water from its communal basking spots when it senses danger. Map turtle populations suffer from the usual threats of cars and habitat destruction, and are susceptible to declines in water quality that impact the molluscs
the female turtles eat. The map turtles’ habit of basking underneath mats of floating vegetation also puts them at risk to boat propellers. Population maps show the County as a stronghold for the Eastern musk turtle, which you may know by the unfortunate but descriptive name ‘stinkpot.’ The stinkpot is a tiny turtle, typically about 13 centimetres long, named for the skunklike odour it produces when disturbed. Consider yourself warned. The Eastern musk, too, is a species of special concern vulnerable to drought, habitat destruction, changes in water levels that can drown eggs, heavy motorboat traffic, and intense fishing. We should make mention of Ontario’s other three turtle species, although you’d be very unlikely to see them in Watershed country. The Ontario Natural Heritage Information centre shows two small sites in Presqu’ile and Prince Edward County as locations for the endangered spiny softshell turtle, a highly aquatic species easily recognized by its round, leathery shell and snorkel-like snout. But most of the remaining spiny softshells are in southwestern Ontario. The spotted turtle, also endangered, is a tiny member of the clan, measuring less than 13 centimetres long. Its population in Ontario has plummeted to only 2,000 individuals. And finally there’s the endangered wood turtle,
found in just three sites in Ontario. These isolated populations are being studied to determine their size and threats to their survival. INJURED TURTLES
It’s essential for turtle species’ survival that each adult lives a long and reproductive life. So if you encounter an injured turtle you should note details of the animal’s location, carefully place it in a lidded and ventilated plastic container, and call the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre at (705) 741-5000. Located in Peterborough, the centre operates a hospital that treats, rehabilitates and releases injured turtles, working in partnership with 30 turtle first response centres across the province, including some veterinary clinics in Watershed country. Depending on circumstances you might drive the injured turtle to Peterborough or take it to a partner clinic for treatment and further transportation. “The goal is to get a turtle to the trauma centre,” says Marlena MacKenzie, a veterinary technician at the Bay Regional Veterinary Hospital in Belleville. She explains that while the staff at Belleville’s Bay Regional hospital are trained to stabilize and provide pain medication to injured turtles, any further specialized treatment is only available in Peterborough. “If a turtle is badly injured, our objective is to get the turtle to Peterborough.”
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en plein air A simple, elegant outdoor dining experience that showcases the best of our local producers. BY SIGNE LANGFORD PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHANTELLE WATT
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FOOD & DRINK SCENE
The beauty and diversity of our local food producers It’s three months long – give or take a few days– and it’s
town has a few. Searching for unique tableware is
There’s no need to bake for a summer party;
what we live for: summer. We take our lives outside –
just another excuse to go exploring! Vintage linens
treats are all around us. Try fresh fruit – think Ontario
under sun and stars – and don’t go back in until Septem-
are lovely but can be pricey. Try using paper nap-
strawberries – with local ice cream, or sorbet with
ber. And while we’re feasting on the bounty of summer,
kins – but first wash some stones to use as weights
pink bubbles. Both are elegant ways to chill out.
the makers, growers, and producers of Northumberland,
to hold down the napkins – and with a little magic
Quinte and Prince Edward County are busy supplying us
marker, they'll do double duty as place cards.
with fresh, local delicacies.
Tip: Not a gardener? Consider potluck flower ar-
......
Dining al fresco is one of summer’s most indulgent
ing a dinner outside is to keep things simple.
For successful summer food and wine pairings, first
ranging. Ask your guests to surprise you with some-
consider what you are serving and then consider the
thing from their gardens.
weather. Only the most committed of Cab Sauv fans
pleasures – especially once the mosquitoes and blackflies have gone to bed. And the key to arrang-
WHAT TO SIP
will insist on a room-temperature glass of meaty red LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
wine on a hot, sunny afternoon. It’s more likely your
If you plan to dine at the height of the day’s heat,
guests will crave something lighter, chilled, and
With so much stimulation – the scent of blossoms
make sure that your table is in the shade. If you’re
lower in alcohol. Icy bubbles are always a hit – day
on the air, birdsong, visiting butterflies and honey-
dining at night, put the table out in the open to
or night – with or without food. Prince Edward
bees, the cooling breeze and warming sun – out-
allow for torch flames and stargazing. If you can,
County’s wineries excel at whites, rosés, sparklers,
door entertaining is a feast for all the senses. Capi-
string some fairy lights up.
and lighter reds, such as Pinot Noir, Baco Noir, and
talize on what the outdoors has to offer and take it
You don’t want to be too far from the house for
easy in the kitchen. Who wants to turn the stove on
trips to the powder room and kitchen, and the path
But if wine isn’t your thing, with hop farms and or-
when you have a barbecue? Summer is the time to
back to the house should be safe and visible. If it’s
chards abounding, Northumberland, Quinte and
think gathering, not cooking. There are so many
not lit up, set out some candles – those electronic
Prince Edward Counties are rapidly becoming epi-
farm gate stands, artisans’ and farmers’ markets
ones won’t blow out – torches, or string some fairy
centres of craft beer and cider making.
around, it’s easy and fun to channel your inner
lights from the door to the table.
hunter-gatherer. SETTING THE TABLE Let nature be your guide. If the lilacs are in bloom,
the table, as are peonies, roses, hydrangeas. Use whatever is in bloom in your very own garden.
Still, a very basic rule of thumb should be: grilled
If you have a water feature, that’s a lovely place to
and charred foods call for red, everything else calls
dine. Don’t set the table near the driveway, com-
for white or rosé, and when in doubt, go with some-
poster, garbage bin, or garage – smells are exagger-
thing bubbly. And always have extra glasses and
ated at night.
a big pitcher of water on the table to keep guests
fill tea pots, jugs, and vases with sprays of the sweet branches and blooms. Forest ferns are beautiful on
Cabernet Franc.
hydrated. WHAT TO SERVE
Tip: For keeping drinks cool, use big garden totes, a
Summer eating and entertaining should be easy for
wheelbarrow, or planters filled with ice.
everyone – host, and guest. Serve simple, seasonal
Mix and match china, crystal, linens, and silver-
foods – salads, smoked fish, or grilled meats – pre-
ware. Antique and vintage thrift store finds are gor-
sented in a relaxed style. Good food – great food –
geous and practical for outdoor dining – a broken
is available everywhere throughout our region, from
dish won’t set you back more than a buck or two.
honey and preserves, to sweet baked goods, local,
Watershed country is blessed with many fantastic
pasture-raised meats and salumi, organic veggies,
second hand and charity shops – just about every
lake fish, and beautiful artisan breads.
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Pam Marr, Marr-Velous Smoked Fish, Port Hope
Annie Boulanger, My World Kitchen, Brighton
Erin Bodashefsky, Foragers Farm, Cobourg
A post-production specialist for television, pho-
For the last 30 years, Annie designed clothes for
The road to farm life in rural Ontario took Erin
tography, and video, Pam spends her days in
a private label manufacturer. But baking was al-
around the globe and back home again. She fi-
meetings and editing suites, staring at screens
ways her passion. “You know,” Annie laughs, “I
nally put down roots in the fertile soil of
and aiming for digitized perfection. At night,
thought it would be nice to finally live up to my
Northumberland County with her life partner,
when she goes to work with her smokers, it’s less
name!” For those who spent French class behind
Tyler Davis, and Cypress, the couple’s toddler.
Hollywood, more hardwood.
the bleachers exploring another romantic lan-
Pam had no regrets about moving from Hog-
guage, boulanger means “baker”.
Trained as a vegetarian chef, Erin had been foraging since she was a teenager growing up in
town and resettling in Northumberland until she
“I had been making bread for myself, but then
Oshawa. Now, within the boundaries of Headwa-
couldn’t find any decent smoked salmon. But, if
I realized I had something very different, very spe-
ters Farm, Erin and Tyler tend three co-op acres
you can’t find what you want, make what you
cial. I discovered that other people enjoyed it as
of greenhouses, market gardens, and an expanse
want! Pam did. Her friends tasted it, told her she
much as I did!” So she and her father built a brick,
of forest for Erin to forage in.
should sell it, and now she’s selling about 20
wood-fired oven in the backyard of her Lake On-
Erin says, “Tyler said he fell in love with me be-
pounds of her silky, smoky salmon and trout at
tario cottage, and at the urging of a friend, she
cause I was always foraging in the woods.” But as
the Port Hope Farmers’ Market each week.
started making pizzas. Before she knew it, that
important as love is, the two bring entirely differ-
backyard was full of locals feasting on her perfect-
ent skills to the project. “Tyler is a sheet metal
ly blistered pies and loaves.
mechanic, so he does all the building and fixing
Clocking about 25 hours a week tending her seven smokers – they need adjusting every 20 minutes – and with the tutelage from master
Annie’s process is long: dough is mixed on
and calculating, while I’m more about the food
smoker, Bob, in North Carolina, Pam is perfecting
Thursday and formed on Friday; Saturday
aspect: foraging, gardening, and administrative
her hot and cold smoking technique. “I choose
evening, she builds a raging fire in the oven and
work.” And with a 27-member CSA (Community
the best product I can find; the wood – cherry,
heads for bed. She’s up at one o’clock in the
Supported Agriculture), chefs to supply, interns,
alder, maple – that is from a sustainable producer
morning to rake out the embers and start baking
and several farmers’ markets to manage, there is
in Oregon, and the fish is from native farms that
loaves for the Sunday Codrington Farmers’ Mar-
a surprising amount of office work, the cure for
don’t use chemicals, drugs, or unsustainable
ket, where every last loaf will be grabbed up by
which is more foraging – with little Cypress in tow.
feed.”
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A N A D V E R T I S I N G F E AT U R E
A SHOWCASE OF FINE HOMES
WATERFRONT
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211 PEBBLE BEACH DR., COBOURG
477 HAYNES RD., CASTLETON
253 SYER LINE, FRASERVILLE
$2,590,000 MLS 179646
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86 ACRE FARM
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CUSTOMIZED LUXURY
317 ACADEMY HILL RD., GRAFTON
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1914 CTY RD. 2, GRAFTON
3472 CTY RD 25, MORGANSTON
$849,000 MLS 172066
$799,900 MLS 181525
$749,000 MLS 187097
$699,000 MLS 181562
Tony Pulla...Realtor Since 1970 Want it sold? Want your price? Want peace of mind? HIRE PULLA...WHAT YOU WANT IS WHAT YOU GET.
FOR LEGENDARY RESULTS HIRE PULLA tony@pulla.ca . 905.373.1980 . www.pulla.ca *Based on MLS statistics of the Cobourg-Port Hope Real Estate Board/Northumberland Hills Association of Realtors® (1995-2018)
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A N A D V E R T I S I N G F E AT U R E
A SHOWCASE OF FINE HOMES
COMMERCIAL
9.5 ACRES +/-
LAKE ONTARIO VIEWS
HISTORIC HOME
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73 PINE ST., PORT HOPE
$699,000 MLS 177116
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145 ROSE GLEN RD., PORT HOPE
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$619,000 MLS 176750
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$429,900 MLS 185183
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Lakeshore Realty Inc. BROKERAGE – EACH OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED
THE PULLA TEAM Northumberland County’s Leading Real Estate Sales Team for the past 24 years*
Tony Pulla
Jan Rosamond
Jill Williams
Nikki Pulla
Broker
Sales Representative
Sales Representative
Administrative Assistant
tony @ pulla.ca
rosamond@ pulla.ca
jill@ pulla.ca
pullaoffice@pulla.ca
1011 Elgin Street W., Cobourg . Direct Line 905.373.1980 . Office 905.373.7653 *Based on MLS statistics of the Cobourg-Port Hope Real Estate Board/Northumberland Hills Association of Realtors® (1995-2018)
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A N A D V E R T I S I N G F E AT U R E
SOMETIMES SUCCESS CAN BE MEASURED BY THE MAIL ONE RECEIVES...
FROM RE/MAX INTEGRA – Ontario – Atlantic March 2019 Dear Tony
Trust your housing needs to the realtor homeowners trust... discover the power of maximum marketing and maximum results and how in the past 24 years (1995-2018) Pulla has successfully marketed 3457 properties throughout Northumberland County* .....no other Realtor in our area comes close!
It is with great pleasure that we take this opportunity to congratulate you on your tremendous sales achievements for 2018. RE/MAX, LLC has recently compiled their Year End Standings, based on commissions earned, and you have been listed as #59 in the Top 100 Canada Teams based on Commercial Commission. This is an outstanding accomplishment, considering RE/MAX currently has over 21,300 Sales Associates across Canada. We are extremely proud to recognize you as a true leader amongst the leaders of the Real Estate Industry. Our sincere congratulations to you for your accomplishments in 2018. We look forward to sharing with you many more years of continued success in the RE/MAX organization. Yours truly, RE/MAX INTEGRA Ontario - Atlantic, Walter J. Schneider, President & co-Founder Pamela Alexander, CEO Christopher Alexander, Regional Director
Lakeshore Realty Inc. BROKERAGE – EACH OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED
THE PULLA TEAM Northumberland County’s Leading Real Estate Sales Team for the past 24 years*
Tony Pulla
Jan Rosamond
Jill Williams
Nikki Pulla
Broker
Sales Representative
Sales Representative
Administrative Assistant
tony @ pulla.ca
rosamond@ pulla.ca
jill@ pulla.ca
pullaoffice@pulla.ca
1011 Elgin Street W., Cobourg . Direct Line 905.373.1980 . Office 905.373.7653 *Based on MLS statistics of the Cobourg-Port Hope Real Estate Board/Northumberland Hills Association of Realtors® (1995-2018)
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NORTHUMBERLAND LIFESTYLE OPPORTUNITIES! IT'S MORE THAN A HOME - IT'S WHERE LIFE HAPPENS WELCOME TO SKYE VALLEY One of the most sought after addresses in the area with uninterrupted views of the Northumberland Hills, this beautiful custom executive home ticks all the boxes for a family seeking a lifestyle of quality. Perfectly balanced with a country-feel setting, minutes to trendy downtown Cobourg, waterfront & amenities. $1,495,000 MLS® 188123
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188 BOOMERANG ROAD, GRAFTON – This stylishly presented 4 bedrooms, 2 bathroom bungalow on 7 acres, blends the country lifestyle with modern luxuries. A casual open plan kitchen, dining & living area is perfect for entertaining & family gatherings. Glass doors open to a covered outdoor patio, an in-ground heated swimming pool where you can spend your summer days lounging poolside.
9640 TURK ROAD, BALTIMORE – You'll seldom find such privacy with over 45 acres of beauty, views and walking trails. This board and batten custom built bungalow features 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, walk-out basement, and wrap around porch. The magnificent grounds feature additional outbuilding, garage, and barn with horse paddock. The impressive landscape offers miles of trails throughout for hours of scenic hiking.
Offered at $785,000 MLS 184721
Offered at $699,000 MLS *182485
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End Units offer a detached income suite. One level, low maintenance, free hold townhomes are designed to offer a lock and go lifestyle. Spacious 12’ ceilings, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with plenty of yard space and parking. Optional detached garages, as well as income suites make these a great investment.
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PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY’S
MOST EXCLUSIVE SUBDIVISION
You will notice the Pine Ridge difference right away... the stone entrance, the mature pines on the ravine, the adjacent conservation area with biking/hiking trails and the environmentally protected lands. Pine Ridge is a 46 home community located at the Eastern edge of the picturesque town of Picton. There are a variety of lot and home sizes to meet your wants and needs.
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Curtis Street is a new, vibrant community in the heart of Picton. Within three blocks walking distance from all of Picton’s amenities, Curtis Street offers a wide variety of home styles to fit your wants and needs. Featuring an assortment of lot sizes and home sizes - 40', 50' and townhomes - choose from a bungalow or two storey. Local shops, restaurants, breweries, library, movie theatre and so much more are right around the corner.
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Quinte Ltd. Brokerage 1 Lake Street, Picton 613.476.5900 Herb Pliwischkies
Kristin Rutgers
Elyse Cleave
Kathryn Cleave
Sales Representative
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SELLING BEAUTIFUL PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY FOR 32 YEARS
SOLD PRESTIGIOUS REDNERSVILLE ROAD – 300+ feet of waterfront, spectacular custom built contractor's home, 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, bunkie at water's edge, 300+ feet of waterfront.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS! – Private 95 acre estate property, severance possible, over 1700+ feet of shoreline. $1,399,000 MLS 148931
$1,489,000 MLS 189059
Herb Pliwischkies
Kristin Rutgers
Sales Representative
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Quinte Ltd. Brokerage 1 Lake Street, Picton 613.476.5900
EQUESTRIAN CENTER/CRAFT BREWERY? – 17 acre beautifully manicured horse farm with stables and riding center, indoor riding arena.
WATERVIEW FARM – 180+ acres of nice farmland, 90 acres mixed bush, 90 acres cleared, severance possible, farm house and several outbuildings.
$699,000 MLS 155449
$899,000 MLS 173870
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WATERSHEDDINGS YOUR REGIONAL EVENT GUIDE To submit your event listing visit Area Events on our website www.watershedmagazine.com | ILLUSTRATION BY JANE KESSLER
ART GALLERIES ART GALLERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND – Victoria Hall, 3rd floor, 55 King St. W. Cobourg. Call 905-3720333 or visit artgalleryofnorthumberland.com. UNTIL JULY 7 – STEFAN NITOSLAWSKI: RAW CODE. BÄRBEL SMITH GALLERY – 16 Robertson St. Colborne. Call 289-251-2363 or visit barbelsmith.com. AUG. 3 – 5 – CRAMAHE STUDIO TOUR. JOHN M. PARROTT ART GALLERY – 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Visit bellevillelibrary.com or call 613-9686731 ext. 2240. UNTIL JULY 11 – CONFABULATION II – Also Nocturnal Reflections by Rob Niezen. JULY 18 – AUG. 22 – QUINTE PHOTO CLUB – Also Therese Celia, illustration. AUG. 29 – SEPT. 26 – FOUR FRIENDS – Also Robert Tokley, oil. NORTHUMBERLAND ARTS GALLERY – 8 Queen St. Port Hope. An exciting variety of work of local craftspeople and a great place to find special gifts for special people. Visit northumberlandarts897.ca. ROSE COTTAGE STUDIO – 1 Agnes St. Picton. Open until Sept. 11. Visit rosecottagestudioandgifts.com. UNTIL JULY 28 – HIGH TEA IN THE GARDEN – Tickets $25. Please reserve at rosecottage1@gmail.com or
613-476-6577. Cancelled if rain. SERENITY STAINED GLASS STUDIO – Port Hope. Call 905-426-6788 or visit serenitystainedglass.ca. JULY 8 – 29, AUG. 5 – 26 – Learn to prepare, score, solder and finish your very own stained-glass art in a 4-week class. STIRLING LIBRARY ART GALLERY – 43 Front St. Stirling. Call 613-395-2837 or visit stirlinglibrary.com. UNTIL AUG. 24 – NATURAL REFLECTIONS – A multi-media exhibition and sale featuring Sheila Romard (oils) and Gregory Maude (watercolours). THE COLBORNE ART GALLERY – 51 King St. E. Colborne. Visit thecolborneartgallery.ca or call 905-3551798. JULY 27 – SEPT. 8 – IGNITED LANDSCAPES – By Barb McGuey. ZIMART’S RICE LAKE GALLERY – 855 Second Line, Bailieboro. Open daily June 1 to Thanksgiving. Call 705-939-6144 or visit zimart.ca. AUG. 3 – SEPT. 1 – RICE LAKE 20 – Annual exhibition and sale featuring live Zimbabwean music by Nhapatipi. Free admission.
Canada Day Activities BELLEVILLE – For mor information call 1-888-8529992 or bellevillecanadaday.com.
BRIGHTON – 613-475-0670 or brighton.ca. CAMPBELLFORD – 705-653-1551 or visittrenthills.ca. COBOURG – 1-888-262-6874 or cobourgtourism.ca. GRAFTON – 905-349-3676 or alnwickhaldimand.ca. HASTINGS – 705-653-1551 or visittrenthills.ca. PORT HOPE – 905-885-7908 or porthope.ca. PORT PERRY – 905-985-7346 ext. 112 or scugog.ca. PICTON – For details call613-476-7901 ext. 211 or visit experiencepicton.com. TRENT HILLS – 1-888-653-1556 or visittrenthills.ca. TRENTON – For details call 613-392-2841 ext. 4487 or visit quintewest.ca. WARKWORTH – 705-653-1551 or visittrenthills.ca. WELLINGTON – For details call 613-476-2148 ext. 258 or visit discoverwellington.com.
JULY 6 – CHROME ON THE CANAL – Hundreds of motorcycle and classic car enthusiasts gather along the banks of the Trent River to view a variety of personal collections. Free admission. 9am-4pm. Grand Road, Campbellford. Call 705-653-4523 or email chromeonthecanal@gmail.com for more information.
Cars, Motorcycles, Tractors & Trucks
JULY 7 – LAKESIDE ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR SHOW – Devoted to original style vehicles 20 years and older. 8am-4pm. Supporting the Children’s Wish Foundation. Victoria Park, Cobourg. Call 905-3492272 or 905-885-9166.
JUNE 23 – GOLDEN BEACH CAR SHOW – 7100 Cty. Rd. 18 Roseneath. 9am-3pm. $5 per person. $10 per carload. All proceeds donated to Roseneath Firefighters’ Association. For more information call 905342-5366 or visit goldenbeachresort.com. JUNE 29 – TRUCK SHOW AND SHINE – Presented by Port Hope Agricultural Society. Hundreds of trucks to enjoy and admire. Truck pull, farm equipment exhibit, food vendors, live announcers and more. Port Hope Agricultural Park, 62 McCaul St. For more details visit porthopefair.com.
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JULY 14 – CAR AND MOTORCYCLE SHOW – A showcase of antique and classic cars, and vintage motorcycles, with over 50 trophies to be won. Historic demonstrations, live music, horse-drawn wagon rides and more. 10am-4pm. Lang Pioneer Village, 104 Lang Rd. Keene. For more information call 705-295-6694 or visit langpioneervillage.ca. JULY 17 – OVERALLS AND WHITEWALLS – Antique
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tractors and classic cars. Live broadcast by Freddy Vette. 5-8pm. Farmtown Park, 437 West Front St. Stirling. Rain date July 24. Visit farmtownpark.ca or call 613-395-0015 for details. JULY 21 – BANDIT RUN – Firebird Club of Canada hosts the Bandit Run and Firebird Nationals Car Show. Trophies for all generations of Firebirds. 9am-6pm. Victoria Park, Cobourg. For more information email firebirdclubofcanada@yahoo.ca or find us on facebook. JULY 26 – 28 – WHEELS ON THE BAY – Car, truck and bike show featuring Burn Out, Rev and Pin Up Competitions. Take a walk through vendor alley, see the 100s of rides participating in the car show. Zwick’s Park, Belleville. Onsite camping available. For tickets and information visit wheelsonthebay.com. AUG. 10 & 11 – ANTIQUE MACHINERY SHOW – Also Vintage Snowmobile Show and Swap. Come out with the family and enjoy tractor and lawnmower pulls, games, lunch and much more. 10am-3pm. Admission $5. Children 12 and under free. 7797 Cty. Rd. 2, Cobourg. For details email tech@hahclub.com or visit hahclub.com.
Clubs, Meetings & Talks
throat@hotmail.com or visit ganaraskachordsmen.ca for more information. HASTINGS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Meets the 3rd Tues. of each month. Maranatha Auditorium, 100 College St. W. Belleville. 7:30pm. For details visit hastingshistory.ca or call 613-962-1110. JOYFULL NOISE CHOIR – We sing music of the 50s, 60s & 70s. Women’s choirs meet weekly in Cobourg (Wed.) and Oshawa (Tues.). 7-9pm. No auditions and no need to read music. You’ve just got to love singing! First night is free. Call 1-877-433-4386 or visit joyfull-noise.com for more information.
LAKESHORE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Thu. of each month. 6:30-9pm. Guests welcome. Community Meeting Room, 600 William St. Cobourg. For details visit lakeshoregenealogicalsociety.ca or email info@lakeshoregenealogicalsociety.ca. NORTHUMBERLAND PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB – Welcome members of all skill levels and photography interests. Meets the 1st Mon. of each month. 7pm. Salvation Army Church Gym, 59 Ballantine St. Cobourg. For more information visit northumberlandphoto.ca or email info_mail@northumberlandphoto.ca.
GANARASKA CHORDSMEN – A barbershop chorus singing music from the 50s and up welcomes new members – men of all ages who enjoy singing – to its rehearsals. The only requirement to join is the ability to carry a tune. Most Tuesdays. 7-9:30pm. St. John’s Parish Hall, 33 Pine St. N. Port Hope. Email golden-
NORTHUMBERLAND RUG HOOKERS – Meets the last Mon. of each month Sept.-June. (10am-1pm) and every Thursday year-round (9:30-11:30am). Grace Church, 440 King St. E. Cobourg. Visit northumberlandrughookers.blogspot.ca or find us on facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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PROBUS CLUBS OF NORTHUMBERLAND – Men and women in their retirement and semi-retirement years meet each month for fellowship, friendship and fun. Visit probusnorthumberland.com to find a club near you. QUINTE REGION CROKINOLE CLUB – Meets every other Tues. 6:45pm. Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre (seniors’ room), 265 Cannifton Rd. Belleville. For details visit nationalcrokinoleassociation.com or call 613-967-7720 or .
JUNE 20 – 24 – A FORAY INTO PHOTOS – Suzanne Aldis Routh, painter/mixed media artist, turns her eye to taking pictures. Reception and artist talk June 23, 2pm. Tate Gallery, 4599 Massey Rd. Canton (just north of Port Hope). Email suzanne@effervescent.ca or visit suzannealdisrouth.carbonmade.com. JUNE 22 – FORGOTTEN FEMALE MARINERS – Author talk and book signing with Susan Gateley. 1pm. $5. Mariners Park Museum 2065 Cty. Rd. 13 South Bay, Prince Edward County. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2525 or visit thecounty.ca.
SENIORS’ TABLE TENNIS – Every Mon. 1-3pm. Thu./Fri. 9:30-11:30am. All skill levels welcome. Cobourg Seniors’ Activity Centre, 750 D’Arcy St. Visit cobourg.ca/en/recreation-and-culture/seniors or call 905-372-5510 or .
100 WOMEN WHO CARE – Brighton chapter. Meets four times per year for a one-hour meeting, to learn about local charities, and each donate $50 to a charity that the group selects. Next meeting: June 18. 7pm. Evangel Church, 30 Butler St. E. Brighton. All ladies welcome. For more information call 613-475-8959 or visit 100womenbrighton.com.
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PINE RIDGE HIKING CLUB – Enjoy exercise and recreation on the beautiful trails of Northumberland County. Visit pineridgehikingclub.ca for membership information and hiking schedule.
SHOUT SISTER CHOIR – All-inclusive women’s choirs. For more information and a list of chapters visit shoutsisterchoir.ca or email members@shoutsisterchoir.ca. BELLEVILLE – Every Wed. 7-9pm. Emmanuel Baptist Church, Belleville. NORTHUMBERLAND – Every Wed. 7-9pm. Trinity United Church, Cobourg. PICTON – Every Thu. 7-9 pm. St. Mary Magdalene Church, Picton. THE 55+ CLUB – Every Tues. 12-3:30pm for cards and social time. Colborne Legion, 92 King St. E. Colborne. Call 905-355-5479 or visit colbornelegion.org.
Community UNTIL OCT. 13 – ROSENEATH CAROUSEL – Sundays 1-3pm. Rides $3. Roseneath Fairgrounds, 9109 Cty. Rd. 45. Visit roseneathcarousel.com or call 905352-3778.
JUNE 22 – KEGS, CORKS & CURDS – Discover some of the best local craft breweries, wineries, cider, cheese and delicious food. Curd making and blacksmith demonstrations, live music, lots to see and do. Admission $10. No pets please. 11am-5pm. Farmtown Park, 437 West Front St. Stirling. For information visit farmtownpark.ca or call 613-395-0015. JUNE 23 – PRIMROSE DONKEY SANCTUARY – Enjoy tea, coffee, lemonade and treats. Visit with the donkeys and mules, watch the goats at play. Desserts and Tea tickets $10. Children 5 and under $5. 1-4pm. 1296 Bowmanton Rd. Roseneath. For tickets and information visit primrosedonkeysanctuary.com or call 905-352-2772. JUNE 23 – WESTBEN GARDEN GALA – A magnificent garden overlooking the hills of Northumberland, sparklingly fun music and a meadow full of merriment – all in support of Westben. Visit the silent auction tables, relish the scrumptious luncheon, enjoy the concert
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and stroll the colourful grounds. 1-4pm at a garden near Campbellford. Visit westben.ca for tickets. JUNE 23, JULY 28 & AUG. 25 – SUNDAY SOCIALS – Enjoy a leisurely walk about Ameliasburgh Heritage Village. Drop by Amelia’s Tea Room for themed desserts and music to entertain you in the church gallery. Admission $8. 12-3pm. 517 Cty. Rd. 19, Ameliasburgh. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2522 or email amelmuseum@pecounty.on.ca. JUNE 27 – BATS… WITH TERRY SPRAGUE – Talk, slide presentation and discussion of benefits of having bats on your property. Admission $5. 1pm. Rose House Museum, 3333 Cty. Rd. 8, Waupoos. Call 613476-5439 or visit thecounty.ca.
JUNE 29 – JULY 31 – LAVENDER BLOSSOM MONTH – Come see the fields of Laveanne Lavender Farm change from deep purple buds to vibrant purple flowers, as you take time to relax, recharge and be inspired by our views and surroundings. Four acres of mature lavender, gourmet patio bistro and gift shop. 8667 Gilmour Rd. Campbellcroft. Visit laveanne.com or call 705-201-1545. JUNE 30 – WALK FOR DOG GUIDES – Fundraiser to help train dog guides for Canadians with medical or physical disabilities. 9am-12pm. Pet Valu, 97 Main St. W. Picton. For information call 613-476-3048 or visit walkfordogguides.com. JUNE 30, JULY 17, JULY 31 & AUG. 14 – MOVIE IN THE PARK – Outdoor movies in Memorial Park, Port Hope. Bring a blanket and lawn chair to this fun and free family event. Show time at dusk. In the event of inclement weather, the movie will be shown in the Fall Fair Centre, 62 McCaul St. Call 905-885-2004 or visit visitporthope.ca for more information. JULY 6 – VILLAGE BY LANTERN LIGHT – Tour Lang Pioneer Village by the soft glow of lantern light and experience the charm of Settler and Michi Saagiig life after dark. Featuring musical entertainment and horse & wagon rides. 7pm. Lang Pioneer Village, 104 Lang Rd. Keene. Visit langpioneervillage.ca or call 705-2956694. JULY 7 & SEPT. 1 – TRENT HILLS EQUESTRIAN – Fundraising series that brings together English &
Western riders in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Proceeds to Go & Play Stable. 10am-4pm. Warkworth Fairgrounds. For more information call Jen at 705772-3732 or visit warkworthfair.com/events. JULY 10 & AUG. 7 – OUTDOOR GAMES – Bring the family to explore Glanmore National Historic Site and join our demonstrators for some old-fashioned summertime fun. Play outdoor garden games such as croquet, barrel hoops, graces and stilt walking on the lawn at the museum. 2-4pm. Glanmore Museum, 257 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Call 613-962-2329 or visit glanmore.ca.
around the new Wellington Heritage Garden. Hear about the simple greens underfoot, the plants that go unnoticed, the quick and easy finds to add to salads, salts and more. Wellington Heritage Museum, 290 Main St. Wellington. 7pm. Tickets $25 at ticketscene.ca or call 613-476-2148 ext. 2526 to reserve. JULY 27 – HOW WE CAN HELP TURTLES – Why do Ontario turtles need our help and what can we do to effectively help them? Bring the family and discover the answers from Kelly Wallace at ThinkTurtle Conservation Initiative. Free admission. Tweed Public Library. 11am-12pm. Call 613-478-5070 for information.
JULY 11 – HONEY FROM BEES TO TABLE – Talk, tasting and honey blending with Long Point Honey Company’s Julia White. Admission $5. 1pm. Rose House Museum, 3333 Cty. Rd. 8, Waupoos. Call 613476-5439 or visit thecounty.ca.
AUG. 3 – CONSECON COMMUNITY DAY – Come out and be part of a festivities-filled family occasion with a village-wide yard sale, soap box derby, BBQ, street dance and much more. Visit consecon.ca for more information.
JULY 13 – BLOOMFIELD SOAP BOX DERBY – Lots of fun for participants and spectators! Ages 5-12. 911:45am. Register before 9am. Mill Street in Bloomfield. Visit bloomfieldontario.ca or email info@bloomfieldontario.ca for more information.
AUG. 3 – REGATTA – Swimming and canoe races with prize money, kids’ activities, music and BBQ. Admission $4. Children under 12 free. 11am-6pm. Presented by Alderville First Nation. Vimy Ridge, south shore of Rice Lake. For more information visit alderville.ca or call 905-352-2011.
JULY 13 & 14 – POW WOW – Share in the rich history of Alderville First Nation. Enjoy performances by sacred ceremonial drummers, singers and dancers, and browse native crafts by local artists and artisans. 10am-5pm. 5787 Roseneath Landing Rd. Alderville. Call 905-352-2011 or visit alderville.ca for details. JULY 13, AUG. 3 & AUG. 24 – MOVIES IN THE PARK – Grab a blanket and chairs and come out to Victoria Park in Cobourg to watch a free family-friendly movie. 8pm. Visit cobourg.ca for movie schedule. JULY 18 – AUTHOR VISIT – Danielle Younge-Ullman, award-winning author of “Everything Beautiful is not Ruined”, discusses her current work, writing process and upcoming release. Free admission. 6:30pm. Let’s Talk Books, 25 King St. E. Cobourg. Call 289-2522214 or email info@letstalkbooks.ca for details. JULY 18 & 19 – BAY OF QUINTE BOAT CRUISE – Go for a leisurely cruise in the beautiful Bay of Quinte. Lunch, dinner, afternoon and evening cruise available. Cash bar on board. Fraser Park Marina. To register visit quintewestchamber.ca or call 613-392-7635. JULY 24 & AUG. 21 – HOMEMADE ICE CREAM – Bring the family to explore Glanmore National Historic Site and join our demonstrators for some old-fashioned summertime fun. Make delicious ice cream using our old-fashioned churn. 2-4pm. Glanmore Museum, 257 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Call 613-962-2329 or visit glanmore.ca. JULY 26 – FORAGED FINDS – A forage centred
AUG. 24 – BELLEVILLE BOMBSHELLS – Season-closing home game for Quinte region’s only not for profit, full contact roller derby league. Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens, 8 Couch Cr. Trenton. Visit bellevillerollerderby.com for more information. AUG. 25 – PRIMROSE DONKEY SANCTUARY – Help us celebrate PrimRose's 45th birthday with cupcakes, treats, lemonade and iced tea. Free admission. Donations gratefully accepted. Tax receipts available. 1-4pm. 1296 Bowmanton Rd. Roseneath.For more information visit primrosedonkeysanctuary.com. SEPT. 1 – HOMESTEAD HARVEST DAY – A family fun day for all ages at Ameliasburgh Heritage Village. Light refreshments, corn on the cob, rope making, equipment demonstrations, music in the church gallery and more. Admission $7. 12-4pm. 517 Cty. Rd. 19, Ameliasburgh. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2522 or email amelmuseum@pecounty.on.ca for more information.
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SEPT. 7 – COUNTY GRAN FONDO – A beautifully scenic bicycle ride through the bucolic, vineyard studded scenery of Prince Edward County. Starting from Isaiah Tubbs on West Lake, you will cruise through Sandbanks Provincial Park, past vineyards that have made the County famous. For information and to register visit countygranfondo.com. SEPT. 14 – WILD ABOUT HERBS – Prince Edward County Master Gardeners invite you to a presentation by Conrad and Aku Richter. 10am-3pm. The Wellings, 617 Cty. Rd. 49 Picton. Tickets $35 in advance at eventbrite.com. Lunch included. For more information visit pecmastergardeners.com.
Concerts BRIGHTON BARN THEATRE – 96 Young St. Brighton. Visit brightonbarntheatre.ca or call 613475-2144. JULY 7 – A SONG MUST RISE – The multiple talents of the Belles of the Barn - Evita, Grace, Charlene and Shasta - make it possible to present selections of various sacred music styles with a variety of instruments, along with the rich vocal harmonies that will make this concert truly special. 2pm. CAMECO CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE – 20 Queen St. Port Hope. Visit capitoltheatre.com or call 905-8851071. AUG. 6 – SEPT. 1 – MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET – Christmas 1956, four legends, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, gathered at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they launched their careers. The rest is HISTORY! 2pm & 8pm. SEPT. 13 – BIG BEAT LIVE – Northumberland 89.7 FM’s fundraising concert event of the year, with a great line up of talent that features The Ganaraska Chordsmen, The Colborne Library Ukulele Band, Greatest of Ease, The Cedarail Band, Coup De Ville and The OFFBEATS. Tickets $28. Doors open 6:30pm. Concert 7-10pm. MARKET HALL – 140 Charlotte St. Peterborough. Visit markethall.org or call 705-749-1146. AUG. 15 – WILLIAM PRINCE – JUNO award-winning singer-songwriter. 8pm. MUSIC AT PORT MILFORD – St. Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St. Picton. 7:30pm. For tickets and information visit musicatportmilford.org. JULY 27 – QUATOUR SAGUENAY – With pianist Alison Gagnon and soprano Becca Keneally. AUG. 3 – PUBLIQUARTET – With pianist Andrea Botticelli. AUG. 10 – PORT MILFORD ENSEMBLE – With Adrian Fung and Min-Jeong Koh. AUG. 17 – TOKAI STRING QUARTET – With Catherine Cosbey and Andréa Tyniec.
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OLD CHURCH THEATRE – 940 Bonisteel Rd. Trenton. Call 613-848-1411 or visit oldchurch.ca. JULY 19 – TEAGAN McLAREN – 7:30pm. JULY 20 – MORGAN DAVIS – 7:30pm. AUG. 9 – SP2 – With guest Al Lerman. 7:30pm. SEPT. 14 – TEXASSIPPI SOUL MAN – Danny Brooks and Lil Miss Debi. 7:30pm. THE LOFT CINEMA – 201 Division St. Cobourg. Visit cobourgloft.ca or email kenprue@gmail.com. Tickets at 905-372-2210. JUNE 27 – TIA MCGRAFF & TOMMY PARHAM – With Jake the Road Dawg. 7:30pm. JULY 6 – ROMEO AND JULIET – Royal Ballet. 1pm. JULY 8 – NORTH SEA JAZZ – Marutyri, an eightpiece Dutch fusion band. 7:30pm. SEPT. 6 – FRIENDS OF FIDDLERS GREEN – Annual Labour Day weekend tour. 42 years and still enchanting. 7:30pm.
JULY 4 – CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN – 7:15pm. JULY 13 – TRUE NORTH BRASS – 4:15pm. JULY 18 – BRAZILIAN GUITAR QUARTET – 7:15pm. AUG. 10 – GRYPHON TRIO – 4:15pm. AUG. 15 – ENSEMBLE MADE IN CANADA – 4:15pm. WELLINGTON UNITED CHURCH – 245 Main St. Wellington. AUG. 15 – HANNAH BARSTOW – And the Commodores Orchestra. Tickets $25 on sale at the Regent Theatre, Picton. AUG. 17 – 25 – WELLINGTON WATER WEEK – Catch the Wave of World-Class Music and Art. A series of concerts that will include some of Canada's premiere artists and ensembles. For tickets and performance schedule visit festivalplayers.ca. WESTBEN ARTS FESTIVAL THEATRE – For a complete list of concerts, events and locations call 705653-5508 or visit westben.ca. JUNE 22 – NIGHT KITCHEN TOO – Belleville’s Acoustic Musical Variety Show. Presenting a diverse group of musicians, poets and spoken word artists. 8pm. Henry's Place, 79 River Rd. Corbyville. Tickets $10 available at Artists & Artisans Gallery, 54 Bridge St. E. or at the door. For more information find us on facebook or call 613-849-1976.
THE REGENT THEATRE – 224 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-8416 or visit theregenttheatre.org. JULY 6 – NO SUGAR TONIGHT – Celebrating the music of The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive and Burton Cummings. 8pm. JULY 13 – MASTERS OF DELUSION – Comic magician Jason Palter and mental manipulator Buzz Collins come together to present a night of laughs and wonder you will never forget. 7:30pm. JULY 19 – YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND – Music of Carole King and James Taylor with Prince Edward County’s Miss Emily on vocals. In support of “Back the Build” for a new Prince Edward County Hospital. AUG. 9 – ROY ORBISON – All-Star Tribute. 8pm. TOWN HALL 1873 – 302 Queen St. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8181 or visit townhall1873.ca. JULY 21, 28 & AUG. 11 – SPEAKEASY SUNDAYS – An informal evening of vocal music. 7:30pm. AUG. 20 – DOYLE BRAMHALL II – A uniquely gifted guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. 8pm. AUG. 24 – TAKE IT EASY – The Story of The Eagles. 8pm. WATERSIDE SUMMER SERIES – Presenting excellent, primarily classical, music entertainment in the intimate setting of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church on Amherst Island, just south of Stella. Tickets $37 include refreshments served during the 20-minute intermission. Visit watersidemusic.ca or call 613-384-2153.
JULY 19 – 20 – TRENTON BIG BAND – Annual festival boasts some of the best names in big band music. Toronto All-Star Big Band, The Commodores Orchestra, Martin Loomer's Orange Devils. Free admission. RiverFront Square, downtown Trenton. For more information visit trentonbigbandfestival.com. JULY 20 & AUG. 24 – THE RETROLAND BALLROOM – Dance to the music of the 40s, 50s and 60s with The Bay City Trio. Fundraiser for St. Paul’s United Church. 7pm. Warkworth Town Hall Centre for the Arts. For tickets and information call 705-653-7272 or email kathyrapos@gmail.com. JULY 26 – RING OF FIRE – The Johnny Cash Experience. 8pm. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 30, 29A Thomas St. Port Hope. Advance tickets $20 at experiencecash.com or $25 at the door. Call 905-885-6585 for more information.
Concerts - Outdoor TUES. – June-mid-Sept. At the gazebo in the park on Main St., Wellington. 6:30pm. Visit prince-edwardcounty.com. TUES. – Jul.9-Aug.6. Concert Band of Cobourg. Victoria Park Bandshell, Cobourg. 7pm. For details visit theconcertbandofcobourg.com. WED. – June-Aug.21. Melodies at the Mill. Old Mill Park,
Campbellford. 6:30pm. Visit trenthillschamber.ca. WED. – July-Aug (no concert Aug. 14). Victoria Park Bandshell, Cobourg. 7pm. Visit northumberland897.ca. THU. – June-Aug. Victoria Square, Colborne. 6:308:30pm. Call 905-355-2162. THU. – July-Aug. Centennial Park, Trenton. 6-8pm. Call 613-392-2841 or visit bayofquinte.ca. THU. – July-Aug. Memorial Park, Queen St. Port Hope. 7-9pm. Call 905-885-7439. FRI. – Until Aug 30. Fraser Park, Quinte West. 6-8pm. Call 613-392-2841 or visit quintewest.ca. SAT. – July-Aug. RiverFront Square, Trenton. 6pm. Call 613-392-2841 or visit quintewest.ca. SUN. – July-Aug. Centennial Park, Trenton. 6-8pm. Call 613-392-2841 or visit bayofquinte.ca. SUN. – Until Aug. 25. Zwick’s Park, Belleville. Visit concertsonthebay.ca or call 613-962-1232 for schedule and start time.
Fairs & Festivals JUNE 21 & 22 – PEC FEST – Prince Edward County’s Rock & Blues Fest, with a stellar lineup of bands, open mic, workshops for kids to learn the basics of guitar and other instruments, food & beverage vendors, craft brewers, artisans and much more. Crystal Palace, 375 Main St. E. Picton. Visit pecfest.ca for details.
scents and tastes. Admission $10. Children under 12 free. Cash only for admission, food vendors and activities. 10am-5pm. Prince Edward County Lavender Farm, 732 Closson Rd. Hillier. Call 613-399-1855 or visit peclavender.com. JULY 11 – 14 – WATERFRONT & MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL – Fun for the whole family. Full midway, vendor marketplace, live music, multicultural and mainstream entertainment, food village and much more. Fireworks at 10pm. Free admission. $5 parking or free shuttle buses. West Zwick’s Park on the Bay of Quinte. For mor information call 613-962-4597 ext. 3 or visit bellevillewaterfrontfestival.com. JULY 18 – 20 – FESTIVAL ON THE BAY – Visit downtown Trenton for a three-day sidewalk sale with a variety of food and merchandise vendors, live music, fireworks and so much more. Visit downtowntrenton.ca or facebook.com/festivalonthebay. JULY 20 – COUNTRY WILD – Music festival in Cobourg’s Victoria Park. Enjoy the perfection of Cobourg's pristine waterfront and beach, soak up an authentic country music experience and keep your eye out for unannounced surprises throughout the day. 211pm. For tickets and information visit countrywild.ca or facebook.com/countrywildfest.
JUNE 29 – MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL – And Gourmet Ethno-Food Truck Fair. Memorial Park Band Shell, Port Hope. Multicultural and musical performances, salsa classes, local arts and crafts, unique laser show and concert featuring Puerto Rican salsa singer and songwriter Jerry Rivera. 11am-9pm. For details visit WelcomeToNorthumberland.ca. JUNE 29 – JULY 1 – COBOURG WATERFRONT FESTIVAL – Three fabulous days of fun on Cobourg’s beautiful waterfront featuring hundreds of unique and talented artists and crafters surrounded by outdoor fun and entertainment. For more information visit waterfrontfestival.ca. JULY 6 – FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL – Enjoy tasty food specials from downtown Cobourg restaurants and outside food vendors, live music and more. 11am-7pm. Visit downtowncobourg.ca or call 905377-8024 for more information. JULY 6 & 7 – YOGA FESTIVAL – Featuring an OMazing line-up of yoga teachers, who will gather together to Rise + Shine. Highlighting local vendors and wellness services for the mind, body and soul. Crystal Palace, 375 Main St. E. Picton and at other outdoor venues across the County. Visit pecyogafestival.com for a schedule of events and locations and to register. JULY 6, 7, 13 & 14 – LAVENDER FESTIVAL – Tour the natural beauty of our fields and explore the many cultivars of lavender offering a variety of colours,
JULY 20 & 21 – DOG DAYS OF SCUGOG – Two days of everything you and your canine companion could want. Enter a contest, participate in an agility course, talk to breeders and animal rescue agencies, or buy one of hundreds of amazing products from our vendors. 9am-4pm. Scugog Shores Museum, 16210 Island Rd. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8698 ext. 103 or visit scugog.ca. JULY 26 – 28 – CLASSICAL UNBOUND – Unbinding classical chamber music from its formal attire and binding it more closely to our hearts and souls. For a schedule of performances throughout Prince Edward County, visit classicalunbound.com. JULY 26 – 28 – WARKWORTH MUSIC FEST – Camping and live music. Get Ready to Rock! Featuring open mic event Thu. Live bands Fri. & Sat. Warkworth Fairgrounds. Visit warkworthmusicfest.ca or call 613-475-3179.
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AUG. 1 – 5 – TWEED STAMPEDE – The premier camping and western lifestyles festival of Eastern Ontario will feature some of the biggest names and brightest stars in country music. Trudeau’s Park, Tweed. Visit tweedstampede.com. AUG. 2 – 4 – WESTBEN JAZZ FRINGE – Pop on down to various locations throughout Trent Hills and discover jazz with a distinctly friendly vibe. Tickets are not sold for the festival. Instead, reservations are highly recommended by contacting the individual venues where the performances will take place. For performance schedule and locations visit westben.ca or call 705-653-5508.
– This arts and heritage festival is a free and accessible event with much to see and do. Fri. night fish fry and live music. Sat. Family Fun Zone, Craft Beer & Wine Fest, dunk tank and more. Sun. Antique and Classic Car Show, vendors and beverage pavilion. Hastings Village Marina, 5 Dit Clapper Dr. For a full schedule and more information visit hastingsfestival.ca or visit us on facebook. AUG. 16 – 18 – STIRLING FAIR – Homecraft displays, horses, cattle, goats, sheep, horse pulls and other great events. Live music all weekend long. Farmtown Park, 437 West Front St. Stirling. Visit stirlingfair.com for more information.
AUG. 3 – FERMENTATION FESTIVAL – A familyfriendly day filled with all things fermented, with a unique and exciting schedule of hands-on workshops and demonstrations as well as a speaker series on specific interest topics of fermentation. Crystal Palace, 375 Main St. E. Picton. 10am-4pm. For details visit ontariofermentationfest.com. AUG. 3 – SANDCASTLE FESTIVAL – Dig up your shovels and pails and get down and dirty in Cobourg this summer. A day full of fun for the whole family. 10am-5pm. Victoria Park Beach, Cobourg. Call 905372-9971 or visit cobourgtourism.ca for details. AUG. 9 – FIBRE FESTIVAL – Join Dr. Skye Morrison and her fibre arts peers as they showcase the amazing ways you can use textiles to create every-day essentials and artwork. Participate in workshops and listen to guest speakers. Hastings Civic Centre. Call 705696-1382 for details. AUG. 9 – 11 – CAMPBELLFORD FAIR – A classic country fair featuring a vintage tractor pull, lawn tractor racing, cattle shows, agricultural exhibits and demonstrations, midway and demolition derby. Campbellford Fairgrounds, 313 Front St. N. Call 705653-5338 or visit campbellfordfair.ca. AUG. 10 – ARTS FESTIVAL – This pop-up art and farm marketplace will reflect the colourful mix of Northumberland County’s culture by showcasing a wide range of locally-made and grown products. Families can expect a delightful hands-on experience in Port Hope’s Memorial Park and music lovers can prepare to be wowed by local talent from the bandshell. 8am-3pm. Visit porthope.ca for more information. AUG. 13 – 18 – PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY JAZZ FESTIVAL – Top jazz talent, from local heroes to international stars in our beautiful wine-country setting. From classic to cutting edge modern and everything in between. For more information, tickets and locations visit pecjazz.org. AUG. 16 – 18 – HASTINGS WATERFRONT FESTIVAL
farm and mill equipment displays, live music, cèilidh, beer garden and the return of the Castleton Bed Race. Something for everyone. Rain or shine. Mill at Piper Creek, Castleton. Visit themillatpipercreek.ca or call 905-344-7119. AUG. 31 – SEPT. 2 – PORT PERRY FAIR – The fair where urban meets rural. Tractor and lawn tractor pulls, cattle shows, family rodeo, heavy horses, midway, live entertainment and more. Port Perry Fairgrounds, 15835 Old Simcoe Rd. For more information visit portperryfair.com or call 905-985-0962. SEPT. 5 – 8 – ORONO FAIR – Connecting country and community. Featuring livestock, exhibits, rides, Demo Cross, truck and tractor pull, live entertainment by The Road Hammers and more. For details visit oronofair.com or call 905-983-9510. SEPT. 6 – 8 – PICTON FAIR – A good, old-fashioned country fair and a place for old friends. Fri. 12-10pm. Sat. 10am-10pm. Sun. 10am-5pm. Picton Fairgrounds, 375 Main St. E. Picton. Visit pictonfair.ca for more information.
AUG. 22 – 25 – PEC COUNTRY JAMBOREE – Camping and four days of entertainment with an outstanding line-up and the Prince Edward County Country Music Hall of Fame induction. 1927 Cty. Rd. 10, Cherry Valley. Call 613-476-6535 for information and to book camping and tickets. Tickets can be purchased in advance at ticketscene.ca. AUG. 23 – 25 – TWEED ELVIS FESTIVAL – Elvis “Lives” in Tweed! An event sanctioned by Elvis Presley Enterprises and a preliminary competition with Elvis tribute artists from all over the world competing for a spot to go to the Ultimate Elvis Competition in Memphis, Tennessee. On-site camping available. For information visit tweedelvisfestival.ca. AUG. 29 – SEPT. 1 – APPLE COUNTRY JAMBOREE – Featuring “3 Canadian Queens of Country Music”. Open mic 1-5pm daily. Main stage show starts 7pm sharp. Early bird show Aug. 28. 7pm. Keeler Centre, 80 Division St. Colborne. For details visit applecountryjamboree.ca. For camping information call 905-3763709 or 905-372-6492. AUG. 30 – SEPT. 1 – WOMEN KILLING IT – Crime Writers' Festival in Prince Edward County features some of Canada's finest women authors in the crime/mystery genre at the fun-filled 2019 Labour Day festival. Visit the WKI facebook page for news, event listings and ticket info. AUG. 31 & SEPT. 1 – YARNS FROM THE MILL – Family friendly, community inspired festival with fibre art, storytelling, art exhibition, vendors, food, vintage
Farmers’ Markets BELLEVILLE – Tues.,Thu. & Sat. 8am-5pm. Yearround. 182 Pinnacle St. Adjacent to City Hall. Call 613-476-1255. CAMPBELLFORD – Sat. & Wed. 8am-12pm. May through October. 66 Front St. S. Campbellford. Visit campbellfordfarmersmarket.ca or call 705-933-8007. COBOURG – Sat. 8am-1pm. May through December. Market Square behind Victoria Hall. Visit cobourgfarmersmarket.com or facebook.com/CobourgFarmersMarket. CODRINGTON – Sun. 10am-2pm. May through October. 2992 Cty. Rd. 30, Codrington. Visit the Artisans’ Market in Codrington Hall (beside the market) on the last Sunday of every month. Call 613-4754005 or visit codringtonfarmersmarket.ca.
SEPT. 6 – 8 – WARKWORTH FAIR – “A Little Fair with a Lot of Pull”. Featuring 4-H beef show, axe throwing, firefighters challenge, Hot Diggity Dogs, car draw, truck and tractor pull, midway, highland games and much more. Sunday classic car and bike show. Warkworth Fairgrounds. For schedule and information visit warkworthfair.com or call 905-344-7709. SEPT. 13 – 15 – PORT HOPE FAIR – This year’s theme “225th Wheat Harvest”. Featuring livestock, horse shows, tractor and truck pulls, show 'n shine, midway, demo derby, live entertainment and much more for young and old. Saturday performance by the Good Lovelies. Port Hope Agricultural Park, 62 McCaul St. Visit porthopefair.com for more information. SEPT. 13 – 22 – PEC CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL – Celebrating the piano in chamber music. Concerts take place at St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, 335 Main St. E. Picton. Fri. & Sat. 7:30pm/Sun. 3pm. Free Family Concert at Macaulay Heritage Park featuring True North Brass. Sept. 7. 2pm. For a complete schedule and ticket information call 613-393-3798 or visit pecmusicfestival.com. SEPT. 14 – MILFORD FAIR – A lovely reminder of a simpler time and a true agricultural fair. Come and join your friends at the Milford Fairgrounds, Cty. Rd. 17. Visit southmarysburghmirror.com/milford-fair for more information. SEPT. 14 – SANDBANKS MUSIC FESTIVAL – A music, art, food and family event in the beautiful surroundings of Sandbanks Provincial Park, Prince Edward County. Visit sandbanksmusicfest.com for tickets.
HASTINGS VILLAGE – Sat. 8am-1pm. At the traffic lights in the village of Hastings. Until Thanksgiving. Call 705-696-2027. MILLBROOK – Sun. June 23, July 28 and Aug. 25. 10am-1pm. Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St. Visit millbrookfarmersmarket.weebly.com. PETERBOROUGH – Sat. 7am-1pm. Year-round. Morrow Park. Visit peterboroughfarmersmarket.com or find us on facebook. PORT HOPE – Sat. 8am-1pm. 56 Queen St. behind Town Hall. Wed. 12-5pm. Home Hardware parking lot, 177 Toronto Rd. May through October. For details visit facebook.com/PHFarmersMarket or call 289-2515749. PORT PERRY – Sat. 8am-2pm. June through mid-October. 121 Water St. on the waterfront. For more intormation visit portperryfarmersmarket.ca or facebook.com/PortPerryMarket. QUINTE WEST – Wed. & Sat. 8am-1pm. May through October. 67 Front St. Trenton. Call 613-3922841 ext. 4416 or visit quintewest.ca. WELLINGTON – Sat. 8am-1pm. From May through
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Fishing JUNE 29 – JULY 7 – FAMILY FISHING WEEK – License-free fishing. 12:01am Saturday to 11:59pm Sunday. Visit ontariofamilyfishing.com for more information. JUNE 29 – AUG. 17 – GREAT ONTARIO SALMON DERBY – North America’s largest freshwater fishing derby takes place in the Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. With 10 weigh-in stations, it attracts over 22,000 participants over a 50-day period. All profits go to help the salmon fishery. For information visit greatontariosalmonderby.ca.
call 905-372-5831. JUNE 30 – AUG. 3 – DARE TO PAIR – Westben offers several innovative events aimed at bringing you closer to the music you love through all your senses. New tastes, sights, smells, sounds and touches are all in store, each presented in creative combinations. For times, reservations and more details visit westben.ca. JULY 6 – FISH FRY – With live and silent auctions, featuring “The Reasons”. 4pm. Reservations required. Dinner at 6pm. Children’s menu available. Mariners Park Museum, 2065 Cty. Rd. 13 South Bay, Prince Edward County. Call 613-476-8392 for information.
JULY 5 – FISHING DERBY – Families with children under 17 years of age are invited to join Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire, the Municipality of Port Hope and the GRCA for a morning of fishing. Register at the Port Hope Marina near the fish cleaning station along the Ganaraska River. 9am-1pm. For information visit porthope.ca/events/port-hope-fishing-derby. AUG. 10 – LEARN TO FISH – Learn to rig, bait and cast a fishing rod, identify local fish species, and fish safely and sustainably with Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority's (GRCA) Watershed Biologist. 10am12pm. Garden Hill Conservation Area, Port Hope. Call 905-885-8173 for information and to pre-register.
Food & Drink JUNE 27 – STRAWBERRY SOCIAL – Enjoy a cold plate summertime meal of ham with feta and strawberry salad, devilled eggs, strawberry punch, potato salad and, of course, strawberry sponge cake for dessert. Stay tuned for surprise entertainment. Tickets $10. Activity Haven, 180 Barnardo Ave. Peterborough. Call 705-876-1670 or visit activityhaven.com for more information. JUNE 27 – WINE AND ALE IN THE PARK – A wonderful event for community members to come together and enjoy the atmosphere, delightful foods, explore new wines and local ales. Pairing stations are tastefully and carefully put together for maximum appeal and are locally catered. In support of the Northumberland Hills Hospital. 6-9pm. Victoria Park, Cobourg. Call 905-372-6811 ext. 3066 or visit nhhfoundation.ca for tickets and information. JUNE 29 – JULY 1 – PANCAKE BREAKFAST – Volunteer members of the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce will be serving up a delicious breakfast during the Cobourg Waterfront Festival in the Lion’s Refreshment Tent, Victoria Park, Cobourg. 7:30-10am. For more information visit nccofc.ca or
(SONG), a local children’s charity offering free music education to underserved children and youth. 6pm & 8pm seatings. Craft Food House, 201 Division St. Cobourg. For reservations call 905-377-9917. AUG. 9 – 11 – QUINTE RIBFEST – Bring your appetite for mouthwatering, finger licking, grilled to perfection ribs & chicken. Food and beverage vendors offer savoury and sweet yummy goodness to satisfy all taste buds. Centennial Park, 12 Couch Cr. Quinte West. $2 minimum donation upon entry. $5 per family of 5. Visit quinteribfest.org for details. AUG. 10 – KEYNOTE BBQ – Fundraiser for Friends of Wesleyville Village. Corn roast and other delicious food, great music and silent auction. Everyone welcome. Wesleyville Village, 2082 Lakeshore Rd. Port Hope. 5:30-8pm. Tickets $20 can be purchased at Holton Flowers or at wesleyvillevillage.com. AUG. 16 – 18 – NORTHUMBERLAND RIBFEST – Three days of fabulous ribs and live entertainment. Victoria Park, Cobourg. Visit northumberlandribfest.ca for details.
JULY 12 – INCREDIBLE DOCTORS’ COOK-OFF – Eight local doctors team up with eight culinary partners to provide delicious food for over 150 guests. Tickets $50 include appetizers, door prizes, silent and live auctions, live entertainment by The Bay City Trio, and a few added surprises. 5:30pm. Under the marquee next to the Trent River in downtown Campbellford. Fundraiser for Campbellford Memorial Hospital. For more information visit givetocmh.ca or call 705632-2014. JULY 13 – INCREDIBLE EDIBLES – Enjoy a day of food and festivities in downtown Campbellford. Come early to shop the farmers’ market and savour the tastes of 40+ local food vendors serving up their specialties. Learn about our local farmers, growers and much more in our agricultural tent. Let your little ones do some food-based learning of their own, while they engage in crafts and food prep in the children's tent. Get some new cooking ideas through all-day cooking demos. And top off your day with a cold beverage and some live tunes in the beer tent. 10am4pm. Visit incredibleediblesfestival.com or call 705760-0879. JULY 27 – CLASSIC BREAKFAST – At the Warkworth Music Festival. 8am-1pm. Warkworth Fairgrounds in the Red Barn. Adults $8. Children 6-12 $5. For more information visit warkworthfair.com. JULY 27 – FOOD & SONG – Presenting a fabulous evening of Asian Fusion cuisine with Chef Zab and performances by powerful indie folk-rock duo Northern Hearts. Benefit for Sounds of the Next Generation
The Cobourg Farmers Market is located at Rotary Waterfront Park south of Victoria Hall, May-Oct. Winter Market continues Indoors and Out at the historic Market Building, Nov-Dec. Saturdays 8am-1pm Kids Activities Live Music Community Hub For more information visit www.cobourgfarmersmarket.org follow us on Instagram @cobourgfarmersmarket and FaceBook
CAMPBELLFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Serving all of Trent Hills. Meets the 1st Mon. of each month. 7:30pm. Christ Church Anglican (corner of Church/Kent Sts.). For more information visit gardenontario.org/society-listing/entry/332. SEPT. 2 – SHOW AND TELL – Guests welcome. COBOURG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Wed. of each month. Feb.-June/Sept.-Dec. 7pm. Columbus Centre, 232 Spencer St. E. Cobourg. Visit cobourggardenclub.ca or email cobourghort@gardenontario.org. JULY 13 – SUMMER GARDEN PARTY. AUG. 10 – FLOWER, FRUIT & PHOTOGRAPHY – Show and tea. Cobourg Library. 1:30-3pm. SEPT. 4 – DUGALD CAMERON – Plant a Spectacular Spring Garden Now. GRAFTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Tues. of each month. 7:30pm. Everyone welcome. Please lug a mug. St. Andrew’s United Church, 137 Old Danforth Rd. Email grafton.hort@gmail.com. SEPT. 10 – FLOWER SHOW – Guest speaker Drew Monkman with “How Climate Change is Affecting Our Flora and Fauna”. Doors open 6:30pm.
AUG. 18 – WARKWORTH EAT IN THE PARK – The Village of Warkworth invites you to a wonderful local collaboration of food offerings that demonstrate the epicurean allure of our fabulous little town. Listen to music and visit our spectacular shops. For details visit warkworth.ca or call 705-924-3333.
Garden Clubs Horticultural Societies AMELIASBURGH GARDEN CLUB – Meets the last Mon. of each month. 7pm. Ameliasburgh Town Hall, 13 Coleman St. Visit ameliasburghgardenclub.com. APPLE COUNTRY GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 3rd Tues. of each month. 7pm. Keeler Centre, 80 Division St. Colborne. For more details visit cramahehort.ca or email cramahehort@gmail.com. You are always welcome at Cramahe Horticultural Society! AUG. 20 – PICNIC POTLUCK – At the Ecology Garden. SEPT. 17 – POLLINATOR GARDEN DESIGN – Also vegetable and decorative flower show. BELLEVILLE GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. 7pm. Eastside Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave. Belleville. Visit gardenontario.org. BRIGHTON GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. Jan.-June/Sept.-Nov. 7pm. King Edward Community Centre, 81 Elizabeth St. Brighton. Call 905-392-5543 or email dennismiluck@sympatico.ca for more information. AUG. 10 – FLOWER & VEGETABLE SHOW – 2-4pm. SEPT. 14 – PLANT SALE – 8:30-11am.
KINGSTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Thu. of each month. 7:30pm. Ongwanada Resource Centre, 191 Portsmouth Ave. For details visit kingstonhort.ca. SEPT. 12 – ROUND TABLE SHARING. PORT HOPE GARDEN CLUB – Meets monthly. Meetings at 7:30pm. Ruth Clarke Centre, 81 Mill St. S. Port Hope. Visit gardenontario.org or call 905-885-0098. AUG. 10 – YARD SALE – Fundraiser and membership promotion. Memorial Park, Port Hope. 10am-3pm. AUG. 19 – FLOWER & VEGETABLE SHOW. SEPT. 16 – ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. TRENTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY & GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 3rd Thu. of each month. 7pm. Trenton United Church, 85 Dundas St. E. Trenton. Visit trentonhortsociety.ca or call 613-849-5506 for more infomation. JULY 13 – FLOWER SHOW AND DINNER – Show 24:30pm. Dinner 5pm. Trent Port Marina. AUG. 15 – VEGETABLE COMPETITION – Also potluck dinner. 6pm.
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TWEED HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Tues. of each month. 7pm. Tweed Public Library. Visit tweedhort.ca or e-mail info@tweedhort.ca. SEPT. 3 – HEIRLOOM SEED SAVING – Growing History in the Garden.
oak savanna, a portion of a provincially significant wetland and mature mixed forest on top of an esker. Meet at the Goodrich-Loomis CA parking lot, 1331 Pinewood School Rd. off Hwy 30 north of Brighton. 10am-1pm. Registration required.
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NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA – Join the Conservation Volunteers to help protect Canada’s species and natural areas. Call 1-866-281-5331 or visit conservationvolunteers.ca.
CANOE MUSEUM – 910 Monaghan Rd. Peterborough. For more information visit canoemuseum.ca or call 705-748-9153. JUNE 30 – SEPT. 1 – VOYAGEUR CANOE TOURS – Visit the website for dates and times. FARMTOWN PARK – 437 West Front St. Stirling. Visit farmtownpark.ca or call 613-395-0015. JULY 14 – MUSIC IN HERITAGE VILLAGE – 1-2pm. SEPT. 8 – CORN ROAST – Complete with old-style games for the kids and music in Heritage Village. 10am-4pm.
O’HARA MILL HOMESTEAD – 638 Mill Rd. Madoc. Call 613-473-2084 or visit ohara-mill.org. JULY 21 – HERITAGE DAY – 10am-4pm. AUG. 11 – DRAFT HORSE FARM DAY – 10am-4pm. AUG. 24 – EVENING AT O’HARA – 5-11pm. PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM & ARCHIVES – 300 Hunter St. E. For more information call 705-743-5180 or visit peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca. UNTIL SEPT. 8 – ICE AGE MAMMALS. PROCTOR HOUSE MUSEUM – 96 Young St. Brighton. Visit proctorhousemuseum.ca or call 613475-2144. JULY 1 – CANADA DAY TOURS & EVENTS – 10am4pm. SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM – 16210 Island Rd. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8698 ext. 103 or visit scugog.ca. JULY 2 – AUG. 30 – FREEMASONRY – A History Hidden in Plain Sight. Traveling exhibit. 10am-4pm. AUG. 25 – PIONEER DAY – See blacksmith, woodwright and other heritage demonstrations, taste traditional treats and observe local craftspeople at work. Games and crafts for children will focus on working hands-on like the pioneers did. 11am-4pm.
PRESQU’ILE PROVINCIAL PARK – 328 Presqu’ile Pkwy. Brighton. Park entrance fee. All events free. Fora more information call 613-475-4324 ext. 225 or visit friendsofpresquile.on.ca. JULY 19 – YOGA AND BIRD WALK – Free day-use access on Healthy Parks Healthy People Day (HPHP). Meet at 8:30am for some yoga on the lawn (bring a mat or towel) and follow-up with a bird walk. AUG. 3 & 4 – HISTORY WEEKEND – Relive Presqu’ile’s storied past. Boat building bee for kids, Calithumpian Fun Fair, picnic games, Ghost Walk and more. 10am-9pm. AUG. 31 & SEPT. 1 – MONARCHS AND MIGRANTS – Release a tagged butterfly, see birds up close at a bird banding demo or join us on a guided nature walk. 8am-5pm. PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY – Research station that monitors migrating birds along the south shore of Prince Edward County. 6056 Long Point Rd. southeast of Picton. Visit peptbo.ca or email info@peptbo.ca. JULY 20 & 21 – BIOBLITZ – Community volunteers of all ages join scientists and experts to record all the living species on the Hudgin-Rose property, 191 Ostrander Pt. Rd. Milford. WILLOW BEACH FIELD NATURALISTS – Bringing together nature lovers to explore, enjoy and learn more about Northumberland County’s diverse natural environment, and to encourage its preservation. Visit willowbeachfieldnaturalists.org. JUNE 30 – BUTTERFLY OUTING – Sandy Lake Road. Meet at Cty. Rd. 45/Hwy. 401 carpool at 7:30am or at the Tim Horton’s on Hwy. 7 in Havelock at 9am. Contact Roger Frost 905-885-9615 or ekrf@eagle.ca. AUG. 18 – BIRD OUTING – Candlewick Woods. Meet at Lakeshore Rd./Dickinson Rd. (west of Port Hope). 8am at the red barn. Half day outing.
LONE PINE LAND TRUST – Join as a member or volunteer to work toward the preservation of land, water and diverse life in the Northumberland area. Visit lonepinelandtrust.ca. SEPT. 7 – MUNN TRACT – Listen to the night sounds, call for owls and explore the vast diversity of nocturnal insects as we wander through the Munn property trails. Bring a flashlight or head lamp. 1km west of Codrington on Cty. Rd. 27. 7:30pm. LOWER TRENT CONSERVATION – Call 613-3944829 or visit ltc.on.ca. JULY 18 – LAKE OF THE BURNING PLAINS – Learn about the conservation efforts used to maintain and protect the Alderville First Nation Black Oak Savanna. Meet at 8467 Northumberland Cty. Rd. 18, Roseneath. 10:30am-12:30pm. Registration required. AUG. 24 – BOTANICAL WONDERS – Explore a variety of ecological communities, including one of eastern Ontario's finest trout streams, remnant prairie,
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JULY 20 – AUG. 5 – INDIGENOUS ARTISTS – A wonderful collection of paintings, sculpture, photography and traditional crafts. 10am-4pm. Macaulay Heritage Park Museum, 23 Church St. Picton. For more information call 613-476-2148 ext. 2521. JULY 27 – SHOW AND SALE – Coins, postage stamps, postcards and related hobby supplies. King Edward Community Centre, 75 Elizabeth St. Brighton. 10:30am-3:30pm. Email dejackson8138@gmail.com for information.
JUNE 21 – JULY 7 – ART IN THE COUNTY – Prince Edward County Arts Council’s annual juried exhibition and sale. The Armory, 206 Main St. Picton. Mon.Sat.10am-6pm. Sun.10am-5pm. (Jul. 7 - 10am-2pm). Adults $3. Children under 12 free. Free admission on Canada Day. Visit artinthecounty.com or call 613-4768767. JUNE 28 – NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM – Portrait Night at Wellington Heritage Museum, 290 Main St. Wellington. Join six Prince Edward County artists as they collaboratively create portraits of County characters. Watch the artists at work in the new Wellington Heritage Garden. Creations will be auctioned the same evening. 7pm. Tickets $25 at ticketscene.ca or call 613-476-2148 ext. 2526 to reserve. JULY 6 – ART ON MAIN – Showcase of local artists in the visual, performing and culinary arts. 10am-4pm. Main Street, Brighton. Visit brightonaom.com or call 613-920-4667 for more information. JULY 12 – 14 – ANTIQUE, VINTAGE AND RETRO SALE – A three-day show of rare, retro and desired items. Delicious food, free parking and appraisal clinics onsite. Prince Edward Curling Club, 375 Main St. E. Picton. Fri. 2pm-7pm. Sat. 10am-5pm. Sun. 10am4pm. Admission $5. Visit pecantiqueandvintageshow.com or email mercatusevents@bell.net. JULY 20 & 21 – IN A GARDEN – Annual show and sale of works influenced by the garden. Garden items are displayed amongst the shrubs, flowers and trees, and in the studio. Tour the Monarch Waystation and Certified Wildlife Friendly Habitat and check out all the ecological and practical techniques used to maintain a “natural” garden/habitat. 10am-4pm. 4749 Cty. Rd. 2, Port Hope (Village of Welcome). Call 905-
HISTORY ALIVE – Museums of Prince Edward County. For details call 613-476-2148 ext. 2526 or email jchase@pecounty.on.ca. KIDS ’N NATURE – Presqu’ile Park. For details visit friendsofpresquile.on.ca or call 613-475-4324 ext 225 MARYSBURGH MUMMERS – Creative day camp. Visit mummers.ca. NATURE NUTS – Ganaraska Conservation. Visit grca.on.ca or call 905-885-8173.
AUG. 1 – ART & CRAFT SALE – Over 200 vendors selling crafts, stained glass, paintings, clothing, hats, wood products, outside furniture, wind chimes, pottery, jewellery, handcrafted soap, toys and much more. Picton Fairgrounds. Proceeds to fund the community work of Prince Edward District Women’s Institute. Tickets $5. Children under 12 free. 9am-7pm. For details visit thecountywomensinstitute.ca or call 613-471-1476. AUG. 1 – 4 – SIDEWALK SALE – Come to downtown Cobourg as we turn our streets into an outdoor shopping hub with extended storefronts and street vendors. Thu./Fri. 9am-7pm. Sat. 9am-6pm. Sun. 11am-4pm. For more information call 905-377-8024 or visit downtowncobourg.ca. AUG. 10 – TRASH AND TREASURES – The county’s biggest yard sale. 8am-3pm. Victoria Square, Colborne. For more information visit cramahe.ca or call Jeannie at 905-355-2821 ext. 122. AUG. 21 & 22 – PLOWING MATCH & FARM SHOW – Hastings County Exhibitors of agricultural technology and services, woodlot info and demonstrations, crafts, family program, antiques, Queen of the Furrow and more. Wed. 9am-5pm. Thu. 9am-4pm. 1207 Sills Rd. Centre Hastings. For details call 613-395-5177 or visit hastingsfarmshow.ca.
NORTHUMBERLAND MAKERS – Coding & robotics, MakerCamp, MovieCamp. Located within Venture13, Cobourg. Visit northumberlandmakers.ca. NPYT – Northumberland Players Youth Theatre – Visit northumberlandplayers.ca. PORT HOPE – Day camps. Call 905-885-7908 or email daycamp@porthope.ca. PORT HOPE HEARTS – Gymnastics. Visit heartsgymnastics.ca. QUINTE YOUTH UNLIMITED – Masterpiece Performing Arts. Visit qyu.ca. TOWN OF COBOURG – A variety of options at Cobourg CC. Visit cobourg.ca. TRINITY COLLEGE – Discovery camp. Email mbishop@tcs.on.ca or call 905-885-3217 ext. 1334.
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Nature & Parks FERRIS PROVINCIAL PARK – 474 Cty. Rd. 8 Campbellford. Guided walks every Tuesday until Dec. 10. Meet at the east end of the Suspension Bridge. 9am. Rain or shine. Regular park fees apply. Call 705-6320894 or visit friendsofferris.ca. JULY 27 – TURTLE DAY – Learn about turtles and their environments and find out how we can protect them. 1pm.
753-2196 or visit facebook.com/kathrynsgarden for more information.
AUG. 24 – ART WALK – Take a walk on the finer side in downtown Cobourg. Join us as we bring together live music, artists, workshops and more. Tour the art windows as you stroll through historic downtown streets. Head over to the Art Gallery of Northumberland for Battle of the Brushes as local artists battle it out in a live painting tournament. 10am-3pm. For more information visit downtowncobourg.ca or call 905-377-8024. SEPT. 7 – PORT HOPE ARCHIVES – Annual fundraising yard sale. 8am-1pm. 17 Mill St. N. Port Hope. Rain or shine. For more information call 905-885-1673 or visit porthopearchives.com.
Summer Camps ART GALLERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND – Art and culture. Visit artgalleryofnorthumberland.com. ARTWORTH – Art camp in Trent Hills. For more information visit artworth.ca. BATAWA – Summer adventure. Visit batawaskihill.ca. CANOE AND KAYAK – Cobourg. For more information visit cobourgdbcc.ca. CHORAL DAY CAMP – Bloomfield Town Hall. Visit musicatportmilford.org or call 613-476-7735. COLBORNE – Keeler Centre. Call 905-372-0161. FESTIVAL THEATRE CAMP – Stirling. For details visit stirlingfestivaltheatre.com or call 613-395-2100.
4TH LINE THEATRE – Winslow Farm, 779 Zion Line Millbrook. All shows at 6pm. Visit 4thlinetheatre.on.ca or call 705-932-4445. JULY 2 – 27 – BLOOM: A ROCK ’N ROLL FABLE – Two small-town best friends share a lifelong love affair with rock ’n roll music. AUG. 6 – 31 – CARMEL – A play filled with music, dancing and farm families trying to get on with the job of living their lives. BELLEVILLE THEATRE GUILD – Pinnacle Playhouse, 256 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Call 613-967-1442 or visit bellevilletheatreguild.ca. AUG. 28 – 31 – ONE-ACT PLAYS – Six original short works by local playwrights. Tickets $10 online or at the door. 8pm. CAMECO CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE – 20 Queen St. Port Hope. Visit capitoltheatre.com or call 905-8851071. JULY 2 – 21 – TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE – A dramedy about life’s greatest lesson. 2pm & 8pm. DRIFTWOOD THEATRE GROUP – Ontario’s outdoor summer-touring theatre company presents “A (Musical) Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Pay-what-you-can. All shows at 7:30pm. Visit driftwoodtheatre.com or call 416-605-5132. AUG. 8 – Trent Port Marina, Quinte West. AUG. 9 – Mill Pond Park, Bloomfield. AUG. 10 – Victoria Park, Cobourg. AUG. 11 – Scugog Shores Museum, Port Perry. FESTIVAL PLAYERS – The Studio Theatre, 310-312 Main St. Wellington. Visit festivalplayers.ca. JULY 9 – 21 – OUTSIDE MULLINGAR – A lyrical misfit-romance, full of gallows-humour, wit and wonder set on neighbouring farms in the Irish midlands. 2pm & 8pm. AUG. 2 – 17 – EVERY BRILLIANT THING – A one-ofa-kind, interactive theatrical event that chronicles a young person’s quest to unearth every magnificent thing about being alive. 2pm & 8pm.
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AUG. 28 – SEPT. 1 – PERSON OF INTEREST – The mostly true and very funny story of an actor driven to the brink. 8pm. SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE – 16210 Island Rd. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8698 ext. 103 or visit scugog.ca. SEPT. 6 – PISTOLS, PASSION & POLTERGEIST – An interactive night of intrigue. Rain or shine. Dress for the weather and bring a flashlight. 7:30pm.
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Church St. Picton. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2524 for more information.
TWEED & CO. – Visit tweedandcompany.com or email info@tweedandcompany.com. JULY 10 – 14 – STAG & DOE – A wildly funny and unexpectedly touching look at a distinctly rural Canadian prenuptial tradition. The Marble Arts Centre, 13 Bridgewater Rd. 2pm & 7:30pm.
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STIRLING FESTIVAL THEATRE – 41 West Front St. Stirling. Visit stirlingfestivaltheatre.com or call 613395-2100. AUG. 8 – 24 – SHREK THE MUSICAL – A Young Company show. 11am, 2pm & 7pm.
JUNE – SEPT. – ART CRAWL – Explore the galleries of Picton on foot on the 4th Thursday of every month. Meet the artists during this choose-your-own event. 58pm. For a listing of participating galleries and details visit experiencepicton.com/picton-art-crawl.
TOWN HALL 1873 – 302 Queen St. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8181 or visit townhall1873.ca. JULY 10 – 20 – THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS – A family-friendly production of the classic children’s book. 2pm & 7:30pm. JULY 18 – 27 – TEMPTING PROVIDENCE – An evocative telling of Canadian pioneering legend Myra Bennett. 2pm & 7:30pm. JULY 25 – AUG. 3 – THE VALLEY – A timely and powerful perspective on the complex issue of police interaction with the mentally ill. 2pm & 7:30pm. AUG. 1 – 10 – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST – Oscar Wilde’s delightful commentary on Victorian society. 2pm & 7:30pm. AUG. 8 – 16 – VENUS IN FUR – A battle of wits and
JUNE 30 – SEPT. 1 – STEP INSIDE SUNDAYS – Explore Wesleyville Village and nature trail through a free guided tour. Every Sun. 12-4pm. 2082 Lakeshore Rd. Port Hope. Cycle or drive approx. 10km west of Port Hope or 10 km east of Newcastle along this beautiful waterfront historic road. Call 905-753-2196 or visit wesleyvillevillage.com for details. JULY – AUG. – GRAVEYARDS AND GALLOWS – A costumed guide will take you through the grounds of Reverend Wm. Macaulay’s pleasant estate and the neighbouring graveyard. The tour will make its way to the nearby courthouse. Explore the exercise yards, jail cells and gallows. $10/person. Friday and Saturday evenings. 6:30pm. Macaulay Heritage Park, 35
JULY 6 – TOWN & COUNTRY GARDEN TOUR – Stroll through green oases, relish the scent of flowers, enjoy the extravagance of colours and relax in amazing landscapes on a summer’s day. 10am-4pm. Tickets $30 at the door or in advance at cfuwbelleville.com. Includes boxed lunch and drinks, and raffle table. All proceeds go to the CFUW Belleville & District Scholarship Fund. St. Thomas Anglican Church, 201 Church St. Belleville. JULY 12 – INCREDIBLE EDIBLES – Farm life experience bus tour through Trent Hills. Enjoy four intimate farming experiences where you will learn about the day-to-day lives of our local farmers. There will be animals to see, local meat and produce to purchase, and interactive activities. Come away with new insights about agriculture and an appreciation for the commitment and hard work of our farming families. 8:30am4pm. Visit incredibleediblesfestival.com/farm-tour-1 for details. JULY 20 – GARDEN TOUR – On this self-guided tour of seven gardens with easy accessibility, enjoy the creativity, variety of plants, garden accessories and design our Trent Hills gardens have to offer. Proceeds benefit Trent Hills community beautification efforts. Presented by Campbellford & District Horticultural Society. 10am-4pm. Rain or shine. For passport purchase locations visit gardenontario.org/society-listing/entry/332
or find us on facebook. AUG. 3 – 5 – APPLE ROUTE STUDIO TOUR – Eighteen artists and artisans display paintings, pottery, jewellery, woodworking, fibre art, quilting and photography in our studios in Apple Route Country. 10am-5pm. For more information and a map find us on facebook. AUG. 31 – SEPT. 2 – REDNERSVILLE ROAD ART TOUR – Visit our 32 local artists showing at 16 different locations along scenic Rednersville Road, Cty. Rd. 3, Prince Edward County. Take one, two or three days to see our studios and workplaces and enjoy some spectacular views and gardens. 10am-5pm. Visit rednersvilleroadarttour.com for more information. SEPT. 7 & 8 – NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS STUDIO TOUR – Just an hour east of Toronto, some of Northumberland County’s most talented artists open their studios for you to explore. Take a self-guided tour through historic towns such as Port Hope and Cobourg, and the beautiful Northumberland Hills. 10am-5pm. Free admission. Visit northumberlandstudiotour.ca for locations and artist information. SEPT. 14 – DOORS OPEN QUINTE WEST – Start with a pancake breakfast at Trenton Seniors Club 105. Visit a historic B&B, tour the new fire hall, Quinte West Station 1, visit gardens and flower farms and walk with dinosaurs. For more information call 613392-2841 ext. 4479 or visit doorsopenquintewest.ca.
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THE RICE LAKE CANOE COMPANY CIRCA 1910
ON PAGE SIX OF THE RICE LAKE CANOE COMPANY’S CATALOGUE, THERE IS A
description of Herald’s Patent Canoe – the pride and joy of the company. The cedar canoe’s unique construction garnered international attention at two World Exhibitions and was considered to be the best canoe in its day. Further proving its mettle, in the first regatta of the American Canoe Association in 1880, Gore’s Landing resident, T.H. Wallace, won two races in his Herald’s Patent canoe. The owner of the canoe patent was Daniel Herald, an Irish immigrant and shipwright. His first canoe factory – the Herald Canoe Company – was built in Gore’s landing, on the shores of Rice Lake. The company was renamed The Rice Lake Canoe Company in the 1880s. The catalogue advertises Herald’s Rice Lake Canoes as having “the greatest possible strength, stability, lightness of draught, speed, facility in paddling and buoyancy under load”. The canoes were unusual in their construction: they were formed by a sheet of painted canvas sandwiched between two layers of thin cedar planks and held together with 7,000 copper tacks. Despite its strong reputation, the company folded in the 1920s. New, lighter canoes that could be more easily repaired and maintained had come on the market and interest in the Herald’s Patent Canoe waned. What remains is a piece of local history. Image Courtesy Northumberland County Archives: NCA 2019.002 Charles Clay Family Fonds
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