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Volume 19, Issue 71
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A JOINT VENTURE FORAGING WITH ALBERT PONZO
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MAILBAG INSIDE WATERSHED FENCE POSTS: Champlain Slept Here by DAN NEEDLES
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BEYOND THE GARDEN GATE:
What’s New And What’s To Do A Tear In The Seam: Hedgerows In Jeopardy by VICTORIA TAYLOR
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GEORGE’S POND: Springing Into Action by GEORGE SMITH
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CULTURAL CURRENTS: Manasie Akpaliapik by SHELBY LISK
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INNOVATION: Amy Arthur: Inventor Of Claxon by MEGHAN SHEFFIELD
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HABITAT: The Carolinian In Our Backyard And Beyond by NORM WAGENAAR
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FIELD NOTES: A Spring Procession Of Bobolinks by TERRY SPRAGUE
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LOVIN’ THE LOCAL: A Showcase Of Locally Curated Products by STEPHANIE CAMPBELL
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FOOD & DRINK SCENE:
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A CURATED COLLECTION:
Foraging Ahead With Albert Ponzo The Art Gallery Of Northumberland Presents: A. Y. Jackson
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WATERSHEDDINGS: Seasonal Guide To Regional Events
illustration by Jane Kessler
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FIRST WORDS |
JOHN DE LA COUR WAS ON THE MASTHEAD OF THE FIRST ISSUE OF WATERSHED but we were friends long before I started publishing the magazine. In the early ’90s, John acted as my campaign manager when I ran for council, and again, when I ran for reeve of the township, which meant he helped put up lawns signs and went from house to house with me, looking for votes. He would always be first out of the car so that he could greet the dogs before they got to me. John’s ideas helped form the nucleus of what was to become Watershed magazine. He held the title of circulation manager but he was more than that – he was an ambassador. Whatever the weather, John would load the truck with as many magazines as it would hold, then head out with a pack of smokes, a thermos of coffee, a map and detailed delivery list. At the end of the day, he rolled back into my driveway, tired and ready for a beer and a chance to tell me who he’d met and what he’d heard in his travels. Over a ten year period, John delivered a million copies of Watershed throughout Northumberland, Quinte and Prince Edward County. John’s dedication to Watershed was much like his commitment to his community. He was the consummate volunteer, working tirelessly for the common good. On one hand, he could be as grumpy as all get out, but on the other hand, he had a heart of gold. And he was generous to a fault. John passed away before Christmas. He is sorely missed, not just by his community, but also by all the folks at Watershed.
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shelby lisk A freelance photographer, videographer and writer from Kenhté:ke (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory), Shelby currently lives in Belleville and is completing a diploma in Photojournalism at Loyalist College, and a certificate in Mohawk Language and Culture through Queen’s University and Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na. She is also the recipient of the Emerging Indigenous Reporter Scholarship from Journalists for Human Rights, and the Governor General’s History Award in the Indigenous Arts and Stories category for her poem, Invisible Indian (Historica Canada 2018).
sasha sefter An award-winning photographer based in Southern Ontario, Sasha is a recent graduate of the photojournalism program at Loyalist College and is currently completing a field placement with the Winnipeg Free Press. Sasha is deeply passionate about the power of visual storytelling through photographs. When not photographing daily editorial assignments or working for corporate clients, Sasha’s desire to explore and learn from the world at large leads him to seek out stories from all communities, big and small.
christopher cameron With a new career as a freelance writer and editor, Christopher channels the dedication and discipline he learned as a professional opera singer into his latest ventures. His first book, a memoir of his singing years, Dr. Bartolo’s Umbrella and Other Tales from my Surprising Operatic Life (Seraphim Editions) was published in 2017. The same year, he and his wife Karen moved to Campbellford. Chris is also a long-distance runner and seven-time Ironman triathlon finisher.
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PUBLISHER/EDITOR JANE KELLY
EDITOR
STEPHANIE CAMPBELL
ART DIRECTOR MEG BOTHA
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mbishop@watershedmagazine.com CONTRIBUTORS Shelagh Armstrong Lorne Aronson Chris Cameron John Corey Tom Cruickshank Janet Davies Tom Groot John Jeronimus Jane Kessler Johnny C.Y. Lam Shelby Lisk Brad Manning Ingrid Nachtrieb Dan Needles David Newland Lee Rapp Sasha Sefter Meghan Sheffield George Smith Terry Sprague Victoria Taylor Roger Thomas Norm Wagenaar
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Mailbag
Letters to the Editor
“This wonderful magazine informs me of events happening in Northumberland County, Prince Edward County, Quinte West and beyond.” SUSAN SCARBOROUGH, BRIGHTON
IT CAME FROM WARKWORTH
sources and facilities in Northumberland that are
I read with great interest the article in a recent
available to entrepreneurs, inventors, and yes
issue of Watershed that told the story of the Black
even dreamers.
Fly, an innovative and exciting electric airplane
I wish Marcus, his wife and his new associates
that was developed in Northumberland County.
every success with their exciting product and I also
This story, as your article details, started several
commend the CFDC for the continuing efforts to
years ago with Marcus’ determined efforts to real-
assist the people of our Northumberland.
ize his vision. I had the pleasure of visiting Marcus
And your magazine is a fabulous vehicle for
while he was working on his prototype. The pur-
stories like this. Well done!
pose of my visit was to see if the Community
Dean Peters, Trent Hills
Futures Development Board could assist him in his work. Once again, your article describes the
EVERY EDITION IS AN INDULGENCE
successful work by the CFDC Board and staff to
Congratulations on another outstanding issue of
find manufacturing space in Cobourg and to link
Watershed. Every edition is such an indulgence,
Marcus to industry professionals. I know they were
and one of the few magazines I read from cover-
thrilled to see the launch of this incredible aircraft
to-cover. This includes poring over the wonderfully
last year.
enticing advertisements! Proof that marrying out-
I believe there is an important message in this story: Achievement is not limited to the big city or the big corporation. There are opportunities, re-
standing stories with good design works so well for your magazine, advertisers and readers alike. Your Winter 2018/2019 edition is especially cap-
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tivating. I love the heart-warming Letter from the
ads, I have visited many
Editor, which reflects upon your family’s Christmas
restaurants, boutiques, and
enduring tradition of reading The Polar Express. A
stores, some of which I might
lasting memory for the generations, to be sure.
not have otherwise known
The article on the Blackfly (It Came From Wark-
about.Thank you for continu-
worth) is an exhilarating glimpse of Canadian inge-
ing to provide an excellent,
nuity at its best. How exciting it will be when work-
informative magazine to our
ers and travellers in our area can hop into their
communities.
personal aircraft – all while experiencing the beau-
Susan Scarborough, Brighton
tiful scenery of Quinte, and Northumberland and
FROM INSTAGRAM: CANADIANS LOVE THEIR
Prince Edward Counties by air. Bye-bye to the
A CLASSY, BEAUTIFULLY-DESIGNED MAGAZINE
stress-filled 401 trek. Keep up the great work.
We have enjoyed your magazine for years now, first
MAGAZINES
Lorraine Willson, via email
when we lived in Port Hope to now in Port Perry. It is
There is a great feeling evoked from turning the
beautifully-designed, always with a stunning cover
pages of a beautifully printed magazine, especially
and is so classy all the way through with interesting ar-
in this day of endless social and digital media! Sit-
ticles as well.
ting down for a quiet moment with a tea and Wa-
QUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF ADVERTISERS IN
WATERSHED MAGAZINE
As spring is approaching, I am compelled to write to you to say how much I am looking forward to re-
Thank you for producing such an excellent magazine!
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ceiving the Spring edition of Watershed Magazine. This wonderful magazine informs me of events
tershed Magazine brings me joy! Instagram: @photographybyalanalee
Martha Simmons, via email HELPS US BUILD OUR BRAND
Digital doesn’t replace the visual and tactile expe-
happening in Northumberland County, Prince Ed-
As an advertiser in Watershed for the last several
rience of a nice magazine like Watershed. Hands down.
ward County, Quinte West and beyond. The edito-
years, I just wanted to thank you for the positive im-
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rials are always informative and factual, while the
pact that this magazine has had on my business. The
featured articles are inspiring and exciting to read.
beautifully designed publication, wonderful local
I always enjoy perusing the magazine in search
content and extensive circulation has helped us to
of new recipes, local events and featured articles
build our brand and attract new customers. We fre-
on art, decorating, and cultural matters.
quently get new visitors to our boutique who tell us
Please forward your letters to: Watershed Magazine,
they came in because they saw our ad in Watershed.
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The quality and diversification of the advertising in the magazine is first class. As a result of these
Watershed looks forward to reading all your letters!
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NOTEWORTHY
HERE TO HELP
There are eight marijuana dispensaries in Alderville
Common sense tells us to stay away from stinging net-
along a stretch of Highway 45, which has earned the
tle. The tiny hairs on the leaves can produce a painful
new nickname “the Green Mile”. Tyendinaga, just east
rash that really stings. But Chef Albert Ponzo uses this
of Belleville on the Bay of Quinte, is home to no fewer
common weed, found along the edges of fields and in
than 50 marijuana dispensaries.
roadside ditches, as a filling in his pasta triangoli and the
A Joint Venture, Pg.38
result is nothing short of delicious – surprisingly simple but elegant.
Many of the familiar fencerows that create the patch-
Food & Drink, Pg.66
work of our rural landscape follow the path of the original survey lines established and mapped out by the
In the late 1800s, the spring log drive would deliver as
Crown. With varied margins of sumac, serviceberry, dog-
many as 175,000 logs to sawmills in Trenton, Belleville
wood, soft maple, cedars and the flowers of ruderal
and Deseronto. Seasoned lumberjacks rode the floating
perennials and grasses, fencerows are among the last re-
logs with pike poles, pushing and tugging them
maining fragments that tie us to the rich cultural and
through narrow passageways as they tumbled their way
agricultural heritage that characterizes our unique part
en route to the Gilmour and Rathbun mills on the Bay
of Ontario.
of Quinte.
Beyond the Garden Gate, Pg.24
Meanderings, Pg.86
QUOTE OF THE DAY She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbour: “Winter is dead.”
Planting a garden without first testing the soil is like baking a cake without a recipe. The sooner you get your soil results, the sooner you can start digging. A soil test will measure the pH level of your soil – whether it’s acidic or alkaline. Soil pH is measured on a scale of 1 to 14 with a measurement of 7.0 considered neutral. Most plants prefer a neutral pH. If, as your neighbour suggests, your soil is acidic, you’ll need to adjust the pH with some granular lime. The soil test will also give you an idea of the nutrient content of your soil. If your soil is low on nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium or calcium, adjust the nutrient level with a fertilizer. You can send your soil sample off to the University of Guelph laboratory for testing. Their website is afl.uoguelph.ca/home-owners Good luck with your garden and remember the words of Margaret Atwood: “In spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
top illustrations by Jane Kessler
A.A. MILNE, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
I’m new to the country and I can’t wait to start a garden this spring. My neighbour tells me that my soil is acidic. Should I be looking into the type of soil I have before I start planting?
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CHAMPLAIN SLEPT HERE True Confessions from the Ninth Concession BY DAN NEEDLES ILLUSTRATION BY SHELAGH ARMSTRONG
THERE IS A LEGEND AMONG HISTORIANS THAT SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, the great map-
maker, explorer and arguably the first “Canadian,” spent the winter of 1615 on my farm in Huronia, the land of the tobacco-growing Petun nation. I say a legend because it appears the great mapmaker was pretty much lost the whole time after he paddled up the Lachine Rapids into the Great Lakes. Some say it’s also possible he spent that winter near Peterborough, Ontario, or the Finger Lakes district of New York state. They’re not quite sure. Champlain himself was quite certain China was just over the next hill. That’s what I love about history. You reap such handsome returns in conjecture for just a trifling investment of fact. I like the Huronia winter version because it places the old boy right next door to me and makes him a neighbour. There was something totally manic about Champlain. He crossed the Atlantic some 27 times without losing a shipmate. During one storm, the captain lost his nerve and Champlain took the helm, safely steering the ship onto some soft rocks and supervising the evacuation of the ship. No injuries were reported. He explored what would become six provinces and five states, and founded the first postColumbian European settlement in Canada. He did it on a wing and a prayer with other people’s money and never found anything an explorer of that day was supposed to find: no China, no spices, no Northwest Passage, Fountain of Youth, gold or even an effective weight loss diet. His most important concept was his use of the
word Métis, a French word that means mixed, which is what he thought we should all be if we had any hope of living in peace. Four hundred years later, I think he would be very pleased to see how mixed Canada has become. I look out my office window at the cornfield that hosted the village of Etharita and I think of Champlain resting on a pile of beaver pelts in a longhouse, telling lies and smoking the winter away as a guest of the Petun. The Natives obviously enjoyed his company and handed him around like a pet turtle for about 20 years. They taught him to live off the land, and he suggested they stop sleeping on the ground, a simple innovation that doubled the lifespan of anyone he met. It’s true he did start a war with the Iroquois, but his mistake was bringing firearms to the semifinals of the lacrosse season. The result was tragic and set his Métis idea back by a century. He regretted his mistake profoundly. Today my field rotates between crops of corn and soybeans. In Champlain’s day it was corn, beans and squash all planted together in little hills, a concept the Natives called The Three Sisters. Sam talked about how easy it was to get turned around in the cornfields of the Petun, a significant admission from a man who was uncertain of his location pretty much from the day he stepped off his veranda in Brouage, France. Nothing changed for him and when he died in 1635 his gravesite was promptly lost. In death as in life, his whereabouts are uncertain. There’s something about winter in the country
that brings a person to heel and reduces life to simpler terms. E.B. White insisted it was a full-time occupation staying warm, fed and amused, and it must have been a special kind of torture for a spirit as restless as Champlain’s. Or maybe it wasn’t. He may have been happy to gather calories and rest up for the spring runoff. There is a dramatic statue of him behind the National Gallery in Ottawa, holding his astrolabe aloft and sighting his position. He’s holding the thing upside down, which is not surprising because he probably didn’t have much use for it. I like to think the statue captures him heaving the thing into the bush and telling his Indigenous friends to take him wherever the hell they wanted. He was in no rush to get anywhere and was looking forward to the trip. As the snow retreats to my fencerows and a warm gust rattles last year’s corn stalks, I imagine the great man scanning the skies for returning geese and packing his kit for the next adventure. It was nice to have him here. I enjoyed his company and his talk of courts and kings, the vast forests, high-flowing rivers and rough seas that lay between us and his home. It sure made spring come faster. I hope he comes back to us some day. 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 WELCOME Kids and teens can go through some turbulent times so it’s welcome news that three local organizations – Northumberland Hills Hospital, Rebound Child and Youth Services and Northumberland Community Counselling Centre – have recently opened a walk-in mental health clinic for anyone between the ages of seven to 16 who are struggling with mental health issues.
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MUST MIGRATE Learn about the habits and habitats of the migrating birds that fly thousands of kilometres – from as far away as South America – to their summer nesting grounds in Watershed country. The Nature Conservancy of Canada will hold its first annual Hazel Bird Day with family-friendly activities that revolve around Hazel’s beloved blue birds – their behaviours, nesting habits, food and habitat. Hike around the nature reserve, meet new friends at the BBQ, and learn more about the little blue bird that was once as common as the robin.
Hazel Bird Nature Reserve, Hamilton Township Saturday, May 12 from 10am to 3pm natureconservancy.ca/en/where-wework/ontario/events/hazel-bird-day.html Prince Edward County’s Spring Birding Festival Celebrates the spring migration with: educational walks and talks, bird banding demonstrations and a photography contest. From May 11 to May 20 peptbo.ca The Friends of Presqu’ile Park presents Warblers and Whimbrels Weekend. If you’re a newbie to birding, volunteer naturalists will be on hand for bird walks, to demonstrate bird banding and to discuss the spring migration. May long weekend friendsofpresquile.on.ca/warblers-and-whimbrelsweekend.php
kids who show up. Here are just a few: For your STEM-inspired child, Northumberland’s Venture13 offers coding, robotics and hands-on making camps for kids aged 6-12 through the MakersLab northumberlandmakers.ca For your budding O’Keeffe, Kahlo or Monet, ArtWorth Art Camp in Trent Hills explores the theme of belonging – a belonging to the land and waterways, to the insects, birds and animals and a sense of belonging with the local people and places throughout Trent Hills. artworth.ca The Marysburgh Mummers offer a Creative Drama Camp for ages 8 and up, running the weeks of August 6 to 23. Your aspiring actor will learn about stage, dance and singing culminating in three weekend performances. mummers.ca The outdoorsy set will love Batawa’s Summer Adventure Day Camp. Kids aged 6-12 will hike, bike and discover the wonder of the Batawa area. The best news for parents – lunch is included! batawaskihill.ca Check out Watershed’s soon-to-be-lengthy camp list via watershedmagazine.com and social media channels
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MUST HOP Easter Egg Hunts dot the landscape much like those little plastic, pastel-coloured, treat-filled eggs – from a ski hill-sized hunt in Batawa, to a village-centred festivity in Wesleyville, to a fire fighter-organized event outside the Crystal Palace in Picton. Saturday, April 20 – be sure to check local listings for eggs-act times and locations. Batawa’s 19th annual Easter Egg Hunt trentonmfrc.ca/news-events/event/batawa-easteregg-hunt Friends of Wesleyville Village Easter Egg Hunt wesleyvillevillage.com
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Hastings Village Easter Egg Hunt hastingsvillage.ca/festivals-events Picton Fire Fighters Easter Egg Hunt prince-edward-county.com/event/easter-egg-huntpicton-firefighters Port Hope Easter Bunny Eggstravaganza porthope.ca/recreation-leisure-and-culture-specialevents
MUST LEARN “Stay where you’re to ‘til I comes where you’re at.” Yup, Newfoundland is coming to Northumberland. The Northumberland Learning Connection lecture series gets to the heart of Newfoundland & Labrador’s provocative history,
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A TEAR
IN THE SEAM BY VICTORIA TAYLOR, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT MES MLA OALA
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BEYOND THE GARDEN GATE |
Windbreak, buffer, treeline, green fence, field margin, shelterbelt, fence line, hedgerows…some of the terms used to describe the living corridors that bend and flow along country roads and fields, creating the patchwork of our rural landscapes. AT FIRST GLANCE, YOU MAY DISMISS HEDGEROWS AS ROADSIDE BRUSH OR OVERGROWN FENCES BUT IN FACT, THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LANDSCAPE AND THE LOCAL ECOLOGY. With varied margins
of sumac, serviceberry, dogwood, soft maple, cedars and the flowers of ruderal perennials and grasses, hedgerows are among the last remaining fragments that tie us to the rich cultural and agricultural heritage that characterizes our unique part of Ontario. Many of the hedgerows that remain today follow the path of the original survey lines established and mapped out by the Crown. Ernest Margetson, an engineer, designer, heritage advocate and member of the Prince Edward County (PEC) Council, describes how the location of hedgerows frame their cultural context: “The layout and delineation of the fields within a farm were not accidental…The size of the fields reflect …how much land could be cleared and prepared in one season. Also, it is evident that soil type and above: Silhouetted cross-section of a typical country hedgerow. Image courtesy of Michal Laszczuk, 2018
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depth, topography, and drainage patterns also influenced the location of fences and field pattern.” Fast forward a couple of hundred years and you might ask, “What good are hedgerows in today’s world?” Beyond their physical beauty and cultural value, hedgerows are critical to the local wildlife population, providing shelter, food, breeding sites and a protected travel corridor that allows birds, animals and even insects to move between habitats. Living fence lines also help farmers to retain water in field soils; they act as wind protection to reduce soil erosion and, with the right mix of species, they attract pollinators to support crop yields. When we cross-country ski across the fields in the winter, cycle the back roads in the summer or enjoy a drive in the country to take in the fall colours, hedgerows play an important part in what we experience along the way. And when the winter winds whip across open fields, hedgerows act as natural snow fences. Unfortunately, many of the familiar hedgerows of Northumberland, Quinte and Prince Edward Counties are disappearing from the rural landscape. In less than a generation, the living seams that connect us to our cultural history and facilitate wildlife habitat are being removed as larger corporate farms cultivate greater swaths of land, as township roads are widened and as hydro lines are cleared. But, there are a variety of efforts afoot in Ontario that offer hope and practical solutions to the problem. Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) Canada is an initiative funded to tackle the complex and challenging relationship between agriculture and wildlife. ALUS works directly with farmers “to offer economic incentives in exchange for their efforts that support the healthy ecosystems – clean air, clean water, flood mitigation, climate adaptation, carbon sequestration, species at risk habitat and all our native bees and pollinators – on which their food production relies.” ALUS believes that “As the largest single group of landowners in Canada, agricultural producers are in a unique position to pro26 | SPRING 2019
vide important solutions to some of the most pressing conservation challenges of our time, including climate change and biodiversity loss.” Elizabeth Kellogg, a Port Hope-based naturalist and member of a large farming family, sees the value of the ALUS program: “It’s much easier for farmers to listen to other farmers,” and hopes the program will spread to eastern Ontario where the need is great. At this point, there are no farmer-led ALUS projects in the Quinte, Prince Edward, or Northumberland areas but Hillier-based organic farmer and farm-to-table chef Jamie Kennedy has invited ALUS to meet with a group of local County farmers who are curious to know more. Through the Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program funded by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, the Corridors Connecting Habitat program supports the planting of native grasses, legumes, herbaceous plants, trees, and/or shrubs as fencerows, field edges, or on marginal lands to connect natural areas. Hedgerows don’t necessarily need to be tall or biologically diverse to provide ecosystem benefits. Even a line of low grasses can achieve ecological benefits for small insects and reduce erosion of field soils. In Prince Edward County, a local branch of the Natural Heritage Conservation (NHC-PEC) is raising awareness around the value of hedgerows in the rural landscape and the need for natural heritage discussions in local land use decisions, especially adjacent to ecologically and culturally sensitive sites. The group has begun discussions with local environmental groups, Quinte Conservation, and is meeting with members of the municipal council to propose amendments to the Official Plan that will acknowledge the importance of hedgerow protection in planning decisions. Admitting there is difficult work ahead in a community where farmers face tough economic pressures, NHC-PEC’s executive committee is encouraged by recent meetings and a quickly growing base of sup porters. As Elizabeth Blomme, a member of
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Hedgerows are critical to the local wildlife population, providing shelter, food, breeding sites and a protected travel corridor that enables birds, animals and insects to move between habitats.
the group explains, “What we’re really looking for is cooperation from all landowners. We’re prepared to take the time to work towards a new approach that respects both the health of the land and the rights and needs of landowners and the farming community.” Their next steps are to build support from and within the agriculture community and gather updated land-based data to assess what has been lost. While NHC-PEC secures updated data, they welcome local residents who have witnessed hedgerow loss to post pictures and stories on the group’s Facebook page. Based on anecdotal stories combined with hard data, the group suspects that the combined results will generate the public and political momentum that is needed to protect what is
left and begin to recover what has been lost. Whether intentionally planted to keep in livestock, left as a remnant edge of field and farm boundaries, an evolved accidental ecology seeded by wind or birds resting on a field boundary post, hedgerows are dynamic living strips that need to be recognized for their contribution to the life we cherish in rural Ontario. For more information about the Natural Heritage Conservation in Prince Edward County, email Elizabeth Blomme at elizabeth@finkelsteinmanagement.com or Bill Bonter at billbonter@yahoo.ca. The preceding includes excerpts from an article published under the same title in Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly published by the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects.
Hedgerows don’t necessarily need to be tall or biologically diverse to provide ecosystem benefits. Even a line of low grasses can achieve ecological benefits for small insects and birds and help reduce erosion of field soils.
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Slieman could barely speak English. He knew nothing he had a proven work ethic. He was the eldest son of a
Inside the Dewey place, open rooms are lit by daylight through big windows. The view from the dining room is of jays and juncos, flitting from tree to feeder and back. More birds adorn the walls; Bateman prints – a little faded and a little crooked. The kitchen is small and well-used, with coffee constantly on the go. A woodstove warms the cosy living room. Cigarette smoke lingers familiarly in the air. Kendall and Joanne Dewey sit side-by-side at the dining room table. At 66 and 58, they might be a retired couple enjoying the country life – if only they were not constantly working. Behind them, a shelf holds a row of reference books: a library of the great outdoors. “Do you wanna start, dear?” Kendall Dewey asks his wife, Joanne. Born in England, still possessed of a particular sort of English good cheer, she spins a yarn that leads her, as a young woman, across the Atlantic to Canada, where she embraces the natural beauty of a land too big to comprehend. Her love of the outdoors led to studies, that led to jobs, that led to meeting and marrying Kendall Dewey. A marriage, family, a move to the woods, a working life… and here we are. “Here” meaning in this home, together, in the later stages of a shared career spent mostly outside, much of it working side-by-side with Kendall on the family fishery they now run out of their home. Here, meaning plotting the next steps of the Dewey family story and figuring out how to retire. Here, meaning the beginning of another story, the one where Joanne and Kendall welcome Slieman AbdelMalek al-Jasem into their lives. Slieman (the Deweys pronounce it “Sleeman,” like the beer) sits across the table, discreetly puffing on a vaporizer, occasionally giving off a cloud of odourless nicotine mist. Cheerful, comfortable, Slieman might be a nephew or a neighbour of the Deweys. Where their greying hair and tanned faces show the weathering of their lifetimes, Slieman’s hair is dark and sleek, his face light, at ease. He listens attentively, with the air of someone who’s heard it before, as Kendall Dewey turns the pages of his own Ontario life. “If I’d known I was going to wind up commercial fishing…” Kendall begins, recalling with a mixture of bemusement and pride the life he has taken on, the fourth generation of his family to do so. “The last year that Dad fished, I worked that summer for nothing.” There’s nostalgia, but little romance in the stories of Kendall’s childhood spent in a family of fisherfolk, plying their trade on Lake Erie. What romance there might once have been was
wiped out with the St. Lawrence Seaway. It was an engineering marvel, and an ecological disaster. The mega-project of locks and hydro dams built during the 1950s would allow oceangoing ships to ply the waters of the Great Lakes with coal, oil, iron ore, wheat, and aggregates. The construction of the Seaway introduced invasive fish species like the lamprey, the smelt, and the alewife that all but doomed commercial fishing on the Great Lakes. By the time Kendall was seventeen, working for nothing that infamous last summer on his dad’s boat, he couldn’t see the future of the fishery. Instead, he went to college, though his heart was always on the land and on the water. Summer jobs led to long-term work with the government: conservation, fish and game and wildlife. But that wasn’t Kendall’s way. “I’m not a good government employee,” he grins. Meaning, he likes to be his own boss, or put another way, he can’t stand taking orders from people who don’t know what’s what. “I began to see some irregularities happening,” he says, “so we decided…” And the story inevitably winds up here, again: this log home, built on the land, back in the 1980s, in the hopes of using and connecting with the natural world. Here they built their fishery; they built their lives. Home. Slieman’s father built the home he and his ten siblings grew up in, in Hama, Syria. Slieman doesn’t know if it still stands. Slieman speaks excellent English for someone who couldn’t speak it at all three years ago. But he has few words to describe the fate of his home, or his homeland. “It wasn’t like a war when it started” is the phrase that sticks. At first, Slieman and his family watched the growing catastrophe that shattered their country on television. It seemed very far away. As trouble grew into full-blown civil war, Slieman’s father feared his sons would be drawn into the conflict against his will. Slieman, the eldest, was sent away to Lebanon as a young teen. It was difficult, and lonely – as a Syrian, Slieman was vulnerable. His studies fell away as he worked difficult jobs under worsening conditions. His parents discouraged him from returning: it was getting worse in Syria, they said. He should stay in Lebanon, where he was at least safe. But eventually he couldn’t stand it. He went home anyway. Home, that is, to his childhood house; home to his mother and father and family, and to the little market store the proceeds from which they tried to live and prosper. But war was no longer an abstraction, rumbling on the horizon; the bombing was
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about boats or fishing. But family in need. He would try.
getting closer. There were tanks in the streets of Hama. Like so many others, displaced by war, the al-Jasems ultimately had to leave home, to try to find home elsewhere. The al-Jasems left the house they loved, the city they knew, and drove across the border to Lebanon. They were not headed for Canada. They’d never heard of Ontario, let alone Prince Edward County. They were simply leaving a place where they could not stay. Slieman’s family spent four years as refugees in Lebanon. When the subject comes up around the dining room table, Joanne radiates sympathy; Kendall, a quiet fury. Slieman demurs. He doesn’t want to dwell on the negatives. As a teenager in Lebanon, Slieman worked to feed his family – as a quarry labourer, for example, under conditions few would like to recall. “Exploitation” is Kendall’s curt one-word description. This, from a man who is no stranger to work. Kendall, at 66, works 70 or more hours weekly, and Joanne likewise. The Dewey fishery is a labour of love – it takes a lot of love to endure that kind of labour. It’s a multi-faceted enterprise that would exhaust most couples half their age. Fishing is what the Deweys love best, in boats, with nets, out on the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario. That’s the part they’d like to keep doing, for a while at least, though they’ve already sold off one of their licences to ease the burden. But you can’t fish the way the Deweys do without the processing operation: a labour-intensive, hands-on endeavour of cleaning and pack-
ing and freezing and shipping. And then there’s selling the fish: figuring out pricing and margins; making connections, building relationships. The Deweys can’t manage all that. They’re aging out. If it was even a little bit easier, maybe fishing on the Great Lakes would attract young folks. People like the Deweys were when they came to the County in the 80s. People who care about history, heritage, and a healthy connection between land, work, and food. Kendall proudly points out that Lake Ontario fish is more rigorously tested than chicken or beef: it’s a traditional food source whose time ought to have come again. But fishing on the Great Lakes isn’t something you do for the money. When the Deweys began looking for likely candidates to take on the processing and sales aspects of the business,
Slieman Abdel-Malek al-Jasem in the processing plant, where he fillets and guts hundreds of pounds of yellow perch in a day. It’s smelly, slimy and slow work.
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they couldn’t find anyone. That’s when they saw SponsorLand on TVO. The documentary tells the story of Slieman’s family, their arrival in Toronto and relocation to Prince Edward County. The al-Jasems landed en masse at Pearson Airport: Slieman, his ten siblings, mother, father, and grandmother. None of them spoke English. Their sponsors, a group of volunteers called PEC Syria who had only just met a few weeks before, greeted them holding signs written in Arabic. They gathered the family’s luggage, clambered into a large coach donated by Franklin Tours and headed straight along Highway 401 to Prince Edward County. Having only known that they were flying to Toronto, Slieman’s father began to panic on the drive east. What would become of them? Were they to be killed? Of all the random places in the world, distant, rural Picton would now be home. The story of new Canadians making the most of opportunity is irresistible. But hope is not enough. Amid the laughter and the tears that SponsorLand inevitably evokes, Slieman’s optimism and persistence shine through. The documentary shows Slieman taking cooking classes; dressing up for Halloween; working to complete high school in English. In a poignant moment, Slieman realizes a Canadian student he’s meant to tutor in Arabic reads it better than he does, because he’d missed so much of his own education due to the war. Still, what Kendall and Joanne saw in Slieman, on
the television screen, was enough to qualify him for a unique opportunity. They reached out to Carlyn Moulton, the founder of PEC Syria. Would Slieman like to get involved in the fishery? Slieman could barely speak English. He knew few people beyond his family and sponsor group. He knew nothing about boats or fishing. But he had a proven work ethic, and an admirable attitude. He was the eldest son of a family in need. He would try. “If you could master the spring yellow perch you should be able to master anything.” says Kendall. He’s talking about filleting the small, delectable fish that are a Bay of Quinte specialty. They have to be processed by hand, a tedious job. Plenty of fishermen would rather toss a perch back, than clean it. For Slieman, processing hundreds of pounds of locally caught perch was a trial. “I hated it!” he freely admits. Smelly, slimy, and slow, the work challenged Slieman and the Deweys both. Sometimes Slieman’s mother, sister and brother stepped in to help him keep up. “It takes a lot of time,” says Kendall. “It takes a LOT of time.” Kendall says things like that a lot. He doesn’t just mean filleting fish. He means everything connected to it. Nurturing hopes that their fishery would be carried on, Joanne and Kendall made it possible for Slieman to step in, learn the processing, and begin to earn his way in the sales end of the operation. Like the sponsors who embraced him and his family, the Deweys have taken Slieman in. It’s a deep im-
mersion, for all of them. The Deweys have invested in Slieman, made equipment and facilities and financing available to him. With help from a local opportunities grant, they got him working. They continue trying to make it possible for him to succeed. All the while, they remain aware of how difficult it’s been, even for them – with history, family, language, and education all on their side. Kendall and Joanne are solicitous of Slieman, much as they would be of a son. Accustomed to hard work, they have also enjoyed the blessings of abundance and opportunity that Canada afforded them. Slieman knows their generosity is uniquely focused on him. “I probably wouldn’t do it with different people,” he grins. He believes he can succeed. He also knows he has little to lose. The Deweys have a different challenge. They want the fishery to continue, but they can’t afford to just hand it over to Slieman. Even if they could – licences, boats, trailers, fishing nets, processing equipment, freezers, facilities, premises, contacts, experience and all – there’d be no clear and easy path ahead. Their own history shows it. It’s a tidy story, to suggest Slieman Abel-Malek al-Jasem is the heirapparent to a fourth generation Great Lakes fishery. But the reality is more complex. Down a country road outside Picton three unlikely compatriots have been gathered together into history’s net. Fisherfolk: one born in England, one in Ontario, and one in Syria – in a home that’s no
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longer there. But perhaps home is always a place of constant change, however we may wish it otherwise. The shared, unfinished story of Joanne and Kendall Dewey and Slieman Abel-Malek al-Jasem is familiar and strange all at once. It’s a story of rapid ecological change. Of war, displacement, and the old world falling away. Of chance, misfortune, and plain old good luck. It’s a story of opportunity, and also of uncertainty. It’s a story of people leaving home, to find home somewhere else. It’s a story that seems to offer a happy ending. After all, there’s a whole group of volunteers in Prince Edward County, dedicated to the sole task of helping the al-Jasem family make themselves at home. The outcome of a story depends a great deal on where and when you think it begins. Pick a moment: When the bombs first fell in Syria’s most recent conflict? Or in England, after its last war? In southwestern Ontario, a few generations ago? Or that summer when Kendall worked on his old man’s boat for nothing? When the first Loyalist farms were cleared in the County? Or when mound-builders lived in its ancient woods? When a group of volunteers decided to sponsor a refugee family? When the al-Jasems landed at Pearson airport? Or when a young fishmonger sold his first packet of perch at a local market? When a young, outdoorsy couple decided to make a home together – or when they opened the door of that home to welcome a stranger?
Around the dining room table in Prince Edward County, there’s hot coffee in mugs decorated with the freshwater fishes of Ontario. Lots of smiles and some good-natured ribbing punctuate a rare Saturday morning spent in relative leisure. The forest is quiet, the woodstove warm. The blue jays and the juncos make it a scene worth savouring. The visitor leaves with a bag of fresh-frozen, locally caught yellow perch. It’s a gift given with pride, and received with pleasure; after all, three people worked together to catch and process and package that meal. “A fish’s natural tendency is to go from shallow to deeper water,” Kendall says at one point. He’s talking about fishing. But he could be talking about a lot of things. He might even be talking about the search for home.
A moment of laughter and hope on the open water. Joanne and Kendall Dewey are helping Slieman to step in, learn the processing, and the sales end of the operation with the goal of handing over the gear to this determined young man.
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ma·ri·jua·na – noun
cannabis, especially as smoked or consumed as a psychoactive (mind-altering) drug.
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BY TOM CRUICKSHANK
JOINT VENTURES
For good or bad, legal cannabis is with us now. But what are the impacts of legal weed in Watershed Country?
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ET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE LAST TIME I USED MARIJUANA.
It was Reading Week, 1979 – yikes – 40 years ago. A dozen of us in our third year at U. of T. busted loose for a weekend of skiing and partying at a Blue Mountain chalet. Turned out it was more partying than skiing, for even before the skis were off the car, someone was rolling a joint. Someone else was mixing up some brownies. The weekend was a blur. I have vague memories of bursting into fits of laughter. At some point, we actually did go skiing, which was probably not a wise thing to do while stoned. What a strange and unnerving sensation: it felt like I was standing still, but the hill was moving under me, like a giant, Blue-Mountain-sized treadmill. In time, I began to feel terribly anxious and alarmed. I just wanted it to be over. Live and learn. Never in the years since has it occurred to me to use pot. Not once. I suppose almost everybody has a story like this from their misspent youth, and I’m telling it to you at the risk of some personal embarrassment. If my parents were still alive, I wouldn’t be telling it at all. However, my experience so many years ago sets the stage for this article, for in discussing the implications of legal cannabis, it’s important to see how the use of marijuana has evolved, at least for some. It’s not always about getting a buzz these days. And there need not be any stigma about it.
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Converts were adamant: marijuana was not a cure, but a legitimate means to cope with the symptoms of conditions such as stress, insomnia, chronic pain and even some kinds of seizures...
Consider this story, related to me by my friend, who recounted a discussion that arose as her extended family gathered around the table at her brother’s house last Christmas. “I noticed a familiar bottle right there beside the salt and pepper,” she confides, having recognized a tincture bottle, the type in which medical cannabis is dispensed. “It prompted quite the conversation.” It turns out that several family members – across the generations – were using marijuana regularly, more for medicinal purposes than recreation. “My 23-year-old nephew has chronic insomnia and works shifts,” she explained. “He says it’s been great in helping him get regular sleep. And my sister says it works wonders on her arthritis.” Even her 33year-old daughter, who suffers from chronic pain related to operations she endured as a kid, uses pot. “And so do I,” she confided. This was definitely a conversation that would
never have occurred back in the day. In my era, pot was always clandestine. It had been illegal since 1923, and if you were busted for possession – and by the 1980s, about 50,000 Canadians were each year – you could expect a fine, perhaps probation, and worst of all, a tick on your criminal record. But that didn’t stop my generation from indulging – in fact, during the Woodstock era, smoking dope was a rite of passage that fully 25 percent of us reported doing at least once. Almost everyone knew someone with connections to the black market. According to figures from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), marijuana use stabilized in the 1980s. It declined as the baby boomers settled into raising kids and pursuing careers and by 1997, only nine percent of the total population admitted to using pot in the past year. But just when you thought marijuana was yesterday’s news, a couple of things happened. For one,
the boomers’ kids – the millennial generation – came of age and embraced cannabis as their own. They turned out to be bigger users than my cohort ever was. CAMH says that cannabis use among young adults surged after 1993 and, by 2017, just over 39 percent of people aged 18 to 29 had used cannabis in the last year. Seems every generation has its fling. But that’s only part of the story. Toward the end of the ’90s, marijuana re-emerged in a new light among the older crowd. Now in their 50s and feeling the aches and pains of aging for the first time, boomers turned to weed for relief. At first, skeptics scoffed, but converts were adamant: marijuana was not a cure, but a legitimate means to cope with the symptoms of conditions such as stress, insomnia, chronic pain and even some kinds of seizures. As more and more of the medical community came on board, marijuana was made legal for medical purposes in 2001. At the time, less than five percent of
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folks over 50 counted themselves as users, but since then, marijuana use among boomers has soared. In 2017, it was 29 percent. Add it all up. Between the millennials and their parents – comprising the vast majority of the adult Canadian population – cannabis use stood at 15.7 percent in 2016. In one short year, the figure rose to 19.4 percent – about one in five of the total population. Now that recreational pot is legal, the numbers continue to climb. THE CANNABIS PLANT is a hardy annual that
thrives on neglect – there’s a reason they call it “weed.� It is the only plant in the world that produces cannabinoids – 113 of them – which are naturally occurring chemical compounds. Of these, two have particular significance. First is something called tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as “THC,� which gives marijuana its psychoactive effect. It’s the stuff that gets you high. Also of interest is cannabidiol, or “CBD,� which has no intoxicating properties, but is the active ingredient in marijuana’s medicinal capabilities. It’s the presence or absence of these – or a combination of both – that determines the potency of marijuana and how it is used. Some varieties of marijuana plants have more
THC than others. In my day, pot came from Mexico, where the sunny, hot climate is ideal for growing a sub-species called sativa. It has enough THC to be intoxicating and was the standard among stoners in the 1970s – this is the “Acapulco Gold� that Cheech and Chong smoked. But something changed during the Reagan era and its war on drugs. Under direction from the U.S., the Mexican government destroyed virtually the entire crop with herbicides and with its supply all but dried up, North America started to grow its own on home turf. This was the era when British Columbia gained a dubious reputation as a major marijuana producer. Trouble was, cannabis sativa isn’t suited to our colder climate, so a much more hardy variety – cannabis indica – was substituted. Not only will it grow where sativa won’t, indica is infinitely more potent. When seized and tested by U.S. law-enforcement agencies, indica crops of the 1990s would routinely register up to 30 percent THC. Back in my day, garden-variety weed was closer to 5 percent. Much of the discussion about marijuana legalization has centered around its potency, its consistency and its purity. The logic behind legalization, it was argued, is that government control could guarantee these, making marijuana use less worrisome. More-
over, legalization would put a significant dent in – if not eliminate – the black market. And as if that weren’t incentive enough, politicians were positively salivating over the tax revenue it could generate. It wasn’t until the ascendancy of Justin Trudeau that full legalization was on the political radar. As of October 17, 2018, Canada became only the second country in the world – after Uruguay – to legalize cultivation, possession, acquisition and consumption of cannabis and its byproducts. As of this writing, it is legal to: • have pot on hand at home, whether it is for recreational or medicinal purposes. Use is restricted to private dwellings, although some consumption is allowed in certain public parks and outdoor spaces. • grow up to four plants on the window sill. That’s four plants per household, not per person. • buy up to 30 grams at a time for your own use. For now, legal sales are restricted to a website called the Ontario Cannabis Store (ocs.ca), which delivers your order in the mail. S election is limited to various sativa and indica blends with limited marketing and branding. All of it comes from licensed growers. Medicinal sales are a different story. They are available on the
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Medicine Wheel, Alderville’s first cannabis dispensary, that opened in June 2017 and is still the model by which others are judged. Before I arrived, I have to admit to some butterflies about what to expect: perhaps a guy in a trenchcoat selling dime bags from the back of his pickup? What a surprise to enter a welcoming and civilized environment. With the familiar riffs of Smells Like Teen Spirit setting the mood over the speakers, the store was brimming with people. To the rear is a large plate-glass window that offers a view into the on-site lab in which the indigenously-grown stock is tested for potency and impurities. Merchandise is displayed in glass cabinets like a jewellery store and the place is so busy that there are up to ten clerks working the counter. If you didn’t know better, you’d swear you had stumbled into the fragrance section of a department store, except that the aroma in the air isn’t quite as sweet. What was especially revealing was the demographics of the clientele. It was a Tuesday morning, but there was never a lull in the number of shoppers and the vast majority was ordinary folk from the baby boom generation. “This is not a party crowd,” observes Brent Morrison, director of operations. “It’s medicine they’re looking for, not a high.” Brent says more than half of Medicine Wheel’s sales are medicinal. He takes pride in the staff who were friendly and knew their product well. “We don’t prescribe, but we talk with a customer about
their needs for as long as it takes to find the right product,” Brent says, pointing to a display of cannabis-based offerings that can be smoked, vaped or eaten (several of which are not yet legal in the mainstream). For medicinal purposes, the best sellers are tinctures, applied with an eye-dropper under the tongue. “With newcomers, we always suggest the lowest dose and urge people to take it slow. It’s usually by trial and error that they find the product best suited to their needs.” Medicine Wheel – like all the other indigenous cannabis businesses – thrives because of a grey area in the law. While the new legislation does not permit this kind of retail operation – at least not yet – First Nations were quick to cite their inalienable entitlement, as specified in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to pursue their traditional medicines, among which cannabis is included. Although they operate outside federal and provincial laws, the native dispensaries have their own code of conduct and product standards, which they call the Red Feather certification. Someday, Brent told me, it is hoped that it could serve as a baseline in refining the principles for the entire Canadian cannabis industry. For now, the provincial government is turning a blind eye to the legality of cannabis sales on reserves, pending future negotiations between the feds and First Nations. While indigenous producers have a head start in the marijuana sweepstakes, they are hardly the only players in the game. Canada is poised to become a leader in marijuana production. Currently, there are 130 licensed growers and for several years now, the largest of them – infused with boatloads of venture capital – have been getting ready to thrash it out in a brand new marketplace that the world has never seen before. With names like Canopy Growth Corp. and Aurora Cannabis Inc., the stage is set to see who emerges in the economic battle for their piece of what is expected to be a $5 billion pie by 2020. Close to home, there are at least two new corporate cannabis ventures in the works: one in Cobourg, another in Belleville. Even so, Brent isn’t worried. “First Nations will always have a place in cannabis culture,” he says. “We take the organic, holistic approach. You might say we’re the craft brewers of the cannabis world. The big corporate guys… well, they’re Molsons.” ONE DAY AFTER MY VISIT to the Medicine Wheel,
I found myself in a completely different environment, talking about cannabis in a more businesslike light. There I was, in a slick, professional office in a downtown Toronto high-rise, chatting with Anthony Durkacz. As co-chair of FSD Pharma, he is at the helm of an ambitious launch into the cannabis game that has special relevance to Cobourg. For several years, the company has been producing medical marijuana in a rented corner of the old Kraft Foods factory on William Street, but with a new expanded licence in hand, things have taken a more ambitious turn in recent months. Flush with
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THC gives marijuana its psychoactive effect. It’s the stuff that gets you high. Cannabidiol, or CBD, has no intoxicating properties, but is the active ingredient in marijuana’s medicinal capabilities. newly raised cash, FSD Pharma has bought the entire complex and plans to convert all of it to the cultivation and processing of marijuana. The scale of this endeavour is nothing short of astounding. The Kraft plant, which is being improved to Health Canada’s strict antiseptic standards, covers no less than 620,000 square feet and will be equipped to harvest five crops a year. It is said to be the largest hydroponic facility of its kind in the world, and at 70 acres, the site has plenty of room for future expansion. Hundreds of new jobs – perhaps more than a thousand – are to be created, from cultivation to warehousing to research and development. “We’re on the cusp of something big,” Anthony says, adding that the acquisition of the factory was key. “The Kraft plant was the only available indoor facility large enough for our plans, and close enough to Toronto, which after all, is the largest market for cannabis in the country.” The first thing I asked Anthony was for his take on Brent’s notion that likened the marijuana trade
among First Nations to craft brewing. He thought for a moment and replied, “That may be true of them, but we don’t want to be the Molsons of the cannabis industry. We want to be Pfizer.” Talk about speaking volumes. It’s the medical aspect of legal weed that has set FSD Pharma on its course. “Cannabis is the biggest news in medicine in a generation,” Anthony says, noting that its applications and marketing are only in their infancy. Thinking beyond tinctures and vaping, FSD Pharma wants to dispense medical marijuana in more precise ways, specifically in familiar forms such as pills, medicated chewing gum or time-release capsules. What if, he suggests, cannabis could be delivered on a tab that dissolves in the mouth, much like a Listerine breath strip? Anthony adds, “Legal marijuana is going to be a game-changer in so many industries.” Already, the beverage and alcohol sectors are scrambling to adapt their products to the new times and likewise, the tobacco industry faces new challenges. And
when you add the cultivation of hemp to the fray, there are big implications for both the paper and textile industries. No wonder so many players are diving into the cannabis biz. With Anthony’s words still fresh in my mind, I left his office thinking just how far cannabis has evolved since my last encounter back in 1979. It also occurred to me to ask my doctor to weigh in. He will discuss a prescription with almost anyone who asks, but with a caveat. While it seems cannabis has found a legitimate niche in mainstream medicine, the research has yet to catch up to the anecdotal evidence. Indeed, academic study at the corporate and university level has yet to determine exactly how cannabinoids – and which ones – work with the human body. For now, doctors are at a loss to know exactly what should be prescribed, or what the dose should be – it’s still trial and error. But it’s only a matter of time until the pharmaceutical industry learns the secrets of cannabis. Mark my words: you ain’t seen nothing yet.
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Oriana Singers, gathered around the kitchen table at Helen Massie’s farmhouse. The small, dedicated group shared a love of madrigals – a form of vocal chamber music – and a love of community. Over the past half century, the vision shared at this intimate gathering has gained momentum, as well as members – a testament to the chorus’s continued determination to share the joy they find in music. Founding member Pat McGregor was at that first kitchen table meeting in Hamilton Township and she still treasures fond memories of the group’s very first concert, held at St. George’s Anglican Church in Grafton. “…It was a magical evening,” she recalled. Also around the table was the group’s first Musical Director Beryl Maguire, whose superb musical gifts helped her mould a group of friends into a reputable chorus that flourished under her leadership. In fact, it was Maguire’s leadership that inspired Mary Talbot. The first time Talbot heard the Oriana Singers perform, it left her feeling so enrapt that the hair on the back of her neck stood up. She knew she had to become part of this musical assembly.
The revered Beryl Maguire stayed at the helm through 1995. By that time, the Oriana Singers had won an impressive list of awards, including the honour of being named Canada’s Best Chamber Choir at the National Competitive Festival of Music in 1980. For the next 25 years, the choir expanded with the guidance of its talented musical directors – Robert Grandy, Randy Mills, Marie Anderson and Markus Howard – each one bringing their personal creative gifts to the choral group. Today, the current director, Lynn Janes, is sparking a new energy within the choir – an energy that is balanced with understanding and insight. She strives to maintain her predecessors’ track record of excellence, and yet at the same time she is mindful of keeping the element of wonder in the proceedings. “I have been a professional conductor and singer, and sometimes I have to make sure I remind myself – this is a community choir full of people who have day jobs and families, and they come because of the love of singing,” she said. “I approach my rehearsals with a sense of joy. We work hard, but I think it’s important for the choir to feel like they are having a good time.”
The members do have a sense of accomplishment, as they rehearse and strive and perfect the repertoire for each concert, then give their all in performing it. Then they tuck it away and start again for their next concert. Janes also seeks to embrace the other choirs, orchestras and organizations that make up the thriving arts culture in Northumberland County. “I am honoured to be able to work with the Orianas.” Janes said. “I think that their history and their dedication to excellence and their passion for providing good choral music to the area for so long is really quite remarkable.” Remarkable indeed. Fifty years of continuous dedication and a determination to express their joy through song makes the Oriana Singers very special. And they plan to celebrate their anniversary with voices that sing to the heavens. The final concert of this anniversary year will be somewhat of a homecoming event, with past members and directors invited back, honouring a blend of music that has matured gracefully with age. One long standing member anticipates that “Beryl will be thrilled to pieces…I’m sure she will be watching.”
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for a bit of garden action resurfaces. Predictably, I suppose, the annual rebirth of my urge to merge with Mother Earth has assumed a different form since we moved to town. It was painful to abandon rural Northumberland’s rolling hills, but as the Good Book says, “To everything there is a season,” and my Green Acres season was past its best-before date. Back in the day, February saw the arrival of the seed catalogues. I’d spend hours deciding what edibles to grow in a garden bigger than the entire patch of terra firma I currently occupy. And I’d start preparing for the arrival of the critters we’d lovingly care for before serving them up for dinner. You’re right, no one made me do all the extra work. After all, I already had a full-time job, but why surround yourself with acreage and live a 17th-storey condo lifestyle? We eventually reached the phase of our lives and started entertaining thoughts of a smaller place in town. A place large enough to putter, but with no more marathon sessions atop the lawn tractor and no garden large enough to feed a legion of starving vegans. It was time to move on – time for the dusty old wannabe hobby farmer to re-invent himself as an urban sophisticate. Is there less work? Maybe. But living so close to other people brings an added obligation to keep things looking good. Just one slovenly home owner on an otherwise well-kept street can bring things down for everyone. In the country, we were so isolated that my lawn was of interest to no one else. Sure, I kept it up, but I didn’t smite every interloping dandelion and bit of crabgrass like the vanguard of an invading
horde. If it was green, it remained a welcome part of my landscape. That’s what is called a country lawn. In town, it’s different. I recoil at the appearance of each tiny yellow flower defiling my little bit of grass. Usually, I just dig them out, but when overwhelmed, I occasionally resort to a tiny squirt from my little green bottle. Mea culpa. There’s no neighbourhood rule book, but, as I survey the pristine lawns that line my street, I know that if I were to let all those fluffy little white parachutes loose on nearby properties, I’d soon become persona non grata. In the final analysis, the time I save mowing is all but cancelled out by the added labour required to maintain the socially acceptable verdant carpet surrounding my house. And the potted flowers and bedding plants we install each spring don’t just magically thrive. They require ongoing TLC from May until the first hard frost gets them in October. We always had flowers at the old place, but there’s an added dimension in town – a subtle form of competition. Not really keeping up with the Joneses – more a matter of respecting the fact that the neighbors are doing their bit to maintain an attractive streetscape. It’ll feel good to get out there and muck around in the soil, but am I really working less than during my Green Acres years? However, with advancing age and dwindling energy reserves, it sometimes seems like more.
illustration by Lee Rapp
people I know start to lose patience with snow and frigid temperatures around mid-February. The onset of my discontent with winter usually occurs around Christmas, but that’s so embarrassingly unCanadian I normally only divulge that information to my nearest and dearest. A few contrarians of my acquaintance claim to adore a huge dumping of snow and temperatures cold enough to send the most resilient brass monkey scurrying for the warmth of an open fireplace. Well, I think they’re blowing smoke – attempting to colour me treasonous for not embracing weather that must have had Jacques Cartier ruing his decision to spend that frosty winter on the frozen banks of the St. Lawrence. I’m with Jacques on that. As the French say, “Chacun à son goût,” and freezing temperatures are definitely not “à mon goût”. All that said, winter does have an upside. When the thermometer drops and the grass that has grown like an East German Olympian on steroids slips into dormancy; when the flowerbeds that have been a labour of love for months shrivel and die; when my oversized backyard maple sheds its leaves gifting the entire neighbourhood with enough raw mulch to satisfy the needs of half the town, I, like my furry, four-footed neighbours, enter a months-long state of torpidity broken only by the occasional need to vacate the La-Z-Boy to shovel out the driveway. It’s a guilt-free opportunity to indulge my lazy streak that takes much of the sting out of winter. That’s a plus. Inevitably, though, as February morphs into March and Daylight Savings kicks in, the craving
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A Canadian photographer comes home, eager to explore and share the bizarre and beautiful images that dance in her imagination.
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ACCLAIMED Canadian photographer Deborah Samuel has come home after 27 years in the U.S., most recently in the sun-baked isolation of New Mexico. I met her in a borrowed cabin near Colborne. “I don’t get on well in big cities,” she said, despite years spent in Toronto, New York, London and Los Angeles. I’d read she could be difficult to write about, and she is intense. But as I sipped hot tea, stroked her scruffy little Jack Russell and listened to her talk freely about life and work, I knew my only difficulty would be condensing her passion and stories onto these pages. In the 1980s and ’90s Deborah Samuel was one of Canada’s most sought-after commercial and editorial photographers. Today, she concentrates on fine art, commissions and the occasional book. Her work is in public and private collections around the world, and possibly in yours, too, if you collect vintage vinyl. Her first clients were musicians and she shot iconic album covers for the likes of Rush and Alannah Myles. In the 1990s she moved to California and spent a couple of years shooting celebrities, but “L.A. is like another planet,” she said shaking her head. “I had to get back to earth.” In 2000 she walked away from it all to do the personal projects she had wanted to do for 20 years, starting with photographing dogs. She picked up a three-book publishing offer and her title, Dog was a bestselling instant classic. Bold and funny and beautiful,
above: Mao and Deborah Samuel, photograph by Kirsten Scollie
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it was followed by Pup, but she balked at a third, not wanting to get pigeonholed as a dog photographer. Today, Deborah shoots what she pleases: flowers, bones, nudes and still life. She’s hard to categorize which can frustrate galleries, but her explorations thrill collectors. She never planned to be a photographer. After Limerick College of Art and Design in Ireland, where her family had moved to start a stud farm, she applied to study pottery at Sheridan College, but the course was cancelled. “I had to choose again, so I said, ‘okay I’ll do photography,’” she recalled. “I sort of fell into it. I was a very good darkroom printer, so after Sheridan, I got a job printing and then opened my own studio. It was so much easier back then!” Her radical edgy style shot her to fame. “I did a lot of grainy, black and white fashion which everybody wanted. But I didn’t want to become known as the Grain Queen of Canada,” she laughed. “There were huge budgets then, and when money is flowing, companies love creativity. When times get tight it’s a different story. One thing I’ve learned,” she said wryly, “is when you do well, save some money for the lean times.” FROM COMMERCIAL TO FINE ART
“I was good at what I did; I had a great time and made money,” she said, “but I was ready to do my personal projects. It was a time of change for me – a lot of growth, a lot of loss too.” It shows in her work as her lens follows her seamlessly from one awakening to another: Elegy – colour images of stark, bleached bones lovingly arranged on inky blackness; Passing – a series of luminescent flowers shot in black and white. She did eventually do a third book, The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds in partnership with the ROM and their ornithology department. Breathtaking images of antique bird skins and skeletons, beaks and eggs, and, of course, gor-
geous feathers – all staggeringly beautiful – reveal the wonder of creatures we usually take for granted. “I like to make people stop and think and look more closely,” she said.
from the Artifact Series: Excavation, Matrix, Thread
FROM FILM TO DIGITAL
While not an early adopter of digital photography, Deborah realized its value in 2001 when a New York gallery wanted very large prints of her dogs. “Dogs always have something in their gums or their eyes or their hair,” she said, and the little Jack Russell looked hurt. “I could clean that up with traditional retouching, but not on enormous prints.” She began to embrace the power of digital tools. Her current work, Elementals, consists of landscapes shot on an iPhone. (I told you hers was a complex story.) But she shoots her animal commissions – horses, dogs and now, incredibly, cats – on film. “It’s the only way I can get the quality,” she said. Her work was in storage so I viewed her images on her website, and they are glorious. But I think nothing compares to a real photograph, and when she dug out a small print of her Peony, it took my breath away. If I ever see the 30 inches by 30 inches exhibition print, I’ll probably faint. How does she achieve that glow? “That was one of my signatures as a printer,” she said, pleased. “I shot in the camera with a view to getting that glow in the darkroom. That was the craft. I don’t miss darkroom chemicals; I do miss darkroom solitude.”
“I see now I was working my way through issues of death and life. The bones were memorials, the birds were beauty and life. Ultimately Artifact felt like the universe to me. Elementals, influences, connections.” DEBORAH SAMUEL
THE MOST PERSONAL WORK OF ALL
I asked her about the Artifact series, and she welled up with tears. “That was so personal. That was my horse,” she said. I’d love to share it here, but it’s not fair to not tell it properly. Suffice to say the luminous black and white images are the ashes of her beloved horse and stones she collected during his illness. “When he died, I realized I had picked up the stones because they were like his eyes. All I had WATERSHED 51
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left were ashes and stones so that’s what I used. I worked obsessively on it, then put it away for six years.” She returned to Artifact after completing Elegy and The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds. “I see now I was working my way through issues of death and life. The bones were memorials, the birds were beauty and life. Ultimately Artifact felt like the universe to me. Elementals, influences, connections.” Deborah has been called “skilled in the bizarre and the beautiful.” I found her a passionate communicator. She said simply, “I’m a portrait photographer. I do portraits of bones and flowers and stones and dogs. I like people, too! It’s a silent communion with animals. There’s more camaraderie with humans.” Her Elementals – sweeping, saturated landscapes – are also portraits of weather and skies and places
dear to her heart. “It doesn’t matter how you capture an image, as long as you have something to say,” she said. “And I’m having more fun than I’ve had in a long time. Whether it’s New Mexico or Ireland or here, I look for the vibe that makes a place different. I want to get to know Ontario. I feel the trees and water, but there’s more. The land speaks to us, you know. You just have to listen.” “It was time for me to come home,” she said. “It’s getting a little weird down there.” I am delighted that she is moving to Prince Edward County in the spring. All her six siblings are in the arts, and two of them live in the County, glass artist Kirei and furniture maker Rod. Deborah Samuel is a Canadian legend, and now she’s bringing all that talent to the County. Hallelujah! To see more of her glorious work, visit www.deborahsamuel.com
Deborah Samuel’s camera lens follows her seamlessly from one awakening to the next.
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W AT E R S H E D P R E S E N T S
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Westben Celebrates Twenty Years of Concerts at the Barn BY CHRIS CAMERON
TWENTY YEARS AGO, DONNA BENNETT AND BRIAN FINLEY HAD A DREAM TO DEVELOP A SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT
would combine classical, jazz, folk, and show music in a welcoming rural setting. The dream hinged on the classic movie line, “Build it and they will come,” so in an era when barns were being dismantled all over Ontario, Donna Bennett and Brian Finley stood in a cornfield and imagined a modern-day barn-raising bee. Backed by enthusiastic supporters from Donna’s hometown of Campbellford and the Trent Hills community, they broke ground in the fall of 1999. Amidst the spectacular Northumberland countryside, the structure slowly took shape. First and foremost was the siting of the barn. “Brian from left to right: Donna Bennett and Brian Finley, photograph by Steve Dagg; Die Fledermaus operetta cast directed by Nancy Hermiston, photographed by Gary Mulcahey; The Barn, photographed by Ian Davis; Piano in the barn and couple, photographed by Steve Dagg; Bea Muldoon and Mitchel Allanson, cast of Fiddler on the Roof, photograph by Sarah Dunford
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Westben has become a sparkling feature of the Canadian arts landscape and serves as a cultural hub, by partnering with artists and groups locally, provincially, and internationally.
ran around the field directing the bulldozer to exactly the right spots,” says Donna. “He wanted to make sure that the slope of the field would provide an outdoor seating space for anyone watching from outside the barn.” The concrete floor was poured by a Campbellford contractor. The timbers were carved by a local artisan and dozens of volunteers worked tirelessly in every type of weather to install the locally milled siding and the refurbished theatre seats. The schedule was so tight that there was not even enough time to get the doors on before the Barn was opened to the public, but by July 2000, a 400-seat timber-framed structure had been raised, housing a rustic but sophisticated concert hall. “I’ll never forget when Brian walked onto the stage,” says Donna, recalling the Barn’s first concert on July 1, 2000. “The whole audience stood up and gave him a standing ovation. Everyone there knew the incredible community effort it took to make this happen. It was an amazingly joyful day.” That first season consisted of four weekends of concerts in July. Twenty seasons and over 400 performances later, the diverse cultural events run year
round and attract 9,000 visitors annually from all parts of Canada and beyond. Interaction between artists and audience has always been a staple of performances at Westben. When he’s onstage, Brian can’t pass up a chance to talk to the audience, and sometimes they talk back! Westben has succeeded in producing quality performances without the solemn atmosphere that is a feature of so many musical concerts. A year of celebratory events is planned for the twentieth season of Concerts at the Barn. Featured artists will include Canadian violinist James Ehnes, opera star Joyce El-Khoury, the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, plus a variety of folk artists and world musicians. There’s also the ever-popular Broadway revue, which this year is ABBA Mia, featuring songs from “Mamma Mia” as well as other ABBA favourites. Just a year ago, Westben introduced a new strategic plan, reimagining itself as a Centre for Connection and Creativity through Music. The plan envisions Westben as a cultural hub, comprising inter-related programs and activities by partnering with artists and groups locally, provincially, and in-
ternationally. “It’s a convergence of people and ideas flowing in and out,” says Brian. “Instead of a summer music festival supported by year-round events, we imagine a year-round Centre that includes a summer music festival.” Future years will see the expansion of the summer season into new centres, different types of programming, and innovative cultural experiences. Combining the raw materials of vision, hard work, talent, and community involvement, Westben has become a sparkling feature of the Canadian arts landscape. In 2017, Donna and Brian received the Order of Canada for their accomplishments. They are both quick to say that they accepted this honour “for the team,” acknowledging the local support Westben continues to receive. The countryside in Northumberland is alive with growing things, from crops and livestock to honey bees and wildlife – and one barn built in a cornfield just outside Campbellford, which in twenty years has grown into a cultural landmark, a place for artistic innovation, and an enduring tribute to its community. WATERSHED 55
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CULTURAL CURRENTS |
portrait of an artist BY SHELBY LISK
manasie akpaliapik A WHALE JAW BECOMES THE FIGURE OF SEDNA, the shoulder bone of a walrus imagined into a man playing a drum, while muskox horns and caribou antlers lie on a dusty shelf, waiting to see what they’ll be shaped into. Manasie Akpaliapik returns to Arctic Bay, Nunavut every year to bring back these pieces of home that he will carve into his stories. “In my language, we don’t have a word for art,” says Akpaliapik, “When we talk about someone carving we say ‘that guy is pretending’ so all my life I’ve been pretending.” Akpaliapik comes from a family of carvers. When he was 9-yearsold, he sold his first carving to the Hudson’s Bay Company for a box of carnation milk and a toy gun. He laughs now, admitting “it didn’t look like anything. It was just a little mark there and there but it’s all how you look at it.” Akpaliapik’s artwork now lives in collections that span the country – the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Ontario Art Gallery and National Art Gallery. His carvings speak to the land not only through materials but also to the Inuit relationship with the land. “Growing up, we relied on nature: moving with it, living with it, being part of it,” says Akpaliapik. “That’s something to be proud of and I can show that in my artwork.” Manasie’s whalebone pieces can be seen at Inuit Fine Art, in Port Hope.
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SOUND THE ALARM Prize-winning Northumberland inventor is one to watch BY MEGHAN SHEFFIELD PHOTOGRAPHS BY SASHA SEFTER
IMAGINE THE TYPICAL TECH INNOVATOR, THE FACE OF A NEW START UP. If the image that comes to mind is cowboy meets
computer nerd – the basement-dwelling, Zuckerberg-type – picture Amy Arthur instead. Yes, she’s young and confident, but she’s also deeply connected to the needs of the world around her. Though the 24 year-old looks every bit as fresh-faced as her age would suggest, the experience and passion that fuel her work make her the match of any startup hopeful. Amy, a Baltimore resident, is the inventor of Claxon, a personal security technology that allows the wearer to set off an alarm, hands-free, in case of emergency. The device, currently about half the size of a Triscuit cracker, is designed to clip onto a shoe, and sound an alarm when the foot is moved according to a specific pattern. The idea for Claxon has been transformed from idea to prototype in an incredibly short period of time. Last May, while working out at the gym, Amy heard a news report about the significant rates of sexual
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INNOVATION |
While Amy’s initiative and curious mind may be innate, she has also been shaped by her experiences along the way. assault suffered by hotel workers. “I thought ‘What? There has to be something out there already. This is crazy.’ It’s obviously such a big problem, someone’s already solved it,” she said. But what seemed an obvious solution to Amy, wasn’t available on the market. The only security devices she could find were designed to be operated by hand, which meant that if a victim’s hands were held back, they couldn’t call for help. “If you’re a housekeeper, you’re not going to hold a device as you vacuum the floor and scrub toilets. That’s not practical, it doesn’t make sense.” Soon after her initial research and concept development, Amy brought her idea to John Hayden, the “Venture Catalyst” at Venture13, an innovation and entrepreneurship centre that opened in Cobourg in 2018. Hayden says Claxon proved an excellent testcase of the collaborative innovation happening at Venture13. After their initial meeting, Hayden connected Amy with Alex Papanicolaou, a hardware designer working out of Venture13’s collaborative co-working space. With his expertise in engineering hardware and feedback from the hobbyists at Northumberland Makers, who also have a lab at Venture13, Amy was able to take Claxon from idea to awardwinning prototype in a few short months. To hear Amy talk of it, she wouldn’t want you to get the wrong idea: it’s not like she’s always been an inventor. After all, she didn’t come up with her list of invention ideas – including radiation t-shirts, wearable carbon monoxide monitors, and a concept
for storing stem cells at home – until she was 16 years old. By the time Amy was midway through a science degree at McMaster University, she had seen a school project idea – blue-light glasses for sufferers of seasonal affective disorder – all the way to the prototype stage. Currently a student in the Forensic Psychology program at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Amy has a fascination for the psychological processes of a criminal mind. Her interest was fuelled by TV shows like Criminal Minds – and by a real-life professional encounter with an acquaintance who committed murder just a few days after shaking her hand. That led to an interest in policing, enrollment in a new degree program, and a summer internship with the Ontario Provincial Police. The tale of an entrepreneur overcoming obstacles is tried and true, but Amy seems to embrace challenges as input that she can utilize to discover a better solution. While Amy was working as an intern for the OPP this past summer, an officer pointed out that her original concept for an alarm built into a shoe had a crucial flaw: “He said ‘Okay, but my wife has 20 pairs of shoes.’” Moving from building a high-tech shoe into a high-tech clip-on immediately simplified the product and accelerated the process. While her initiative and curious mind may be innate, Amy has also been shaped by her experiences along the way. An intensely competitive gymnast throughout childhood, she suffered an injury in her teen years that brought that all-consuming activity to an end. The injury was life-altering, and Amy was
challenged to give herself time to recover. Part of that process was to find alternatives to the dreams she’d had, while retaining the communication skills and drive she developed over years at the gym. “I think that experience has given me a lot of optimism that I didn’t think I had,” she says. Last fall, Venture13 hosted their second-ever “Pitch to the Chief”, a policing-focused tech contest judged by Cobourg Police Chief Kai Liu and members of the Police Services Board that comes with a cash prize and an opportunity for policing and securityfocused innovators to connect their concept with a real police force. Less than six months after first seeing the news report that sparked Claxon, and despite being up against competitors who’d put millions of dollars into research and development, Amy’s pitch was confident, clear, and, ultimately, a winner. “Amy is an exceptional person: inventive, spirited, driven to contribute her considerable talent and energy to a worthy cause like personal safety,” Venture13’s John Hayden says. “She is a natural presenter and leader and she certainly wowed everyone when she made her presentation at our ‘Pitch to the Chief’ competition.” Amy isn’t shy about talking about the expectations that a young woman in tech is up against. She sees winning this competition as a validation of her idea, her product, and ultimately, her right to confidently call herself an inventor. “There’s so much criticism that it makes me want to push through,” she says. “I’m going to prove you wrong. Watch me.”
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HABITAT |
THE CAROLINIAN
IN OUR BACKYARD, AND BEYOND Although our school books clearly delineate one forest region from another, the lines on the ground are blurred. BY NORM WAGENAAR
That’s more or less what I thought as a callow student learning the forest regions of Ontario. Way up north were the freezing and boggy Hudson’s Bay lowlands, a little further south was the boreal forest – a cold, dark, and endless stand of conifer, then the Great Lakes forest of cottage country pine and maple, and finally, where I lived, the deciduous region, the area that hugs the north shores of Lakes Ontario and Erie. Luckily we grow up, get a little knowledge under our belts and eventually find ourselves doing things incomprehensible to our youth – bird watching, gardening, and wandering through the woods with a well-thumbed tree identification book. We start to recognize the unique qualities of this place we call home, qualities that go far beyond remembered textbook definitions. Northumberland, Quinte and Prince Edward County fall within the deciduous forest region in Ontario, an area that borders the southeast shore of Lake Huron and the northern shores of Lake Erie above left to right: black cherry in blossom; tulip tree in blossom
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A forest region is a major geographic belt or zone characterized by a broad uniformity both in physiography and in the composition of the dominant tree species. and Lake Ontario. It’s the smallest forest region in Ontario, comprising just three percent of Ontario’s area, of which only one-tenth of this three percent is forest. Further, this small amount of remaining woodland is fragmented by cities, towns, farms, roads and highways, with remaining forests generally located on marginal land. And yet, whether the measure is mammals, birds, plants, insects, reptiles or amphibians, the deciduous forest region is the most biodiverse in the province. Why is this? A big factor is that we’re a little warmer than the rest of the province thanks to the moderating influence of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, which retain heat in summer and release it in winter. As any gardener knows, more warmth means more types of plants and species can survive. WHERE DOES THE CAROLINIAN FOREST FIT IN?
More complicated is that, although our school books clearly delineated one forest area from another, the lines on the ground are blurred. If we look to the area of the province south and west of Watershed country – around the western end of Lake Ontario and across the fertile plains north of Lake Erie, from the Rouge River to the southern tip of Lake Huron – we find the influencing factor of the Carolinian forest, at least what’s left of it in Ontario. The Carolinian forest in Ontario is the northernmost tip of what our American friends call the eastern woodlands, a massive region that extends down to the Carolinas and as far west as parts of Michi-
gan, Ohio and Indiana. In southwest Ontario, the Carolinian forest overlaps parts of the deciduous forest region. Remember I mentioned earlier that this is complicated? There is staggering diversity of trees within the Carolinian forest, including the fruit-bearing paw paw, the towering tulip tree, sassafras, red mulberry, the cucumber tree, the pignut hickory – distinctly southern-sounding names among more than 70 different tree species, each helping support distinct plant and animal communities. Consider that southern Vancouver Island, another Canadian biodiversity hot spot, has perhaps 20 native tree species, and you’ll have some idea how important the Carolinian zone is. Technically, Quinte, Northumberland and Prince Edward Counties aren’t part of the Carolinian forest but quite a few Carolinian species have worked their way beyond their defined geographic area into Watershed country. You won’t see all of those 70 species, but there are more than a few that will be familiar: the bitternut hickory, black walnut, black maple, black oak, basswood, and black cherry. Keep your eyes open and you might even spot a blue beech, or ‘musclewood tree’ so-named for the appearance of its trunk and limbs. The list of Carolinian species can also, sadly, remind us of what’s been lost. Gone is the magnificent American chestnut, which comprised about one-quarter of the eastern woodlands forest before it was wiped out by a chestnut blight introduced from Asia in the early1900s.
Almost gone is the butternut, once a relatively common tree in our area, which has its existence threatened by yet another introduced blight. The Carolinian forest is also associated with some of the province’s remaining tallgrass prairie, a globally rare ecosystem found in a number of Watershed area locations, including Alderville and the Red Cloud Cemetery south of Rice Lake, along with recently restored areas in the Ganaraska Forest. Indicator plant species common to both the Carolinian and local sites include big bluestem grass and butterfly milkweed. Fauna of both areas include the southern flying squirrel – although you’ll be very lucky to see one – and the eastern hog-nosed snake, well-known for a defence mechanism that begins with rearing up like a cobra, and then playing dead. Is it possible to plant Carolinian forest species in Watershed country? We’re too cold for many of the truly southern species, but if your property has a warm and protected south-facing site, you might get away with planting a tulip tree or sycamore; you won’t be the first. Your local nursery may have other suggestions for Carolinian trees to try. Hardcore ecologists might not agree with bringing a species so far out of its niche, but you’ll have a nice conversation starter with the gardeners in your neighbourhood and a daily reminder of the diversity to be found in our deciduous forest region. For more information on the Carolinian forest characteristics, visit: caroliniancanada.ca/explorecarolinian-canada
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FIELD NOTES |
A SPRING PROCESSION OF
BOBOLINKS
Ambassadors of the open fields BY TERRY SPRAGUE PHOTOGRAPHS BY HELMER NIELSEN
of the bromegrass fields beside our house. It’s time for the bobolinks to announce their arrival from their southern Brazil wintering grounds. Bobolinks are essentially birds of open grasslands. Upon their return to our fields, a half dozen or so males gather at the tops of the trees along our fence, and burst out in a joyful frolic of song, seemingly to make sure I am aware of their arrival. Then, as if content that I have seen them, they return to the field and erupt into a series of rollicking notes, full of kinks and twists that would be impossible to transcribe to musical scale. Shooting up into the air like a skylark, the male paddles along on the tips of his wings, as if propelled by the tempo of the song, then drops into the grass while another male takes the cue and repeats the performance. It is a stage show, highlighted by several encores, and appears to be a dress rehearsal of sorts. In another week or two,
their unmistakable markings will serve to cheer and charm the females once they arrive. At the risk of sounding anthropomorphic, I would like to think their boisterous performance right now is solely for my benefit. Two bobolinks seem to follow me and sing from a white spruce. Hardly habitat conducive to a bobolink – is it possible that these two birds that nested in the field last summer have actually recognized me? Were they comfortable with my presence so near their nests, and had they come to accept my daily appearance? Of course, all we can do is speculate about such things. If nothing else, the possibility provides comfort for the soul. Our experiences with blackbirds have programmed us to dislike and mistrust members of this family whose beneficial traits go largely unnoticed, while their nest-robbing attributes, high population and predominance at bird feeders are etched in our memory. Their infamous reputation is more
than made up by other members of the same family whose appearance brightens Watershed country backyards - the Baltimore oriole, the eastern meadowlark and, in more recent years, the orchard oriole. The bobolink, also a member of the same family, is the ambassador of open fields, whose merry, jingling outbursts keeps the atmosphere festive beyond the backyard. Even more than our beloved Baltimore oriole, the arrival of the bobolink each spring is assurance that the snows of winter are behind us, and life has meaning again. Once the bobolinks arrive, we know the floodgates will soon open, and flycatchers, warblers, thrushes and other neotropical migrants cannot be far behind. Despite the cool temperatures synonymous with late April, migrants continue to trickle in bravely. Warm southerly winds will stimulate other species to cross Lake Ontario, seeking the first point of land to rest and feed before moving on.
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FORAGING AHEAD WITH
Albert Ponzo
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FOOD & DRINK SCENE
Long a proponent of sustainable, locally sourced food, Albert Ponzo brings his talent and his passion to Prince Edward County PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHNNY C.Y. LAM
Foraging for wild morels amongst decaying leaves along the edge of the woods and cutting nettles from the hedgerows is a far cry from the pressure cooker life that chef Albert Ponzo led for 15 years as the executive chef at one of Toronto’s best known restaurants. In 2017, Albert, his wife Marlise and their
better place to deepen his understanding
What we tasted that afternoon – nettle
of the land and assimilate the products
triangoli, topped with sautéed morels and
foraged or sourced locally, into his menus.
bright green asparagus and a salad of spring greens and radishes – spoke to the
As spring ramps up you’ll find Albert and
season. It was simply delicious.
Marlise wandering their property, hunting for morels – nuggets of mushroom gold –
Our lunch conversation turned to Albert’s
or filling their baskets with the prickly
newest endeavour. He’s working with Greg
stinging nettles that will be the stars at
Sorbara and Sol Korngold, who are reviving
Albert’s next meal.
The Royal Hotel in Picton, slated to open
three children moved from the city to 65
in 2020. As executive chef at The Royal
acres of fields, forest and marshland near
Imagine how lucky we felt when we re-
Hotel, Albert will be sourcing ingredients
Ameliasburgh in the County. The move
ceived an invitation to enjoy the fruits of
primarily from Edwin County Farms,
was less of an escape from the city and
their spring foraging. When we arrived,
owned by the Sorbara family. The new
more of an opportunity to further his under-
Albert was channeling his Italian heritage
restaurant at The Royal will embrace the
standing of the land and its sustainability –
as he made fresh pasta triangoli for our
farm-to-table philosophy and sustainability
and an opportunity to incorporate that
luncheon – stretching the verdant pasta on
model that Albert believes are the future
understanding into his cuisine.
the cool marble countertop, then feeding
of the food industry.
it through the stainless steel pasta roller Albert Ponzo is a perfectionist, an intense
until it became almost translucent. Marlise,
We left Albert and Marlise Ponzo’s home,
but gentle man who focuses his energy
a sommelier and vivacious hostess, poured
having shared food, wine and laughter in
on the craft he loves. His intensity fires his
us a glass of chilled Pinot Gris from The
the company of two special people who
curiosity and it is that curiosity that drew
Grange of Prince Edward. Amber in
are committed to their life in the County
the urban ex-pat to the County. What
colour, fresh and crisp, it paired beautifully
and their community.
with the pasta triangoli that was stuffed with fresh ricotta, sautéed garlic and stinging nettle purée.
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FOOD & DRINK SCENE
Albert Ponzo’s Nettle Triangoli Often considered a weed, stinging nettles are actually
Filling Ingredients
Serving it up
a source of nutrients. You can forage for them along
1½ cups La Cultura Buffalo ricotta drained
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil
the edges of fields and fencerows – all you need is a pair
1 clove garlic, minced
2. Clean morels thoroughly by soaking in cold water.
of pruning shears, a basket and protective gloves. The
200 grams stinging nettles leaves cleaned from stem
nettles die back in the summer heat, so make sure you
1 egg
try these beauties this spring.
salt to taste
...... Pasta Ingredients
Making the Filling tion to prepare the nettle leaves.
4 cups flour
2. Once cooled, squeeze out all the excess water from
140 grams stinging nettle leaves 4 whole eggs 1 tsp. salt Making the Pasta
ed water for 1 minute or until barely cooked. Cut them into 1 inch pieces.
1. Repeat steps 1 and 2 from making the pasta sec-
4 tbsp. Olive Oil
Drain and cut into ½ inch rings. 3. Quickly blanch the asparagus in the boiling, salt-
the nettles. Roughly chop them in 1 inch pieces.
4. Boil the triangoli for 3-5 minutes until the pasta is al dente. 5. Meanwhile, in a large pan, melt the butter over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Once the butter starts to brown, add the shallots, garlic,
3. In a clean bowl, mix together the drained ricotta,
and morels. Add the white wine off the heat and
nettles, salt, egg, and garlic. Season with salt.
stir quickly to ensure the wine doesn’t boil over.
Store in the fridge until ready to use.
Once the bubbling subsides, return to the heat and add the asparagus.
1. Wearing gloves, strip nettle leaves from their stalks. 2. Sauté the stinging nettle leaves in a hot pan with
Filling the Triangoli
6. Remove the triangoli from the cooking water with
1. Roll the pasta through a pasta sheeter until you
a spider or a slotted spoon, and add to the pan.
reach the lowest setting. Cut 7cm. x 7cm. squares
Add some pasta water to make the sauce, as well
olive oil, lightly salt and cover. Cook for 5 minutes
and place a small mound of filling in the centre of
or until tender. If they appear too dry before they
each square, leaving a 2cm. border. Egg wash the
7. Evenly divide the triangoli onto 4 plates or bowls.
finish cooking, add a touch of water.
border and fold the square, corner to corner, gently
8. Garnish the plate with more parmesan and any
3. Once cooled, squeeze out excess water. Transfer to a blender with the eggs and purée until smooth.
as grated parmesan, parsley and test for seasoning.
sealing around the filling to let out any excess air.
spring edibles you may have foraged. You can
2. Dust the completed triangoli with flour and place
substitute the garlic for young green garlic, or the
on trays between parchment.
shallots for wild leeks. Serve and enjoy.
4. Sift flour and salt onto the table in a mound and create a well in the middle. Add the egg/nettle purée. Starting with a fork, work the purée into
Putting it together (for 4 people) 400 grams nettle triangoli
the flour until amalgamated. Then begin kneading
1 handful morels
the dough until it is stiff. The pasta will look rough
8 spears asparagus
at first but will smooth out as it rests. If you find
½ cup butter, cubed
the pasta is not coming together, you can moisten
1 shallot, finely diced
your hands to help persuade the dough to be-
1 clove garlic, minced
come a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest
¼ cup white wine
for at least 30 minutes. If resting longer, refriger-
1 tbsp. parsley, torn
ate dough.
4 tbsp. parmesan, grated
Sources: Albert picked up the fresh buffalo ricotta at La Cultura Salumi. Many thanks to The Grange of Prince Edward Estate Winery for their Isabella Block 2016 Pinot Gris, Loyalist College for a loan of their pasta roller and the Goodwin Learning Centre for their loan of the pasta skimmer. Flowers on the table are from Quinn’s Blooms & Greenery, ceramic plates are courtesy of Caitlin O’Reilly of Cylinder Studio.
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ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE!!
Kelly Welton Sales Representative
office 905-372-9323 cell 289-251-3699 1040 Division St Suite 8 Cobourg On L1A 5Y5
We never stop moving.
8972 OAK RIDGES DRIVE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, GORES LANDING Your very own COUNTRY TALE! Saddle up to the charms of country living in this 4 bedroom/2 bathroom Heritage Farmhouse CIRCA 1873 "Cruikshank House", surrounded by undulating countryside. Nestled quietly on just under 2 Acres, with nothing but fresh country air and uninterrupted rural views. True to its character with modern upgrades. Live the “Simple Life” in Northumberland County.
WATERSHED A SHOWCASE OF FINE HOMES
As interest in our region grows, Watershed grows along with it. The Showcase of Fine Homes provides a format for real estate agents to present properties and homes to a broad and sophisticated market, within the region and beyond. To find out more about Showcase of Fine Homes marketing opportunities, please contact: JEANETTE CARTER DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING SALES (WEST) jcarter@watershedmagazine.com cell 289.251.4777 MARK BISHOP DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING SALES (EAST)
MLS X4336196 MLS 169896
KellyisCobourg.com Myhometowncobourg@gmail.com
mbishop@watershedmagazine.com 613.438.1760
DEDICATED TO THE EXTRAORDINARY. THE EXCEPTIONAL. THE UNIQUE PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY & NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
Iris & Brian Andrews Brokers
NOTABLE C1872 LIMESTONE – WARKWORTH A Rare Opportunity to Own a Significant Piece of History. Impeccably Renovated on 1.8 Picturesque Acres. Natural Gas, 2 F/P’s, C/A Original Character.
ENTICEMENTS OF SOPHISTICATION & DESIGN Living is Easy. Gourmet Kitchen, Soaring Ceilings, Spa-Like Baths, Sunroom & Ultra Private Gardens, Cabana, Pool & Spa. An oasis for entertaining.
ICONIC 73 ACRE FARM IN “THE COUNTY” Century Farmhouse, Paddocks, Pastures, Barn & Outbuildings. Fulfill Your Dream. … Equestrian or Hobby Farm. Vineyard or Winery.
$795,000 MLS 156811
$899,000 MLS 176887
$1,590,000 MLS 175023
613.969.2044 800.303.1044 iandrews@sothebysrealty.ca
Leslie Turner Broker
705.632.9404 800.303.1044 lturner@sothebysrealty.ca WATERFRONT “PENINSULA” IN MILLFORD Comfort Abounds in this Peaceful Respite. Bungalow With Impeccable Flowing Design, Expansive Windows and Glorious Sunsets Over the Pond.
THE ESSENCE OF GOOD LIVING – WARKWORTH Impeccably Chic & Stylish Home Finished on 2 Levels. 95 Acres With Enchanting, Rolling Meadows & Wooded Trails to Private StevensonLake.
ULTIMATE CONTEMPORARY ON BAY OF QUINTE Walls of Glass, Pool & Spa. Park-Like Terraced Grounds,Dock. Modern Architectural Design & Divine Sunsets. Fabulous Outbuilding.
$739,000 MLS 173995
$855,000 MLS 158457
$2,125,000 MLS 171738
www.andrewsturnergroup.com | www.sothebysrealty.ca
Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, Brokerage / Independently Owned and Operated
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LIVE WHERE YOU LOVE TO VISIT
RURAL RETREAT
VIBRANT WATERFRONT
Enjoying sweeping pastoral views on a quiet road, this 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home offers a distinctly rural sense of calm. The custom built house is full of bright, inviting spaces including a fully finished, walk-out basement. Take in your surroundings from the pool!
This private waterfront bungalow combines lovely gardens with a gorgeous view of the Bay of Quinte. The carefully maintained property contains an assortment of fruit trees and attracts numerous songbirds. Lovely views abound from each window and a sunroom and screened gazebo offer particularly good areas to take in the beautiful surroundings.
$625,000 MLS®169443
$775,000 MLS®143686
104 Main Street Picton T: 613.476.2700 | TF: 877.476.0096 pictonhomes.com Live Where You Love To Visit Trademarks owned or controlled by the Canadian Real Estate Association. Used under licence.
FARM HOUSE & LAKE HOUSE
2835 SHELTER VALLEY, GRAFTON – “Robson” house c. 1854. One of the first settlers farmhouses in the area, beautifully maintained to preserve its authenticity while providing modern amenities. 4 generously sized B/Rs, 2 full baths, a unique 2nd staircase leading to the back B/R. Custom eat-in kitchen w/quartz counters, a dream mudroom w/french slate floors. Large principal rooms, with original wide plank red pine floors.
Trenholm Parker Sales Representative
905.373.7653
$769,900 MLS 172036 Lakeshore Realty Inc., Brokerage Each office independently owned & operated
785 KING ST W., COBOURG – Imagine living in an enclave of exceptional waterfront homes in the desirable Pebble Beach neighborhood in Cobourg’s west end. Set on a beautifully landscaped lot equipped with an irrigation system, this classic all brick bungalow offers approx. 2400 sq ft of remarkable living space with large principal rooms and many windows overlooking the lake.. Elizabeth Crombie Suzanne White*
*Sales Representative and Licensed Assistant to Elizabeth Crombie, Sales Representative
Proudly Serving Northumberland County
$1,849,900 MLS 150592
www.pictonhomes.com
email trenholm@trenholmparker.com
LEE CASWELL
EXCEPTIONAL REAL ESTATE
I Know Northumberland
Lee Caswell Sales Representative
BUILT BY WILLIAM TRICK IN 1845, this 2,800 sq. ft. Regency raised cottage was lovingly redesigned to include all new infrastructure, a new kitchen and sitting area with ICI construction. The home boasts 3-level living with 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, custom kitchen with granite counters and stainless appliances. The walk-out to the backyard features a decorative 5-sided custom cedar pavillion, a large stone terrace and gardens. Easy maintenance with charming period features, living at its best!
office 905.885.0101 14 Mill Street South, Port Hope, Ontario L1A 2S5
$749,000 MLS® 176549
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY BC Cedar Post & Beam Custom Home South-Facing Pristine Waterfront Overlooking the Sandbanks Dunes www.ilovethecounty.com for full listing details and interactive virtual tour
Shannon Warr-Hunter Broker
613.921.7438 Shannon@ilovethecounty.com
LeeCaswellSells@gmail.com
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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.
AND NOW INTRODUCING
Style and Affordability
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.
www.portpictonhomes.com
Quinte Ltd. Brokerage 1 Lake Street, Picton 613.476.5900 Herb Pliwischkies
Kristin Rutgers
Elyse Cleave
Kathryn Cleave
Sales Representative
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613.921.7441 herb@remaxquinte.com
613.848.4403 kristin@remaxquinte.com
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A CURATED COLLECTION |
Gatineau River, Gracefield 1955 A .Y. J a c k s o n 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. A.Y. JACKSON, KNOWN AS “ROBUST, ADVENTUROUS, A MAN OF THE SOIL…” was one of the founding members of Canada’s Group of Seven artists.
Born in Montreal, Jackson was drawn to the landscapes of his native province. Charles C. Hill, retired curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery, notes, “It was the changing seasons that attracted A.Y., not the bright greens of summer, nor the blank whiteness of winter, but the flow of winter to spring or the blaring up of summer into autumn.” Jackson’s long strokes of purple and blue interpret the movement, the strength and the temperature of the frigid water as it flows south to join the mighty Ottawa River during the spring run-off. The rich sienna soil set against remaining patches of snow hint of the landscape’s rebirth as the season unfolds. The AGN focuses its collection on Canadian works. As the largest public art gallery in Northumberland County, the mandate of the AGN is to collect, preserve, present and interpret works of art, while at the same time embracing its responsibility to engage and educate the community and contribute to its overall cultural knowledge. “Gatineau River, Gracefield” is on permanent loan from the Ontario Heritage Trust.
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WATERSHEDDINGS YOUR REGIONAL EVENT GUIDE To submit your event listing visit Area Events on our website www.watershedmagazine.com
ART GALLERIES ART GALLERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COBOURG – CVictoria Hall, 3rd floor, 55 King St. W. Cobourg. For details visit artgalleryofnorthumberland.com or call 905-372-0333. UNTIL MAR. 31 – WOMEN – Selected Works from the Permanent Collection. ARTS ON MAIN GALLERY – 223 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-5665 or visit artsonmaingallery.ca. UNTIL MAY 21 – SPRING SHOW – Guest artists Annik Després, painter and Bill Hurst, painter. BÄRBEL SMITH GALLERY – 16 Robertson St. Colborne. Call 289-251-2363 or visit barbelsmith.com for more information. MAY 18 – 20, MAY 25 & 26 – THE LAND IN-BETWEEN – Spring gallery show. BELLEVILLE ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY – 208 Front St. Belleville. For details visit bellevilleart.ca or Twitter@BellevilleArtA. JOHN M. PARROTT ART GALLERY – 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Visit bellevillelibrary.com or call 613-9686731 ext. 2240. APR. 4 – 24 – EMBRACE – Secondary school art exhibition. Opening reception Apr. 4. 6-7:30pm. MAY 2 – 30 – EXPRESSIONS – Quinte Arts Council bi-annual juried show. Opening reception May 2. 67:30pm.
KENT FARNDALE GALLERY – Located in the Scugog Memorial Public Library, 231 Water St. Port Perry. Email portperryartistsassociation@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/PortPerryArtistsAssociation for more information. APR. 6 – MAY 2 – TWENTY YEARS OF DIVERSITY – Exhibit and sale by Port Perry Artists Association. META4 – Contemporary Craft Gallery. Port Perry location: 200 Queen St. 905-985-1534. Peterborough location: 164 Hunter St. W. 705-874-9444. For details visit meta4gallery.ca. NORTHUMBERLAND ARTS GALLERY – 8 Queen St. Port Hope. An exciting variety of work of local craftspeople. A program of Northumberland 89.7 FM. Visit northumberlandarts897.ca. STIRLING LIBRARY ART GALLERY – 43 Front St. Stirling. For details call 613-395-2837 or visit stirlinglibrary.com. APR. 3 – JUNE 8 – EARTH AND SKY – A multi-media exhibition and sale. Opening reception Apr. 3. 5-7pm. THE COLBORNE ART GALLERY – 51 King St. E. Colborne. Visit thecolborneartgallery.ca or call 905-3551798. UNTIL APR. 21 – SHOEBOX STORIES – A solo exhibition by Erica Takcas. UNTIL JUNE 9 – CAT HOLLOW TO LAKEPORT – A Journey Through Time. Presented by Heritage Cramahe. Visit heritagecramahe.ca.
Bikes, Boats, Cars & Trucks APR. 13 – FLOAT YOUR FANNY DOWN THE GANNY – An exciting 10km race down the Ganaraska River for canoes, kayaks and crazy craft. Race begins at 10am. Fannyville open 10am-3pm. Call 888767-8467 or visit floatyourfanny.ca. MAY 4 & 5 – STIRLING AUTOMOTIVE FLEA MARKET – Two big days loaded with antique cars, parts and automobilia. Stirling Fairgrounds, 437 West Front St. Stirling. 9am-5pm. For details visit stirlingfair.com or call 613-395-1583. JUNE 1 – CANOE THE NONQUON – Canoe race down the Nonquon River and into Lake Scugog. Call 905-985-8698 ext. 103 or visit discoverportperry.ca. JUNE 1 – HEROES HIGHWAY RIDE AND RALLY – Motorcycle ride and demonstration in support of those who serve, and have served, our country. Ride begins in Trenton and travels to Memorial Park in Port Hope. For updates visit heroeshighwayride.ca. JUNE 2 – SHOW & SHINE CAR SHOW – Custom, antique and classic cars. Presented by Belleville Lions Club. Zwick’s Park, Belleville. 8am-3pm. 50s & 60s music. Food and refreshments on site. Free admission and parking. Registration $10/car. Call 343-261-0180. JUNE 7 & 8 – GANARASKA 250 – Vintage motorcycle reliability run. Timed morning and afternoon road
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runs and scored agility tests. Fri. 5pm (early registration). Sat. 8am-7pm. Town Park Recreation Centre, 62 McCaul St. Port Hope. Visit ganaraska250.weebly.com or call 905-885-9969 for details and to register.
Clubs, Meetings & Talks 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. Registration at 6:30pm. Meetings at 7pm. Evangel Pentecostal Church, 30 Butler St. E. Brighton. All ladies welcome. For information visit 100womenbrighton.com or call 613-661-5980. AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. Belleville Public Library, 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. 2-3pm in the Board Room on the 2nd floor. Call 613-968-6731 ext. 2037 for more information. BRIGHTON COMPUTER CLUB – Meets the 2nd and 4th Tues. of each month Oct.-May. King Edward
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Community Centre, Elizabeth St. Brighton. Meetings run approx. 2 hours. 9:30am start. Refreshments provided. Bring your own mug. Membership $20. First two meetings free for newcomers. For information email brightoncomputerclub@gmail.com. CFUW BELLEVILLE & DISTRICT – Meets the 3rd Thu. of each month. St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, 201 Church St. Belleville. Women interested in action, advocacy and education. Social time 6:30pm. Meetings begin at 7pm. Visit cfuwbelleville.com. CFUW NORTHUMBERLAND – Meets the 1st Mon. of each month at a Port Hope or Cobourg location. Women interested in action, advocacy and education for girls and women. 7:30pm. For more information visit cfuw-northumberland.org. 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. Every Tues. 7pm. St. John’s Parish Hall, 33 Pine St., Port Hope. Email goldenthroat@hotmail.com or visit ganaraskachordsmen.ca. HASTINGS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Maranatha Auditorium, 100 College St. W. Belleville. 7:30pm. Visit hastingshistory.ca. APR. 16 – BEING PRIME MINISTER – J.D.M. Stewart discusses his book, which offers a behind the scenes look at the lives of Canada’s Prime Ministers. Refreshments and displays follow the presentation. JOYFULL NOISE CHOIR – 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 joyfullnoise.com for more information. KNITTERATI – Social knitting circle drop-in. Meets every other Tues. Apr. 2 – June 25. Belleville Public Library, 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. 5:30-7pm in the
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Reading Nook. Call 613-968-6731 ext. 2237 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. Visit lakeshoregenealogicalsociety.ca or email info@lakeshoregenealogicalsociety.ca. NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS STITCHERY GUILD – Meets the 2nd & 4th Tues. of each month Sept.-June. 9:30am-1pm. Lions Community Centre, 157 Elgin St. E. Cobourg. All levels of experience welcome. Visit nhsg.ca or follow us on facebook. NORTHUMBERLAND LEARNING CONNECTION – Call 905-376-1871 or visit connectnlc.ca. MAR. 28 – MAY 3 – NEWFOUNDLAND – The Damnedest Hullabaloo. This series will cover the province’s provocative history, iconoclastic politicians, its irrepressible music and humour with a series of talks, discussions, and performances, ending with a “downhome” Kitchen Party. Thu. evening events at the Columbus Community Centre, 232 Spencer St. E. Cobourg. NORTHUMBERLAND PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB – 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. ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY – Quinte Branch. Meets the 3rd Sat. of each month. Quinte West Public Library, 7 Creswell Dr. Trenton. 1pm. Have you started your family tree? We can help. Visit quinte.ogs.on.ca or email quintebranch@ogs.on.ca. PINE RIDGE HIKING CLUB – Enjoy exercise and recreation on the beautiful trails of Northumberland County. Visit pineridgehikingclub.ca for membership information and hiking schedule. PROBUS CLUB OF BELLEVILLE – Retirees and semi-
retirees meet the 2nd & 4th Thu. of each month. Enjoy interesting speakers, fellowship and fun. Participate in local luncheons and excursions. 10am. Maranatha Church, 100 College St. W. Belleville. Visit probus.org or call 613-968-3172. QUINTE CRAFT GUILD – Talented local crafters & artisans who enjoy making and selling their high quality handmade products. For more information visit facebook.com/QuinteCraftGuild.
WESTBEN FIRST-FRIDAY TICK TALKS – Clock Tower Cultural Centre, 36 Front St. S. Campbellford. Paywhat-you-can. 12pm. Visit westben.ca or call 705653-5508 for more information. APR. 5 – THE CELLO FELLA – Cellist Mateusz Swoboda. MAY 3 – NEW NOW – 11-year old pianist Antian Jiang.
Community APR. – MAY – BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE – Fundraising events that invite friends, family or co-workers to register teams, collect pledges and bowl in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs. Visit northumberland.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca to learn about an event at a bowling alley in Brighton, Campbellford or Cobourg.
ROSENEATH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Wed. of each month. 7:30pm. Alnwick Civic Centre, Roseneath. Call 905-352-3778 for information. 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 v. SHOUT SISTER CHOIR – All-inclusive women’s choirs. For more information and a list of the chapters email members@shoutsisterchoir.ca or visit 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 for more information.
APR. 5 – ONTARIO WOODLOT ASSOCIATION – OWA Conference and AGM will be held at Lions Community Centre, 157 Elgin St. E. Cobourg. Visit ontariowoodlot.com for more information. APR. 10 – QFN ANNUAL FUNDRAISER – In support of the Quinte Field Naturalists, enjoy a delicious meal and presentation from acclaimed science and nature writer, Wayne Grady. Accompanied by stunning photographs, Grady’s talk will draw from his award-winning book, The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region. Tickets $28. Emmanuel United Church, Foxboro. 6pm. Call 613-477-3066 or visit facebook.com/QuinteFieldNaturalists or. APR. 13 – OFAH/GFC CONSERVATION DINNER – An evening of live and silent auctions, raffles, door prizes, great food and good company. In support of the Ganaraska Forest Centre outdoor education program. Cobourg Lion’s Centre, 157 Elgin St. E. 5:3010:30pm. Tickets $75 in advance only. Call 905-8858173 for tickets and information. APR. 27 – TRASH BASH – A community-wide spring cleanup in Belleville, Quinte West/Batawa, Township
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of Tyendinaga and Prince Edward County. 9am to 1pm. Supplies and litter drop-off locations provided. Visit quintetrashbash.ca for details. APR. 28 – MANDARIN MS WALK – 5km walk to raise funds to improve the quality of life for people affected by MS. In-house raffle, refreshments and fun. Registration at 8am. Walk starts at 10am. Cobourg Collegiate Institute, 335 King St. W. Cobourg. Visit mswalks.ca or call 705-748-4221 ext. 3512 for more information. MAY 2 – WHY EMPATHY IS ESSENTIAL IN EVERYDAY LIFE – Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art, discusses his latest book, The Power of Kindness. 7pm. The Gathering Place, St. Paul’s United Church, 60 Main St. Warkworth. Tickets $15 include refreshments. Presented by Trent Hills Grannies for Africa. For more information please call Carole at 705-653-0164. MAY 3 – 5 – JANE’S WALK – A weekend of free, citizen-led walking conversations inspired by city planning activist Jane Jacobs. Share stories about your neighbourhood, discover unseen aspects of your community and use walking as a way to connect with your neighbours. For locations and information visit janeswalk.org. MAY 4 – WALK & RUBBER DUCK RACE – Enjoy a fun, fresh-air, all-ages event – a delightful duck race and forget-me-not streamside walk of 2.5km or 5km. Fly solo or enter a team of 4 or more. No fee to walk. Please gather pledges to support The Bridge Hospice. $5/ticket. Start/finish at Warkworth Arena. 10am. Visit thebridgehospice.com or call 705-924-9222. MAY 5 – DAISIES FOR DONKEYS – Spend an afternoon at PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary. Come pet a donkey or mule, meet the barn cats, watch the goats play and visit with the pigs. There will be fresh daisies for sale and treats to sample. Free admission. Donations gratefully accepted. 1-4pm. 1296 Bowmanton Rd. Roseneath. For information call 905-352-2772 or email primrosedonkeysanctuary @gmail.com. MAY 5 – RANNEY GORGE RUN – Fundraiser supporting Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Featuring officially timed 10.55km (half of a half marathon) and 5km run/walk routes through the roads of Ferris Provincial Park and over the breathtaking Ranney Gorge suspension bridge. The day will also include a 1km Fun Run for kids. To register or for more information visit theranneygorgerun.itsyourrace.com or call 705-653-1140 ext. 2104. MAY 15 – SUSANNA MOODIE, FACT AND FICTION – Victoria Hall Volunteers present a panel discussion with authors Cecily Ross and Michael Peterman, moderated by Hugh Brewster. Susanna Moodie, an 1830s Hamilton Township pioneer, is the author of
Roughing it in the Bush. The Concert Hall, Victoria Hall, 55 King St. W. Cobourg. 7pm. Tickets available at 905-372-2210 or concerthallatvictoriahall.com. For more information visit victoriahallvolunteers.ca or call 905-373-1432. MAY 19 – OCT. 13 – ROSENEATH CAROUSEL – Every Sunday from Victoria Day to Thanksgiving ride the carousel featuring forty wooden horses and two boats. 1-3pm. Cost per ride $3. Roseneath Fairgrounds, 9109 Cty. Rd. 45. For more information visit roseneathcarousel.com or call 905-352-3778. MAY 25 & 26 – WALK FOR DOG GUIDES – Fundraiser to help train dog guides for Canadians with visual, hearing, medical or physical disabilities. Organized by local volunteers with support from Lions Foundation of Canada. Belleville/Quinte May 25. Colborne May 26. For more locations and information visit walkfordogguides.com. MAY 26 – ROTARY LILAC RIDE – Charity cycling event supporting PEC’s “Reaching for Rainbows”. Three marked courses (25km, 50km, 100km) will take riders on some of Prince Edward County’s most beautiful cycling routes including Big Island, Northport and Green Point. All routes start and finish at the Prince Edward Community Centre Rotary Hall. For details and registration visit pictonrotary.ca. For more information email james.barkman@yahoo.ca. JUNE 1 – STRUT FOR STRAYS – Walkathon and Pet Festival. A day filled with pet activities to raise money to help the homeless and abandoned animals in our community. Featuring Canine Watersports Canada. Lions Pavilion, West Zwick’s Island Park, Belleville. 9:30am-4:30pm. For details visit fixedfurlife.com or email fixedfurlife@gmail.com.
Concerts BELLEVILLE CHORAL SOCIETY – Call 613-962-1232 or visit bellevillechoralsociety.org. APR. 28 – SPRING CONCERT – An afternoon extravaganza of choral favorites and selections from the past 60 years. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 67 Victoria St. Belleville. 3pm. BRIDGE STREET CHURCH – 60 Bridge St. Belleville. Call 613-962-9178 ext. 74 or email music@bridgestchurch.com. MAY 26 – TANGOS IN STRING – A fun concert with Latin American music from South and Central America. Pay as you can. 3pm.
JUNE 11 – TEEING UP FORE HEALTH CARE – Golf Classic. Proceeds to support patient care at the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. Picton Golf and Country Club. Shotgun start 1pm. For more information and to register call Briar at 613-476-1008 ext. 4425, email briar@pecmhf.ca or visit pecmhf.ca.
COMMAND PERFORMANCE CHOIR – Visit commandperformancechoir.com or Books & Co. or call 613-968-5049 for tickets and information. JUNE 1 – SWEET NOSTALGIA – Songs from our LPs. St. Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St. Picton. Tickets $20. 7:30pm. HASTINGS LEGION – 10 Front St. W. Hastings. Call 705-696-2363 for information. MAY 11 – CASH IS COMING – That's right folks ... “Johnny Cash” is coming to the Hastings Legion for a one time performance. Doors open at 7:30pm. Advance tickets $20. KAWARTHA YOUTH ORCHESTRA – Call 705-8685050 or visit thekyo.org. MAY 5 – SPRING CONCERT – Market Hall, Peterborough. 3pm.
LA JEUNESSE YOUTH ORCHESTRA – Tickets available at ljyo.ca or at the door. MAY 5 – SONIC BLOOM – Port Hope United Church. Admission $25 (children under 12 free). 3pm. MARKET HALL – 140 Charlotte St. Peterborough. Visit markethall.org or call 705-749-1146. APR. 5 – THE FRED EAGLESMITH SHOW – Starring Tif Ginn. 8pm. APR. 11 – LENNIE GALLANT – Presented by Folk Under the Clock. 8pm. APR. 20 – JACKSON DELTA – 8pm. APR. 23 – RON SEXSMITH – 8pm. APR. 24 – DAVID MYLES – 8pm. APR. 27 – ROCKIN’ THE TRUE NORTH – 7:30pm.
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MEET AT 66 KING EAST – 66 King St. E. Cobourg. For information call 905-372-2537 or find us on facebook. For tickets and information call 905-372-2210 or visit concerthallatvictoriahall.com. APR. 13 – FRASER & GIRARD – Toronto-based folk duo. 7pm. JUNE 9 – MORGAN DAVIS – Award-winning Canadian blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. 7pm.
CAMECO CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE – 20 Queen St. Port Hope. Visit capitoltheatre.com or call 905-8851071. APR. 4 – 14 – DEAN & JERRY – Tribute concert. 2pm & 8pm.
LA JEUNESSE CHOIRS – Trinity United Church, 284 Division St. Cobourg. For details call 905-375-9414 or visit lajeunessechoirs.com. APR. 13 – SPRING CONCERT – 7pm.
JUNE 5 – KIWANIS CHICKEN BBQ – Quinte Curling Club, Belleville. 11am-6pm. Dinner includes half BBQ chicken, potato, roll and coleslaw. For more information visit kiwanisbelleville.ca or call 613-9698947.
APR. 28 – JANE BUNNETT & MAQUEQUE – 8pm. MAY 8 – MARC JORDAN – 7:30pm.
NORTHUMBERLAND ORCHESTRA & CHOIR – For tickets and information call 905-372-2210 or visit northumberlandmusic.ca. MAY 4 – DRAMA & ROMANCE – Trinity United Church, 284 Division St. Cobourg. 7:30pm. OLD CHURCH THEATRE – 940 Bonisteel Rd. Trenton. Call 613-848-1411 or visit oldchurch.ca. APR. 12 – TAYLOR ANGUS – 7:30pm. APR. 13 – ANDREW MACK BAND – Fundraiser for Wounded Warriors. 7:30pm. APR. 18 – KATE WEEKES & MOONFRUITS – 7:30pm. APR. 27 – FRASER & GIRARD – 7:30pm. ORIANA SINGERS – For more information call 905377-9765 or visit orianasingers.com. MAY 25 – NORTH MEETS SOUTH – A celebration of Canadian and American composers. Trinity United Church, Cobourg. 7:30pm. QUINTE CONCERTS – The Parrott Gallery, 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Visit quinteartscouncil.org or call 613962-1232. MAY 29 – THE BEWITCHING BAROQUE – Vocal and piano music. Free admission. Donations appreciated. 12:15pm. ST. MARK’S CHURCH – 51 King St. Port Hope. Call 905-885-6706 or email patbryan@sympatico.ca. MAY 11 – TORONTO WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR – 40 voices strong, the choir's repertoire runs from traditional Welsh spiritual and folk music to Canadian folk, opera, pop and Broadway. Local favorite Ellen Torrie performs music from the great masters. 2pm. Presented by St. Mark’s Heritage Foundation. ST. THOMAS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH – 201 Church St. Belleville. Admission by donation. For information
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visit stthomasbelleville.ca or call 613-962-3636. APR. 21 – THE NEIGHBOURS – A Violin, Organ and Dance Concert. 4:30pm. SONG – Sounds of the Next Generation. Visit songprogram.org. APR. 6 – CONCERT – Featuring SONG's new chamber music program and string orchestra ensembles. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cobourg. 2pm. Tickets $5 available at the door. APR. 27 – SPRING CONCERT – With adult chamber choir Safe Harbour. Trinity United Church, Cobourg. Tickets $5 at Furby House Books in Port Hope, Ten Thousand Villages in Cobourg, and at the door. THE CONCERT HALL AT VICTORIA HALL – 55 King St. W. Cobourg. For details call 905-372-2210 or visit concerthallatvictoriahall.com. MAY 11 – A SWINGIN’ AFFAIR – The Commodores Orchestra with Craig Parry, vocalist. 8pm. THE EMPIRE THEATRE – 321 Front St. Belleville. Call 613-969-0099 or visit theempiretheatre.com. APR. 5 & 6 – GORDON LIGHTFOOT – 8pm. APR. 8 – THE TEA PARTY – Black River Tour. 7:30pm. MAY 8 – STEVEN PAGE – 7:30pm. MAY 11 – ELVIS SUPERSTAR SHOWCASE – With Shania, Whitney and Tina tributes. 7:30pm. MAY 16 – A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH – 7pm. THE LOFT – 201 Division St. Cobourg. Tickets $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Visit cobourgloft.ca or call 905-372-2210. MAY 5 – PENDERECKI QUARTET – A Les AMIS Concerts production. 3pm. MAY 16 – LIVE JAZZ – The Jillian McKenna Project. 7pm. MAY 26 – RUSSIAN PROGRAM – Pianist Richard Herriott performs a Russian program while art historian Evan McMurtry provides commentary on a big screen backdrop of masterpieces from Russia’s Hermitage Museum. A Les AMIS Concerts production. 3pm. THE QUINTE SYMPHONY – Visit thequintesymphony.com or facebook.com/quintesymphony. MAY 11 – JOINT CONCERT – TQS and Orchestra Kingston play a repertoire for large orchestra by favourite composers. 7:30pm. Bridge Street Church, 60 Bridge St. Belleville. Tickets available at the door. THE REGENT THEATRE – 224 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-8416 or visit theregenttheatre.org. APR. 27 – KEVIN NEALON – Presented by Regent Theatre and Comedy Country. 8pm.
Friends of Wesleyville Village. 10am. $5 each for children under 13. 2082 Lakeshore Rd. 10km west of Port Hope. For more details call 905-885-1344 or visit wesleyvillevillage.com.
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH – 284 Division St. Cobourg. Call 905 372-2210 or 1-855-372-2210 for tickets. APR. 6 – ORCHESTRAL ZEPPELIN & THE WHO – Performed by Michael White and The White. 7:30pm.
APR. 25 – 27 – COUNTY READS AUTHORS FESTIVAL – Readers, writers and thinkers, mark your calendars! Five brave County citizens engage in spirited debate on the merits of their chosen Canadian books. Moderated by Ken Murray, the event kicks off the County Reads Authors Festival, featuring author readings and panels, Spotlight on local authors and publishers, and the return of DiscArted, a show and sale of artworks created from discarded books. St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, 335 Main Street, Picton. For details visit any branch of the Prince Edward County library or visit PEClibrary.org/countyreads or call 613-476-5962.
TWEED & CO. – Visit tweedandcompany.com or email info@tweedandcompany.com. MAY 18 – JESSICA WILSON – Tweed Pavilion in Memorial Park. 7:30pm. WESTBEN – Clock Tower Cultural Centre, 36 Front St. S. Campbellford. Visit westben.ca or call 705-6535508. APR. 13 – DAVID NEWLAND – 7:30pm. MAY 25 – MEGAN NASH – 7:30pm.
Fairs & Festivals APR. 1 – 5 – NORTHUMBERLAND ROTARY MUSIC FESTIVAL – Competition for music students of all ages. Winners will be showcased at a Stars of the Festival concert Apr. 13. Port Hope United Church.Visit northumberlandrotarymusicfestival.com or call 905797-1134. APR. 1 – 30 – SPARK PHOTO FESTIVAL – A celebration of photography with numerous photographic exhibits and artists at locations throughout Northumberland, Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes. Juried exhibit theme for 2019 is Family Life. For locations and information visit sparkphotofestival.org.
MAY 25 & 26 – APPLE BLOSSOM TYME FESTIVAL – Enjoy food samples, displays of vintage cars and tractors, buskers, midway, spelling bee, Lions Club Kids Zone, pie eating contests, Rotary Poker Run, beer garden and much more. Colborne Village, 80 Division St. and at the Keeler Centre. For more information visit appleblossomtyme.com or call 905-355-2451.
APR. 27 – HOPS ON THE WATER – Enjoy samplings from craft breweries, cideries and wineries in the Bay of Quinte region, live music, buskers and local food. 67 Front St. Quinte West. 11am-7pm. For more information visit hopsonthewater.ca or call 613-392-2841 ext. 4487. MAY 4 – COUNTY POP – Community music festival with food trucks, local wine, cider and beer, and free children’s programming. Main stage lineup will include Jill Barber, The Peter Elkas Band, The Durham County Poets, Grace Bongard, The Layright Boys and more. Advance tickets $30. Crystal Palace, Picton. Visit countypop.com for information. MAY 4 – MILITARY TATTOO – Pipes, drums, highland dancing, drill and more. 10am-3pm. Baltimore Recreation Centre Arena, 32 Community Centre Rd. Baltimore. Hosted by Northumberland Branch of the Navy League of Canada & Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps 116 Skeena. Adults $15. Children under ten $7.50. For tickets visit skeenaiceland@eventbright.ca. MAY 18 – FRANKFORD RIVERFEST – Family fun, a petting zoo, live & interactive entertainment, antique car show, vendors and spectacular fireworks display. Frankford Tourist Park. Visit quintewest.ca for updates and information.
APR. 8 – 13 – QUINTE ROTARY MUSIC FESTIVAL – For times and locations of performances visit quinterotarymusicfestival.com. Top festival musicians perform in a Concert of Stars.
family and friends, with clay sculpting, t-shirt art, sand art, rock painting, nature crafts, children’s entertainers and much more. The Quinte Symphony will perform a concert, followed by an instrument petting zoo. West Zwick’s Park, Belleville. 10am-3pm. Free admission Visit facebook.com/familyartfest.
MAY 24 – 26 – QUINTE ISLE’S BLUEGRASS CELEBRATION – A weekend of music, food, fun, jamming and friendship. Don’t forget your fishing rod! Isle Camp Park, Cherry Valley. Visit quintebluegrass.com or call 613-392-2412 for details.
APR. 13 – QUINTE REGIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR – Quinte area students compete for a chance to enter the May 2019 Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton. Loyalist College, 376 WallbridgeLoyalist Rd. Belleville. For more information visit qrstf.ca.
MAY 25 – BARKS BY THE BAY – Canine festival and trade show featuring pet agility demonstrations, canine accessories, training aids and techniques, vendor village and more. Centennial Park, Trenton. Call 613392-2841 ext. 4421 or visit barksbythebay.ca.
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MAY 25 & 26 – WARKWORTH LILAC FESTIVAL – Opening festivities for the month-long festival that showcases many rare and beautiful varieties of lilac, taking place along the Millennium Lilac Trail and on Main Street in Warkworth. The festival features horticultural vendors, music, photo show, Victorian tea, lilac sales & design and children's events. For guided tours email WLFTours@gmail.com. Don’t miss Jazz in the Lilac Room Sat. evening at Town Hall Centre for the Arts. For information and event times and locations visit WarkworthLilacFestival.ca or email WarkworthLilacFestivalSales@gmail.com. MAY 26 – COUNTRY MARKET AND NATURE FEST – Nature activities, local products, plants and collectibles at Wesleyville Village, 2082 Lakeshore Rd. Port Hope. 10am-4pm. Call 905 885-1344 or visit wesleyvillevillage.com for details. JUNE 8 – BUSKER FESTIVAL – Downtown Cobourg hosts an exhibition of professional street performers from around the world. Experience three blocks of street vendors, stunts, magicians, acrobats, dancers, stilt walkers, fire shows, face painting, dog shows, kids’ activities and great food. For times and information call 905-377-8024 or visit downtowncobourg.ca. JUNE 14 – 15 – SCOTTISH FESTIVAL AND HIGHLAND GAMES – Victoria Park, Cobourg. Friday evening Ceilidh 6-11pm includes live music and Stones of Strength competition. Saturday will provide a full day of entertainment with solo piping and drumming competitions, pipe band, highland dancing and heavy event competitions. 8:30am-11pm. Live entertainment in the refreshment tent Saturday night. Admission $20. Early bird tickets $15 until June 9th.
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TOWN HALL 1873 – 302 Queen St. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8181 or visit townhall1873.ca. APR. 27 – THE AC/DC SHOW – The Music of AC/DC. 8pm. MAY 3 – BROTHERS GIBB – The Bee Gees Story.
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Farmers’ Markets BELLEVILLE – Tues.,Thu. & Sat. 8am-5pm. Year round. 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 facebook.com/CampbellfordFarmersMarket or call 705-933-8007.
ing for rainbow trout at Ryken’s Pond. Open to children 14 & under accompanied by an adult. Children are required to bring their own fishing gear and bait. $5/child. 8am-4pm. Gates open at 7:30am. 217 Morganston Rd. Castleton. Call 905-344-1095 for details. MAY 4 – 5 – WALLEYE WORLD – Live Release Fishing Derby. Trenton Kiwanis Club fundraiser to support and encourage youth through sport, sciences, academics and more. Visit kiwaniswalleyeworld.com or call 613-403-6981 for details.
COBOURG – Sat. 8am-1pm. May through December. Market Square behind Victoria Hall. For more information 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 find us on facebook. MILLBROOK – Sun. Apr. 28 and Sun. May 26. 10am1pm. Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St. For details visit millbrookfarmersmarket.weebly.com. PETERBOROUGH – Sat. 7am-1pm. Year round. Morrow Park. Visit peterboroughfarmersmarket.com or call 705-742-3276 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 email sharonbbahr@gmail.com. PORT PERRY – Sat. 8am-1pm. June through mid-October. 121 Water St. on the waterfront. Visit portperryfarmersmarket.ca or facebook.com/portperrymarket.
WELLINGTON – Sat. 8am-1pm. Mid-May through early October. 243 Main St. next to the park. Visit countymarkets.ca or call 647-822-7672.
Fishing APRIL – RAINBOW TROUT – Watch migratory Rainbow Trout run up the Ganaraska River to the Port Hope Fish Ladder. Call 905-885-8173 or 1-888-7678467. APR. 27 & 28 – FISHING DERBY – Spend a day fish-
MAY 11 – KIDS FISHING DERBY – Bloomfield Mill Pond Park. 9am-12pm. Prizes for longest fish, shortest fish, most fish caught, strangest catch and more. Registration $2 begins at 8am. For more information call Barry at 613-393-5783. MAY 11 – SEYMOUR FAMILY FISHING DAY – Rainbow trout fishing in the quarry at Seymour Conservation Area. A Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire sponsored event. Free admission. Donations accepted in support of Connecting Kids with Nature initiatives. 5754 Cty. Rd. 30 S. Campbellford. 8am-12pm. Rain or shine. Call 613-394-4829 or visit ltc.on.ca for details. MAY 17 – HASTINGS MIDNIGHT MADNESS – Celebrate the opening of fishing season at the only bridge in Ontario where fishing is permitted. Hastings Bridge at Lock 18 at the mouth of Rice Lake. Fishing begins at midnight. For more information call 705653-1551 or visit hastingsvillage.ca.
APR. 5 – 29 – COUNTYLICIOUS – Prince Edward County’s celebration of fine dining featuring prix fixe menus from local participating restaurants. Visit countylicious.com for details. JUNE 1 – COUNTY TERROIR – Join us at the historic Crystal Palace for a spring celebration of newly released wines from highly acclaimed wineries in Prince Edward County. Visit countyterroir.ca. JUNE 15 – UNCORK CANADA – Taste from over 700 wines, ciders and meads from all of Canada's wine producing regions, most of which are not for sale in Ontario. Enjoy 12 tastings for just $35 if purchased online in advance. 3-6pm. Prince Edward County Community Centre, 375 Main St. Picton. Proceeds go
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Garden Clubs Horticultural Societies AMELIASBURGH GARDEN CLUB – Meets the last Mon. of each month. 7pm. Ameliasburgh Town Hall, 13 Coleman St. Visit ameliasburghgardenclub.com. APR. 29 – TOUR – Tour of 8 Wing CFB Trenton hot houses and gardens. MAY 25 – SEEDLING SALE AND BAKED GOODS – 8am. MAY 28 – PLANT AUCTION. 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. APR. 16 – VICKI SIMKOVIC.
Food & Wine QUINTE WEST – Wed. & Sat. 8am-1pm. May through October. Front Street along the Trent River waterfront in downtown Trenton. Call 613-392-2841 ext. 4416 or visit quintewest.ca.
to support the PEC Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Rotary Club of Picton. Visit uncorkcanada.ca for more information.
BELLEVILLE GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. 7pm. Eastside Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave. Belleville. For more information visit gardenontario.org/site.php/belleville. APR. 23 – FLOWER STAMPS – Robert McClelland will talk about Canada Post's famous flower collection of stamps. Also houseplant show and swap. MAY 11 – PLANT SALE – Also baked goods and artisan crafts. Montrose Inn, 1725 Old Hwy. 2, Belleville. 9am-1pm. MAY 28 – PLANT A HERB GARDEN – Planting Party at Farmgate Gardens, 525 Frankford Rd. Foxboro. Time TBD. Bring your own pots. BRIGHTON GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. Jan.-June/Sept.-Nov. 7pm. King Edward Community Centre, 81 Elizabeth St. Brighton. Call 905-376-9831 or email blknutson2016@gmail.com. APR. 23 – NEW PLANTS OF 2019 – How to Use in Creative Combos. MAY 14 – PLANT AUCTION – Featuring the Renegade Auctioneer. 6:30pm. MAY 28 – BEES – Nancy Cole, Stone Mills Farm. CAMPBELLFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Mon. of each month. 7:30pm. Christ Church Anglican (on the corner of Church/Kent Sts.). For more information visit gardenontario.org/site.php/Campbellford. COBOURG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Wed. of each month. Feb.-June/Sept.-Dec. 7pm. Columbus Centre, 232 Spencer St. E. Cobourg. For more information visit cobourggardenclub.ca or email cobourghort@gardenontario.org. APR. 3 – FUSION GARDENING. MAY 1 – BUILDING BIODIVERSITY WITH NATIVE PLANTS – Also spring mini flower show. MAY 18 – PLANT SALE – 9am.
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JUNE 5 – ELEMENTS OF GREAT GARDENS. GRAFTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Tues. of each month. 7:30pm. Sept. through June. Everyone welcome. Please lug a mug. St. Andrew’s United Church, 137 Old Danforth Rd. Call 905349-3766 or email grafton.hort@gmail.com. PETERBOROUGH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 4th Wed. of each month. 7pm. Lion’s Centre, 347 Burnham St. Visit peterboroughhort.com or email ptbohortsoc@gmail.com. APR. 24 – NEW EASY CARE PERENNIALS. MAY 22 – EAT YOUR WEEDIES. PORT HOPE GARDEN CLUB – Meets each month. Sept. through June. Meetings at 7:30pm. Ruth Clarke Centre, 81 Mill St. S. Port Hope. For more information visit gardenontario.org/site.php/porthope. APR. 15 – GARDENING AS WE MATURE. MAY 11 – PLANT SALE – Port Hope Agricultural Building, McCaul St. 8:30-9:30am. MAY 13 – MUSHROOMS. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the last Wed. of each month. 7pm. Picton Town Hall. Visit pechorticultural.org or call 416554-2897. MAY 18 – PLANT SALE – Wellington Market. 8am.
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. APR. 25 – GRAINGER'S GERANIUMS. MAY 16 – A TO Z OF VEGETABLES. MAY 18 – PLANT SALE – 290 Dundas St. E. 7:30am12pm. TWEED HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Tues. of each month. 7pm. Tweed Public Library. Visit tweedhort.ca or e-mail info@tweedhort.ca. APR. 2 – WHAT’S NEW FOR 2019. MAY 7 – CUT FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS. JUNE 4 – CONTAINER WATER GARDENS.
Nature & Parks FERRIS PROVINCIAL PARK – 474 Cty. Rd. 8 Campbellford. Guided walks every Tuesday starting May 7
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until Dec. 10. Meet at the east end of the Suspension Bridge. 9am. Rain or shine. Call 705-632-0894 or visit friendsofferris.ca. MAY 26 – KITE DAY – Bring your own kite or assemble one of your own with materials provided by Friends of Ferris. Free admission. Fundraiser BBQ, refreshments and on-site parking. 10am-3pm. GANARASKA REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY – Call 905-885-8173 or visit grca.on.ca to pre-register. APR. 26 – UNDER THE STARS – Start the evening off with equipment demonstrations and displays. Enjoy an astronomy presentation before venturing back outside to try your hand at searching the dark sky. Ganaraska Forest Centre, 10585 Cold Springs Camp Rd. Campbellcroft. 7pm. JUNE 8 – INVASIVE SPECIES WALK – An informative and educational walk through the Millennium Conservation Area. Call to pre-register. 10am-12pm. Ganaraska Region Conservation Area, 2216 County Rd. 28, Port Hope. 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. JUNE 8 – BRAHAM TRACT – Hike and AGM. 10am1pm. LOWER TRENT CONSERVATION – Call 613-3944829 or visit ltc.on.ca. 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. MAY 11 – HAZEL BIRD DAY – Family-friendly event with hikes, talks and a BBQ lunch at the Hazel Bird Nature Reserve, 20 min. north of Cobourg. To register and for information call 800-465-0029 ext. 2229 or visit natureconservancy.ca/hazelbirdday.
blers as they migrate to their northern nesting grounds. 6:30am-5pm both days. Enjoy guided bird watching walks and bird-banding. BBQ lunch fundraiser begins at 11am.
APR. 13 – QUINTE WOOD CARVING SHOW – Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, 265 Cannifton Rd. Belleville. 9:30am-4:30pm. For more information visit quintewoodcarvers.ca.
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. APR. 15 – SPRING BIRD BANDING. MAY 11 – 20 – BIRDING FESTIVAL.
APR. 13 & 14 – HOME AND GARDEN SHOW – Get answers to your home décor, renovation and landscaping questions. Demonstrations, speakers, raffles and door prizes. 10am-4pm. Scugog Arena, 1655 Reach St. Port Perry. Admission $2 with a non-perishable item to help support Operation Scugog. Visit portperryhomeandgardenshow.ca.
WILLOW BEACH FIELD NATURALISTS – Visit willowbeachfieldnaturalists.org or call 905-885-2337. For hike information please contact Roger at 905-8859615 or ekrf@eagle.ca. APR. 7 – BRIGHTON WETLAND PROPERTY – Leader Amanda Tracey of Nature Conservancy of Canada. MAY 5 – LAURIE LAWSON OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE – Leader Mark Rupke. MAY 26 – SHEFFIELD CONSERVATION AREA/NAPANEE PLAIN – Leaders Rob Lonsberry and Roger Frost. JUNE 8 & 9 – SUMMER BIRD COUNT.
APR. 14 – STUDIO TOUR CALL FOR ENTRY – Application deadline for Northumberland Hills Studio Tour taking place Sept. 7 & 8. Application and information available at northumberlandstudiotour.ca.
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APR. 26 – 28 – PETERBOROUGH GARDEN SHOW – Landscapers, gardeners, growers, teachers and designers, garden displays, demonstrations, speakers, an interactive children’s garden, the latest in garden tools and much more. Fri. 5-9pm. Sat. 10am-5pm. Sun. 10am-4pm. Tickets $10 will be exchanged for a wristband for full weekend access. Available in advance, online and at the door. Fleming College, 599 Brealey Dr. Peterborough. Visit peterboroughgardenshow.com or call 705-772-3400.
MAR. 30 – THE GATHERING – A yarn and fibre fest. Buy from many vendors of yarns, fibres and notions. Bring your latest projects, work with friends. 10am3pm. Admission $5 includes refreshments and prizes. Port Hope High School, 130 Highland Dr. Port Hope. Contact Carolyn at 905-377-3470 or cray@eagle.ca for information. Visit us on facebook.
APR. 27 – LUNCHEON AND BAKE SALE – Celebrate spring with homemade baked goods and a light luncheon of soup, sandwiches and tea/coffee. Lunch $10. 11am-1:30pm. Presented by the Women’s Association of St. Andrew’s Cobourg. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 200 King St. W. Cobourg. For more information email tehunter@sympatico.ca.
MAR. 30 – PINE RIDGE ART ASSOCIATION – 2nd annual one day sale of works by local artists. Northumberland Mall, 1000 Elgin St. w. Cobourg. 9:30am-5pm.
APR. 27 – SPRING BLOSSOM CRAFT SHOW – Unique handmade works of art. Prince Edward Community Centre, 375 Main St. Picton. 10am-4pm. Admission $2. Email hnleventplanner@yahoo.com.
APR. 6 – COMIC CON – Find the best in comic books, toys, dvds and more. Cobourg Community Centre, 750 D’Arcy St. 10am-4pm. Please bring food items for Northumberland County Food 4 All. One raffle ticket per item. Admission $5. Children 12 and under free. For more information visit popculturecanada.ca.
APR. 28 – ANTIQUES & ARTIFACTS AUCTION AND TAG SALE – Presented by Port Hope Branch of Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Gardens R Us and Chairs R Us 9:30am. Preview and tag sale 10am. Auction starts 12:30pm. Town Park Recreation Centre, 62 McCaul St. Port Hope. Refreshments available. Visit acoporthope.ca or call 905-885-1116.
MAY 4 – THE MOTHER OF ALL CRAFT SHOWS – Quinte region's original springtime handcraft market showcasing the incredible talent of over 70 artisans, designers and makers. 10am-4pm. Travelodge Hotel, 11 Bay Bridge Rd. Belleville. For more information visit motherofallcraftshows.com.
MAY 10 – GIRLS NIGHT OUT – A night of shopping, sipping and socializing in downtown Cobourg featuring live music, hourly prizes, in-store promotions and local vendors. The guys can grab a drink, shop menswear and shoes, and see a show while the ladies have the run of the town! 5-9pm. For more information visit downtowncobourg.ca or call 905-377-8024. MAY 11 – QUINTE CRAFT GUILD SHOW – Over 30 vendors of fine handmade products. Knights of Columbus Hall, 57 Stella Cr. Trenton. $2 admission. 9am-4pm. Email qcg.membershipliaison@gmail.com or qcg.showchair@gmail.com. MAY 25 – NATIVE PLANT SALE – Pre-order a rain barrel through RainBarrel.ca by May 17. Pick it up on May 25 and shop for native species to plant in your garden. Choose from numerous varieties of native plants, shrubs, trees, and groundcovers to create your perfect garden oasis. Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, 2216 Cty. Rd. 28, Port Hope. 9am-12pm. Email info@grca.on.ca or call 905-885-8173 for more information. JUNE 1 & 2 – ART SALAD – A visual smorgasbord in Grafton. An outdoor art show and sale in a whimsical garden, featuring pottery, glass, encaustics, mosaics, body care and more. 10am-5pm. 10821 Cty. Rd. 2 Grafton. Visit anjahertle.com or call 905-349-1032 for details.
NORTHUMBERLAND LAND TRUST – Call Bill Newell at 905-342-3851 or email info@nltrust.ca if you wish to attend NLT events. MAR. 30 – LECKEY NATURE RESERVE – Work party to clean out bird nest boxes and prepare them for the spring nesting season. MAY 1 – 31 – WALLACE BIRDATHON – Join one of six expert birders in search of as many species as possible on NLT's six nature reserves for a minimum $75 donation. For times and locations in Northumberland County visit nltrust.ca.
APR. 12 & 13 – BOOK SALE – A large assortment of books; hard and soft cover. Featuring DVDs, CDs, vinyl records, puzzles and games. Bridge Street Church, 60 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Fri. 12-5pm. Sat. 9am-3pm. Email info@bridgestchurch.com or call 613-962-9178.
MAY 2 – 5 – COBOURG ART CLUB SHOW & SALE – Celebrating 65 colourful years. Opening reception 5:30 pm May 2. Cobourg Public Library, 200 Ontario St. Cobourg.
JUNE 15 – ART AMONG THE RUINS – Outdoor art show and sale set among the picturesque ruins of a 19th century mill beside the rapids of Napanee River. 10am-5pm. Free admission. Live music, BBQ lunch available. 27 Earl St. Newburgh (Napanee). For details visit artamongtheruins.com or call 613-378-6516.
PRESQU’ILE PROVINCIAL PARK – 328 Presqu’ile Pkwy. Brighton. Park entrance fee. All events free. Visit friendsofpresquile.on.ca or call 613-475-4324 ext. 225. MAY 18 & 19 – WARBLERS AND WHIMBRELS – View the elusive whimbrels and many colourful war-
APR. 12 – 14 – BAY OF QUINTE HOME SHOW – Everything for your home and garden with over 100 vendors. Trenton Community Gardens, 8 Couch Cres. Trenton. Adults $3. Children free. Fri. 5-8pm. Sat. 10am-5pm. Sun. 10am-3pm. Call 613-392-7635 or visit bayofquintehomeshow.com.
MAY 4 – SPRING FLING – Shop local artisans, crafters and vendors… just in time for Mother's Day! 10am-3pm. Port Hope Rec Centre, 62 McCaul St. All proceeds will go to K9 Crusaders. For more information email g_kacy@hotmail.com or find Spring Fling Craft & Vendor Sale on facebook.
JUNE 15 – DONNYBROOK AUCTION SALE – Northumberland’s largest reduce, reuse, recycle event. Ten auctioneers selling antiques, collectibles, furniture, household goods and more. Doors open 6:30pm. Auction at 7pm. Clothing, toys and books section, and $3 fill-a-box event open at 5pm in the Red Barn.
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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 OPENING DAY MAY 4th For more information visit www.cobourgfarmersmarket.org follow us on Instagram @cobourgfarmersmarket and FaceBook
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Percy Arena and Community Centre, 24 East. St. Warkworth. Call 905-375-9840 or 1-888-653-1556 or visit VisitTrentHills.ca.
Theatre & Film BELLEVILLE THEATRE GUILD – Pinnacle Playhouse, 256 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Call 613-967-1442 or visit bellevilletheatreguild.ca. APR. 4 – 20 – THE STING – Popular movie comes to the stage with high stakes and loaded dice. Adults $20. Seniors $18. Students $10. MAY 30 – JUNE 15 – THE LAST FIVE YEARS – Poignant 2-person musical of Jamie and Cathy’s love story as they navigate romantic dreams and uneven careers. Adults $25. Seniors $22. Students $10. BRIGHTON BARN THEATRE – 96 Young St. Brighton. Visit brightonbarntheatre.ca or call 613475-2144. APR. 26 – MAY 12 – GHOST OF A CHANCE – 2pm & 8pm. CAMECO CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE – 20 Queen St. Port Hope. Visit capitoltheatre.com or call 905-8851071. MAY 21 – JUNE 16 – GUYS AND DOLLS – 2pm & 8pm. LOFT CINEMA & CONCERT HALL – 201 Division St. Cobourg. For more information visit cobourgloft.ca or email kenprue@gmail.com. APR. 12 – 14 – REARVIEW VINTAGE DOCFEST – A Marie Dressler Foundation annual documentary film festival. Twenty plus topical and timeless documentaries. This year’s theme is ‘A Century of Hope and Identity’. For program and ticket information visit
VintageFilmFestival.ca/ReaRView. MARKET HALL – 140 Charlotte St. Peterborough. Visit markethall.org or call 705-749-1146. APR. 4 – POPOVICH COMEDY PET THEATRE – Theatrical family variety show filled with rescued house pets performing the craziest of stunts and showing off their spectacular talents. 8pm. APR. 27 – HOW IT WORKS – Presented by New Stages Theatre Company.7:30pm. NORTHUMBERLAND PLAYERS – Visit northumberlandplayers.ca for information. UNTIL APR. 7 – SILENT SKY – Firehall Theatre, Cobourg. Visit concerthallatvictoriahall.com or call 905-372-2210 for tickets. 2pm & 8pm. APR. 26 – MAY 11 – A FOX ON THE FAIRWAY – Dinner theatre at Cobourg’s Best Western Inn. Call 905-372-2105 for reservations. MAY 24 – JUNE 9 – THE DROWNING GIRLS – Firehall Theatre, Cobourg. Call 905-372-2210 or visit concerthallatvictoriahall.com for tickets. 2pm & 8pm. OLD CHURCH THEATRE – 940 Bonisteel Rd. Trenton. Call 613-848-1411 or visit oldchurch.ca. MAY 3 – 5 – TALES FROM BELL ISLAND – 2pm & 7:30pm. PRINCE EDWARD COMMUNITY THEATRE – Mount Tabor Playhouse, 2179 Cty. Rd. 17, Milford. Visit pecommtheatre.ca or call 613-476-5925. MAY 18 – 26 – DEATH BY DESIGN – A Comedy with Songs and Murder. 2pm & 7:30pm. STIRLING FESTIVAL THEATRE – 41 West Front St. Stirling. Visit stirlingfestivaltheatre.com or call 613395-2100.
APR. 20 – STAND UP, STIRLING – With Dave Bush. 8pm. MAY 4 – BECOMING CAROL – A young actress attempts to “become” her hero, Carol Burnett. Dinner theatre. 12:30pm & 6:30pm.
17 Mill Street N. Port Hope. To learn more about this event and other great events taking place at the Archives visit porthopearchives.com.
THE REGENT THEATRE – 224 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-8416 or visit theregenttheatre.org for more information. MAR. 30 – DIE WALKURE – Met Opera Live. 12pm. APR. 28 – SPIN – Through a series of songs played live on a vintage bicycle, award-winning Canadian theatre artist and songwriter Evalyn Parry takes her audience on an innovative musical and theatrical journey about women, cycling and liberation. 2pm. TOWN HALL 1873 – 302 Queen St. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8181 or visit townhall1873.ca. APR. 4 – 13 – DYNAMITE DAMES – Presented by Scugog Choral Society. 2pm & 8pm. TWEED & CO. – Visit tweedandcompany.com or email info@tweedandcompany.com for more information. APR. 13 & 14 – GHOST LIGHT – The Marble Arts Centre, 13 Bridgewater Rd. 2pm & 7:30pm. VOS THEATRE – Concert Hall, Victoria Hall, 55 King St. Cobourg. Call 905-372-2210 or visit vostheatre.com for tickets and information. APR. 25 – MAY 4 – THE MUSIC MAN – 2pm & 8pm.
Tours & Open Houses MAY 10 & 11 – PORT HOPE ARCHIVES – Meet our archivist and learn about the research resources and collection available. Free drop-in event. 10am-3pm.
MAY 25 & JUNE 8 – ADVENTURES IN LOYALIST COUNTRY – Lennox & Addington County bus tour. Tickets $70 include lunch and tours. Organized by Hastings County Historical Society. For tickets and details call 613-961-7091 or visit hastingshistory.ca. JUNE 1 & 2 – ANTIQUE MACHINERY – Hope Agricultural Heritage Club holds its open house at the Antique Machinery Centre, 5077 Cty. Rd. 10 Port Hope. Free admission. Free wagon rides. Sat. 9am-4pm. Sun. 9am-5:30pm. Beef & pork BBQ with live music 5:307pm. Visit hahclub.com for more information. JUNE 1 & 2 – DOORS OPEN – A free, family-friendly event offering behind the scenes access to unique venues all across the County of Northumberland. For a list of venues visit doorsopenontario.on.ca. JUNE 8 – ARCHITECTURAL GEMS – ACO Cobourg and East Northumberland will host a tour of 8 houses and one church in Brighton, Colborne and Grafton. 10am-4pm. Tickets $30 available from local businesses or by contacting Diane Chin at 289-435-2015 or dianemchin@gmail.com. These splendid homes include gems from the early 1800s to a modern stunning home featured in many magazines. JUNE 15 – PORT HOPE GARDEN TOUR – A fundraiser for the Port Hope Heritage Foundation in support of restoration, rehabilitation and conservation of our heritage. 10am-4pm. Visit phhf.ca for more information and a list of venues where tickets can be purchased.
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BELLEVILLE HARBOUR CIRCA 1900
BY ORLAND FRENCH
IN THE COLD, SNOWY WINTERS OF THE 1800s, GANGS
of lumbermen, deep in the forests of central and northern Hastings, piled up logs along the banks of the Skootamata, Moira and Trent rivers, ready to tip them into the roiling waters of the spring run-off and send them on their way to the sawmills of the south. For a century, the rivers provided natural sluiceways to transport logs downstream for processing. As many as 175,000 logs each spring would be delivered to sawmills in Trenton, Belleville and Deseronto. The daring lumberjacks rode their backs with pike poles, pushing and tugging them through narrow passageways as they tumbled their way to the Gilmour and Rathbun mills on the Bay of Quinte. The photo shows logs jamming Belleville harbour, waiting to be sorted out by their timber marks. And when those men reached Belleville or Trenton – minus a few who may have drowned along the way – what a time they had. Innkeepers lay in hundreds of barrels of beer and casks of whisky, eager to help these hardy lumberjacks celebrate another season of logging. Although the timber barons may have believed harvesting of the forests would last forever, the last logging run was in 1907. The mills of the Moira and the Trent watersheds collapsed. The rapacious nature of lumbering had exhausted the mighty forests of Hastings in less than a century. Roads and railways replaced the rivers, and waterways became restful havens of recreation. Belleville Harbour, circa 1900. Photo courtesy of the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County, HCM0066
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