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The Lanark County Harvest Festival is an all day event featuring local talent from all corners of Lanark County. Join us Sunday, September 7 from 11am-4pm.
At the festival you’ll find local farm produce, crafts made by local artisans, food seminars, children’s activities, workshops, local musicians and more. Followed by the Harvest Church Supper at 4pm, $12 a person.
For more information visit the Lanark County Harvest Festival website.
On this self-guided tour along the Silver Queen Mine Trail, you’ll visit the ore wagon and miners’ bunkhouse and even venture underground into the mine! Costumed interpreters will be ready to answer your questions and tell the story of the mica mining days of the early 1900s. Please park at the Lally Homestead parking area.
Children can participate in the Junior Mica Miner program during the Open House Tours.
Special for today, Hwy 511 will entertain in the bunkhouse on doghouse bass, fiddle, guitar and mandolin with a lively selection of old favourites. Clap your hands or kick up your heels in an impromptu dance. If you are shorter than Marilyn, you can join in with the music as she teaches you to pluck that big bass! Hwy 511 is a small group of friends and family who love to play down home Ottawa Valley fiddle tunes mixed in with a touch of Bluegrass. Between them, they play fiddle, mandolin, guitar, juice harp, mouth organ and doghouse bass, as well as piano, trumpet and drums.
This Open House Tour has no admission charge but you must hold a valid Ontario Parks vehicle day use pass, seasonal pass or camping permit for park entry. Your park entry permit can be purchased at the main park gate. Note that it is about a 2 km return trip walk from the parking area to the mine site. The Silver Queen Mine Trail is not a barrier-free trail. For inquiries with respect to accessibility please call the park directly at 613-267-5060. Dogs are permitted on the trail on a 6 foot leash but are not permitted in the mine or the bunkhouse. Silver Queen Mine Trail Guides are available from volunteers at the trail head at a cost of $1.00.
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Do you love trains? Ever seen an operating model railway? Ever taken a ride in a caboose, or been on a guided horse-and-wagon tour of our railway history? Well then, gear up and get ready for the 5th Annual Smiths Falls Trainfest, taking place August 23rd and 24th at the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario. The weekend will feature a variety of vendors, exhibitors, demonstrations, workshops, a kid’s tent, museum BBQ, train rides, town-wide train trivia race, and so much more fun for the whole family!
Come out to the museum to view a variety of scale-model displays or pick up some missing items for your collection from our vendors. Learn about our railway heritage on a free horse-and-wagon ride around town on Sunday. Join in on our free whistle making and tree making workshops. Kids’ activities will take place in the Kid’s Tent with railway games, races, crafts, face painting and all kinds of other fantastic activities. Plus, put on some railway gear and get your photo taken in our vintage photo booth!
Don’t forget to sign up for ‘The Great Train Race’, that will test your train trivia as you search for clues around Smiths Falls landmarks! Pre-register your teams of two by Monday, August 18th.
This year, the Museum will be offering train rides from 11 am to 3 pm both days. Hop aboard our 1940s caboose for a ride on the rails. You may even get a spot in the Engineer’s seat in our diesel locomotive! Best of all, train rides are included with event admission.
Trainfest runs Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission each day is $7 for adults, seniors and students are $6, children 5 to 13 years old are $4, and children under 5 are free. Weekend passes are available.
For information contact the museum at 613-283-5696, email info@rmeo.org or visit our website at www.rmeo.org
On Saturday, August 9, fun is what you should expect and that is what you will experience in this unique 3-ON-3 basketball festival. From 1992 to 2011 almost one hundred teams participated annually in twenty divisions on the streets of Almonte, making this the largest 3-ON-3 tournament in Eastern Ontario. Bring your team on August 9 and see if you have what it takes to win.
For more information visit http://www.naismithmuseum.com/main.phpaction=cms.ProgramsAndEvents
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