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Volume 17, Issue 65
L I F E I N N O R T H U M B E R L A N D, P R I N C E E D W A R D C O U N T Y A N D Q U I N T E
summer DREAMY DAYS OF
A PLACE CALLED
LOCH-SLOY
CANADA’S 150TH:
CELEBRATING IN THE ‘HOOD MAKE YOUR OWN
GOAT CHEESE
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HISTORIC CHARACTERS FROM OUR OWN BACKYARD In the 150 years since Canada’s birth, a number of exceptional people have emerged from our region. It’s time we took stock of their achievements by ORLAND FRENCH
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GETTING YOUR GOATS A Castleton family is raising Nigerian Dwarf goats and making mouthwatering chèvre with the milk. Turns out making goat cheese is not as hard as you might think by DENISE RUDNICKI
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MAILBAG FENCE POSTS: Science Projects by DAN NEEDLES
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MUST, MUST, MUST: What’s New And What’s To Do by DENNY MANCHEE
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BEYOND THE GARDEN GATE: A Bow To The Peony by EILEEN ARGYRIS
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GEORGE’S POND: Dr. Google And Me by GEORGE SMITH
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WATERSHED PRESENTS: Innovative 150th Events by MANDY MARTIN
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HABITAT: The Benefits Of Bugs by NORM WAGENAAR
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INNOVATION: Currant Events by DENNY MANCHEE
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FOOD & WINE SCENE:
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CULTURAL CURRENTS:
by JEFF BRAY
claudia jean mccabe by DENNY MANCHEE
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WATERSHEDDINGS: Seasonal Guide To Regional Events by INGRID NACHTRIEB
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IN THE ’HOOD: Dave Young by DENNY MANCHEE
CANADA DAY EVENTS: by INGRID NACHTRIEB
illustration by Jane Kessler
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A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SPENT A RAINY SUNDAY AFTERNOON watching a movie with my five-year-old grandson. It was an interpretation of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax: the triumph of a good guy over a bad guy who has chopped down all the trees in town and, with an evil smile, is selling fresh air to the hapless residents. There’s also a budding love story on the side – pure Disney, simple fantasy with a happy ending and not much in between. Later that afternoon, when the sun shone through the rain, we took a walk in our forest. The Lorax was the hot topic as we gazed up at the giant canopy above us. I was told emphatically that trees help us breathe and that if we cut them down, we wouldn’t be able to breathe. I looked around at the many ash trees succumbing to the emerald ash borer, the beech and butternuts that have toppled to disease, but also at the stands of maple, oak, hemlock, spruce and white pine that were thriving. I tried my best to temper The Lorax’s message: you are allowed to cut down trees, just not all of them; humans need trees; trees die and new ones take their place. It was the condensed version of the life cycle and Ecology 101. Thompson brought me back down to earth when he slipped his little hand into mine. As we walked along the forest path, he looked up at me and repeated, “Nannie, I think we can breathe because you have all these trees.” In the simplicity of the moment, I smiled to myself and thought, “Yup and you’re my Prince Charming who has stolen my heart with the squeeze of a hand.”
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david newland Writer, performer and speaker, David was named a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2015, a distinction that reflects a lifelong passion for exploring Canadian landscapes and stories. A resident of Cobourg, with a growing family, David travels widely from coast to coast to coast. His current project is The Northwest Passage in Story and Song, a musical presentation based on his continuing journeys to the High Arctic.
eileen argyris Eileen has lived in Northumberland County since 1971, and spent most of her journalism career in newspapers. She began in 1979 as editor of the Colborne Chronicle, then went to Port Hope as editor of the Evening Guide and then to Cobourg as managing editor of Northumberland Today. She has also written a book – How Firm a Foundation: A history of the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Colborne – and done freelance writing for various magazines and private clients.
jeff bray Jeff has been in and around the food world for over 18 years. He’s passionate about food – where it comes from and who makes it, and has spent a lot of time crafting relationships with local producers, chefs and farmers. His love for the local food scene has led to the production of Cultivate: A Festival of Food and Drink in the Watershed (and Cultivate) region. He lives in Port Hope with his wife Amelia and daughter Eleanor.
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Mailbag
Letters to the Editor
WHEN THE WELL RUNS DRY
Just a note to say how much
I always enjoy Watershed, but the Spring issue was
I enjoyed the spring edition of
particularly interesting, especially Paul Dalby’s
Watershed and in particular
spot-on “When the Well Runs Dry”. Last summer’s
the insert on Vimy Ridge. It is
drought was a turning point for many of us to get
a very readable account of
actively involved, not only in remediation efforts, as
the battle and the involvement of local people.
I am continually impressed with the quality of Wa-
we must, but proactive efforts to protect our water,
Congratulations to you and your team for, in this
tershed magazine! Season after season, I marvel at
air and land. The Northumberland Chapter of the
manner, fostering the need of all Canadians to
the beautiful ads, photos, illustrations and the cap-
Council of Canadians has commenced the David
remember our history and an event of such impor-
tivating articles and stories.
Suzuki Foundation Blue Dot campaign in Northum-
tance. Lest we forget.
berland County (bluedot.ca). We ask all levels of
Vince Kelly, Grafton
government to declare we have a right to a healthy
Previously, I subscribed as a gift for my parents who lived in Quinte West. I looked forward to pe-
...
rusing the magazine when I was visiting them. Now,
environment. To date, 149 municipalities in Cana-
WATER RESCUE
with the natural progression of life, I am receiving
da have made this declaration. We hope to read
Congratulations on the excellent story called
the subscription at my home.
about our local Blue Dot initiative in Watershed in
“Water Rescue” by Norm Wagenaar.
I am always keen to discover how entrepreneurs,
It was meant, I am sure, to be a good-news story,
farmers and professionals are transforming the at-
Faye McFarlane, Port Hope
but events during the past week [March 29] in the
mosphere of communities in Northumberland,
...
County have proved otherwise. You have probably
Prince Edward and Quinte to meet the needs and
been hearing about the spill in Picton Bay, which
desires of this changing society, while finding their
While it’s important to acknowledge those who
made it to the national news. It is just one of the
own fulfillment along the way. Watershed is a
fought at Vimy Ridge and elsewhere, whenever I
poor water quality stories which have emerged re-
source of inspiration. Keep up the good work!
read about the horrors of the Great War, I am re-
cently.
Kathrine Moran, Toronto
the months ahead.
REMEMBERING THE BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE
minded of the comment by the English writer, play-
Your story ended with a quote by Scott Millard
wright and broadcaster J.B. Priestley: “If, in July
of Quinte Conservation “you can never let your
1914, everybody had been smitten with an intense
guard down”. How prescient! I have been with
desire to do nothing, just to hang about in the sun-
Save Picton Bay for the past two years. I think it is
Watershed looks forward to reading all your letters!
shine and consume tobacco, then we all should
a big story that continues to unravel like layers of
Please forward your letters to: Watershed Magazine,
have been much better off than we are now.”
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FENCE POSTS |
SCIENCE PROJECTS
True Confessions from the Ninth Concession BY DAN NEEDLES ILLUSTRATION BY SHELAGH ARMSTRONG
THE TOPIC OF SCIENCE RARELY COMES UP at
our dinner table now that my kids have cleared the public school system. There was a time when we talked of nothing else. Our lives were governed by overdue science projects. One time I got a call from the principal of our little rural school asking if I would come and judge the annual science fair. “I’m flattered,” I said. “But I don’t know anything about science. You pointed that out to me last month.” My daughter had come home furious because I had pasted a picture of a frog on her reptile project and she received a B-minus for her efforts. Mr. M. chided me in the hallway soon after. “This is your fourth reptile project, Dan. Surely by now you know that a frog is an amphibian.” “So do you really want me to judge science projects?” I asked. “You’re perfect for the job. You have broad shoulders. You take abuse well. And you spend a lot of time out of the country. The best part is that you have no conflicts, because none of your kids is any good at science.” And they weren’t. My brother’s kids inherited all the left-brain science genes. It seemed whenever I called the cousins they were out classifying insects or advancing to the provincial solar car finals. If my brother called me, chances are he’d catch my kids in the middle of a whipped cream fight. By that point I’d freighted at least 50 science projects to the school: Styrofoam castles, waterwheels, a lie detector set, windup cars, rock collections, a
deadly trebuchet that broke a window, a Greek warship and more. Charlie, the bus driver, wouldn’t allow my projects on the bus. I assumed this was for safety reasons, but Charlie finally told me it was because I had helped. “Don’t do their homework!” he shouted at me and banged the bus door shut in my face. “Charlie is right,” I said to Mr. M. “Lots of kids do these things by themselves, don’t they?” “I’ve never seen it myself,” he said. “But I’ve only been doing this for 35 years.” I always liked Mr. M. He loved kids and had a great sense of humour, which is a fatal combination for anyone in education these days. He had a bad habit of bursting into laughter at the wrong moment and it got him banished to places like our little school on the hill in the middle of nowhere. “Anyway,” he said, “you don’t have to worry about actually judging anything. I tell you who wins long before the contest, so you don’t get into trouble.” This was reassuring. Mr. M. was old enough to remember the famous project my wife’s cousin Eddie entered for the 1974 County Science Fair. His father said if they were going to build something it should be useful. So they went out to the shop and welded together a corn dryer about the size of a cruise missile. They had to tow it to school behind the 1066 International. If you’ve ever wondered why they have height, width and weight restrictions on science projects at your school, it’s because of cousin Eddie’s corn dryer. He didn’t win but he inspired new province-wide regulations for science fairs. And the corn dryer is still in service today.
“So what kind of projects do we have this year?” I asked. “There’s a satellite auto-guidance system for a rototiller. The veterinarian’s kid is doing nose swabs on everybody to identify this year’s flu virus. And another kid is building an ethanol plant. I’m not sure if that one’s going to be allowed on school property because it’s basically a corn liquor distillery.” “So which one wins?” “None of those. You can choose among any of the Old Faithfuls – the vinegar and baking soda volcano, the leaf identification chart, or the poster that asks, ‘Which falls faster – the stone or the bag of feathers?’” “But what about the show-offs? Won’t they be upset if they go to all that work and don’t get a prize?” Mr. M. shrugged. “You give them each a big purple ribbon with a Special Creativity Award. Then I take a picture of the kid and their project, and we put it up in the hallway for a week. That gives you lots of time to get to the airport.” Mr. M. is long since retired and the little school has been shuttered for nearly a decade, but every time I go by the abandoned building I am gently reminded that a frog is an amphibian. Editor’s note: Author and playwright Dan Needles was named to the Order of Canada in December 2014. The Award is the cornerstone of the Canadian Honour system and recognizes outstanding achievement and service.
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A SELECTION OF THINGS TO DO AND DISCOVER ACROSS OUR REGION
MUST VISIT The old Land Registry Office in Colborne with the arresting yellow sculpture out front is celebrating its 20th anniversary as the Colborne Art
Gallery. Founded in the spring of 1997, the gallery operates as an artists’ collective run by the artists themselves on a volunteer basis – including minding the gallery on a rotating basis, usually once a month.
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Members include painters, photographers,
Today, Cobourg is known for Victoria Hall and
printmakers, sculptors and other visual artists,
the fabulous beach that attracts thousands of
and each can contribute work to group shows
people to its expansive sand and clean water
eight times a year and have a solo show on a ro-
every summer. But the waterfront was not al-
tating basis. The 20th Anniversary Exhibition
ways so pristine. There’s a new online exhibit of
and the 2nd Annual Northumberland Youth Art
the harbour that simply and eloquently charts its
Exhibition run from May 27 to July 2. And The
evolution, including descriptive nuggets like
Fifth Annual Juried Show runs from July 8 to Au-
these: “It was not until 1818 that the area re-
gust 13 and is open to all emerging and estab-
ceived its present name, in honour of the mar-
lished artists except Gallery members.
riage of Princess Charlotte of Wales to Prince
Colborne Art Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibit thecolborneartgallery.ca
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld…In 1829 the
Three Totems by Lorelyn Morgan
Legislature of the Province of Upper Canada passed a bill allowing construction of a wharf in Cobourg, and the joint stock Cobourg Harbour Company was soon created…The 1910s and 20s were the most successful for the ferries.
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They carried 70,000 passengers per season during this time. In 1925 they loaded and ferried
One day, that’s all it takes. We can all carve out
First Aid CPR A + AED (automated external de-
a day to learn the basics of first aid and CPR,
fibrillation) covers the basics of first aid and CPR
and it can make the difference between stepping
training and you get a certificate valid for three
in to help in a crisis and being an impotent by-
years when you finish. There are numerous train-
stander. St. John Ambulance offers many cours-
ing locations across the region. Just go to sja.ca
es of varying lengths (Marine, Wilderness, Men-
and click on “Find a course and register”.
tal Health, etc.), but its one-day, $95 Emergency
St. John Ambulance First Aid Courses, sja.ca
12,863 coal cars.” Volunteers Richard Looye and Stanley Isherwood began work on this project two years ago and it is part of the larger Virtual Museum of Canada project. With stories, video and historical images, it’s definitely worth clicking through to better understand how Cobourg came into being. Virtual Museum of Cobourg Harbour virtualmuseum.ca/virtual-exhibits/exhibit/cobourgharbour-a-story-of-small-town-ontario-settlers-tosailors-car-ferries-to-condos/ photograph Library and Archives Canada, Reproduction Copy No. C-011865
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MUST TIME TRAVEL When was the last time you put in a day at the grist mill? How are those spinning and weaving skills coming along? And your abacus technique? Lang Pioneer Village Museum, near
Keene, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer and invites visitors to experience pioneer life on a 25-acre site that includes 30 restored and recreated 19th century buildings. Costumed interpreters stay in character while they go about their daily chores and you are free to ask them questions about their lives and
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hardships. The Village opened in August, 1967
We all know 911 and many of us have heard of
version of Upper Canada Village. Events this
311 for services in Toronto, but how about 211?
summer include: The Annual Father’s Day
for the Classical Unbound Festival, chamber
It’s a new helpline (and website) that takes the
Smoke & Steam Show (June 18), Historic Do-
music presented in intimate and unusual spaces
pain and frustration out of navigating the more
minion Day (July 1) and the Annual Transporta-
across Prince Edward County from August 18-
than 60,000 community and social service agen-
tion Day Car & Motorcycle Show (July 9).
27. A Steinway piano in a winery barn, a brass
cies across Ontario. You can get the information
Lang Pioneer Village Museum 104 Lang Road, Keene 705.295.6694; langpioneervillage.ca
quintet in a wildflower field, these are just a cou-
you need quickly, 24 hours a day and in 100 languages! Let’s say you’re worried your teenager is descending into drug addiction. Call 211 and you’ll
to preserve the heritage of Peterborough County. It’s a jewel north of Rice Lake, a more intimate
MUST LISTEN Undo your top button and roll up your sleeves
ple of the things you can experience in this seven-concert, multi-sensory series. The musicians are top notch and the repertoire includes traditional favourites plus works by living Cana-
get a competent, receptive voice on the other
dian composers. Think The Art of Time Ensem-
end who can refer you to the appropriate sup-
ble meets the County. A new landscape of
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music, food and wine.
211ontario.ca where you’ll be guided to helpful
Classical Unbound Festival, Prince Edward County Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 27 For concert details, prices and locations, go to classicalunbound.com
resources. For example, typing in “Addiction Help, Cobourg” produces a list of 10 agencies – from methadone clinics to counselling services. There are also animated videos on the site to explain how it works.
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Peony
BY EILEEN ARGYRIS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY LANA TAYLOR-MILLS
A BOW TO THE
Long-lived and easy to grow, their heady blossoms are irresistible THEY CAN BE LUSCIOUS EXPLOSIONS OF COLOUR AND FRAGRANCE or gentle pastels with little or no scent. There is a peony variety for every taste and virtually every temperate growing site and, with a modicum of care, they can live 50 to 100 years. No wonder people are passionate about these plants. Peonies have been around practically forever, cultivated for their beauty and reported medicinal properties. In ancient China, they were used to flavour food. One source says the philosopher Confucius would eat nothing that was not flavoured with peony sauce. A Greek myth claims the peony was named for Paean, or Paeon, a student of the great healer Asclepius. As will sometimes happen, the pupil’s skills began to rival those of the master and Asclepius became fiercely jealous. So Zeus, most powerful god of Olympus, turned Paean into a flower to protect him from his instructor’s wrath. In this way, according to the story, the first peony came into being. They have been healing our hearts and souls with their beauty ever since. Tom Harris, of Warkworth, is president of the Canadian Peony Society, whose mission is “to promote the growing, improving and use of peonies…to encourage peony breeding to produce distinctly Canadian peony hybrids…to produce a national registry of collections and to sponsor periodic national and regional shows.” Tom is also owner-operator, with his partner Dennis Gebhardt, of Schoolhouse Gardens in Warkworth.
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Peony blooms cut for bringing indoors; Coral-pink Abalone Pearl; deep pink Lollipop Lies; distinctive early spring purple/green foliage of Emperor’s Buttons; enticing ~ Beautiful Senorita; fragrant double blooms of the classic Festiva Maxima.
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“I was fed up with Toronto and needed some space,” he says. So in 1987, he and Dennis purchased an old schoolhouse on four acres of land and renovated it to be their home and business. They cultivate between 300-400 varieties of peonies and about 3,000 varieties of all kinds of flowers, including hosta, daylilies and also herbs and vegetables. Needless to say, it’s become a popular spot for weddings and other photo shoots (by reservation). Lana Taylor-Mills, who now also makes her home in Warkworth, is treasurer of the Canadian Peony Society. Recently, she sold her home and garden business in Morganston, but continues to offer her peony wisdom to horticultural societies, garden clubs and anyone else who’s interested. When choosing a peony plant, Lana advises, “Look for sturdy stems.” They can be planted from seeds, she notes, but you’d better be a very patient gardener, because “They can take up to seven years to bloom.” Lana’s favourite is the Festiva Maxima, characterized by its large, white double blooms and extravagant fragrance. Rose, lemon, honey and musk are some of the other peony scents. Heavy-headed Festiva Maxima “are famous for flopping over when it rains,” Lana says. “Herbaceous peonies come in almost every shade you can imagine,” she continues, from purest white to deep maroon, red, coral, yellow, pink, peach and lavender. The bloom types include single, double, semi-double, Japanese, anemone and bomb. You’ll see them from mid-May to late June in this part of Canada, but there are some that bloom very early in the season and others much later. (Lana has never grown the woody species, known as Tree Peonies, which are reputed to be less hardy than the many different varieties of herbaceous plants.) We in the north are blessed with these stunning plants, since they need their winter period of dormancy to get their beauty sleep, and simply don’t grow in tropical climates. They mainly thrive in Zones 2 to 8 and, happily, are resistant to both drought and deer.
Peonies like good garden soil, but can tolerate clay, especially when compost is added. But they don`t like fertilizer, says Tom. About six hours of sunlight every day will help them thrive. You can buy them in pots in summer, but Tom advises leaving them there – outdoors – until fall when they become dormant and are least likely to be disturbed by transplanting. Peonies will grow thickly and can be divided from time to time – best to do this in the fall. Cut the plants back to about four inches above ground level, then dig around the perimeter of the clump. You can then lift out the whole clump and when the root is exposed, you’ll see “eyes” like those of potatoes. That’s where they should be separated, says Tom, and replanted bare-root. (YouTube has good videos on this.) Be choosy about the planting site because these plants can live for decades. And remember, conditions such as sun, shade and soil can change over the long life of the peony. Properly done, dividing doesn’t hurt them, but they do not like to be moved in whole. Other than that, says Tom, “They’re easy, so easy.” As for the relationship between ants and peonies, it’s all about sugar. The blossoms secrete a sugar loved by these insects, but it’s a myth that peonies need ants to survive and thrive. When picking blossoms for indoor display, cut the blooms before they’ve fully opened and turn them upside down and shake them, or even leave them out on the porch overnight to give the unwelcome bugs a chance to make their way home to their own beds. Schoolhouse Gardens offers educational tours of its verdant grounds. Whatever part of the growing season you choose, something will be bloomin’ beautiful. If you would like to visit, make an appointment with Tom and Dennis at 705-924-3255. The Canadian Peony Society is sponsoring the 13th Annual Oshawa Peony Festival and Ontario Region Peony Show on June 10-11 in the Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens. More information on this and other events is available at peony.ca.
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Along with the plum blossom, the peony is a traditional floral symbol of China, a flower of riches and honour. That’s why you see it as a motif in Chinese decorative arts.
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Drops in the Bucket Come summer, country dwellers often get that sinking feeling that maybe, just maybe, this might be the year the well runs dry. Unfortunately, they have reason to ponder not only the quantity, but also the quality of their water
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BY TOM CRUICKSHANK
N
EXT TIME YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE RAIN,
let your mind wander and ponder the drops falling all around you. Consider that life depends on water. Consider that a thunderstorm that dumps half an inch of rain over an acre could fill 339 bathtubs. Consider that there is a finite amount of water on the planet: it can be diluted by ocean salt, it can evaporate into clouds, it can freeze into glaciers, it can sink into the ground, but the amount of water on Earth has pretty much been the same ever since the “Big Bang”. Indeed, when you awoke this morning, you showered in the same water that the ancient Egyptians used to irrigate their fields and the same water over which Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Some of the water lying deep within the aquifers below us has been there for upwards of 15,000 years. In that light, consider also that most of the fresh water that the world drinks comes not from lakes and rivers but from subterranean sources. Even here in Watershed country, where all the major towns take their water from adjacent waterways, many inhabitants live rurally and have no choice but to rely on wells. In Prince Edward County alone, this applies to some 59% of local households. Brighton depends entirely on groundwater for its municipal water supply. Worldwide, Environment Canada reports that all this groundwater could cover the Earth’s surface to a depth of 120 metres. Even so, this is still only a fraction – less than one-third – of the total amount of fresh water on the planet, the lion’s share of which is frozen in glaciers and ice caps. These are numbers that boggle the mind, so vast that it would be easy to assume that groundwater is a limitless resource that can sustain us forever. But just as the world learned with oil, there may be enough of it around, but it isn’t always easy to access. In fact, most of it is stored too deep in the Earth to be practical for household use. Our wells only tap the sources closest to the surface. And this top layer of groundwater is surprisingly vulnerable. You need only recall last summer’s drought to realize that we shouldn’t be complacent about our water supply (see “When the Well Runs Dry,” Watershed, Spring 2017). Remember the headlines? “Low water level situation is serious,” warned the Belleville Intelligencer in July. “Advisories, bans in effect during dry spell,” said Northumberland Today in August. After three months with less than half the usual rainfall, groundwater levels dropped precipitously throughout our region, dozens of wells went dry. Suddenly, no one was taking water for granted, and even after our aquifers and groundwater replenished themselves this spring, the drought prompted some soul-searching about the effects of climate change. After all, 2016 was the hottest summer ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere and one of our driest: as
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the weather gets more extreme in the years ahead, is this the new normal? While a prolonged lack of rainfall can threaten the supply of water, there is just as much concern – if not more – about its quality. Although Nature does a pretty good job of filtering out impurities as rainwater trickles through the soil, human interference has introduced a whole new roster of contaminants that aren’t so easily dispensed with. They can quickly render a well polluted. Remember the Walkerton tragedy 17 years ago, when cattle manure accidentally spilled into the town’s well, leaving seven people dead and 2,500 severely ill? Closer to home, we have yet to face such a catastrophe, but every now and then, word surfaces of a calamity involving groundwater contamination. Some of the news is unsettling. Consider the following wake-up calls:
and paid for by the province. After almost 30 years of wrangling, the end appears to be in sight. In April 2016, Port Hope – the municipality in which Welcome lies – announced it would extend a water main along Highway 2 to connect affected properties to town water. No one would have to rely on a well ever again. Port Hope’s newest water tower stands within
had been leaking toxins into the surrounding soil and contaminating neighbouring wells. The dump, found just off the 401 to the west of Napanee, had been the subject of heated debate ever since its owner applied for a license to expand the operation three-fold in 2006. At the end of the battle of words, the Ministry of Environment not only denied the request, but shut the landfill down completely, ar-
A prolonged lack of rain can threaten our water supply but there should be just as much concern – if not more – about our water quality
FLOODING IN NORTHUMBERLAND
In the winter of 2010, the local health unit issued a boil-water advisory warning to Northumberland residents whose wells are situated on low-lying land. In the face of an unseasonably mild January, melting snow was overwhelming local waterways and the worry was that any number of river- and lakeside wells could be submerged by floodwater. And as the Walkerton episode reminds us, a flooded well is ripe for contamination. The boil notice was considered a precautionary measure, and lasted less than a week, but still, folks were wondering: in the new climate-change reality, where extremes in weather will be the norm, is my well doomed? BRINE ON TAP IN WELCOME
It’s hard to believe, but it was in 1989 that residents of Welcome, a hamlet along Highway 2 in Northumberland, raised concern that their wells had been irreversibly contaminated by road salt. Ever since the cry was raised, residents have been using bottled water for household use, trucked in
sight of Welcome, so you can understand why the locals might be scratching their heads as to why it took a generation to agree on such an obvious solution. Nevertheless, they are breathing a sigh of relief, but there’s still a larger question to ponder: Welcome was lucky to be so close to town water, but what about property owners who live further from a water main? What recourse do they have if road salt is the culprit behind their contaminated wells? After all, Welcome isn’t the only place to have faced this kind of water crisis. In the early ’90s, Grafton bit the bullet and instituted its own very expensive municipal water system after local wells were similarly ruined by road salt.
guing it should never have been built there in the first place, thanks to the underlying stratified bedrock, which leaks water – and all kinds of toxins it might contain – like a sieve. But whether it’s open for business or not, the landfill continues to leak. In that 2015 decision, an environmental review tribunal demanded the owner adopt significant improvements in managing existing waste, but as more than one resident has said, the damage is already done. Once an aquifer is polluted, it’s not easy to clean it up. So for now, the locals test their wells religiously and keep worrying about the future of their drinking water. A LEAKY BARGE IN PICTON
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Despite promises – and a law – that leached materials would be contained within the confines of the site, it was confirmed by the provincial Ministry of Environment in 2015 that a privately owned landfill
A partially sunken barge was the culprit behind an ominous oily sheen that appeared on Picton Bay back in late March of this year. As a small amount of diesel or other fuel drifted uncomfortably close to the town’s water intake, the municipality promptly
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shut down its water facility for several days and advised residents to boil water and use it judiciously. By all accounts, the crisis was handled by the book and was over in a reasonable amount of time, but like other close calls, it served as a reminder that surface water is vulnerable to unforeseen accidents and hazards. THE **** HITS THE FAN IN WARKWORTH
It sounds like a win-win. With more treated sewage than they know what to do with, municipalities were overjoyed to find an ideal solution: offer it to area farmers, who are only too eager to use it to fertilize their land. After all, whether it comes from a cow or from your bathroom, manure is manure. Best of all, “biosolids,” as they are known in the industry, are rich in nutrients and free for the asking. Sewage sludge saves farmers $5 million a year in Ontario. Not so fast, critics say. There are many who raise their eyebrows at the idea of sewage sludge being spread indiscriminately on agricultural fields, unconvinced that certain persistent contaminants – pathogens, heavy metals and pharmaceuticals – are filtered out before application to the soil. The issue became a national debate in the early 2000s and Watershed country certainly wasn’t exempt. In fact, sludge was the basis of a 2009 lawsuit launched against a Warkworth-area farmer and the Town of Cobourg by a neighbouring couple, who claimed biosolid fertilizer spread on the farmer’s acreage was the culprit behind their chronic health problems. The complainants were so affected with persistent ailments and fatigue that they put their property up for sale, only to find no one interested. The suit was dismissed, although certain aspects of it are still mired in courtroom wrangling. In the meantime, the issue has faded from the national media spotlight and Cobourg – and scores of other municipalities – still hands out free fertilizer. On its website, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment states emphatically that biosolids are safe and their use is subject to government oversight. Indeed, the stuff has to be tested three times before it can be shipped to a farm. “It should be noted,” says the Ministry website, “that there are no documented cases of adverse effects where biosolids have been applied to agricultural land in accordance with regulations or to anyone living nearby.” Still, certain large foodprocessing companies – including Heinz and Del Monte – won’t buy anything from a farmer who grows with sludge. SEPTIC TANKS
For all the talk of contamination from such exotic sources as sewage sludge and leaking landfills, the single most reported threat to groundwater is the workaday household septic tank. One estimate from the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. suggests that fully 10% of all private septic systems fail – and leak – each year. Think about it: there’s a reason that the provincial building code 32 | SUMMER 2017
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decrees that a well can be no closer to a septic field than 15 metres. And that’s just the point, says the Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association. When in good working condition, a conventional septic system is, in fact, a shining example of green technology: household waste settles into an in-ground, concrete tank; effluent is fed by gravity into a series of perforated pipes into a leaching bed, where – with the help of oxygen and bacteria – it trickles clean through a layer of gravel into the soil below. No harm done and the system lasts for decades. The problem arises with older systems that have not been maintained or are inadequate for the needs of a modern family. Over time, tree roots might clog the flow in the leaching field; cracks in the tank can let raw waste ooze into the surrounding soil; the waste- and grey-water from a family of five can put undue strain on a system that was designed decades ago only for occasional use at a cottage. But the worst-case scenario is the homeowner who is blissfully unaware of how the system works: ever hear about the guy who destroyed his leaching bed with a rototiller, thinking it was a great place for his vegetable garden? WATER ON THE FARM
Here in southern Ontario, where rainfall is usually quite adequate and regular, irrigation is rarely a factor in water quantity. However, agriculture is still under scrutiny over what it can do to water quality. That’s because the industry uses herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers that can linger in ground- and surface water long after they have served their purpose in nurturing crops. Phosphorus and nitrogen, both key ingredients in fertilizer, easily wash into lakes and rivers where plant life gorges on them, creating worrisome algal blooms in any number of Canadian lakes when conditions are right. And while surface water is particularly susceptible, some pesticides can absorb into the soil and reach the water table. This kind of infiltration can take years to manifest itself and, by then, the aquifer is already spoiled. Environment and Climate Change Canada advises, “Because of this, and because it is so expensive to clean up a contaminated aquifer, if it can be done at all, it is preferable by far to prevent contamination from happening in the first place.” Despite the drought of 2016, water still abounds locally, and rarely do we have to worry about drinking it. But as we have seen in the examples discussed in this article, we would be naïve to think our groundwater is free from any threat. Any number of issues is already affecting both its quality and quantity, and who knows to what extent climate change will be even more of a factor in the future? If last year’s notorious dry spell taught us nothing else, we should learn the lesson that we shouldn’t take drinking water for granted any more. Maybe it’s time we got a little more philosophical and treated drinking water like the precious resource that it is.
About half the rain that falls from the sky gets sucked back up into the clouds by evaporation. Another 30% drains toward or falls directly into oceans, lakes and rivers, where it is better known in scientific circles as surface water. The rest – about 20% – sinks into the earth, where it meets a saturated subterranean zone called the water table. This zone holds groundwater; if it bears enough to be extracted for human use, it is called an aquifer. Aquifers vary in size, from the equivalent of a small pond to a substantial lake; likewise, they vary based on the amount of rainfall and the rate at which the surrounding soil and rock allows groundwater to replenish itself. A spring is groundwater that bubbles to the surface. HOW WELL IS YOUR WELL? 1. Do you have to pay to get your water tested? Yes: No: Yes and No: 2. How often should you test your well? 4x a year: 1x or 2x a year: Never: 3. Coliforms are: a. Chemicals and heavy metals used in industrial operations b. Bacteria found in animal waste, sewage, soil and vegetation that can make you sick c. Plant matter that grows in a well 4. E. coli is: a. A natural gas produced by the interaction between rust and chlorine b. Bacteria normally found only in digestive systems of humans and animals c. A naturally recurring organism that helps clean your water Answers: 1. Yes and No. Local health units test for bacteria – coliforms and E. coli – in your water. If you want water tested for chemical contaminants, you’ll have to go to an independent lab at your own expense. 2. The general rule used to be once a year, but the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit recommends that dug wells should be tested at least four times a year; drilled wells should be tested two or three times a year. 3. b. Coliforms are bacteria found in animal waste, sewage, soil and vegetation. If they are in your drinking water, surface water may be entering your well. 4. b. E. coli are bacteria normally found only in the digestive systems of people and animals. If they are in your drinking water, it usually means that animal or human waste is entering your well from a nearby source.
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DR. GOOGLE AND ME
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IT COMES AS NO GREAT SURPRISE that the
high foreheads, who decide such things, have recently declared Canada to be (a) the second best country in the world in which to live and (b) the seventh happiest country on the planet. That’s good, but I was disappointed to learn that we’ve dropped one rung in the U.N.’s World Happiness Report. Maybe that’s just the Trump effect. It’s like living for years with great neighbours then having some dodgy character move in next door. A lot of moving parts come into play in making these declarations and it’s beyond the scope of this piece and my limited intellect to attempt to untangle all the nuances and intricacies involved. Suffice it to say that quality of healthcare is a major consideration. And whether it’s the World Happiness Report, the Best Country rankings or any of a number of other rankings of healthcare systems worldwide, we do pretty well. But no one says we’re number one. Second on one, tenth on another, sixteenth on yet another. And a real blow to the ego – the World Health Organization’s controversial rankings place us just 30th. You may argue, as many have, that the WHO rankings are flawed and outdated, but they are alive and well on the Internet and that is embarrassing. In the final analysis, 13th out of 190 countries isn’t too shabby, but why don’t we score higher? Studies by the U.S. think tank, The Commonwealth Fund, and Canada’s Fraser Institute cite wait times as one of our system’s major weaknesses. That echoes what you’ll often hear from the average Joe and Jane on the street. We’re talking wait times to see your G.P. if you’re fortunate enough to have one, wait times to see a specialist, wait times for diagnostic procedures and wait times for surgery or other treatment. Delays in getting that initial appointment are forcing us increasingly to utilize walk-in clinics and emergency rooms for things that aren’t real emergencies. Neither is an adequate substitute for a doctor who really knows us, but both are a lot better than nothing. Though walk-in wait times are almost certain to be shorter than what you’ll encounter in your local E.R., I find the walk-in experience unsettling. Sitting in a cramped waiting room packed with people sneezing and hacking a few feet away always leaves me feeling doomed to leave sicker than I arrived. That’s why, when faced with one of those whatwill-I-do dilemmas, I often turn to my old standby, Dr. Google. He’s available 24/7/365 and is a cornu-
BY GEORGE SMITH
copia of information on everything from anaphylaxis to zygomycosis. He never interrupts, never seems distracted, never sneaks a glance at his watch and never takes offence when I seek a second or third opinion. He’s great, but Dr. Google has such a vast knowledge of every possible trivial or potentially lethal reason for my symptoms that I never know if I just have to tough it out or if St. Peter is frantically riffling through his binder looking for my name. Another downside is that Dr. Google never writes a prescription or refers me to a specialist. And he comes in so many embodiments that you have to be very selective. I avoid chat rooms where people who failed Anatomy 101 diagnose strangers’ problems. Likewise, beware the many obvious snake-oil sites. Then there are the sites touting the services of legitimate professionals, but where the emphasis seems to be more on profit than healthcare. I know that medicine is a business, but I’d like to think, when I walk in the door, that a healthcare practitioner sees not a dollar sign, but someone who needs help. And, of course, we have highly credible sites like Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Canada, Mount Sinai Hospital and sites owned by various associations such as The Arthritis Society and Diabetes Canada. The problem is that, once you start with Dr. Google, the journey can become addictive as you flit from one site to another compiling more and more information. It’s easy to get carried away. At the end of it all, unless I’ve self-healed in the interim, I’ll put myself in the hands of my G.P. and let him sort through all the possibilities. He won’t be on his own though. By the time I see him, I probably already have Dr. Google’s diagnosis and I’ll go in with a pocketful of printouts to help my G.P. do his job. But I never quite know how he’s going to react when he learns that I’ve already consulted Dr. Google. I’ve known my doc forever. He’s a casual, informal guy with no God complex, but he’s still a professional and what professional likes to be second-guessed by a schmuck who comes in with a self-diagnosis gleaned from his computer monitor? To his credit he doesn’t seem to mind. And he pretends to agree that this is my body and it behooves me to be a proactive member of my healthcare team. Oh, he says all the right things and never attempts to coerce me into ditching Dr. Google, but I still wonder if he sees me as a bit of a smart-ass who should just leave the doctoring to the real doctors.
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TRULY CANADIAN CHARACTERS
from our own backyard BY ORLAND FRENCH ILLUSTRATION BY TIM ZELTNER
Those who make their mark on history are often a cut above the crowd. In the 150 years since Canada’s birth, a number of exceptional and unusual people have emerged from our own backyards. In their lifetimes they have achieved a standard of excellence that has enriched the social fabric of their communities. They may have profited from it, they may have died a pauper in spite of it, or they may have been totally unaware during their lifetime of the benefit they had bestowed upon the world. But when histories are written, their names pop up as people out of the ordinary.
LETITIA CREIGHTON YOUMANS DRIVING THE DEMON RUM OUT OF THE COUNTY
From the age of 10, Letitia Creighton Youmans vowed to chase the demon rum from her life. At that tender age she pledged a lifetime of abstinence. When she moved from Cobourg to teach in Prince Edward County, she was horrified to find “nine places of legalized temptation” in Picton alone. After raising a family of eight, she set out to deal with the devil. She formed a Women’s Christian Temperance Union branch in Picton in 1874; 11 years later she was president of the national WCTU. She travelled across Canada forming WCTU chapters and making speeches promoting her picture of a woman’s ideal family life: a comfortable home, a sober husband and sober sons. She died in 1896. But there was no turning back the demon rum: today Prince Edward County has three liquor stores, numerous licensed restaurants and is Ontario’s fastestgrowing wine region. LIEUTENANT CHARLES SMITH RUTHERFORD HE FOOLED THE GERMANS INTO SURRENDERING
Lieutenant Charles Smith Rutherford left his mark on the battlefields of the First World War. By the summer of 1918, he had already been awarded the Military Medal and the Military Cross. But it was at the 4th Battle of the Scarpe, near Monchy, France in August of 1918, that he proved his real mettle. Single-handedly, or perhaps single-voicedly, he bluffed a party of 45 Germans, including two officers and three machine gun crews into believing they were surrounded. The Germans surrendered to Rutherford who promptly took them prisoner. For this, he received the Victoria Cross. The Victoria Cross is the most prestigious award for conspicuous bravery that can be bestowed on a member of the British or Empire forces. The 26-year-old native of Colborne received the highest decoration conferred on a local resident.
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SONJA AND THOMAS BATA THE SOLES OF BATAWA
SENATOR BILLY FRASER THE FORCE BEHIND CFB TRENTON
Now in her 90s, the shoemaker’s wife still dreams of restoring the faded glory of the company town her husband founded in the 1940s. Sonja Bata was trained as an architect, and to this day she has visions of restoring the town of Batawa. This includes the conversion of the former Bata shoe factory into a multi-purpose centre of condominiums and commercial activities. The project has been described by The Globe and Mail as “a living laboratory for the post-industrial future”. Her late husband, Thomas Bata, was a successful shoe manufacturer in Czechoslovakia. Foreseeing clouds of war, he fled Europe in 1939 and established the Bata Shoe Company of Canada at Batawa. When he lost his Bata holdings in Eastern Europe to the Communists after the Second World War, he transferred his headquarters to Toronto. The company flourished around the world, although in later years it struggled in Canada. Bata stores in Canada were closed in 2001 and the Bata organization relocated to Switzerland. However, Thomas and his wife Sonja remained in Toronto. Sonja collected enough shoes to form the Bata Shoe Museum, the largest of its kind in the world. Thomas passed away in 2008 but Sonja remains active in her role as philanthropist and architectural dreamer.
This rough-hewn and rumpled politician may not have known an aileron from an altimeter but he recognized the potential for job creation when he saw it. When he heard that the federal government was going to build a new air base somewhere in Eastern Ontario, he determined it would be located near Trenton. Billy Fraser (1886-1962) was the mayor of Trenton in the mid-20s when word came down about the air base. Trenton was a depressed area and the construction of the air base provided an ongoing source of jobs at 20 cents an hour. Wheeling and dealing through his political connections, Fraser landed the airbase for his hometown. Ninety years later, the base provides work for more than 4,500 people. Its annual payroll exceeds $110 million, a vast figure that even Billy Fraser would have difficulty imagining.
These Canadian characters are the stuff of legend. Their uniquely human stories take us down the road to understanding who we are as a nation
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The likes of Daniel Massey and Jennie Creighton lived in high style through their adult lives, while others like Joseph Scriven ended their days in despair
unauthorized charge by the Midland Battalion against Métis and natives at the Battle of Batoche, Saskatchewan in 1885. Unfortunately, he died of a fever on the way home to Port Hope, where his anticipated hero’s welcome turned into a massive public funeral. A statue of Williams, sword raised overhead as he strides forward to victory, stands in front of the town hall in Port Hope. However, in the 132 years that have passed since the rebellion, public opinion has changed. The enemy at the time, Louis Riel, has been elevated from being a rebel to a celebrated leader of the Métis cause. Hanged for treason, Riel has since been honoured on a stamp, a coin and in statues. Louis Riel Day is a holiday in Manitoba. Meanwhile, the statue of Williams stands lonely in a park, caught in its own time warp. DANIEL MASSEY HE TURNED A FURROW INTO A FORTUNE
Anybody who has ever turned a furrow in the Northumberland hills is familiar with the name Massey. It has become a name long associated with agricultural equipment, ever since Daniel Massey (1798-1856) imported some American machinery to see what he could do with it on his farm near Grafton. One day, after working with a particularly
clumsy piece of equipment, he mused to his son Hart, “If only I had a factory instead of a farm.” Instead of wishing, he built. He and Hart constructed a factory near Newcastle and began making farm equipment. Eventually it became the Massey Manufacturing Company, later merging with A. Harris, Son and Company to become the well-known Massey-Harris Co. Ltd. The Massey family line produced actor Raymond Massey (Daniel’s grandson) and Vincent Massey (Daniel’s great-grandson), the first Canadian-born Governor General. ELIZABETH JANE (JENNIE) CREIGHTON SHE NICKELED AND DIMED HER WAY TO WEALTH
Eliza Jane Creighton gave a fellow named Frank a penny for his thoughts and wound up wildly wealthy. The sumptuous halls and ballrooms of her later life were a long leap from the log cabin of her birth on the Bay of Quinte. In her teens, Jennie moved to Watertown, N.Y. to learn dressmaking. She went to her local dry goods store to buy thread and fell for one of the clerks, named Frank. He shared an unusual marketing idea with her: he figured that he could make a lot of money by selling everything for five or 10 cents. The owner of the store gave him part of a counter to try
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out his idea. It worked so well that the Frank and Jennie, who were by that time married, started their own five-and-10 store in Utica. Frank’s last name was Woolworth. Local lore has it that the couple borrowed $300 from Jennie’s cousin Margaret Morrison in Picton to get started. Frank Woolworth was forever grateful, sending her payments until she died, calling her the “Mother of the 5 and 10 cent business.” One of Frank’s mansions, a gift to a daughter, was recently on the market for $90 million. JOSEPH SCRIVEN ALL HE NEEDED WAS A FRIEND
What a Friend We Have in Jesus continues to be sung by millions of Christians all over the world more than 150 years after the words were written by Joseph Scriven. Born in County Down, Ireland, Scriven migrated to Canada in 1845.
He was in Bewdley, near Rice Lake when he received news of his mother’s illness back home. He composed a poem he titled Pray Without Ceasing. It was put to music, renamed What a Friend We Have in Jesus and published by Charles Crozat Converse, an American lawyer who also composed church songs. Although legions of churchgoers still find solace in the famous hymn, Scriven’s personal life was one of tragedy. The irony of the title of this hymn haunts his life story. His fiancée drowned in 1843 on the eve of their wedding. A second intended bride suddenly died of pneumonia in 1860. Prone to depression, Scriven’s death was in all likelihood a suicide. GWENDOLYN LAZIER THE GIRL IN THE SADDLE
It was a wild and crazy idea. An 18-year-old girl with no equestrian experience would ride a horse
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WILLIAM WELLER UPPER CANADA’S KING OF THE STAGECOACH
HARVEY J. MCFARLAND THE LEGENDARY MAYOR OF PICTON
The brightly coloured Royal Mail Line coaches of William Weller were familiar vehicles on the main roads of Upper Canada in the 1840s. They served settlers from Niagara to Montreal, with Weller operating the network of coach lines from his base in Cobourg. He started his stagecoach business in 1830 by offering transportation from York (Toronto) to Kingston; over the years he expanded his system into steamboats that were more comfortable than his stagecoaches on the brutal trails described as roads. He was one of the backers of the Cobourg and Rice Lake Plank Road and Ferry Company. Weller was renowned for his speedy stagecoach service. Once he delivered Governor General Charles Poulett Thomson over the frozen roads between York and Montreal in 35 hours and 40 minutes, a trip that usually took several days. Time was of the essence. G.G. Thomson had to reach Montreal in time to commute a condemned man’s death sentence hours before he was to be hung. Weller’s energy and influence carried him into politics, where he served as councillor and mayor of Cobourg between 1850 and 1863. During this time town council borrowed significant amounts of money to build roads, the harbour and Victoria Hall. In spite of all his business and political interests, Weller also enjoyed a rewarding family life. He had 22 children, 11 by each of two wives.
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police force in Picton. He was constable and chief, all in one. A large, burly man, he was the sort of cop whose presence automatically makes one take notice. But he tempered his authority with a personal concern about the lives of the people he lectured and occasionally locked up. When he was hired in 1918 as chief of police, Picton council paid him a grand sum of $800 annually. He had no police car: if he needed emergency transportation he would commandeer one. Nor was there a police station. Biddle had an “office” under the stairs of the Picton Utilities Building. There were no police radios: a blinking red light outside the building indicated that the officer was needed. He had a good rapport with people: once he “arrested” a man for being drunk, pointed him in the direction of the jail with instructions to have the jailer lock up him up. The man obeyed. Biddle ignored expired parking meters but he enforced a personal sense of morality: he wouldn’t allow shorts on Main Street. When Thomas Burton Biddle died in 1955, the town shut down out of respect and school children marched to his funeral. FOX SISTERS WHO’S THAT KNOCKING ON MY WALL?
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their family. In 1848 they began to “communicate” through rapping with a spirit that they determined to be that of a travelling salesman who had been killed and buried under the house. Sure enough, a skeleton was found right where the rapping spirit said it was. The Fox sisters became founders of Victorian-era spiritualism, travelling around the world, helping people to try to contact spirits in another World. Over the years, questions about their supernatural powers stripped both sisters of their fame and fortune. They both died alcoholics. VI MILSTEAD WARREN THE SPITFIRE WAS HER FAVOURITE
Of the 44 different types of aircraft Vi Warren flew during the Second World War, the Spitfire was “the nicest airplane to fly because it was a small plane, lady-sized.” At barely five feet tall, Ms. Warren often sat on her overnight bag to see over the instrument panel in larger aircraft. Ms. Warren, of Colborne, came to be acquainted with so many aircraft through her wartime job of ferrying aircraft between manufacturers, maintenance facilities and various armed forces units. Pilots on active duty would usually fly one type of aircraft but staff of the British Air Transport Auxiliary flew all kinds of planes. Vi would glance at the manual and say, “an airplane’s an airplane” as she fired up the engines. Her interest in flying developed in the late ’30s when she took a trial flight. By April 1940, she had become the 11th woman in Canada to earn her commercial licence. She became a role model for generations of female pilots and was awarded the Order of Canada for her courage and determination. LOU MARSH CANADA’S BEST SMALL-TOWN ATHLETE
There probably wasn’t a sport at which Campbellford’s Lou Marsh didn’t excel. Running. Football. Swimming. Sailing. Racing. When he got too old to play, he refereed. When he got too old to referee, he wrote about sports. His colourful commentary sizzled on the sports pages of the Toronto Star. “A hick town,” he wrote, perhaps thinking of his home, “is a place where they still play seven-man, half-hour period hockey, lift the puck from end-to-end, time the game by the town hall clock, and pay the referee off in eggs.” Hockey refs stayed in the middle of the ice because “if you went near the boards, the hometown fishermen and lumberjacks let you have it in the eye. They all chewed tobacco.” Today he is almost forgotten, except that every year Canada’s top athlete is awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy: Bruce Kidd, Russ Jackson, Jacques Villeneuve, Mark Tewksbury and Barbara Ann Scott have all been winners. Some of them, like so many of our athletic heroes in this nation of small towns, may well have honed their skills by the sound of the chime on the old town clock. WATERSHED 43
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One family’s adventure with raising kids
GETTING YOUR
Goats
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STORY BY DENISE RUDNICKI PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAURA BERMAN
I
T ALL STARTED WITH HEIDI, who captured the hearts of
legions of children – including Cachell Cox. When Cachell was 11, she read the book about the five-year-old orphan who went to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. She was mesmerized by the descriptions of the frolicking goats, each with a distinct personality. So when her parents Candace and Mitch told Cachell in 2011 that they were moving the family from Edmonton to Castleton and asked their daughter what it would take to get her excited about living on a farm, she said goats. They bought three Nigerian Dwarf goats and so began their goating adventures. Nigerian Dwarf goats are a miniature breed of dairy goat originally from West Africa. Candace, an energetic 48-year-old in gumboots, chose the breed for a number of reasons. For one thing, they are small, less than two feet tall at the withers. “Our motto is that we will not have any animals that we cannot carry,” she says, laughing. They are also friendly creatures and easy to work with, ideal for so-called family milkers. It’s a cool April day when I follow Candace and Cachell, now 17, to the barn to see the goats. Twin babies, just two weeks old, are bleating at the top of their lungs, while a third butts a hay bale. A long-legged ewe lamb nurses from her mom. Two mother cats are sleeping with their kittens, curled in a nest of straw that a broody hen made in the opposite corner of the barn. This is the busiest maternity ward I’ve seen in a long time. Two more sheep and one more lamb, three milking goats and their three kids and two dozen or so chickens are all eagerly waiting to get outside. Candace throws open the doors to their pens and there is a stampede of fur and feathers, flapping wings and clattering hooves – a cacophony of bleating underfoot and squawking overhead. Once outside in the sun, everyone seems to have the Spring wind up their tails. The kids jump, leap and twist in wriggly bundles of pure joy. The word ‘gambol’ must have been invented to describe their antics. One of them is a nibbler: Potentilla likes to chew, and pulls on Cachell’s jeans and buttons and shoelaces, making a sweet pest of herself as Candace and I chat. Candace grew up on a mixed farm of cattle, pigs and crops in Saskatchewan. But even though she has farming experience, goats were new to her and she had to learn how to raise them. There is a small library of goat reference books in her kitchen with titles like The Whole Goat Handbook and The Backyard Homestead. Google has also been a great resource, as has a goatkeeping neighbour, and it helps that Candace likes to hang out in feed stores where there are always people ready to offer advice. The Coxes’ place, Mill Farm, sits on 18 acres off a winding road in Castleton. The barn is about 450 square feet. The pen is about 1,500 sq.ft. and is home to all the animals on the farm. I am about to find out you don’t need a large goat herd on a large farm to produce marvellous cheese.
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The milk from Nigerian Dwarf goats has the richest butterfat content of all breeds – 6% – so the cheese is extra rich and sweet and not at all ‘goaty’. Candace and Cachell take Fauna, a regal blackand-white beauty, to a milking stand outside the barn. Fauna was separated from her twin babies overnight so that she could be milked this morning. Normally, milking season doesn’t begin until July and lasts “until Cachell gets tired of getting up before school,” says her mother, so today’s milking is just so I can see how it’s done. Of course, goats don’t produce milk unless they’ve had a baby. Goats mature quickly and can be impregnated at about 10 weeks of age. Once the babies are eating solids, usually after a few weeks, milking begins. The milking stand is a raised wooden platform with slats through which Fauna happily sticks her head and starts munching on goat kibble. Candace holds Fauna’s back legs while Cachell squats on a short stool and begins milking. It doesn’t look too difficult so I ask if I might try. It’s trickier than I thought, but Fauna is focused on her food and doesn’t object to my fumbling. I manage to pull a few squirts then happily turn the job over to Candace, who efficiently fills the bowl with warm, white milk in about 15 minutes. “We get faster as the season goes on and our hands get stronger,” says Candace. Nigerian Dwarf goats can produce 1-2 quarts of milk every day, so there is no running out. In fact, it’s hard to keep up. What the family doesn’t use right away, they freeze. The frozen milk is used to feed tiny newborns, who need to be supplemented twice a day. Back in the sunny kitchen, a green-and-whitepolka-dot cloth hangs above a bowl on the counter. It’s been hanging for about 15 hours, dripping whey into the bowl, the watery part of the goat’s milk that remains after the curds form. “I love hanging cheese,” says Candace. “I feel I’m connecting to the history of humankind because this hasn’t changed – cheese still has to hang.” In the summer, she hangs the cheese outside, from a tree or a clothesline, “just as they did in pioneer times.” Cachell takes the bag down, lays it on the counter and opens it. The soft, rich and very white goat’s cheese looks perfect. She carefully removes it from the cloth and puts it in a bowl, adds some non-iodized salt and gently stirs the cheese until it begins to look like – well, like goat cheese, chèvre. I don’t know why but I thought cheese-making would somehow be a lot more complicated. It’s also a lot less expensive than I imagined. The $90 they spent on the necessary microbes and coagulant has lasted two seasons. And because they sell the babies every year, the goats pretty much pay for themselves. 46 | SUMMER 2017
Candace scoops the cheese from the bowl, puts it on a sheet of parchment paper and rolls it into the familiar log shape of chèvre. She makes a few plain logs and then rolls several on a plate of dried basil from last year’s garden, coating the cheese in the fragrant herb. Out come the crackers and we dig in. The cheese is smooth and mild and absolutely delicious. The milk from Nigerian Dwarf goats has the richest butterfat content of all breeds – 6% – so the cheese is extra rich and sweet and not at all ‘goaty’. Everything is used; nothing is wasted. They make cheese, yoghurt and soap from the milk, and all the animals are fed the whey, which is rich in protein. Candace also uses the whey in her baking because it acts like a buttermilk substitute and makes gorgeous bread and cookies. They toss the frozen cheese into lasagna and on top of pizzas all winter. What they don’t use, they give away to friends. The rewards of backyard goating are many, but one of the biggest for Candace is that it has provided precious – and priceless – mother-daughter time. But there are challenges. “Goats get into everything,” says Candace. “They constantly challenge our fencing. When we first had the sheep, the goats broke into the feed pen and knocked over the grain bins. Then the sheep followed and ate themselves to a state of bloat. We were able to treat and save the goats and two of the sheep but we lost our prize Gotland ewe, which was upsetting and expensive.” Thankfully, most of the mischief they get up to is funny, but Candace says it can take a while to see the humour. “We were doing renovations that required locating the utility lines on our property. When the locater came, he left the map of the lines on our front step. I walked him to his truck at the bottom of the driveway and as I came back up, a goat was standing on the step, calmly chewing the papers.” Cachell’s childhood dream of cavorting in the meadow with adorable goats turns out to be a little grittier than she imagined. She loves them but they do need a lot of care – daily. It doesn’t matter if there’s a snowstorm or she just doesn’t feel like trudging to the barn to feed or milk or muck out their pens. “If I don’t stay on top of cleaning their pens, I have to clean the whole barn,” says Cachell. So it isn’t all fun, especially for a 17-year-old with dreams of becoming a translator at the United Nations in New York. Her mother looks at her soonto-launch daughter, who stands tall and confident and makes a prediction: “I think she’ll end up on a little farm with animals one day.”
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Candace’s Chèvre Recipe
Ladle, string
stir, coming up from the bottom of the pot,
Ingredients
Colander
until the culture and rennet are mixed thor-
1 gallon of fresh goat milk
Old tea towel (Candace says not to use cheese
oughly into the milk. Stir gently for about 1
2 drops of liquid rennet dissolved in ¼ cup non-
cloth because the fibres stick in the cheese.)
minute. Cover with a cloth and let rest in a warm place 12-18 hours, to allow the curds to
chlorinated water (Candace uses a vegetarian
form.
alternative of this coagulant and water from an
Steps
artesian well on the farm)
1. Pour the goat milk into the cooking pot. Heat
5. Place a colander in a large bowl and line the
1/8 teaspoon Mesophilic DVI MA culture
the milk slowly to 165˚F (pasteurizing tempera-
colander with an old tea towel. Gently spoon
½ - 1 teaspoon non-iodized salt to taste
ture)
the curd mixture into the colander until the pot
Yield 1¼ pound
2. At 165˚F, remove the pot from the heat.
is empty. Carefully gather the ends of the tea
3. Sprinkle the culture over the top of the milk and
towel and tie them tightly with twine. A second
Equipment
gently stir, making sure the culture is dissolved
set of hands is good for this! Hang the bag
Heavy cooking pot (large enough to hold 1 gallon
and well-integrated into the milk. Allow the mix-
where it can drip for 12-15 hours – over a bowl
of milk)
ture to sit for about 45 minutes so the culture
to collect the whey.
has time to develop.
Dairy thermometer
4. Add the rennet mixed in water to the pot and
Slotted spoon
6. Unwrap the cheese and work in the salt. Enjoy as it is, or roll in chopped fresh or dried herbs.
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A Place Called
LOCH-SLOY
A military relic, a business park, a hive of creativity – the old Picton airbase exudes a storied past while its next chapter is being written
BY DAVID NEWLAND PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHNNY C. Y. LAM
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I
N A CORNER STORE JUST OFF PICTON’S MAIN STREET,
the man behind the counter has never heard of Loch-Sloy. Perhaps the name is the issue. How about Picton Airport? The Heights? Camp Picton? The old army base? Sorry, no. But he’s new to town, and anyway, English isn’t his first language. Fair enough. Across the street at the artisanal bakery, the clerk is a longtime resident of Prince Edward County. But the names don’t ring a bell with her, either. “It’s an old World War II airbase, just up the hill…you’ve never heard of it?” She shakes her head, ringing up an order of butter tarts, cheese and chorizo. Then, a glimmer: “Wait,” she says. “Did they shoot a season of Canada’s Worst Driver there?” Yes, that’s the place. “Got it,” she says. “That was quite a show.” Ask around a little more, and stories emerge. It turns out the film Dieppe was shot there, too. And Camp X, and Haven and Aftermath: Population Zero, among others. Military movies,
mostly. Peaceful as the region is, the old Picton airbase – now known as Loch-Sloy Business Park – played a key role in the greatest military conflict of all time. Nearly eight decades ago, in the 1940s, Prince Edward County’s rural rhythms were jarred by the mighty machinery of World War II. And while Canada went to war, sending men and resources around the globe, war also came to Canada. In Picton, a living record of that war is still here, hiding in plain sight – or rather, plane site. If you were to fly low over the wide, irregular peninsula that is Prince Edward County, the view would not be substantially different than it was in 1941: Farms, forests and villages, crisscrossed by winding county roads, surrounded by the undulating shorelines of Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinte. South of Picton, on a plateau of pastureland and cedar scrub, you’d see a tarmac triangle of runways, half a dozen huge hangars, a couple of Quonset huts and a series of red-roofed
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buildings standing proud among broken wooden ruins. Sentry towers, a neat grid of streets, barbed wire, rusty piping – you might feel as though you’d gone back in history, but that’s not it, it’s more like history is still happening here. In 1941, as the Second World War heated up, the British Commonwealth Air Training Program (BCATP) was rolled out across the former colonies. Several sites in Canada were chosen to train future fliers, and Picton was one. The Royal Air Force’s Number 31 Bombing and Gunnery School was built in 1941 on the site of a family farm, laid out according to a military plan shared by other sites across Canada. Seven decades later, only Picton survives, nearly intact. Trainees, instructors and staff came initially from the British Isles; later, from other allied nations and from across Canada. In beautiful hulks and deadly contraptions, these men learned the art of aerial warfare over Prince Edward County. From there, they took to the skies all over the world. If they survived the training – and the war – the airmen and support personnel carried with them memories of their wartime days. Frequently, those memories come back to the old base, like lone aircraft straggling in from a sortie. Brian Truswell’s dad was one of those men: a navigation instructor, stationed at Number 31, flying Avro Ansons – the Canadian-built workhorse of the BCATP. He crashed at Sandbanks, was hospitalized at the base, completed his training and served at various airbases with the RAF. Surviving the war, he
returned to his family’s nursery and dairy business, and later worked as a mechanic. Brian remembers his father showing him the pictures from his war years only once during his childhood. So when he and his wife Jean managed to follow the trail of those photographs to Picton last year, long after his father’s death, the last thing he expected was to find Number 31 unchanged. “As you walked onto the airbase, you got that feeling…how it used to be,” says Brian. “I just got a creepy feeling, as I was going round, that I wasn’t alone…that my dad had actually been there. We went into one of the rooms, it was in one of the hangars, and I said, that’s funny, I’ve gone cold all the way over. And my wife said exactly the same thing. I stood in exactly the same position where my dad had taken the photographs. There’s nowhere you could do that, anywhere, really. It was a very moving experience.” From the time Brian’s dad trained at BCATP Royal Air Force Number 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, the site went through several incarnations: Royal Canadian Air Force No. 5 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit; Royal Canadian School of Artillery; Camp Picton (home of the Surface-to-Surface Missile (SSM) Battery and the 2nd SSM (Training) Battery of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery) and later, CFB Picton of the Canadian army, which operated until 1969. Parts of the old base were carved off; the Ontario Government bought some of the housing units and
created Prince Edward Heights (“The Heights” to locals) as a home for people with developmental disabilities. That closed in 1999 and has since been sold off as a housing development. Stories linger of what was lost, as each chapter gave way to the next: of glorious old planes sold for scrap, or worse, disposed of in mighty bonfires of wood and canvas. Middle-aged local guys remember driving out to the site as teenagers in the ‘80s to spin doughnuts on the empty tarmacs: the original Canada’s Worst Driver. By that point the place was a firetrap, a liability, a relic. Kids would chuck rocks through windows. Camp Picton earned a listing among the ghost towns of Ontario. But can you call something a ghost if its heart has never stopped beating? Through all the changes of name and purpose, the core of the old base has remained – not just intact, but almost unchanged since wartime. The green-painted H-huts that housed men and facilities, the giant hangars, the backstop of the old gunnery range and the airfield itself are all there to this day. Importantly, the runway is still in use by a local air cadet squadron and by the Prince Edward County Flying Club. Active since 1953, the club hosts monthly fly-in bacon-and-egg breakfasts through the summer season. On Father’s Day, more than a hundred aircraft crowd the site. Thanks to the good graces of a member pilot, Brian Truswell was able to follow his father’s
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The site is a mix of derelict and renovated buildings, some of which are used for artists’ studios and military memorabilia.
wartime trail right into thin air. “The chap who took me, Jeff Douglas, he had looked into it, and he flew me right out and we came down what was the old bombing range and he pointed everything out. It was a 40-minute flight. We both said that it felt as though we’d got my father with us.” That sense of connection is familiar and important to Jamie Scott, who administers the family company that now owns Loch-Sloy Business Park. A professor in the Humanities department at York University, teaching World Religions, Literature and Geography, Jamie spends little time at the site. But he, too, has personal connections to the military history of the base. His late father, an Englishman, trained in Canada with the BCATP, at the nearly identical Paulson, Manitoba base, before returning to Britain where he established a career in business. (While Paulson boasts a museum today, only at Picton is a BCATP base preserved in near-entirety). Doing business in Prince Edward County, Jamie’s dad became captivated by the site, buying it and whimsically renaming it Loch-Sloy, a name shared by both a region of Scotland and a long-lost sailing ship. Jamie’s father envisioned a peculiar sort of place, open to entrepreneurs, yet maintaining a me-
morial of military endeavour. He also thought, in Jamie’s words, “that he was going to live forever.” He did not. But his vision thrives. “I’m not a card-carrying military neo-colonial,” says Jamie, “but there’s a tendency to forget, and I don’t think we should! I think the heritage and history is something that needs to be kept in the front of the public consciousness.” To that end, the Scott family has purchased a local collection of military artifacts. Along with donations from the local legion, a few of these are now housed in a small room off the old dance hall (still available for weddings and parties). There are plans to make a proper museum on the site: “We had hoped to have it done for the 75th anniversary,” says Jamie, “but we had to put a new roof on one of the hangars.” That particular repair required 1,200 sheets of plywood, plus rubber membrane and assorted materials and labour. The upkeep is daunting. Yet revitalization and renovation continues, all funded by income generated by use of the site. “The site’s been self-sustaining for years…The money goes into staff salaries or restoring the place. It’s a going concern,” says Jamie. “It would be more of a going concern if we could get the right kind of
investment, for what I call Stage 2.” That would include, among other things, a museum and memorial, better utility services, greater occupancy – and perhaps a greater sense of community. Loch-Sloy today is a bustle of activity, with dozens of tenants – artists, artisans, tradespeople, manufacturers. There’s a music producer, a photographer, a carpenter, an auto-body shop, a pallet factory and an aggregates operation. Sculptor Don Maynard (see Watershed, Fall 2016) shares a space with a theatre company. A marine mechanic, a manufacturer of duck calls, a couple of potters, a luthier, a glazier and several cabinet makers all operate on site. A Lake Ontario fishing operation stores nets and equipment there. One hangar is crowded with boats, buses, RVs, trailers – anything that needs to be stored indoors, cheaply. Space, after all, is abundant in a place that used to house aircraft. There are more than 400,000 square feet of buildings on the site. Loch-Sloy is bare bones: water has to be hauled in, the washrooms are porta-potties, heating can be an issue in the old buildings. For those who wish to use the space year-round, the management offers a basic upgrade including baseboard heaters and
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insulation. Some tenants invest in custom doors and windows, propane heat and other features, while others stick to seasonal use to keep it cheap. But what it lacks in amenities, it seems to make up in energy, creativity and possibility. Is a yoga studio in a former military base a contradiction in terms? Not according to Kelly Cade, who holds classes in a big room in a re-roofed Hhut. Her vision of the site during wartime is a positive one. “To be a part of that connection is interesting to me,” she says. “I don’t imagine that these young boys who were up here training weren’t happy young boys doing their thing.” Two doors down, Wendy Vervoort and Ed Klein (pictured on page 49) – a potter and a luthier, respectively, who moved to the Picton area to pursue their crafts – speak in reverent terms about the history of the place: “This is Canadian identity,” says Wendy. But Ed is quick to point out that Loch-Sloy offers cheap, practical space that allows them to work as artists, “For people like ourselves, who are committed to our work, where do we set up shop? This is it! There is no other place.” Glen Wallis and his wife Susan run Wallis Awards, manufacturing the likes of the Canadian Screen Award, and the (now retired) Gemini and Genie awards. They have been at Loch-Sloy for four years in an H-hut that was formerly a medical building (every tenant seems to have a copy of the drawing that shows the location and the function of each building during wartime.) It’s a handy location, a big space with reasonable rent and lots of natural light. Still, it’s the intangibles that drew them. Says Glen, “I was totally intrigued by it. I just talked to Jacqui and the next thing I knew…” Jacqui is Jacqui Burley, the business manager at Loch-Sloy. Hired by Jamie’s father to help manage the site, she has become, over the last two decades, its animating spirit. With no formal training as a military historian, general contractor, curator or tour guide, Jacqui has somehow acquired a working expertise in all of the above. It is Jacqui who personally leads veterans and their families on tours of the site, literally taking visitors like Brian and Jean Truswell in hand. Jacqui helped them match their old photos to the precise locations where they were taken. “We called our trip, ‘Walking in Dad’s Footsteps’ not realizing we would actually walk in his footsteps,” says Brian. That’s Jacqui in action. Her enthusiasm is the gateway to Loch-Sloy. As Kelly Cade puts it, “I met Jacqui and I was blown away.” Everyone says something similar. It’s Jacqui (along with her brother, Steven and assistant Victoria) who helps tenants make themselves at home, approving renovations and personifying a can-do attitude that everyone remarks on. Jacqui makes it her personal mission to make every building at Loch-Sloy a functional, hospitable space. The ones that are not yet usable, she tries to save. And the ones that have already succumbed, she treats like memorials. Several H-huts lie broken and sprawled on the site, side by side with the 52 | SUMMER 2017
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Everyone wants to see a museum on site, but no one seems to want the whole site to be a museum. Something would be lost: the energy, the activity, the spirit of the place.
refurbished ones. They make an eerie sight: greying cedar boards, shattered windows, scattered shingles. To Jacqui, the collapsed buildings are reminders of the urgent need to continue repairs – and something more than that. “To me, they’re like our fallen veterans,” she says. “They’re like the men that came through here. They fought for us. We need to remember them.” She says it with all the certainty in the world. It’s not just a fact for Jacqui, it’s an article of faith. Lest we forget. History lingers at Loch-Sloy, even as time marches on. The next chapter is always being written. “It’s kind of a yogic concept, but it’s the truth: everything is always changing. It’s cyclical,” says Kelly
Cade. Seen that way, Loch-Sloy is a constantly evolving version of its own previous incarnations, alive and well on the edge of a town that sometimes forgets it is there. At 66, Jamie Scott knows he is not the owner to bring the shared vision for the site to completion. Loch-Sloy is for sale. Listed for just shy of $15 million, the site awaits its Stage 2 visionary, someone who would find it attractive, intriguing, promising and potentially even profitable. But it’s not your average business park, and Jamie doesn’t think it ought to be. “We don’t want to compromise the vision that we have spent so much time and money and effort and energy on. There are people who would
just come in with bulldozers and that would be the end of it, but if we get a sniff of that, forget about it.” On the other hand, everyone wants to see a museum on site, but no one seems to want the whole site to be a museum. Something would be lost: the energy, the activity, the spirit of the place. Loch-Sloy is a hive, a fertile place, alive with memory and connections among those making a living there, the visiting veterans, the rubber-neckers, the customers, the workers, the air cadets, the film crews, the eager would-be curators working to catalogue the artifacts. Each of them owns a little bit of the old story, and feels the call to tell it. And each is making the story new again. That’s what makes a place, a place.
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WAT E R S H E D P R E S E N T S
150th events
There are events galore this summer. Here are ten to whet your appetite BY MANDY MARTIN ILLUSTRATIONS BY JANE KESSLER
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN ROAD RALLY THROUGH NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, ANYTIME
Test your driving skill and local knowledge! County tourism folks have created a 74-kilometre route through territory Champlain once traversed as he took the 16 km Percy Portage through Trent Hills cutting off about 35 kms of rapids on the Trent River. It’ll take about two hours and you need a passenger to help navigate and answer questions about specific landmarks you pass. Involve as many cars as you like, and have them start at three-minute intervals. The winner will have correct answers and the shortest travel time. You can enhance the competition by having a list of items the participants must collect along the way for extra points (i.e. oldest dated nickel, bingo dabber, used ticket stub). www.northumberlandtourism.com/en/getaways/road-rallies.aspx SHIP AHOY! CANADA C3 STOPS IN PICTON, JUNE 2
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Heritage’s Signature Projects for our 150th. For each of the 15 legs of the journey a new group of participants will board – scientists, artists, indigenous elders, historians, community leaders, youth, journalists and educators. They’ll connect with communities, conduct research, create art and music, all with the aim of boosting awareness of our nation’s land, peoples and past. The ship leaves Toronto June 1 and arrives in Picton harbour June 2, the first stop of the journey. Canada C3 reps will visit Sandbanks, take in the Great Canadian Cheese Festival and more. canadac3.ca/en/expedition
vantage. (Note, moorage fees still apply and this freebie does not include the Murray Canal across the top of Prince Edward County.)
TRAVEL THE TRENT-SEVERN LOCKS FOR FREE, MAY 19-OCTOBER 9
UKE ORCHESTRA, COLBORNE AND CASTLETON, AUG. 5 AND 6
Boaters be happy. You get a free pass on 42 locks of the Trent-Severn Waterway, including the landmark Peterborough Liftlocks, from Lake Ontario at Trenton to Lake Huron at Port Severn. That’s 386 kms! In our area, there are 18 locks between Trenton in the south and Hastings at the east end of Rice Lake. The waterway, under the purview of Parks Canada, has waived national park entry/lockage permits for 2017. You have to apply for the free permit, though. Search “free 2017 Parks Canada Discovery Pass” to take ad-
Remember how to tune a ukulele? “My dog has fleas.” With part of its $50,000 federal grant money, the Cramahe Canada 150 committee bought 100 ukuleles, and 70 kids from the municipality’s two public schools have been getting weekly lessons since February. If they hang in till the end of June, they get to keep their instrument. Adults can also get free lessons on Saturday mornings at the Colborne Public Library, and even borrow a ukulele just like a book. During the Aug. 5-6 weekend, a bus will
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transport the uke orchestra to perform in Castleton and Colborne. The musicians are apparently open to playing at other venues, too.
of protective coating to preserve the wood and colours. A driving tour brochure includes a map locating the barns and a brief outline of each design’s symbolism. acoporthope.ca
ROCK OUT IN BELLEVILLE, JUNE 30
“We’re Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time,” so have a good time at this free Trooper concert on June 30. With partner Empire Productions, the Belleville Canada Day committee is bringing in the Juno Award-winning rock band to perform on a new outdoor stage at the north end of West Zwick Park. Other hits like “The Boys in the Bright White Sportscar’” and “Raise a Little Hell” are on the Trooper set list. The same venue hosts a family night Movie Under the Stars at dusk June 29. Return July 1 at noon for the official opening ceremonies, followed by two giant cupcake cakes to be shared by all. The day includes an afternoon of family fun and music including the Drum Circle Interactive Music Show. bellevillecanadaday.com
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When the Port Hope Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) decided on this project, they insisted it incorporate artistic, cultural and historical integrity. They worked individually with 23 barn owners, researching each barn’s historical significance and architectural features. Then, four artists designed 21 unique panels from 4’ x 4’ to 4’ x 8’ (two school classes designed two), which were then painted and treated with multiple layers
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Watch for the specially painted Canada 150 CF-18 Demonstration Hornet jet in the sky around Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton this year. The aircraft’s elaborate logo has a series of diamonds arranged in the shape of a maple leaf. The four diamonds at the base represent the four original provinces that formed Confederation in 1867: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Additional diamonds extend out from the base to create nine more points. Together, they symbolize Canada’s 13 provinces and territories. On the left wing is the year of Confederation – 1867, and the 150th anniversary year, 2017. The right wing bears the official name of the celebration – Canada 150. The aircraft will be participating in Canada 150 events across the nation this year. While not officially slated for a public stop at CFB Trenton (no air show this year), odds are it will drop by in September. Follow the CF-18 Hornet schedule at facebook.com/CF18Demo/ ANTIQUE BOAT FLOTILLA, CAMPBELLFORD TO HASTINGS, JULY 15
If you drool over a well-varnished wooden boat, don’t miss this spectacle of mahogany as these classics drift down the Trent River from Lock 11/12 Campbellford to Lock 18 at Hastings. Boats from the Trent Severn Antique and Classic Boat Association will head out from Campbellford at 10am after a community pancake breakfast, and be joined by members of the Dippies Club (disappearing propeller boats) around 3pm at the Hastings end. The boats will be docked there for view-
ing and there’ll be live entertainment and a BBQ. visittrenthills.ca/flotilla/ RURAL CANADIAN STAGECOACH ADVENTURES 1867-2017, WARKWORTH, JUNE 1 TO JULY 30
Experience what it was like to live in a small, rural village at this exhibit at The Arts and Heritage (Ah!) Centre in Warkworth. The show will capture 150 years of Canadian history as told by members of the community, with the gallery transformed into the old Stagecoach Inn. Stories from generations of local residents will be prominently exhibited alongside historical documents, and visitors of all ages will be encouraged to contemplate the diverse human experience from Confederation to today. ahcentre.ca
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Tables with red-chequered cloths, cotton candy and popcorn, three-legged and sack races with ribbons for first, second and third – who can resist? Just bring your picnic lunch to Victoria Park on the beautiful sandy beachfront between 11am and 4pm. There’ll be live music in the bandshell, including fiddlers, Celtic, blue grass and the 45-member New Ventures Community Band (adults who have taken up musical instruments as a personal challenge). That evening, to cap off the entire week of Canada 150 celebrations in Cobourg, there will be fireworks at dusk. For a complete list of the Cobourg July 1-8 Canada Week events, visit cobourg2017.ca
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THE BENEFITS OF
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on Earth, and likely no you and no me. And that’s no exaggeration. Here in central Ontario there’s an innumerable number of insect species. We have something like 4,000 different species of moth; multiply that by all the other insect orders – the dragonflies and damselflies, the mayflies, the grasshoppers, mantises and crickets, the ‘true bugs’ (whose lower lip is modified into a sucking tube), the beetles, the flies and the ants, wasps and bees, and you get some idea of the magnitude. We even have one kind of stick insect, an order much more common in the tropics where, no surprise, there are thousands of different species. But for all of the thousands of species of insects that inhabit our part of the world there is only a handful of serious biters – mosquitoes, horse flies,
deer flies, black flies, bees, wasps and blacklegged ticks, which can carry life-altering Lyme disease. The Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area here in Watershed country is one of the tick hot spots identified by the Government of Ontario, so keep yourself well-covered when you go and check yourself and your dog before climbing back into your car. As for the rest, the benefits clearly outweigh the bother of a few bites. We’ve all become aware, and with good reason, of the urgency of maintaining healthy bee populations to pollinate our fruit, vegetable, oilseed and fibre crops. But bees don’t carry the entire load. “A lot of flies are pollinators, wasps are important pollinators,” says Antonia Guidotti, an entomology technician at the Royal Ontario Museum. “People don’t give these insects enough credit.”
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Also on the list are some species of ants, beetles, butterflies and moths, although Antonia says butterflies perhaps get too much good press in this regard, lacking the hairs that make bees prime pollinators. The list of good work done by insects continues. Beetles and flies not only contribute to pollination, they’re part of nature’s cleanup crew, recycling dead tissue and animal dung. Other insects provide a service by hunting and eating insects that we, as humans, choose not to like because of their bites or their foraging in our gardens. Dragonflies dine on mosquitoes, ground beetles eat snails, slugs and cutworms, and the always-welcome lady beetle dines on aphids, mites and mealy bugs. One of the under-celebrated roles played by insects in the ecosystem is as a primary protein source. Insects are eaten by reptiles, birds, mammals and, in watery environments, fish. When we think of insect-eating birds most of us probably name those that do their hunting in graceful flight, such as swallows, warblers, Cedar waxwings and the aptly named flycatcher. But most birds eat insects as some part of their diet and, points out Antonia Guidotti, many species are reliant on catching caterpillars – a protein-packed food source – to feed their young during the nestling stage. Unfortunately, as detailed in “Songbirds In A Nosedive” (Spring 2017 Watershed), the numbers of many bird species are plummeting due to a list of reasons that’s topped by habitat loss. Guidotti explains that, along with losing places to live, bird species miss out on their insect food sources when meadows and forests are turned into subdivisions and farm wetlands and fencerows are incorporated into ever-larger fields. Insects and plants native to our region co-evolved; when we plant non-native annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees, the inevitable result is fewer insects, fewer birds, less pollination. Another way to look at the significance of native species is to go back to those songbirds feeding caterpillars to their fledglings. On his Bringing
Nature Home website (under “What to Plant?”), University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy lists the number of caterpillar species supported by native plants. Oaks are the big contributor, hosting 534 different types of moths and butterflies. Black cherries and willows are also significant habitat, each supporting more than 400 species. Among the native herbaceous plants, goldenrod, asters and sunflowers support around 100 species each.
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You might want to consider taking that chunk of metal to the recycling centre. Research by Doug Tallamy and Timothy Frick, also of the University of Delaware, showed that less than .25% (yes, that’s point 25) of insects trapped and counted in a suburban setting over the course of a summer were ‘biting flies’ such as female mosquitoes and gnats. The largest number, nearly half, were harmless nonbiting aquatic insects from rivers and streams where they’re important fish food. Bug zappers may be worse than useless. Along with attracting and killing beneficial and harmless species, their ultraviolet lights don’t actually attract mosquitoes, which find their victims through the carbon dioxide we emit. More disconcerting is that the satisfying zap is the sound of an explosion spreading bug bits to all points of the compass, including the direction of your hamburger. A better solution? Try an oscillating fan on your patio. Research conducted by Michigan State University, and reported in the Journal of Medical Entomology, found that fan-generated wind “strongly reduced” the number of mosquito catches in a wetland buzzing with bugs. The mosquitoes were simply not strong enough fliers to beat the artificial headwinds. So this summer, keep cooler and bug-free with a fan, and consider welcoming pollinators to your property with native plants. Check out the North American Native Plant Society for lists of species and other helpful info: nanps.org/
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INNOVATION |
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They’re black, flavourful, packed with nutrition and ripe for a comeback if this Brighton grower has his way BY DENNY MANCHEE PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHNNY C.Y. LAM
WHAT DO YOU DO AT 72 AFTER A CAREER IN THE MILITARY, another at Corrections Canada and
yet another in custom upholstery? If you’re type A Joe Hayes, there’s no lounging involved. No way, you start something new – in his case growing black currants (Ribes nigrum) and developing a product line for commercial sale. Joe, who bought a 17-acre property near Brighton in 1982, closed his home upholstery business a few years ago because his hands were no longer up to the finicky details. But evidence of his fine workmanship is everywhere in the house he shares with partner Priscilla Courtenay: the Eamesish lounger and ottoman in the living room, several sofas, even the swivelling dining chairs. The man is an intuitive designer, builder and innovator. But what led to black currants, such a labourintensive crop for a septuagenarian? Having already severed off all the possible lots on his land, he wondered what he could do with the remaining 13 acres. “I was mowing all the time and said, ‘No more, this is crazy!” He’d also had experience with
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the ups and downs of the stock market, and had made some money, but not as much as the people doing the investing. “I said, to hell with it, I’m going to invest in ME, and put what money I have in this and see how it goes,” says the now 75-year-old. He thought about growing berries and, being of British heritage, was fond of black currants – a taste no doubt developed during the war years. Oranges and other foods rich in vitamin C were scarce at the time, so the government encouraged widespread cultivation of winter-hardy black currants, which contained three times the vitamin C as oranges. The syrup was distributed free to children from 1942 on – minus its brand name Ribena – instilling a national appetite for the berry that exists to this day. Joe contacted the Ontario Berry Growers Association and asked about black currants, since there were no growers listed on the website. “There’s nobody doing them,” said the fellow on the other end. But there’s an important backstory about why nobody was doing them, why black currants are rare in North America. Although native to northern
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MILFORD ARTISAN & FLEA MARKET “I said, to hell with it, I’m going to invest in ME, and put what money I have in this and see how it goes,” says the now 75-year-old.
Europe and Asia, when they were introduced to the United States, they brought with them a couple of serious plant diseases, including white pine blister rust, to which North America’s towering forests had no genetic resistance. As a result, black currants (the disease vector) were banned in many jurisdictions for most of the 20th century. (FYI, the dried currants you buy in the grocery store are not currants at all, but black Corinth grapes! They’re a small, seedless variety that originally came from the Greek island Zakynthos.) It was American Greg Quinn who led the fight against the ban in 2003. A children’s book author, restaurateur, teacher at the New York Botanical Gardens for 20-plus years, broadcaster and latter-day farmer, Quinn researched pine blister rust and discovered there were cultivars of black currants that weren’t vectors for the disease. Armed with supporting documentation, he spoke to many people in the New York Legislature, which ultimately led to a bill that overturned the ban in that state. The next question was, where to get plant stock? Enter McGinnis Berry Crops in Courtenay, BC. Richard McGinnis, 72, has been propagating black currants since 1977, starting with the Ben Lomand variety from Scotland, which he got permission to import while studying soil science at the University of British Columbia. He has since developed a number of disease-resistant varieties and is the largest provider of plant stock in Canada (50,00060,000 plants/year). Quinn purchased 6,000 plants from McGinnis and began an enterprise called CurrantC that’s keeping him busy in his late 60s. Joe was also directed to Richard McGinnis. “I called him and got the prices and decided that’s what I’m going to do, and I’ll be different from everyone else.” Joe decided an old hay field on his property was the easiest place to start since he didn’t have to clear any trees. “That’s where we put in the first 1,250 in May of 2015,” he says. “It took about 10 days to get them here in a refrigerated unit, and it was our first planting experience. I’m not a farmer, this is all totally new to me and I’m learning as I go.” Inventing, too. He got a post-hole auger and designed it into a three-hole drill. “I drew it all up and Bird’s machinery in Codrington made it for me. Now I can drill 480 holes/hour and the plant plugs just drop right in.” During last summer’s drought, Joe also devised a deep-root-watering system – a hose attached to copper pipes with four holes in the bottom and a
foot rest for stamping the pipe into the ground. By that time they had 8,700 plants (Whistler, Blackcomb, Stikine, Tahsis and Tiben) and they footwatered each one about one-and-a-half times! “That’s why they survived, and then the berries came on like gangbusters,” says Joe. All of a sudden they were putting U-pick signs on the road and washing and freezing like mad. “But they got ahead of us,” says Priscilla, “so we took them to the OAFVC [Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre] in Colborne and they froze them for us.” The centre also designed a logo for Popham Lane Farm and labels for the jam and syrup. “They’ve been amazing,” says Joe. “It was Karma that the facility was opening just as we were starting this business.” The OAFVC has also been a place to connect with other food entrepreneurs and create partnerships. “Pris made a fabulous black currant cheesecake with mascarpone cheese and we took it to the centre as a thank you for their open house, and ran into the Ontario Water Buffalo Company people from Stirling,” says Joe. “They loved the syrup they tasted at the open house and are going to use it in their gelato.” Meanwhile, another partnership is brewing with Kinsip distillery in Bloomfield. “We’re working on cassis,” says Joe, passing me a small glass to taste. Juice, rehydrating black currant water, jam, sauce, popsicles, BBQ sauce, cassis – the product line keeps growing as the crop gets bigger. “I want to have 14,000-15,000 plants eventually. I’m putting in another 3,000 over there this year,” he says, pointing east out the kitchen window. Joe has a big vision: “I call the berries we have in Canada the big three – strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. I’d like to make it the big four. The nutritional value of black currants is superior [vitamin C, anthocyanins and much more], and I think it’s about time the Canadian palate was introduced to black currants again. “My aim is to align myself with new, local entrepreneurs to help grow our businesses together with new products not readily found in the rest of Ontario, or Canada, for that matter.” Popham Lane Farm jam and sauce are now available at Doo Doo’s Bakery in Bailieboro and Burnham Family Farm Market west of Cobourg, and keep your eye out for more of their delicious products this summer. If you want to pick your own berries, head over to 503 Lakeshore Road in Brighton in July. Facebook.com/PophamLane/
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FOOD & WINE SCENE Welcome to the local food and wine scene, where Watershed shares its secrets and discoveries. Our region is blessed with creative chefs, restaurateurs, vintners and purveyors of fine food. Food & Wine Scene trumpets their accomplishments and celebrates their innovation. BY JEFF BRAY
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Nestled into a wee space at the corner of George and Orange (see what they did there?) in Cobourg, new owner, Jenna, has the best cocktail menu in Northumberland. Grab a spot on the front patio and hear the faint bustle of Cobourg’s downtown in the distance. You’ll be treated well and want to go back for more. George & Orange 67 Orange St., Cobourg facebook.com/georgeandorange
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EATING OUTSIDE CAN’T ALWAYS BE EFFORTLESS! Get your hands dirty at Headwaters Farm on Saturdays throughout the summer as a part of the Feet on Farms experience. Tony and Linda Armstrong invite you to their peaceful farmstead set in the Northumberland Hills, where you can wander the fields, harvest veggies (organic of course), pick up your weekly groceries or sample some of the best bagels you’ve ever had out of a wood-fired oven. You can even try your hand at pizza-making. Headwaters Community Farm and Education Centre 3517 Rowe Rd., Cobourg headwatersfarm.ca
Set your waypoints (Latitude (N) 43 59 21, Longitude (W) 77 08 21) for a fly-in breakfast at the Prince Edward County Flying Club. If you’re airborne in the County, drop down for an $8 breakfast served up on the second Sunday of the month from April to October, between 8am and 10:30 am. Prince Edward County Flying Club prince-edward-flying-club.com
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On July 8th, head up the Trent Severn to Campbellford and find this amazing food festival. Over 4,000 people hit the shores of the waterway and sample everything from bison burgers to kimchi. Grab a bench and take in the boats as they travel through this pretty little town filled with big ideas. If you’ve got a boat, get in there! The lockage fees are waived this year for Canada 150. Incredible Edibles Festival Saskatoon Ave., Campbellford incredibleediblesfestival.com
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Opening up in June this summer, Signal Brewing sits on the old Corby Distillery site, just north of the City of Belleville. Sip all of the new brews on the patio overlooking the Moira River. Old
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Ray Vosburgh opened Rey Ray’s on his family’s property in the east end of Port Hope. He serves up his spin on traditional Mexican street food, which is wise being that Rey Ray’s is
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The makers of some of Ontario’s best sparkling wine (Hinterland) started a brewery next door last year. The beers are stunning and the space is electric. The interior spills out onto the back patio where you feel hidden from the world while you eat house-made charcuterie and bang back a few fresh oysters. County Road Beer Company 1258 Closson Rd., Hillier, Prince Edward County countyrdbeer.com
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Lakeshore Realty Inc. BROKERAGE – EACH OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED
THE PULLA TEAM Northumbelrand County’s Leading Real Estate Sales Team for the past 22 years*
Tony Pulla
Jan Rosamond
Jill Williams
Nikki Pulla
Broker
Sales Representative
Sales Representative
Administrative Assistant
tony @ pulla.ca
rosamond@ pulla.ca
jill@ pulla.ca
tony@ pulla.ca
1011 Elgin Street W., Cobourg . Direct Line 905.373.1980 . Office 905.373.7653 *Based on MLS statistics of the Cobourg-Port Hope Real Estate Board/Northumberland Hills Association of Realtors® (1995-2016)
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TRUST . KNOWLEDGE . DISCRETION
Trenholm Parker
Fionna Barrington
Sales Representative
Sales Representative
905.373.7653
A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF NORTHUMBERLAND’S TOWNS, VILLAGES AND COUNTRYSIDE
Port Hope Direct 905.885.4693 Office 416 925 9191 Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited, Brokerage
Lakeshore Realty Inc., Brokerage Each office independently owned & operated
WHAT A BUY, WHAT VALUE. Over 6000 sq ft of fabulous living and recreational space in a Gorgeous setting of 23 acres just north of Port Hope. Organic vegetable garden, wine cellar, an hours drive to Toronto or with Via. It's all here. Take a look at my website for a full description.
Proudly Serving Northumberland County
$1,699,000 MLS X 3707203 Northumbelrand Hills # 510590145
email trenholm@trenholmparker.com
www.fionnabarrington.com Or http://realtyservices.ca/5337knoxville/
QUALITY CUSTOM BUILDER IN A VILLAGE-CENTRED COMMUNITY
NEW AMHERST HOMES
Small Town Living At Its Best! 4 brm/3 bath available with two-storey balcony and formal dining room. SOMERSET ESTATE 2200 SQ. FT.
PHASE 5
4 brm/3 bath stunning family home with separate entertainment area. CUSATO ESTATE 2108 SQ. FT.
LOTS SELLING FAST
Bring your plan and let us build your dream home. CUSTOM BUILD
Choose your lot and a plan to suit your lifestyle. CUSTOM BUILD
SPRING 2018
NOW AVAILABLE
Occupancy available Large Park Front Lots Still Available, Awaiting Your Custom Dream Home
Two-Storey Luxury Townes on the park, only 3 remaining Three-Storey “Live-Work” Townes on New Amherst Boulevard
For more information visit us at
www.newamhersthomes.com or call 1.866.528.9618
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Visit our sales office at 950 New Amherst Blvd. Cobourg, Ontario sales@newamherst.com
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THE SIGN YOU WANT....
YOUR KEY TO QUALITY AND SERVICE IN NORTHUMBERLAND
AND THE REALTOR ® YOU NEED...
FRI
Dale Bryant
Diane Chapman
Broker FRI Northumberland Mall Cobourg
Broker
Stanley Chapman Broker of Record
CALL US: YOUR LOCAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS Proud Member of 3 Real Estate Boards to fully represent and market our clients locally and in the GTA Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) Northumberland Hills Association of Realtors ® Quinte District Association of Realtors ® Inc.
mobile: 289.251.2947 email: dale@dalebryant.ca
53 King St. E., Colborne 905.355.1555 or 613.475.9800 or 905.373.7911
BROKERAGE TipTop Realty Inc. Brokerage
As a member of the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and a Fellow of the Real Estate Institute of Canada, Dale Bryant is in the company of Canada’s most distinguished Realtors. “I work closely with all my clients to ensure that each and every home is marketed with leading edge technology and is showcased to sell.”
It's my priority to achieve the best possible results for all my listings.
email:tiptoprealty@eagle.ca Come visit us at www.tiptoprealty.ca
TRUST
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www.dalebryant.ca
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So many choices... The choice of a home, whether it is the home you are buying or the home someone is buying from you, is a meticulous process of falling in love with a wonderful fusion of space and light, warmth and comfort; a blending of beauty
and pragmatism, of art and architecture. Home is where the heart is and it is a different choice for every homebuyer. Finding and making the right choice begins with the trust and confidence you have in a Chestnut Park Realtor.
Dee & Patrick McGee and Tina Hubicki
Experience with a fresh Approach
Sales Representatives
Port Hope 905.800.1103 Toronto 416.925.9191 mail@mcgees.ca tinahubicki@chestnutpark.com www.mcgees.ca www.chestnutpark.com
Real Estate Limited, Brokerage
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LIVE WHERE YOU LOVE TO VISIT
124 OLD HAMBURG ROAD, GREATER NAPANEE First time ever offered for sale! This highly desirable 72-acre farm property overlooks the golf course & Town of Napanee. This executive bungalow features main floor living, open concept kitchen with granite counter tops, family room with propane fireplace and hardwood floors in the formal dining room and living room. This is a great family home with 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1 half bath and a 40’ games and hobby room. You
will be delighted to find an attached 2 car garage with entry right into the house. Interlocking brick encircles the house from the front door entrance to the relaxing patio area where you will be able to enjoy beautiful sunsets almost every night. There is a horse barn with 8 box stalls, heated tack room, heated workshop and loft storage for all the hay you can cut from the property. Enjoy “in-town” living with that country feel.
COME HOME TO THE COUNTY
25 KINGS ROAD, CHERRY VALLEY, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY – 50 Acre Estate, East Lake Water Views near Sandbanks beaches. Custom Built, fine carpentry finishing. 5 BR, 3 BA, Suite over garage, LL walk out Suite, landscaped perennial gardens. 30 acres farmed cash crop seeds, 15 acres wooded. South facing slope vineyard potential.
Sandra Foreman Sales Representative
104 Main St., Picton Direct 613.403.1466 CountyHomes.ca
$1,500,000 MLS#550770058 Member of Quinte & Toronto Real Estate Boards
$749,000 MLS®451150100
1493 COUNTY ROAD 15, NORTHPORT, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY – Bay of Quinte Level Waterfront 327 ft , 4.8 Acres, excellent swimming, fishing and boating. 3,000 sq. ft. Family Retreat, 6 BR, 5 BA. 4 w Ensuites & Balconies, updated kitchen w Granite Countertops, WB fireplace. Geothermal heating/cooling. Huge Garage w work shop.
www.pictonhomes.com
$1,500,000 MLS#550420240
EVERY HOME IS A MASTERPIECE!
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY & NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
Iris & Brian Andrews Brokers
EXTRAORDINARY HOBBY FARM – WARKWORTH Uber Charming Assemblage of 70 Acres. Chic Farmhouse, Exquisite Gardens & Patios,Paddock, Horse Shelter, Greenhouse, Million Dollar Views, Pond, & Creek! $925,000 MLS 512290206.
WATERFRONT CONDOS –PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY Sought After Trendy Village of Wellington – The Place to Be! 30 Deluxe Condo Suites & 6 Towns. Coveted Location Right on the Shores of Lake Ontario. Reserve Yours Today www.twelvetreeswellington.ca.
EXQUISITE CONTEMPORARY WATERFRONT The Ultimate in Sleek, Chic Architecture with Soaring Windows, Chef ’s Kitchen, Premium Stainless Appliances, Stunning Sunsets, Dream Pool, Spa & Gardens!
info@andrewsproperties.ca
$2,350,000 MLS 550140537
20.4 ACRE WATERFRONT – BAY OF QUINTE Best of All Worlds. Georgian Inspired with 900’ Shoreline, Woodland, Trails, Sublime Sunsets, Birds & Wildlife, Residential & Agricultural Appeal. Rare & Beautiful.
PRIVACY PREVAILS –NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS A Nod to Green Living, 6.9 Acres, Glass, Steel, Ground Source Heat & Solar, Contemporary Design, Garage/ Studio/Workshop, Trails, Pond, Brook & Forest.
ROLLING 85 ACRE RURAL ESTATE – WARKWORTH Privacy Prevails! Savvy Executive, Open Design on 2 Levels, Deluxe Kitchen & Baths,Stunning In-Ground Pool, Patios, Gardens, Woodland, Stream & Barn.
$1,390,000 MLS 550050371
$1,319,000 MLS 511300223
$1,250,000 511890060
www.andrewsproperties.ca | www.sothebysrealty.ca 68 | SUMMER 2017
613.969.2044 800.303.1044
Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, Brokerage / Independently Owned and Operated
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CULTURAL CURRENTS |
claudia jean
mccabe portrait of an artist
HER PAINTINGS ARE AS VIVACIOUS AS HER PERSONALITY, leaping
from tables, walls and floor like a jazz riff in colour and bold brushwork. “I paint from my imagination,” says McCabe, whose work ranges from delicate watercolours to large abstracts, from whimsical characters (Modigliani’s Sister, Pa’s Shirts) to the jewels of her Bijoux series – and flowers, lots of them: bouquets, loners, the quirky, the potted, the lush. Born in Montreal, then a longtime Toronto resident, McCabe moved to Picton eight years ago and now can’t imagine living anywhere else. “I love it here, everything is so easy,” she says. “I was a city girl all my life and now I long for stillness and quiet.” Highly accomplished and an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists, McCabe also writes, teaches and does graphic design. She sums up her approach this way: “For reasons beyond seasons, I paint. Colour, form, freedom, harmony, asymmetry – all continue to awaken my soul, fuel my passion and draw me ever closer to creativity’s infinite mysteries.” Look for her work at Arts on Main in Picton, the Sybil Frank Gallery in Wellington and online at cjmccabe.com/index.html BY DENNY MANCHEE
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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 AH! – Arts and Heritage Centre. 35 Church St. Warkworth. Call 705-925-4450 or visit ahcentre.ca. ANDREW CSAFORDI STUDIO GALLERY – 54 Wilson Rd. Bloomfield. Call 613-393-1572 or visit www.andrewcsafordi.com. ART GALLERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COBOURG – Victoria Hall, 3rd floor, 55 King St. W. Cobourg. Visit www.artgalleryofnorthumberland.com or call 905372-0333. ART GALLERY OF NORTHUMBERLAND PORT HOPE – 8 Queen St. Port Hope. Call 905-885-2115 or visit www.artgalleryofnorthumberland.com. ART GALLERY OF PETERBOROUGH – 250 Crescent St. Peterborough. For details call 705-743-9179 or visit www.agp.on.ca. ARTS ON MAIN GALLERY – 223 Main St. Picton. For more information call 613-476-5665 or visit www.artsonmaingallery.ca. UNTIL AUG. 28 – ANNIVERSARY SHOW – Featuring a unique collection of art from 25 Prince Edward County artists. 10am-5pm daily. ARTS QUINTE WEST GALLERY – 84 Dundas St. W. Trenton. For more information call 613-392-7635 or visit www.artsquintewest.ca.
BELLEVILLE ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY – 392 Front St. Belleville. Call 613-968-8632 or visit www.bellevilleart.ca. JULY 11 – SEPT. 9 – ONE BY ONE – All paintings are 1 foot x 1 foot and $100. Tues.-Sat. 10am-4pm. Opening reception Jul. 13. 4-7pm.
6731 ext. 2240. JULY 20 – AUG. 31 – GEORGIA O’KEEFFE REVEALED – Works inspired by the artist and her work. Gallery One. JULY 20 – AUG. 31 – MY COLOURFUL FRIENDS – Small abstract works by Kato Wake. Gallery Two.
RHONDA NOLAN ART – 14 Duncan St. Bloomfield. Visit www.rhondanolan.com or call 613-403-3815.
FRANTIC FARMS CLAY & GLASS GALLERY – 2 Mill St. Warkworth. For details call 705-924-9173 or visit www.franticfarms.com.
GALLERY ONE-TWENTY-ONE – 48 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Visit gallery121artists.com or call 613-9624609. JUNE 27 – AUG. 5 – WHIMSICAL PLANTERS, TABLES AND LIDDED BOXES – Opening reception July 1. 2-4pm. AUG. 8 – SEPT. 16 – TREES – Opening reception Aug. 12. 2-4pm.
KAWARTHA ARTISTS’ GALLERY & STUDIO – 420 O’Connell Rd. Peterborough. For information visit www.kawarthaartists.org or call 705-741-2817. JUNE 21 – JULY 9 – SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW – Opening reception June 25. 1-4pm. AUG. 2 – 13 – JULIA CARR-WILSON. AUG. 16 – SEPT. 10 – FACES & FIGURES.
HEXAGON STUDIOS – 1179 Chemong Rd. Peterborough. Call 705-933-8726 or visit leitmotif-art.com.
LORD RUSSBOROUGH’S ANNEX – 82 Walton St. Port Hope. Visit www.russborough.com or call 905885-9853. LOVE NEST STUDIO GALLERY – 54 Wilson Rd. Bloomfield. Visit www.loveneststudios.com or call 613-393-1572.
JOHN M. PARROTT ART GALLERY – 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Visit bellevillelibrary.com or call 613-968-
MAD DOG GALLERY – 525 Cty. Rd. 11 Picton. Call 613-476-7744 or visit www.maddoggallery.ca.
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OENO GALLERY – 2274 Cty. Rd. 1 Bloomfield. Call 613-393-2216 or visit oenogallery.com. QUINTE ARTS COUNCIL – 36 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Call 613-962-1232 or visit quinteartscouncil.org. SEPT. 7 – 10 – ARTS EN PLEIN AIR – Competition and festival.
ENGINE GALLERY – 32 Walton St. Port Hope. Visit www.enginegallery.ca or call 416-992-5282. JUNE & JULY – WATER.
GALERIE Q – 1521 Cty. Rd. 10 Cavan. For more information visit www.galerie-q.com or call 705-944-8888.
META4 – 200 Queen St. Port Perry. For details visit www.meta4gallery.ca or call 905-985-1534.
ROSE COTTAGE STUDIO – 1 Agnes St. Picton. Open June 1-Sept. 11. Call 613-403-3472 or visit www.rosecottagestudioandgifts.com. SCUGOG COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS GALLERY – 181 Perry St. Port Perry. Visit scugogarts.ca or call 905982-2121. SIDESTREET GALLERY – 264 Main St. Wellington. Call 613-399-5550 or visit www.sidestreetgallery.com. SMALL POND ARTS – 337 Clarke Rd. Picton. Call 613-471-1322 or visit www.smallpondarts.ca. SPIRIT OF THE HILLS – Northumberland Hills Arts Association. Visit spiritofthehills.org for exhibit locations. STUDIO VIMY – 7842 Vimy Ridge Rd. Cobourg. Call
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beloved auto. Cars from across Ontario and Quebec ranging from the early 1900s to modern muscle. 9am-3pm. Adults $5. Children under 12 free. 800 Whitney Rd. Ameliasburgh. Call 613-813-4596.
905-342-2252 or visit francesferdinands.com.
find Napanee Valley Cruisers on facebook.
THE COLBORNE ART GALLERY – 51 King St. E. Colborne. Visit thecolborneartgallery.ca or call 905-3551798.
JULY 2 – DEMOLITION DERBY – Multiple classes, with food vendors and live announcers. Port Hope Agricultural Park, 62 McCaul St. 2pm. Call 905-396-3247.
TWEED HERITAGE CENTRE GALLERY – 40 Victoria St. N. Tweed. Visit tweedheritage.ca or call 613-4783989.
JULY 8 – CHROME ON THE CANAL – Motorcycle and custom car show along the banks of the Trent. Free admission. 9am-4pm. Hwy. 30 S. Campbellford. Call 705-653-4523 for more information.
AUG. 19 & 20 – ODESSA MILITARIA SHOW – Historic military vehicles, re-enactor displays and activities, militaria vendors and flea market. 9am-4pm. Admission $5. Children under 12 free. FMVA on facebook or email fmvabivouac@gmail.com.
JULY 16 – LAKESIDE ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR SHOW – Original style vehicles 20 years and older. 9am-4pm. Supporting the Children’s Wish Foundation. Victoria Park, Cobourg. Call Rick 905-349-2272.
AUG. 19 & 20 – TRIKEFEST – A gathering of bike and trike enthusiasts. 10am-2pm. Memorial Park, Port Hope. For more information visit www.trikes4all.com or email johnmurray@trikes4all.com.
ZIMART’S RICE LAKE GALLERY – 855 Second Line, Bailieboro. Outdoor Zimbabwean stone sculpture gallery. Open daily June 1 to Thanksgiving. Call 705939-6144 or visit zimart.ca. AUG. 5 – SEPT. 3 – ANNUAL EXHIBITION.
Bikes, Trikes, Cars & Trucks JULY & AUG. – CRUISE NIGHTS. MON. – No Frills parking lot, 475 Centre St. N. Napanee. 6pm-dusk. TUES. – A&W, 366 Front St. N. Belleville. 5-8pm. WED. – 1382 Cty. Rd. 28, Fraserville. 5pm-dusk. WED. – A&W, 638 Cty. Rd. 41, Napanee. 6pm-dusk. THURS. – Canadian Tire, 13321 Loyalist Pkwy. Picton. 5-8pm. SAT. – 177 Toronto Rd. Port Hope. 6pm-dusk. SUN. – Centennial Park, Trenton. 5-8pm. JUNE 18 – FATHER’S DAY CAR SHOW – 8 Dundas St. W. Trenton. Brought to you by the Sunday Night Cruise Club, hosted by the Drifters, in partnership with Quinte Access and the Trenton DBIA. Call 613392-9640 or visit www.facebook.com/QuinteAccess. JUNE 25 – GOLDEN BEACH CAR SHOW – 7100 Cty. Rd. 18 Roseneath. 9am-3pm. $5 per person. $10 per car load. Proceeds to support Roseneath Firefighters’ Association. Call 905-342-5366. JULY 1 – SHOW AND SHINE – Strathcona Paper Centre, Hwy. 41 at 401 next to Walmart. 9am-3pm. Napanee Firefighters’ pancake/sausage breakfast available on site 7-10am. Call Steve 613-354-3245 or
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Children, Family & Youth Activities
ages 7-13. For information and locations in Trent Hills email artworthcamp@gmail.com or visit artworth.ca. JULY 15, AUG. 5 & AUG. 12 – MOVIES ON THE BEACH – Bring your blanket, lawn chair and popcorn. 8:30pm at the Cobourg Beach.For movie schedule visit www.cobourgtourism.ca. JULY 17 – 23 – CHORAL DAY CAMP – Open to Prince Edward County elementary students. Bloomfield Town Hall. Visit musicatportmilford.org or call 613-476-4148 for details. JULY 19 – ZOO-TO-YOU! – An “ed-zoo-cational” interactive presentation featuring fascinating animals. 2pm. Roseneath Branch Library, 9059 Cty. Rd. 45. Email publiclibraryoffice@alnwickhaldimand.ca or call 905-352-3876.
UNTIL OCT. 8 – ROSENEATH CAROUSEL – Sundays 13pm. Rides $3. Roseneath Fairgrounds, 9109 Cty. Rd. 45. Visit www.roseneathcarousel.com or call 905-352-3778.
JULY 24 – 28 & AUG. 14 – 18 – HISTORY ALIVE – Summer experience camps for children ages 5-11. Mon.-Fri. 9am-4pm. Macaulay Heritage Park, 23 Church St. Picton. $30 per day + HST. Call 613-4762148 ext. 2526 jchase@pecounty.on.ca to register.
JULY 21 – 23 – WHEELS ON THE BAY – Car, truck and bike show featuring Burn out Competition, Rev Competition and much more. Zwick’s Park, Belleville. Visit www.wheelsonthebay.com for tickets.
JUNE 30, JULY 19 & AUG. 2 – MOVIES IN THE PARK – Outdoor movies in Memorial Park, Port Hope. Bring a blanket and lawn chair. Starting at dusk. Call 905-885-2004 or visit www.visitporthope.ca.
JULY 26 – WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN – Day camp for children ages 5-10. Mariner’s Park Museum, 2065 Cty. Rd. 13, Milford. 9am-4pm. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2526 for details and to pre-register.
JULY 23 – RUMBLE & CHROME ON 45 – Car, truck, tractor and motorcycle Show ’n Shine hosted by Roseneath Agricultural Society. Admission $2.50. Children under 12 free. 9am-3pm. Roseneath Fairgrounds, 9109 Cty. Rd. 45. Visit www.roseneathfair.com or call 905-352-3778.
JULY 3 – 7, AUG 21 – 25 – STIRLING FESTIVAL THEATRE CAMP – Children ages 8-12. 41 West Front St. Stirling. Visit www.stirlingfestivaltheatre.com or call 613-395-2100.
JULY 28 – MEDIEVEL TIMES – Day camp for children ages 5-10. Rose House Museum, 3333 Cty. Rd. 8, Waupoos. 9am-4pm. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2526 for details and to pre-register.
JULY 3 – SEPT. 1 – NATURE NUTS DAY CAMP – Children ages 6-14. 2216 County Road 28, Port Hope. Visit www.grca.on.ca or call 905-885-8173.
AUG. 15 – MOSAIC WORKSHOP – With Anja Hertle. Create your own mosaic. 2pm. Bette LeBarr (Grafton) Branch Library, 718 Station Rd. Call 905349-2976 to register.
AUG. 12 & 13 – BRITS ON THE LAKE – Sat. Autojumble, tail-gate picnic, all-British show and shine, motoring tour, patio lantern party and more. Sun. allBritish car show with peoples' choice judging. Visit britsonthelake.com or call 705-878-5422. AUG. 12 & 13 – STREET MEET – Join us with your
JULY 8 – AUG. 26 – MOVIE NIGHT – Sat. at dusk. Frankford Tourist Park, Quinte West. For details visit www.quintewest.ca. JULY 10 – 21 – ARTWORTH ART CAMP – Children
AUG. 16 – SPACE THE FINAL FRONTIER – Day camp for children ages 5-10. Mariner’s Park Museum, 2065 Cty. Rd. 13, Milford. 9am-4pm. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2526 for details and to pre-register.
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AUG. 17 – BALLOON GUESSING GAME – With Jungle Jack. 2pm. Centreton Branch Library, 2363 Cty. Rd. 23. Call 905-349-2976 or email publiclibraryoffice@alnwickhaldimand.ca for more information.
753-2387 or visit hahclub.com.
AUG. 18 – UNDER THE BIG TOP – Day camp for children ages 5-10. Rose House Museum, 3333 Cty. Rd. 8, Waupoos. 9am-4pm. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2526 for details and to pre-register.
KNITTERATI KNITTING CIRCLE – Meets every other Tues. Belleville Public Library, 254 Pinnacle St. Belleville. 5:30-7:30pm in the Reading Nook. Call 613-968-6731 ext. 2237 for more information.
Clubs & Community Groups 100 WOMEN WHO CARE – Brighton chapter. Meetings at 6:15pm. June 6, Sept. 12 and Nov. 7. Evangel Pentecostal Church, 30 Butler St. E. Brighton. Visit 100womenbrighton.com for updates. BELLEVILLE ART ASSOCIATION – Meets the 4th Mon. of each month. 12pm. 392 Front St. Belleville. Bring your lunch. Visit www.bellevilleart.ca or call 613-968-8632.
HORIZONS OF FRIENDSHIP – Visit horizons.ca or call 1-888-729-9928 ext. 10.
LAKESHORE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Thu. of each month (except Jul/Aug). Cobourg Public Library. 6:30pm. For more information visit www.lakeshoregenealogicalsociety.ca. NORTHUMBERLAND CHORUS – A community where women sing together in 4-part harmony and a place where friendship and team spirit go hand in hand with vocal music. Columbus Community Centre, 232 Spencer St. E. Cobourg. Call 905-372-6675 visit northumberland-chorus.com or . AUG. 14, 21 & 28 – A CAPPELLA – A mini series exploring a cappella singing including health benefits and practical demonstrations. 6:30-9pm. ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY – Quinte branch. Meets the 3rd Sat. of each month. 1pm. Quinte West Public Library, 7 Cresswell Dr. Trenton. Visit www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs.
BELLEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY – 223 Pinnacle St. Belleville. Visit bellevillelibrary.ca or call 613-968-6731 ext. 2237 for more information. CFUW BELLEVILLE & DISTRICT – Meets the 3rd Thu. of each month. 6:30pm. St. Thomas Church Hall, 201 Church St. Belleville. Visit cfuwbelleville.com. CFUW NORTHUMBERLAND – Call 905-372-9077 or visit www.cfuw-northumberland.org. FIRST SPEAKERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB – Meets the 2nd & 4th Tues. of each month. 7-9pm. Cobourg Community Centre, 750 D’Arcy St. for details visit http://368.toastmastersclubs.org. FRIENDS OF THE TWEED LIBRARY – 230 Metcalf St. Tweed. Visit tweedlibrary.ca/friends.html. GANARASKA CHORDSMEN – A cappella chorus welcomes the 96% who can carry a tune to its rehearsals. Every Tues. 7pm. Terry Fox Public School Music Room, Cobourg. Call ahead to Rick 289-8290901. Visit www.ganaraskachordsmen.ca. HASTINGS BRANCH LIBRARY – Call 705-696-2111 or visit trenthillslibrary.ca. HASTINGS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Maranatha Auditorium, 100 College St. W. Belleville. 7:30pm. Call 613-962-1110 or visit hastingshistory.ca.
PROBUS CLUBS OF NORTHUMBERLAND – Retired or semi-retired singles and couples meet for social activities, fellowship, trips, tours, and entertaining speakers. Visit www.probusnorthumberland.com. QUINTE REGION CROKINOLE CLUB – Meets every Tues. 6:30pm. Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre (seniors room), 265 Cannifton Rd. Belleville. For details visit www.nationalcrokinoleassociation.com or call 613-967-7720. ROSENEATH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Wed. of each month. 7:30pm. Alnwick Civic Centre, Roseneath. Call 905-352-3778 for information. SHELTER VALLEY SHAPE-NOTE SINGERS – Meets the 2nd Sun. of each month. 7-9pm. Grafton Community Centre. All voices welcome. Call 905-3492042 or visit sheltervalleyshapenote.weebly.com. SHOUT SISTER CHOIR – All-inclusive women’s choirs. Everyone welcome. For more information and a list of chapters visit www.shoutsisterchoir.ca or email members@shoutsisterchoir.ca. BELLEVILLE – Every Wed. 7-9pm. St. Matthew’s United Church, 25 Holloway St. Belleville. NORTHUMBERLAND – Every Wed. 7-9pm. Trinity United Church, 285 Division St. Cobourg.
www.concerthallatvictoriahall.com. JUNE 20 – JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON – 2pm.
TABLE TENNIS – Every Mon. 1-3pm and Thu. 9:3011:30am. All skill levels welcome. Cobourg Community Centre, 750 D’Arcy St. Call Gary at 289-252-1928.
THE REGENT THEATRE – 224 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-8416 or visit www.theregenttheatre.org. JUNE 24 – FROM TUPELO TO LAS VEGAS – Elvis tribute. 8pm. JULY 1 – RHEOSTATICS – 7:30pm.
TAKE TIME OUT – For ladies and gentlemen. Meets the 3rd Mon. of each month for programs, speakers and presentations. 10am-12pm. Trinity-St. Andrew’s United Church, corner of Prince Edward/Chapel Sts. Brighton. For more information call 613-242-5387. THE 55+ CLUB – Every Tues. 1pm for cards and social time. Colborne Legion, 92 King St. E. Colborne. Call 905-355-5479 or visit www.colbornelegion.org. THE NAPANEE PHOTO CLUB – Meets the 2nd Tues. of each month. 7:30pm. County Memorial Bldg. 41 Dundas St. W. Napanee.Visit www.napaneephotoclub.ca. WELLINGTON DISTRICT LIONS CLUB – Meets the 2nd and 4th Wed. of each month. Wellington Town Hall, 246 Main St. New members welcome. Call 613399-1164.
Concerts FRIENDS OF MUSIC – Call 905-797-2295 or visit www.friendsofmusicontario.ca for more information. SEPT. 10 – BODY AND SOUL – QUARTANGO – Trinity United Church, Cobourg. 3pm. MUSIC AT PORT MILFORD – St. Mary Magdalene Church, 335 Main St. Picton. For tickets and information visit musicatportmilford.org. JULY 22 – CECILIA STRING QUARTET – 7:30pm JULY 23 & AUG. 6 – STUDENT MATINEE – 89 Colliers Rd. Milford. Free admission. 2pm. JULY 29 – AFIARA COLLECTIVE – 7:30pm. JULY 30 & AUG. 13 – STUDENT MATINEE – Free admission. 2pm. AUG. 5 – MARIE BERARD AND FRIENDS – 7:30pm. AUG. 12 – TOKAI STRING QUARTET – 7:30pm. NORTH LAKESHORE CHORUS – For tickets visit www.northlakeshorechorus.ca or call 613-389-7465. JUNE 24 – CANADA 150/VIMY 100 – Trinity United Church, Cobourg. 2:30pm. OLD CHURCH THEATRE – 940 Bonisteel Rd. Trenton. Call 613-848-1411 or visit oldchurch.ca. JULY 7 – JADEA KELLY – 7:30pm. JULY 14 – TOM SAVAGE – 7:30pm. JULY 16 – AL LERMAN – Harmonica workshop. 2pm. JULY 29 – STRUNG OUT TO DRY – 7:30pm. AUG. 9 – SULTANS OF STRING – 7:30pm. AUG. 19 – MIMI O’BONSAWIN – 7:30pm. AUG. 26 – THE YOUNG NOVELISTS – 7:30pm. THE CONCERT HALL AT VICTORIA HALL – 55 King St. W. Cobourg. For details call 905-372-2210 or visit
JULY 8 – TONY VANI AND THE HOLY BLUES BAND – 7:30pm. JULY 15 – ONE NIGHT ONLY – ABBA tribute. 8pm. AUG. 12 – THE BEATLES B-SIDES – Saltwater Roses. 8pm. AUG. 26 – SURFIN’ SAFARI – Beach party tribute. 8pm. WATERSIDE SUMMER SERIES – World class musicians perform in the friendly atmosphere of St. Paul’s Church, Amherst Island, Stella. Tickets $35. Visit www.watersidemusic.ca or call 613-384-2153. JUNE 30 – THE ELORA SINGERS – 2:15pm. JULY 6 – CHARLES RICHARD-HAMELIN – 7:15pm. JULY 15 – TRIPLE FORTE – 4:15pm. JULY 28 – SAGUENAY QUARTET – 7:15pm. AUG. 17 – SEROUJ KRADJIAN – 7:15pm. AUG. 26 – CHENG DUO – 4:15pm. WESTBEN ARTS FESTIVAL THEATRE – For a complete list of concerts, events and locations visit www.westben.ca or call 705-653-5508. JULY 2 – CANADA DREAMS – Free admission. 1pm. JULY 7 – THE ARROGANT WORMS – 7pm. JULY 8 – THE CANADIAN BRASS – 2pm. JULY 9 – ROLSTON STRING QUARTET – 2pm. JULY 14 – DONOVAN WOODS – 7pm. JULY 15 – GREAT VOICES – 2pm. Celebrity Chef buffet lunch on the meadow 12pm. JULY 16 – FIDDLE! EVERYTHING FITZ – 2pm. JULY 20 – PRELUDES TO CANADA – 7pm. JUNE 14 – VENTURING FORTH – New Ventures Band perform at the Salvation Army Community Church, 59 Ballantine St. Cobourg. Tickets $10. Children under 12 $5. 7pm. For more information visit www.newventuresband.com. JULY 22 – 23 – TRENTON BIG BAND – Annual festival boasts some of the best names in big band music. Performances by swing dancers. Food, local wine and craft beer available. Centennial Park and RiverFront Square, Trenton. Visit www.trentonbigbandfestival.com. AUG. 3 – 6 – CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC REUNION – Main stage shows, open mic, old time fiddle jam
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HOPE AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE CLUB – Call 905-
PINE RIDGE HIKING CLUB – Enjoy exercise and recreation on Northumberland County trails. For membership information visit pineridgehikingclub.ca.
PICTON – Every Thu. 7-9 pm. St. Mary Magdalene Church, Picton.
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sessions and more. You’ll hear everything from bluegrass and country to comedy, with a variety of emcees and hosts keep the show moving. Centennial Park, Trenton. Call 705-878-3102 or visit ccmr.ca. AUG. 12 – BRIGHTON JAM SESSION – Join local musicians in a downtown jam session. 10am-5pm. Memorial Park, Brighton. Email dbia@brighton.ca. AUG. 26 – FOURPLAY BAROQUE ENSEMBLE – Baroque Concert at Glenwood Cemetery, 47 Ferguson St. Picton. By donation. 2pm. For details visit www.glenwoodcemetery.ca.
Concerts - Outdoor TUES. – July-Aug. Concert Band of Cobourg. Victoria Park Bandshell, Cobourg. 8pm. Call 905-372-0679 or visit www.theconcertbandofcobourg.com. WED. – July 5-Aug. 23. Memorial Park, Brighton. 6:30pm. Visit www.brightonchamber.ca. WED. – July-Aug. Zwick’s Park, Belleville. 6:30pm. Visit www.concertsonthebay.ca or call 613-962-1232. WED. – July-Aug (except Jul. 26 & Aug. 16). Victoria Park Bandshell, Cobourg. 7-8:30pm. Visit www.northumberland897.ca. THURS. – July-Aug. Memorial Park, Queen St. Port Hope. 7-9pm. Call 905-885-7439. THURS. – July 6-Sept. 3. Centennial Park, Trenton. 68pm. Visit www.quintewest.ca or call 613-392-2841 ext. 4416 or . FRI. – Until Sept. 1. Fraser Park, Trenton. 6-8pm. Call 613-394-4318 or visit downtowntrenton.ca. SAT. – Until Sept. 2. RiverFront Square, Dundas/Front Sts. behind TD Bank, Trenton. Call 613-392-2841 ext. 4416 or visit www.quintewest.ca. SUN. – July 2-Sept. 3. Centennial Park, Trenton. 68pm. Visit www.quintewest.ca or call 613-392-2841 ext. 4416. SUN. – July-Aug. Zwick’s Park, Belleville. 6:30pm. Visit www.concertsonthebay.ca or call 613-962-1232.
Fairs & Festivals JUNE 16 – 17 – SCOTTISH FESTIVAL AND HIGHLAND GAMES – Victoria Park, Cobourg. Friday evening events include a Ceilidh and “Tug of the Tartans” competition. Saturday features solo piping and drumming, heavy event competitions and highland dancing competitions. Early Bird Tickets ($15) available at www.cobourghighlandgames.ca until May 31st. Visit www.facebook.com/cobourghighlandgames. JUNE 17 – BUSKER & ART FESTIVAL – Downtown Cobourg will be packed with street vendors, artists, magicians, aerial acrobats, break dancers, hula hoopers, face painting, musicians, great food and much more. 10am-6pm. Call 905-377-8024 or visit www.downtowncobourg.ca. JUNE 24 – MULTICULTURAL DAY – Enjoy ethnic food, family activities and multicultural performances
live from the bandshell in Port Hope’s Memorial Park. Free admission. Visit www.welcometonorthumberland.ca or call 905-372-3329. JULY 1 – 3 – COBOURG WATERFRONT FESTIVAL – Three fabulous days of fun on Cobourg’s waterfront featuring hundreds of unique artists and crafters surrounded by outdoor fun and entertainment. Visit waterfrontfestival.ca or call 1-888-262-6874. JULY 6 – 9 – BELLEVILLE WATERFRONT & ETHNIC FESTVAL – Great food, family entertainment, rides, games and much more. Free admission. West Zwick’s Park, 10 Bay Bridge Rd. Call 613-962-4597 ext. 3 or visit www.bellevillewaterfrontfestival.com. JULY 8 – ART ON MAIN – Stroll beautiful downtown Brighton and enjoy visual, culinary and performing arts. Enjoy live music and entertainment in Memorial Park. 10-5pm. Email dbia@brighton.ca. JULY 8 & 9 – LAVENDER FESTIVAL – Enjoy a weekend of fragrance, flavour and fun. Prince Edward County Lavender Farm. 732 Closson Rd. Hillier. 10am-5pm. Call 613-399-1855 or visit www.peclavender.com. JULY 13 – 15 – FESTIVAL ON THE BAY – Dundas St. in Trenton is closed to traffic as the downtown businesses host a huge sidewalk sale with musical entertainment, food vendors and Fri. evening fireworks. Visit www.downtowntrenton.ca or call 613-394-4318. JULY 14 & AUG. 11 – CULTURE SQUARED GLOWS – Bringing together arts, culture and heritage groups, individuals and enthusiasts to Civic Square in downtown Oshawa for an artists’ marketplace. 7-10pm. For more information visit www.oshawa.ca. JULY 15 & 16 – DOG DAYS OF SCUGOG – Celebrate the unique bond that exists between dogs and their people. Visit local breeders and explore various vendors for unique gifts for your dog. 9am-4pm. Scugog Shores Museum, 16210 Island Rd. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8698 ext. 103 or visit www.scugog.ca. JULY 22 – ANIMALS R US – A family pet festival for pet lovers of all kinds. Pet exhibitors, demonstrations, contests and more. Victoria Park, Cobourg. 10am5pm. Fundraiser for Northumberland Humane Society. Visit www.animalsrusfestival.com. AUG. 5 – SANDCASTLE FESTIVAL – Grab your shovels and pails and get down and dirty at Cobourg’s sandcastle building competition. Master sculptures, inflatables and live DJ. Victoria Park Beach, Cobourg. Visit www.cobourgtourism.ca or call 1-888-262-6874. AUG. 11 – 13 – CAMPBELLFORD FAIR – A classic country fair featuring a vintage tractor pull, Red Barn Children’s Centre, Old Macdonald’s Farm, agricultural exhibits and demonstrations, midway and demolition derby. Campbellford Fairgrounds, 313 Front St. N. Call
705-653-5338 or visit www.campbellfordfair.ca. AUG. 15 – 20 – PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY JAZZ FESTIVAL – Great jazz performances by some of the world’s best musicians. Savour great food and wine at the many satellite venues nestled throughout the County. Visit www.pecjazz.org. AUG. 18 – 20 – HASTINGS WATERFRONT FESTIVAL – This Arts and Heritage festival is a free and accessible event with much to see and do. Fri. and Sat. evening concerts. Sun. Antique and Classic Car Show. Hastings Village Marina, 5 Dit Clapper Dr. Email info@hastingsvillage.ca or visit www.hastingsfestival.ca.
392-2841 ext. 4487 or visit www.trentonscottishirish.com.
Farmers’ Markets BELLEVILLE – Tues.,Thu. & Sat. 7am-6pm. Year round. Pinnacle St. Adjacent to City Hall. Call 613476-1255. CAMPBELLFORD – Sat. & Wed. 8am-12pm. May through November. 66 Front St. S. Campbellford. Visit www.facebook.com/Campbellford-Farmers-Market130934756930239.
AUG. 18 – 20 – STIRLING FAIR – Homecraft displays, horses, cattle, goats, sheep, horse pulls and other great events. Demo Derby Sat. night. Live music all weekend. Farmtown Park, 437 West Front St. Stirling. Visit www.stirlingfair.com or call 613-395-5159. AUG. 25 – 27 – TWEED TRIBUTE TO ELVIS FESTIVAL – The biggest little Elvis festival…anywhere. National and International Tribute Artist Competitions at an outdoor venue. On-site camping available. For more information visit www.tweedelvisfestival.ca. SEPT. 1 & 2 – WOMEN KILLING IT – Crime Writers’ Festival in Prince Edward County. Fun, food and felony! Tickets $30 include nibbles and a $5 coupon good for your favourite author’s book. Wine by donation. Visit www.janetkellough.com. SEPT. 1 – 3 – SHELTER VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL – The best in blues, roots and folk music, juried art, workshops, harvest food and children’s activities. 295 Vernonville Rd. Colborne. Visit sheltervalley.com or call 905-349-2788. SEPT. 2 – 4 – PORT PERRY FAIR – The fair where urban meets rural. Tractor and lawn tractor pulls, cattle shows, family rodeo, heavy horses, midway, live entertainment and more. Port Perry Fairgrounds, 15835 Old Simcoe Rd. Visit www.portperryfair.com. SEPT. 8 – 10 – PICTON FAIR – All the fun of a country fair plus a bustling midway, cattle show and a myriad of agricultural exhibits. Picton Fairgrounds. Call 613-476-6154 or visit www.pictonfair.org. SEPT. 8 – 10 – WARKWORTH FAIR – Featuring 4-H and beef shows, amateur platform show, truck and tractor pull, midway, highland games and much more. Warkworth Fairgrounds. Visit warkworthfair.com or call 905-344-7709. SEPT. 9 & 10 – TRENTON SCOTTISH IRISH FESTIVAL – Begins with a parade through downtown Trenton and continues into the night, filling Centennial Park with music and dance. Art, jewellery, clothing & costumes, heavy events competition, vendor village, Heritage Tent and Kiwanis Children’s Glen. Call 613-
COBOURG – Sat. 8am-1pm. May through December. Market Square behind Victoria Hall. For more information visit www.cobourgfarmersmarket.com or www.facebook.com/CobourgFarmersMarket. CODRINGTON – Sun. 10am-2pm. Mid-May through October. 2992 Cty. Rd. 30, Codrington. Visit the Artisans’ Market in Codrington Hall (beside the market) on the last Sunday of every month. Call 613-4754005 or visit https://www.facebook.com/CodringtonFarmers-Market-885816691461686. HASTINGS VILLAGE – Sat. 8am-1pm. At the traffic lights in the village of Hastings. From May until Thanksgiving. Call 705-696-2027. LAKEFIELD – Thu. 9am-2pm. May through early October. Behind Lakefield Arena. Visit lakefieldfarmersmarket.com or www.facebook.com/LakefieldFarmersMarket. MILLBROOK – 10am-1pm. June 25, July 9, July 23, Aug. 13, Aug. 27 & Sept. 10. Old Millbrook School, 1 Dufferin St. Visit millbrookfarmersmarket.weebly.com or call 705-559-5293. PETERBOROUGH – Sat. 7am-1pm. Year round. Morrow Park. Nov.-Apr. inside Morrow Bldg. May-Oct. Morrow Bldg. parking lot. Visit www.peterboroughfarmersmarket.com or www.facebook.com/PeterboroughDowntownFarmersMarket. PORT HOPE – Sat. 8am-1pm. Behind Town Hall. Wed. 1-5pm. Home Hardware parking lot, 177 Toronto Rd. May through October. Visit www.porthopefarmersmarket.ca or www.facebook.com/PHFarmersMarket. PORT PERRY – Sat. 8am-1pm. June through mid-October. Water St. on the waterfront. Visit portperryfarmersmarket.ca or www.facebook.com/portperrymarket. QUINTE WEST – Wed. & Sat. 8am-1pm. May 6-Oct. 28. Front St. across from the Trenton post office. Call 613-392-2841 ext. 4416 or visit www.quintewest.ca. WELLINGTON – Sat. 8am-1pm. Mid-May through October. 243 Main St. next to the park. Enjoy live music 11am-1pm. Visit www.facebook.com/WellingtonFarmersMarket.
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Fishing JULY 1 – 9 – FAMILY FISHING WEEK – License-free fishing. Visit www.ontariofamilyfishing.com. JULY 1 – AUG. 19 – GREAT ONTARIO SALMON DERBY – North America’s largest freshwater fishing derby takes place in the Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. Visit greatontariosalmonderby.ca. JULY 7 – KIDS, COPS & CANADIAN TIRE FISHING DAYS – Families with children ages 17 & under are invited to join the GRCA, Port Hope Parks and Rec and Port Hope Police for a morning of fishing. Bring your fishing pole, life jacket, sunscreen. Bait will be provided. 9am-1pm. Port Hope Marina, Mill St. Port Hope. Call 905-885-8173 or visit kidsandcops.ca. AUGUST 19 – LEARN TO FISH – Learn how to rig, bait and cast a fishing rod, identify local fish species, and fish safely and sustainably. Garden Hill Conservation Area, Cty. Rd. 9, Garden Hill. 10am-1pm. $15/participant. To pre-register call 905-885-8173.
Food & Drink JUNE 17 – FAMILY CRAFT FESTIVAL – Craft beer festival featuring local breweries, family entertainment and activities. Centennial Park, Trenton. For details visit wildcardbrewco.com. JUNE 17 – UNCORK CANADA – Premiere wine tasting featuring wines from across Canada. Twelve tastings for $35. The Crystal Palace, Picton. 3-6pm. Visit www.uncorkcanada.ca or call 613-476-1008 ext. 4503. JUNE 24 – BACONFEST – A delicious day of bacon and beverages on the Trent River. Fraser Park, Trenton. For more information visit kiwanisbaconfest.ca or facebook.com/kiwanisbaconfest. JUNE 29 – WINE AND ALE IN THE PARK – All Canadian line-up of food, wine, local brews and ciders. Pairing Stations catered by local chefs. A Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation fundraiser. 6-9pm. Victoria Park, Cobourg. Tickets $60. For details call 905372-6811 ext. 3068 or visit www.nhhfoundation.ca. JULY 1 – PANCAKE BREAKFAST & BAKE SALE – All you can eat! Picton Masonic Hall, 13251 Loyalist Pkwy. Picton. 8am-12pm. Tickets $10. Children under 12 $5. Proceeds to the Picton Kiwanis Terrific Kids program. For information visit pictonkiwanis.org. JULY 1 – 3 – PANCAKE BREAKFAST – Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce will be serving up a delicious breakfast at the Cobourg Waterfront Festival in the Lion’s Refreshment Tent, Victoria Park, Cobourg. 7-10:30am. Adults $9. Children 12 and under $5. Early bird special $1 off until 8:30am. Visit nccofc.ca.
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JULY 8 – INCREDIBLE EDIBLES – A showcase of local food, with live entertainment, workshops, food demos, birds of prey and children's activities. Don’t miss the annual goat race. Free. 10am-4pm. Downtown Campbellford on the Trent Canal. Call 705-6539298 or visit www.incredibleediblesfestival.com. JULY 29 – MILK A GOAT, MAKE GOAT CHEESE – This is what ‘farm to table’ is all about. Part of the Farm Life series. 11am. $45. Haute Goat Farm, 1166 5th Line, Port Hope. Visit hautegoat.com or call 416402-8144.
ceeds to support medical equipment for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. $150. Picton Golf and Country Club. Registration 11:30am. Shotgun start 1pm. To register call Briar 613-476-1008 ext. 4425, email briar@pecmhf.ca or visit pecmhf.ca. JUNE 15 – GOLF DAY – A Rotary Club of Colborne event to raise funds for expensive medicine necessary for Nathan Kelly. Shelter Valley Pines Golf Club, Grafton. $80 includes 18 holes with steak dinner. For more information call 905-355-3071. JUNE 17 – WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES – Fundraiser for Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre. 11am. Visit www.cornerstonenorthumberland.ca or call 905-372-1545 to register.
AUG. 5 – KEYNOTE BBQ – Fundraiser for Friends of Wesleyville with great music and excellent food. Everyone welcome. 2082 Lakeshore Rd. Village of Wesleyville. 5:30pm. Visit www.wesleyvillage.com or call 905-885-1344. AUG. 11 – 13 – QUINTE RIBFEST – Centennial Park, Trenton. Free parking and shuttle. Admission $1. Visit www.quinteribfest.org or call 613-962-3666. AUG. 18 – 20 – NORTHUMBERLAND RIBFEST – Three days of fabulous ribs and live entertainment. Victoria Park, Cobourg. Visit northumberlandribfest.ca. AUG. 23 – SHOWCASE OF DELECTABLES – Celebration of local eateries. Cobourg Lions Community Centre, 157 Elgin St. E.. 11:30am. Tickets $15 in advance at Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce. $20 at the door. Proceeds to Northumberland United Way. Call 905-372-5831 or visit nccofc.ca. SEPT. 10 – 100-MILE DIET – Meet the people who grow your food. Home-grown food samples, chef demos and children's activities. Donations accepted to support school nutrition programs. 12-4pm. Grafton Arena, Cty. Rd. 2. Hosted by St. Andrew’s United Church, Grafton. Email tgr.team.08@gmail.com or visit 100miledietgrafton.weebly.com. SEPT. 22 – 24 – CULTIVATE – A festival showcasing the bounty of food and drink produced in Northumberland County. An outdoor celebration of music, art and community in Port Hope’s Memorial Park. Visit www.cultivatefestival.ca for more information.
JUNE 23 – GOLF TOURNAMENT – Fundraiser for The Help and Legal Centre of Northumberland. Shelter Valley Pines Golf Club, Grafton. Shot gun scramble. 9am. $55 includes 9 holes with cart, lunch, prizes and silent auction. Call 905-372-3637 or 905-372-2646.
BRIGHTON GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of each month. 7pm. King Edward Community Centre, 81 Elizabeth St. Brighton. Call 613-475-9563 or 613475-4009. JUNE 27 – WORKING WITH NATURE. AUG. 12 – FLOWER & VEGETABLE SHOW – Admission $3 includes tea and door prizes. 2-4pm. CAMPBELLFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Mon. of each month. 7:30pm. Christ Church Anglican (corner of Church/Kent Sts.). Visit www.gardenontario.org/site.php/campbellford/about. AUG. 14 – GARDEN PARTY – Members & guests welcome. Potluck (no speaker). Location TBA. Call Joan 705-653-2897. 6:30pm. SEPT. 9 – PLANT SALE – Corner of Bridge St./Doxsee Ave. Campbellford. 8am.
JULY 6 – WELLINGTON CLASSIC – Fundraiser for a Telemedicine unit for Children’s Mental Health Services in Prince Edward County. 1:30pm. Wellington on the Lake Golf Course. Scramble format for nine holes of golf, cart, turkey dinner, wine and silent auction. Tickets $80 ($60 for members). $25 for dinner only. Call Kate 613-399-9060 to register. JULY 15 – RUM RUNNER BALL – Fundraiser dance for Presqu’ile Point Lighthouse. Prize for best circa 1920 costume. Live entertainment by the Fade Kings. Brighton Community Centre, 75 Elizabeth St. Brighton. 7-11pm. Visit presquilepointlighthouse.ca. SEPT. 9 – BIKE UP NORTHUMBERLAND – Fundraiser for the Northumberland Hills Hospital and Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundations. Bike routes follow the Waterfront Trail from Cobourg to Presqu'ile Park in Brighton and range from 5-100km. Visit www.bikeupnorthumberland.ca or call 705-632-2014. SEPT. 9 – FUN RUN – 5k walk or 7k run in support of the beautiful and historic Presqu'ile Lighthouse, Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Entry fee $40 (includes park entrance fee). Register at www.triandrunsports.com. Email sdennis@presquilepointlighthouse.ca.
Garden Clubs/ Horticultural Societies
JUNE – CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE – Visit www.relayforlife.ca to find an event near you.
AMELIASBURGH GARDEN CLUB – Meets the last Mon. of each month. 7pm. Ameliasburgh Town Hall, 13 Coleman St. Call 613-967-8308 or visit sites.google.com/site/ameliasburghgc/home. JULY 17 – ROAD TRIP – PEC Lavender, Hops and Grapes. 6pm. AUG. 28 – ROAD TRIP – PEC Organic Vegetables. 6pm.
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BELLEVILLE GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 4th Tues. of
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each month (except Aug/Dec). 7pm. Moira Secondary School, 275 Farley Ave. Belleville. For details visit www.gardenontario.org/site.php/belleville or email yourbellevillegardenclub@gmail.com.
COBOURG ECOLOGY GARDEN – Meets the 2nd Thu. of each month. 7pm. Legion Village’s Golden Rail Hall, 111 Hibernia St. Cobourg. Call 905-377-9066. COBOURG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Wed. of each month (except Jan/Jul/Aug). 7pm. Columbus Centre, 232 Spencer St. E. Cobourg. For more information visit cobourggardenclub.org or email cobourghort@gardenontario.org. CRAMAHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 3rd Tues. of each month. 7pm. Keeler Centre, Colborne. Visit cramahehort.ca or call 905-355-2665. JUNE 20 – CANADIAN WILDFLOWERS – Also Catharine Parr Traill. GRAFTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Tues. of each month. 7:30pm. Everyone welcome. Please lug a mug. St. Andrew’s United Church, 137 Old Danforth Rd. Call 905-349-3766 or email grafton.hort@gmail.com. JUNE 13 – GROWING HOSTAS – Doors open 7pm. LAKEFIELD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 2nd Tues. of each month (except Jan/Jun/Aug). 7:30pm. Lakefield Marshland Centre. Call 705-7430068 or visit www.lakefieldhort.org. PETERBOROUGH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 4th Wed. of each month (except
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Jul/Aug/Dec). 7pm. Lion’s Centre, 347 Burnham St. Visit peterboroughhort.com. PORT HOPE & DISTRICT – Horticultural Society and Garden Club. Meets monthly. 7:30pm. Ruth Clarke Centre, 81 Mill St. S. Port Hope. Call Nancy 905-8851338. JUNE 12 – INVASIVE SPECIES. SEPT. 11 – PRUNING AND DIVIDING. PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the last Wed. of each month. 7pm. Picton Town Hall. Visit pechorticultural.org or call 416554-2897. STIRLING & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 3rd Mon. of each month. 7pm. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 110 Mill St. Call 613-3959165 or email stirlingdhs@gmail.com. TRENTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY & GARDEN CLUB – Meets the 3rd Thu. of each month (except Dec/Jan). 7pm. Trenton United Church, 85 Dundas St. E. Trenton. Visit www.trentonhortsociety.ca or call 613-849-5506. JULY 15 – FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA. TWEED HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – Meets the 1st Tues. of each month. 7pm. Tweed Public Library. For more inforamtion e-mail info@tweedhort.ca or visit tweedhort.blogspot.ca.
Museums AMELIASBURGH HERITAGE VILLAGE – 517 Cty. Rd. 19, Ameliasburgh. Entrance near Roblin Lake. Call 613-476-2148 ext. 2522 or visit thecounty.ca. SEPT. 3 – HERITAGE HARVEST DAY – 11am-4pm. CANADIAN FIRE FIGHTERS MUSEUM – 95 Mill St. S. Port Hope. Visit www.firemuseumcanada.com or call 905-885-8985. JULY 15 – TOY FIRE TRUCK DAY – 11am-4pm. AUG. 12 – MODEL BOAT DAY – 11am-2pm.
HUTCHISON HOUSE LIVING MUSEUM – 270 Brock St. Peterborough. Call 705-743-9710 or visit www.hutchisonhouse.ca. LANG PIONEER VILLAGE MUSEUM – 104 Lang Rd. Keene. Visit www.langpioneervillage.ca or call 705295-6694. MACAULAY HERITAGE PARK – 23 Church St. Picton. Call 613-476-2148 or visit thecounty.ca. MARINERS PARK MUSEUM – 2065 Cty. Rd. 13 South Bay, Prince Edward County. Call 613-476-8392 or visit thecounty.ca. NATIONAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM OF CANADA – 220 RCAF Road, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton. Call 613-9657223 or visit www.airforcemuseum.ca . O’HARA MILL HOMESTEAD – 638 Mill Rd. Madoc. Call 613-473-2084 or visit www.ohara-mill.org. OSHAWA MUSEUM – 1450 Simcoe St. S. Call 905436-7624 or visit www.oshawamuseum.org. PETERBOROUGH MUSEUM & ARCHIVES – 300 Hunter St. E. Visit www.peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca or call 705-743-5180. PROCTOR HOUSE MUSEUM – 96 Young St. Brighton. Visit www.proctorhousemuseum.ca or call 613-475-2144. QUINTE EDUCATIONAL MUSEUM & ARCHIVES – 517 Cty. Rd. 19, Ameliasburgh. Visit qema1978.com or call 613-966-5501. ROSE HOUSE MUSEUM – 3333 Cty. Rd. 8, Waupoos. Call 613-476-5439 or visit thecounty.ca. SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM – 16210 Island Rd. Port Perry. Call 905-985-8698 or visit www.scugog.ca. AUG. 20 – PIONEER DAY – 11am-4pm.
CANNINGTON & AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY – 21 Laidlaw St. S. Cannington. Call 705-432-3136 or visit www.canningtonhistoricalsociety.ca.
SIFTON-COOK HERITAGE CENTRE – Corner of Durham/Orr Sts. Cobourg. Working model railway of Cobourg in the 1850s. Call 905-373-7222 or visit www.cobourgmuseum.ca.
CANOE MUSEUM – 910 Monaghan Rd. Peterborough. Visit www.canoemuseum.ca or call 705-748-9153.
TRENT PORT MUSEUM – 55 King St. Trenton. Call 613-394-1333.
FARMTOWN PARK – 437 West Front St. Stirling. Visit farmtownpark.ca or call 613-395-0015. JUNE 25 – STRAWBERRY SOCIAL – Food, music, tour of all nine Farmtown Park buildings, strawberries and ice cream. Tickets $12. Children ages 5-12 $5. JULY 19 – OVERALLS AND WHITEWALLS – Tractors and classic cars. Rain date Jul. 26). 5-8pm.
TWEED HERITAGE CENTRE – 40 Victoria St. N. Tweed. Call 613-478-3989 or visit tweedheritage.ca.
GLANMORE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – 257 Bridge St. E. Belleville. Visit glanmore.ca or call 613962-2329.
WELLINGTON HERITAGE MUSEUM – 290 Main St. Wellington. Call 613-399-5015 or visit thecounty.ca. UNTIL OCT. 1 – AN ARTFUL HISTORY.
Nature & Parks COBOURG ECOLOGY GARDEN – Hibernia St. at Cobourg waterfront. Visit cobourgecologygarden.ca.
FERRIS PROVINCIAL PARK – 474 Cty. Rd. 8 Campbellford. Visit www.friendsofferris.ca or call 705-632-0894. GANARASKA REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY – Call 905-885-8173 or visit www.grca.on.ca. JULY 6 – BATS IN YOUR BACKYARD – Cobourg Conservation Area, Elgin St. $10/person. Call to preregister. 8:30-10pm. 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 lonepinemarsh.ca.
JUNE 17 – ART AMONG THE RUINS – Outdoor show and sale set among the ruins of a 19th C mill by the rapids of Napanee River. 10am-5pm. Live music, BBQ lunch available. 27 Earl St. Newburgh (Napanee). Visit artamongtheruins.com or call 613-378-6516. JUNE 17 – COUNTY GARDEN SHOW – Hosted by Prince Edward County Horticultural Society. Flower show and judged floral competition, plant sale, silent auction, Victorian tea room, kids program and local vendors. Wellington Town Hall. 10am-4pm. Visit www.pechorticultural.org or call 613-476-6553.
LOWER TRENT CONSERVATION – 714 Murray St. Trenton. Call 613-394-4829 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 www.conservationvolunteers.ca. NORTHUMBERLAND LAND TRUST – Call 905-3423851 or visit nltrust.ca. OTONABEE CONSERVATION – A community-based environmental agency that protects, restores and manages the natural resources within the Otonabee Region watershed. Call 705-745-5791 or visit www.otonabee.com. PRESQU’ILE PROVINCIAL PARK – 328 Presqu’ile Pkwy. Brighton. Park entrance fee. All events free. Visit www.friendsofpresquile.on.ca or call 613-4754324 ext. 225. AUG. 5 & 6 – HISTORY WEEKEND – Boat building bee for kids, 1867 shooting contest re-enactment and picnic games. 10am-9pm. SEPT. 2 & 3 – MONARCHS AND MIGRANTS – Bird banding, monarch tagging and nature walks. 8am-5pm. PRINCE EDWARD POINT BIRD OBSERVATORY – Research station that monitors migrating birds along the south shore of Prince Edward County. 6056 Long Point Rd. southeast of Picton. Visit www.peptbo.ca. WILLOW BEACH FIELD NATURALISTS – Meetings at Cobourg Public Library September to May. Guided field trips throughout the year. Call 905-885-9615 or visit www.willowbeachfieldnaturalists.org. JUNE 24 – PRAIRIE RESTORATION – Meet at 10am at the Goodrich-Loomis Conservation area or 9am in Cobourg at the Hwy. 45 car pool lot. JULY 16 – BUTTERFLY OUTING – Sandy Lake Rd. Peterborough County. Email Roger Frost at ekrf@eagle.ca.
JUNE 17 – DONNYBROOK AUCTION SALE – Northumberland’s largest reduce, reuse, recycle event. Ten auctioneers selling antiques, furniture, household goods and more. Doors open 6:30pm. Auction at 7pm. Percy Arena and Community Centre, 24 East. St. Warkworth. Call 1-888-653-1556. JUNE 17 – FLOWER SHOW AND PHOTO EXHIBITION – 11am-4pm. Frontenac Mall, 1300 Bath Rd. Kingston. Visit ikweb.com/khs for more information. JUNE 23 – JULY 9 – ART IN THE COUNTY – Prince Edward County Arts Council’s juried art exhibition & sale showcasing works by local artists. Upstairs at Books & Company, 289 Main St. Picton. Mon.-Sat.10am6pm. Sun.10am-5pm. (Jul. 9 - 10am-3pm). Adults $3. Under 12 free. Free admission on Canada Day. Visit www.artinthecounty.com or call 613-476-8767. JUNE 24 – BOOK SALE – Hastings Branch Library, 6 Albert St. E. in the village of Hastings. 9am-1pm. Call 705-696-2111 for information. JUNE 24 – TOURETTE SYNDROME VOCAL TALENT SHOW – Vocal talent show for youth ages 4-18. Victoria Park Bandshell, Cobourg. Call 905-372-1933. JULY 7 – 9 – ANTIQUE, VINTAGE AND RETRO SALE – Prince Edward Curling Club, 375 Main St., Picton. Fri. 2pm-7pm. Sat. 10am-5pm. Sun. 10am-4pm. Admission $5. Visit pecantiqueandvintageshow.com or email chatsworthsuites@sympatico.ca.
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JULY 14 & 15 – SIDEWALK SALE – Merchants display their goods in downtown Port Hope. 10am-6pm. Family activities and entertainment. Call 905-885-2004.
UNTIL OCT. 7 – MILFORD ARTISAN & FLEA MARKET – Indoor/outdoor market. Every Sat. 9am-1pm. 2179 Cty. Rd. 17, Milford Fairgrounds. For details visit www.milfordmarket.ca.
JULY 15 & 16 – IN A GARDEN – Show and sale of artist and artisan garden themed work. 10am-4pm. 4749 Cty. Rd. 2, Welcome. Call Kathryn 905-7532196.
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AUG. 3 – LADIES’ NIGHT – Diva-licious event in Millbrook, with live entertainment, shopping, dining and more. 4-9pm. Email info@debrajackson.ca or visit www.cavanmonaghan.net.
Mill St. N. Visit www.porthopearchives.com or call 905-885-1673.
AUG. 3 – PICTON ART & CRAFT SALE – Over 220 artisans showcase jewellery, stained glass, paintings, designer clothing, gourmet foods, pottery, wood products, outdoor furniture. Picton Fairgrounds. Proceeds fund the Prince Edward District Women’s Institute. Tickets $5. Children under 12 free. 9am-7pm. Visit thecountywomensinstitute.ca.
4TH LINE THEATRE – Winslow Farm, 779 Zion Line Millbrook. All shows at 6pm. Call 705-932-4445 or visit www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca. JULY 4 – 29 – BOMBERS: REAPING THE WHIRLWIND. AUG. 7 – 26 – THE HISTORY OF DRINKING IN CAVAN.
AUG. 3 – 6 – SIDEWALK SALE – Four blocks of great deals, music and children’s activities in downtown Cobourg. Visit www.downtowncobourg.ca or call 905-377-8024 for details. AUG. 12 & 13 – ANTIQUE MACHINERY SHOW – Tractor games, lawn tractor pulls, flea market, wagon rides, thrashing and more. 10am-4pm. Dale Corners, northwest corner of Hwy. 28/Dale Rd. Port Hope. Call 905-753-2387 or visit hahclub.com. AUG. 19 – ATTIC TREASURES AND BASEMENT BARGAINS – Indoor yard sale in the parish hall of St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 51 King St. Port Hope. 9am1pm. Free. Call 905-885-4071 or 905-885-6706. AUG. 23 & 24 – HASTINGS COUNTY PLOWING MATCH & FARM SHOW – 300 exhibitors of agricultural technology and services, woodlot info and demos. 612 Johnstown Rd. Trenton. Call 613-3955177 or visit www.hastingsfarmshow.ca. SEPT. 9 – YARD SALE – All proceeds go to the care and preservation of the permanent collection of the Port Hope Archives. 8am-1pm. Port Hope Archives, 17
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CAMECO CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE – 20 Queen St. Port Hope. Visit capitoltheatre.com or call 905-885-1071. JULY 4 – 22 – STEEL MAGNOLIAS – 2pm & 8pm. AUG. 8 – SEPT. 10 – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – 2pm & 8pm. DRIFTWOOD THEATRE GROUP – Ontario’s outdoor summer-touring theatre company presents William Shakespeare’s “Othello”. Pay-what-you-can. 7:30pm. Visit www.driftwoodtheatre.com or call 416-605-5132. JULY 22 – Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville. AUG. 6 – Peterborough Museum, Peterborough. AUG. 8 – Trent Port Marina, Quinte West. AUG. 10 – The Millpond, Bloomfield. AUG. 11 – Victoria Park, Cobourg. AUG. 13 – Scugog Shores Museum, Port Perry. MARKET HALL – 140 Charlotte St. Peterborough. Visit markethall.org or call 705-749-1146. AUG. 11 – THE LITTLE MERMAID – 3pm & 7pm. NORTHUMBERLAND FILM SUNDAYS – Four free films from the TIFF circuit. 10:30am. Rainbow Cinemas, Cobourg. Visit www.northumberlandfilm.ca. JULY 9 – MAUDIE. JULY 23 – KONELINE: OUR LAND BEAUTIFUL.
AUG. 13 – JEAN OF THE JONESES. AUG. 27 – IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD. OLD CHURCH THEATRE – 940 Bonisteel Rd. Trenton. Call 613-848-1411 or visit oldchurch.ca. AUG. 12 & 13 – THIS IS ROSEWOOD – Tales from the Tavern. Sat. 7:30pm. Sun. 2pm. STIRLING FESTIVAL THEATRE – 41 West Front St. Stirling. Visit www.stirlingfestivaltheatre.com or call 613-395-2100. AUG. 3 – 19 – SEUSSICAL, THE MUSICAL – 2pm & 7pm. THE LOFT – 201 Division St. Cobourg. Visit cobourgloft.ca or email kenprue@gmail.com. JUNE 22 – 25 – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR – 2pm & 7:30pm. THE REGENT THEATRE – 224 Main St. Picton. Call 613-476-8416 or visit www.theregenttheatre.org. JULY 20 – MILLENNIUM APPROACHES – Angels in America Part 1. National Theatre Live. 7pm. JULY 27 – PERESTROIKA – Angels in America Part 2. National Theatre Live. 7pm. VOS THEATRE – Concert Hall, Victoria Hall, 55 King St. Cobourg. Visit www.vostheatre.com or call 905-372-2210. JULY 13 – 22 – ANNE OF GREEN GABLES – 2 & 7:30pm.
Tours JUNE 17 – GARDEN TOUR – The Port Hope Biennial Garden Tour will present ten town gardens: a charming pond, rare conifers, walls of clematis, a woodland, a curved veranda overlooking a perfect pool. Tickets $25. Call 905-885-7929 or visit www.acoporthope.ca. JULY – AUGUST – STEP INSIDE SUNDAYS – Visitors
are welcome to tour Wesleyville Village and Wesleyville Church. Share the stories, the special atmosphere and future plans for this 19th century heritage gem. Every Sun. 12-4pm. 2082 Lakeshore Rd. Port Hope. Visit www.wesleyvillevillage.comor ccall 905885-1344 for details. JULY 8 – TOWN & COUNTRY GARDEN TOUR – Explore eight gardens of Bay of Quinte on a self-guided tour. Tickets $25 include a boxed lunch. All proceeds to support Canadian Federation of University Women Belleville and District scholarship fund. For more information visit cfuwbelleville.com or call 613-394-5953. JULY 15 – GARDEN TOUR – Presented by Campbellford & District Horticultural Society. A tour of seven beautiful gardens. 10am-4pm. Passports available at Caroline’s Organics, 15 Front St. S. Campbellford. Email cshannon223@gmail.com for information. AUG. 5 & 6 – CRAMAHE STUDIO TOUR – The artists and artisans of Cramahe Township warmly invite you to visit their creative spaces and view the wide variety of talent in our community. 10am-5pm. Visit facebook/cramahestudiotour. SEPT. 2 – 4 – REDNERSVILLE ROAD ART TOUR – Take one, two or three days to see artists’ studios and workplaces, as well as enjoy some spectacular views and gardens along scenic Rednersville Road, Cty. Rd. 3, Prince Edward County. 10am-4pm. Visit www.rednersvilleroadarttour.com. SEPT. 9 & 10 – NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS STUDIO TOUR – Enjoy a free self-guided tour of 24 artists' studios across Northumberland County. 10am-5pm. Visit www.northumberlandstudiotour.ca or call 905885-5384 for details.
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s he wraps his arms around the largest string instrument in the orchestra, Dave Young fuses with his bass, his left hand a blur on the fingerboard, while his right plucks deep, mellow tones from the wooden giant. At 77, this lean, white-haired virtuoso is still gigging regularly – he’ll be playing at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival in late June and at The Loft in Cobourg on July 29 with his trio Two Bass Hit (Joel Quarrington and Bernie Senensky). “He’s prototypically Canadian and hides his light under a bushel,” says retired CBC music producer Eitan Cornfield, who is also President of Port Hope Friends of Music. “He’s classically trained and versatile, and can play Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Oscar Peterson with equal ease.” “It’s not difficult to move from one musical style to another as long as you keep focused on your role as a musician,” says Young. “Mental preparation helps! I also practice on a daily basis – sometimes several hours and sometimes half an hour. I usually spend the majority of practice time with the bow working on classical repertoire.” Using the bow is called playing arco, and that was
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the technique he needed as principal bass of the Edmonton Symphony (1970-72), the Hamilton Philharmonic (1972-74) and the Winnipeg Symphony (1974). Young joined the Oscar Peterson duo in 1975 and toured extensively with the jazz legend over the years. The multiple-award-winning musician, who spends his down time at a 36-acre farm north of Cobourg, was born into a musical family in Winnipeg. His mother was a classical pianist and teacher (as well as an accomplished painter) and his father was an accountant who loved singing and performing vaudeville. His older sister Sydney was also a classical pianist, graduating from Juilliard in the 1960s. “I played the violin, guitar, piano and finally the bass,” says Young. “I was always interested in jazz,
since I was 14 or so when I played guitar. I took up the bass at 18 and then went to Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1961-62.” After a major detour into commerce – he got his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Manitoba in 1966 – he began classical studies with Tom Monohan, principal bassist of the Toronto Symphony, in 1967 and became a full-time musician in 1969. “From that time on I pursued a dual career as a jazz/classical bassist.” He still teaches at the University of Toronto – “It keeps me in touch with the younger generation! – but heads for his place in the Northumberland Hills whenever possible. “I don’t live at the farm fulltime, but my partner Barbara Lewis does and looks after everything, including me. I enjoy country life, and all the work that goes with it!” WATERSHED 77
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CELEBRATIONS BELLEVILLE – 613-885-9854 or www.bellevillecanadaday.com. West Zwick’s Park. All events and activities free. JUNE 30 – Free concert at Zwick’s Park headlined by Juno award winning band ‘Trooper’. Park opens at 6pm. JULY 1 – Live entertainment, displays and children’s activities all day including a 5km Fun Run & 1km walk/run and beach volleyball tournament. Fireworks at 10pm or dusk. BRIGHTON – 613-475-0670 or www.brighton.ca. King Edward Park. JULY 1 – Pancake breakfast 8am. Opening ceremonies at 11am. Live music 11:30am-1:30pm and 2-4pm. Vendors, bouncy castle, face painting, petting zoo and fire trucks on display. Band at Memorial Park 6:30pm. Bingo 6-8pm at the Community Centre. Fireworks at King Edward Park. CAMPBELLFORD – 705-653-1551 or www.visittrenthills.ca. JULY 1 – Rotary pancake breakfast, teddy bear parade, live entertainment, Jungle Cat World, children’s games and activities. Old Mill Park. 8am-1:30pm. JULY 2 – Artists gather at Westben’s The Barn for a special Canada Day celebration featuring four sets of music and a meadow full of food and fun activities. Free admission. COBOURG – 905-372-9971 or www.cobourg2017.ca. JULY 1 – 4 – A weekend of fun on Cobourg’s waterfront. Parade down King St. Band shell entertainment, vendors, teddy bear picnic, arts & crafts show, strawberry social, craft beer event and Confederation tea – all in Victoria Park; midway on the pier and a fantastic fireworks. COLBORNE – 905-355-2821 ext. 122 or for more details facebook.com/cramahecanada150. JUNE 29 – Canada Day festivities at Victoria Square. 4:306:30pm. Free hot dogs, pop and water. Face painting and
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at 11am. Entertainment and refreshments in Memorial Park and a spectacular fireworks show at 10:15pm.
GRAFTON – 905-349-3676 or jenkellernelson12@gmail.com. JUNE 25 – Canada celebrations and parade with lots of activities at the Haldimand Memorial Arena and Parks Facility. 1pm.
PORT PERRY – 905-985-0814 or discoverportperry.ca. JUNE 30 – JULY 2 – Scugog Summer Jam at the Port Perry Fairgrounds. Fri. night Big Wreck. Sat. night Aaron Pritchett. Sun. local live entertainment and special events.
HARWOOD – 905-342-3074 or 905-342-3373 or visit Harwood Hall facebook. JUNE 23 – Harwood Dock. 5pm. BBQ, music and fireworks. JUNE 24 – An “Old Fashioned Fun Fair”. Harwood Park. 11am-4pm. Kids’ bike parade and games, vendors, heritage displays, classic cars, tractors and more. 5pm-1am. Beer Garden, steak dinner and dance. Advance tickets only. JUNE 25 – 11am. Ecumenical church service at Harwood Dock. 12:30-3pm Strawberry Lunch at Harwood Hall. Advance tickets only.
STIRLING – 613-395-0015 or stirling-rawdon.com or farmtownpark.ca. JUNE 30 – 150th Dance with Fred Vette and His Rhinestone Plowboys. 8-12pm. Farmtown Park, 437 West Front St. JULY 1 – A family evening of free fun with burgers, hot dogs, cake and drinks. 6:30pm at the Stirling Fairgrounds.
HASTINGS – 705-653-1551 or www.visittrenthills.ca. JULY 1 – 12-10:30pm. Activities for all ages, live entertainment, food and vendors throughout the village. Parade 4pm. Don’t miss the award winning fireworks display over the Trent-Severn Waterway. PICTON – 613-476-7901 ext. 211 or for more details visit www.experiencepicton.com. JULY 1 – Picton’s Block Party on Main St. features a kids’ carnival, legion lawn party, artisan market, entertainment, Come Alive Outside Green Zone and sidewalk sale. Evening activities begin in Mary St. parking lot at 6pm and finish up with a fireworks finale. PORT HOPE – 905-885-2004 or www.visitporthope.ca. JULY 1 – Join a Callithumpian parade down main street
TRENTON – 613-392-2841 ext. 4487 or for more details visit www.quintewest.ca. JULY 1 – All day entertainment at Centennial Park, with vendor village, displays & demonstrations, outdoor bingo, children’s activities and a spectacular fireworks display. ‘Canada Day Eh’ parade starts at the arena at 11am. WARKWORTH – 705-653-1551 or www.visittrenthills.ca. JULY 1 – Opening ceremonies at Centennial Mill Creek Pond Park featuring local talent Pat Kelleher. Live music at the bandshell, bouncy castle, face painting, races and prizes, Fire Department display. 11am-3pm. WELLINGTON – 613-476-2148 or or for more details visit www.discoverwellington.ca. JUNE 30 – Royal Tour of the Wellington Farmers’ Market. Street dance, BBQ and fireworks at the beach. JULY 1 – Pancake breakfast at Wellington Town Hall. Parade starts at 10:30am on Belleville Rd. Rotary Club ribs in the park, live entertainment, vendors and kids’ fun zone.
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