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SPRING <strong>2024</strong> • Vol. 30, Issue 1<br />
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Read along the bottom borders for proverbs originating from many different countries.<br />
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DESTINATIONS TO EXPLORE<br />
AT = SW Ontario Antique Tour<br />
BF = See our Buy Fresh Pages<br />
CC = Craft Brews & Corkscrews Pages<br />
They Read it for the Ads?<br />
I have a question for you, but please allow<br />
me to bore you with some background<br />
information first.<br />
This issue is what we call really “tight.”<br />
If we were a hard rock band that would<br />
be the ultimate compliment, but to us it<br />
means that the ratio of articles and filler<br />
compared to ads is a bit lean. There aren’t<br />
too many ads - we’re in this to promote as<br />
many unique shops as we can so there can<br />
never be too many ads - but we wish there<br />
was more content to go along with them.<br />
This issue caught us a bit by surprise.<br />
Proprietors and event organizers, many<br />
whom have never been in <strong>Daytripping</strong>,<br />
kept calling and emailing and we want to<br />
get them all in, but I had already designed<br />
the magazine to be 68 pages. We could<br />
add pages of course, but we have to add<br />
four pages at a time and it seemed like that<br />
would be overkill, and a whole lot of extra<br />
work on a looming deadline. So this issue<br />
still has a lot of great articles, photos and<br />
funny fillers... but it’s tight.<br />
So here’s my question — to those<br />
who’ve been reading <strong>Daytripping</strong> for<br />
years and to newer readers as well. How<br />
much does that matter? I have my own<br />
opinion and we discuss it as a team, but<br />
we’d love to hear your thoughts. If this<br />
was a newspaper you’d be complaining<br />
that it’s all ads, and rightly so... but the<br />
ads are the main attraction in <strong>Daytripping</strong>.<br />
Our self-appointed job is to promote small<br />
businesses that stand out among the<br />
crowd and are worth travelling to discover;<br />
to encourage all of you to shop locally,<br />
wherever you may be; and to encourage<br />
tourism and be all-around good people.<br />
A friend named John Redden gave me<br />
the idea for this magazine just about 30<br />
years ago and the rag he showed me as an<br />
example (from Kentucky I think) was about<br />
95% ads for antique and craft shops. He’d<br />
hung on to it for two years, planning to<br />
use it to find the type of shops he loved<br />
the next time he made a trip down there.<br />
<strong>Daytripping</strong> went off in a different direction<br />
and encouraged our readers to send in<br />
articles and man, did they ever follow<br />
through. The “Daytripper” has always been<br />
written by our readers — we’ve never had<br />
a reporter — and we’re always welcoming<br />
new writers so please don’t be shy!!!<br />
Deadline for entries<br />
es<br />
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31, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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or mail to P.O. Box 430,<br />
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Ideal length is 500-800 words,<br />
but go crazy if you want.<br />
Three entries will win $100 each.<br />
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Tell Us About Your<br />
in Southwestern Ontario<br />
by Mark Moran,<br />
Publisher<br />
That decision has set <strong>Daytripping</strong> apart<br />
from pretty much any other ‘paper’ I’ve<br />
ever seen, and I’ve been searching for<br />
decades. It’s made many friends over the<br />
years, and we’ve been at it for so long that<br />
we’ve also lost more than a few. Just to be<br />
clear, we won’t be doing away with articles<br />
in <strong>Daytripping</strong> anytime soon, or ever I<br />
don’t imagine, but I’d still love to hear your<br />
thoughts on what keeps you reading. Is it<br />
the articles? Is it the ads? Is it the funny<br />
or sentimental fillers in between? You can<br />
email or send a note but you can also just<br />
give me a call at the number that’s always<br />
on page three. I love talking to our readers<br />
and generally answer the phone when I’m<br />
in the office and, if not, my staff love to talk<br />
and are much more interesting.<br />
And if you don’t like this issue, just wait<br />
for the next one. Now that I’ve brought this<br />
up, the Summer issue will have to be so<br />
very loooooooose — it’s going to take you<br />
a week to read it all!<br />
You know what stuns me? Almost<br />
30 years after our first issue came out,<br />
where almost everything seems to have<br />
changed dramatically and print media<br />
was supposed to have gone the way of<br />
the dinosaur (the experts declared it dead<br />
about 10 years ago) we have a list on page<br />
67 with the names of 56 businesses that<br />
are in <strong>Daytripping</strong> for the very first time<br />
or are back after a significant absence. We<br />
had to change the usual font and type size<br />
in order to fit them all into one column.<br />
I’m not sure, but think that is probably the<br />
highest number of new shops in any issue<br />
since we released our first three magazines<br />
in 1995.<br />
There’s a familiar, lingering doubt<br />
that creeps into my mind every time the<br />
calendar turns and I begin working on<br />
<strong>Daytripping</strong> for the year… I start wondering<br />
if we still have it? Are people still going to<br />
want to advertise in a print publication?<br />
And so far I’ve always been amazed, and<br />
so thankful for the wonderful customers<br />
we promote, that it all seems to fall into<br />
place, even 29 years later, even with all the<br />
changes in society and media. So thank<br />
you for the start of another great year!<br />
Thanks for reading!<br />
P.S. The Town Wide Yard Sales are on<br />
page 47.<br />
Tell our readers about<br />
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Where did you start? Who went with you?<br />
Did you take in a show, go for a hike?<br />
What did you see along the way?<br />
We’d love to hear all about it! Be sure to include<br />
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<strong>Daytripping</strong> Features<br />
Daytripper’s Directory Pullout Map..........13-16<br />
TOWN WIDE YARD SALE LIST........................... 47<br />
Buy Fresh, Buy Local, Farm Markets.......... 39-41<br />
Corkscrews & Craft Brews................................66<br />
“Where You Should Eat” List...........................54<br />
Photo Contest Entries..................................... 30<br />
SW Ontario Antique Tour.................................68<br />
S.W. Ontario’s EVENTS LIST....................... 44-47<br />
Tourism Contact Information..........................15<br />
Recipes.............................................................63<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. - German Proverb<br />
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Lake Huron<br />
The<br />
Daytripper<br />
As always, we begin in WINDSOR, AMHERSTBURG, BELLE RIVER & ESSEX<br />
MI<br />
ONTARIO SHOP<br />
NY<br />
LOCAL<br />
If You Give A Girl A Ratrod<br />
Story and Photos by Tammy With, Wyoming<br />
If you attend a car show in<br />
Southwestern Ontario there is a good<br />
chance you may run into Robynn Marks<br />
and her 1960 AMC Rambler. Robynn is<br />
a fresh face to the circuit after recently<br />
rebuilding the car her brother gave her<br />
30 years ago.<br />
The journey began in 1987 when her<br />
12 year old brother Alex went on a trip<br />
to South Carolina with his father and a<br />
group of car enthusiasts. Armed with a<br />
savings he had made corn detasseling<br />
all summer, Alex purchased the Rambler<br />
and a Hudson which<br />
they towed back<br />
to the border. The<br />
border security had<br />
never seen such a<br />
thing, and as such<br />
they decided to<br />
charge the young boy<br />
$50 to bring the cars<br />
back to Canada.<br />
Alex never worked<br />
on the Rambler, but<br />
would help his father<br />
work on other cars.<br />
Robynn would watch<br />
the pair work and<br />
would talk about how much she<br />
loved the Rambler and what she<br />
would do to it if it were her car.<br />
She would occasionally suggest<br />
to her brother a colour or<br />
alteration she felt would suit it.<br />
Then, on Robynn’s 20th birthday her<br />
brother presented her with a ring box<br />
containing the key to the Rambler, and<br />
told her since she had so many ideas<br />
for it, he wanted her to have it. Robynn<br />
was delighted to have it, and spent the<br />
next several years carting the car from<br />
house to house as<br />
she raised her four<br />
young children. As<br />
time went on she<br />
gathered pieces for<br />
the rebuild and put<br />
them away.<br />
Robynn promised<br />
herself she would<br />
start the project, and<br />
on February 1st, 2019<br />
she kept that promise.<br />
At the advice of her<br />
husband Rob; a fellow<br />
gearhead, Robynn<br />
started by tearing<br />
the car apart and placing<br />
pieces in well labelled<br />
boxes. Once the car was<br />
apart from the engine<br />
block up, she started the<br />
major undertaking of<br />
putting it back together.<br />
As this was her first<br />
build, she relied on the<br />
expertise of her husband.<br />
Rob acted as any good leader would; he<br />
told her what she needed to know and<br />
then let her teach herself. With his help,<br />
and the help of the internet, Robynn<br />
worked away for 30 months, usually<br />
spending two or three days a week on<br />
the project. “We used Friday as our date<br />
night, we would order take out and work<br />
on our cars. He has been my number<br />
one supporter,” Robynn spoke fondly of<br />
her time together with her husband.<br />
On July 22nd 2021 Robynn put the<br />
final touches on the car, and for the first<br />
time presented her car to an audience<br />
on August 8th at The Walkabout on<br />
Christina Street in Sarnia. “I can’t even<br />
describe what that felt like, it was like<br />
a proud parent kind of moment,” says<br />
Robynn.<br />
She is still a minority in the craft,<br />
and as such she is often overlooked as<br />
the person responsible for bringing her<br />
Rambler to life. “Most people at the shows<br />
think Rob built her, but he is quick to<br />
redirect them back to me,” she says with<br />
a little chuckle. Her greatest hope is that<br />
seeing her next to this accomplishment<br />
will inspire little girls to dream big and<br />
think, I can do that too!<br />
“A project like this is never really<br />
finished,” Robynn states, as there is<br />
always something else to add. Currently<br />
she is adding a little artistic flare to the<br />
car with the addition of rose decals on<br />
the exterior and floral accents on the<br />
interior. Her vision is to give the car a<br />
ratrod feel.<br />
Perhaps her favourite detail included<br />
is the wood panel across the back seat<br />
featuring the signature of every person<br />
who helped make her vision a reality.<br />
It includes the signatures of the people<br />
who donated parts, her children, and<br />
most notably, the brother who started<br />
her journey 30 years before.<br />
Robynn has set her sights on a new<br />
project; converting a more modern car<br />
into a rally car. She has yet to start the<br />
project, but says she starts with a vision<br />
of what it will look like in the end and<br />
goes from there. As for her philosophy,<br />
Robynn believes,<br />
You should never drive<br />
boring cars<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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Horrid birds doing horrid things.<br />
Grackles bring out the nasty in me.<br />
Husband and I love to watch the<br />
birds flocking to the sunflower feeder<br />
throughout the fall and winter months.<br />
We take great joy in the number of<br />
cardinals, chickadees, finches, sparrows,<br />
and nuthatches, waiting their turn or<br />
joining in the feast with the feathered<br />
multitude. It is lovely to see the instinctive<br />
comradery, sharing the feeding trough.<br />
I’ve never figured out how the grackles<br />
know we’ve filled the feeder, having<br />
stopped for a few days because of their<br />
greediness, but suddenly something has<br />
sent them the memo and they come in<br />
droves. There is no better word for it,<br />
grackles commandeer the feeder. The<br />
more timid and smaller birds perch on<br />
nearby limbs or just fly off in frustration.<br />
Only the chickadee dips and dives into<br />
the trough, snatching up a sunflower<br />
seed, whisking it away to hammer it<br />
open upon a tree limb. I love this resilient<br />
little fellow. He never gets discouraged or<br />
bullied by larger birds.<br />
We’ve even tried smaller feeders<br />
thinking a narrow perch to be awkward<br />
for that miserable yellow-eyed creature.<br />
Wrong! The grackles took turns<br />
mastering a side saddle approach on<br />
the perch, gobbling up the seeds at the<br />
speed of light.<br />
Battling the Grackles<br />
By laurie burrowsbreakey, Dundas<br />
So the small feeder emptied quickly<br />
and it too was put away. That left only<br />
the suet cages hanging about from<br />
the shepherds hooks and tree limbs<br />
to attract the various woodpeckers,<br />
nuthatches and that resilient little blackcapped<br />
chickadee. Even robins this<br />
spring have discovered the benefit of a<br />
good suet feed. Alas, this too was not<br />
to last, along came the dreaded black<br />
cloud of grackles, pecking at the suet<br />
in starvation mode. They finished off<br />
four suet feeders. I unhooked the empty<br />
cages and took them inside for a good<br />
scrub in hot water, putting them away<br />
for the summer. One remains hanging<br />
on a chain over the ravine. It is a special<br />
little house type feeder the pileated<br />
woodpecker loves to latch onto in<br />
upside down fashion. The grackles have<br />
not figured out how to access the suet,<br />
perhaps they dislike being upside down.<br />
Oh joy, oh bliss!<br />
Is it any wonder that one day a week<br />
ago, I decided to wage war on the newly<br />
hatched grackles nesting in the tall cedar<br />
right beside the metal arch that needed<br />
scraping and painting repairs?<br />
I hoisted my trusty step ladder and<br />
A little<br />
piece of<br />
heaven!<br />
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I did not apologize to<br />
positioned the wire<br />
either the walkers or the irate<br />
grackles, and went back to the<br />
task at hand, scraping off the<br />
flaking pieces of rust on my<br />
brush on the shelf there<br />
along with the black<br />
paint and a brush to do<br />
the deed. As a second<br />
Photo: Wikipedia.com<br />
aging arbour and brushing on a<br />
protective coat of paint. Every<br />
once in a while I’d spray into<br />
the cedar tree, listening to the<br />
thought, I turned on the water tap and<br />
took the hose with me stepping up and<br />
into easy access of both the arbour and<br />
the cedar tree. I turned the nozzle to a<br />
narrow setting and let rip with a lovely<br />
harsh cold spray of water aimed into<br />
the cedar and approximately where I<br />
thought the nest of fledglings resided. I<br />
was met with a resounding screech of<br />
objection from one of the parents within<br />
the confines of the foliage. The bird came<br />
barreling out of the tree and joined its<br />
mate swooping up and onto the roof of<br />
the house, squawking in angry reproach.<br />
gulping and chirping of the fledglings<br />
and the upheaval of complaints both<br />
from the parent grackles and husband<br />
sitting on the front porch watching my<br />
intended massacre. “You are too cruel!”<br />
husband admonished. I came back with,<br />
“YA think? How about when these bas...<br />
--%$^@ raid nests and eat the innocent<br />
little birds of the pecking order!”<br />
Then I made a huge mistake, pulling<br />
back the cedar limbs, a clear view of<br />
the nest was exposed. Tiny feathered<br />
and very vulnerable, the baby grackles<br />
opened their beaks reaching up to<br />
I sprayed them too. They swung low whatever offering was available.<br />
over my head coming to rest in the tree<br />
behind me never letting up on their<br />
indignant rebuttal of my presence.<br />
So not to be outdone by those darn<br />
grackles, I turned and sprayed them as<br />
they flitted about on the tree limb. The<br />
arc of water caught them in mid flight and<br />
also dampened the people beneath on an<br />
afternoon stroll through our little ‘hood.<br />
Whether it be water, worms or insects I<br />
did not know, but it was enough for me<br />
to put down my weapon of destruction<br />
and leave them in peace. It is up to<br />
nature to balance the scale of life.<br />
Somewhere along the line a crow will<br />
get the grackles and an eagle will feast<br />
on the crow.<br />
Pecking order remains supreme.<br />
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The<br />
Wisdom of...<br />
Ronald Reagan<br />
We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.<br />
When you can’t make them see the light, make them<br />
feel the heat.<br />
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle<br />
conflict by peaceful means.<br />
Freedom is never more than one generation away from<br />
extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the<br />
bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and<br />
handed on for them to do the same.<br />
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then<br />
we will be a nation gone under.<br />
A people free to choose will always choose peace.<br />
There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls<br />
around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress<br />
except those we ourselves erect.<br />
To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone<br />
will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile,<br />
hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.<br />
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.<br />
ARTS SOCIETY<br />
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28 Division St. S.<br />
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Free Admission Daily 10-4 (Closed Tues)<br />
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Calling All Art Lovers!<br />
Garden Centre & Seasonal Gifts<br />
Monday to Saturday 9-5•Sunday 11-4<br />
Closed Sundays in July & August<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> If you believe everything you read, better not read. - Japanese Proverb<br />
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The Hint is:<br />
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We think it‘s insulation actually.<br />
These eyecatchers, which you’ll find<br />
standing outside the oldest modern<br />
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On Lake Erie, minutes from<br />
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Point Pelee National Park.<br />
ALL ABOUT MOM<br />
2nd Graders Answer Questions<br />
About Their Moms<br />
“What Would It Take To Make<br />
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1) On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think<br />
some kind of plastic surgery.<br />
2) Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.<br />
Look for the answer in our<br />
Summer <strong>2024</strong> issue!<br />
From our Fall/Winter 23/24 issue...<br />
The Hint was:<br />
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their Old Autos Magazine, but do you<br />
know where Old Autos parks its car?<br />
The Answer is:<br />
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Good habits result from resisting temptation. - Ancient Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
There’s a lot to explore in LEAMINGTON, WHEATLEY, BUXTON & CHATHAM<br />
From Slavery to Freedom...<br />
...Last Stop Buxton<br />
The Buxton museum, officially opened in 1967, was<br />
Raleigh Township’s Centennial Project as a memorial<br />
to the Elgin settlement, a haven for formerly<br />
enslaved people of the American system of slavery.<br />
• EXPLORE THE SITE • HEAR LOCAL STORIES<br />
• VIEW COLLECTIONS • RESEARCH ARCHIVES<br />
MAY, JUNE, SEPT:<br />
Wed-Sun 1-4:30<br />
JULY & AUGUST:<br />
Daily 10-4:30<br />
OCT to APRIL:<br />
Mon-Fri 1-4:30<br />
or by appt<br />
Located on A.D. Shadd Road • 519-352-4799<br />
buxtonhistoricalmuseum@gmail.com<br />
The Museum’s primary goal is to preserve artifacts<br />
of the settlement with special emphasis on the<br />
history & accomplishments of the original settlers<br />
and their descendants. Among other important<br />
artifacts are the diary of Rev. William King, Buxton<br />
founder, personal papers, dresser and bed, a<br />
wedding gift made by formerly enslaved people.<br />
Facilities include picnic, playground, BBQ area<br />
with shelter, washrooms, bus & car parking.<br />
Exit 401 at #81 or #90<br />
South to Eighth Line,<br />
East to A.D. Shadd Rd.<br />
401<br />
Exit 81<br />
North Buxton<br />
Hwy. 3<br />
A.D. Shadd Rd.<br />
Eighth Line<br />
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Museum<br />
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Chatham<br />
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90<br />
101st Annual<br />
Homecoming<br />
Celebration<br />
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BUXTON<br />
LIBERTY<br />
BELL<br />
Presented in 1850 by the<br />
coloured inhabitants of<br />
Pittsburgh to the Academy<br />
at Raleigh, Canada West.<br />
It rang every time someone<br />
arrived in Buxton.<br />
Hands on displays and<br />
storyboards trace ancestry<br />
and detail the original<br />
settlement.<br />
The last<br />
surviving<br />
Canadian<br />
schoolhouse,<br />
built by<br />
formerly<br />
enslaved<br />
people, in<br />
1861.<br />
Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award Winner 2023 for excellence in conservation.<br />
Experience living history at one of the last Underground Railroad stops!<br />
Road trips can offer up some<br />
unexpected surprises—happy surprises,<br />
such as those experienced by Gordon<br />
Robinson.<br />
Fifty six years ago he was en route<br />
to visit a girlfriend in Mimico, which<br />
most know as the south-east corner of<br />
Etobicoke. It was a rainy night and he<br />
was driving his company car—a large<br />
vehicle with little power and even fewer<br />
options.<br />
“The type of car my grandfather<br />
would have driven,” Gord muses. “The<br />
car had no radio as it was considered a<br />
distraction in the day.”<br />
Right time, right place<br />
A 1964 Ford Thunderbird<br />
Hardtop came down Highway<br />
10 and Gordon fell in love<br />
with the car at first sight. The<br />
driver put his turn signal on<br />
and drove onto a used car lot.<br />
Gord followed him right in.<br />
He asked the driver if he<br />
was trading the car in and he<br />
said he was. With a number of<br />
children at home, the driver<br />
of the Thunderbird was there<br />
to purchase a station wagon<br />
but lamented the fact the<br />
dealership wasn’t giving him<br />
much for the Thunderbird.<br />
Gordon wanted the car.<br />
He asked how much he was<br />
trading it in for and they came<br />
up with a price on the spot.<br />
By Susan Chapman, Stoney Creek<br />
Exploring Unique Destinations in Classic Style:<br />
Gord Robinson, 1964 Ford Thunderbird Hardtop<br />
The next morning they met at the<br />
dealership. Gord handed him the cash<br />
and drove off with the car, excited to<br />
own something a little more flashy than<br />
the company vehicle.<br />
Fun on the run<br />
Months later his workplace<br />
encouraged him to take his vacation<br />
time. As a young man in his twenties,<br />
Gordon wasn’t entirely sure where he<br />
was going to go on his own. He decided<br />
a trip to Eastern Canada, via Quebec,<br />
might suit him.<br />
Expo 67 had generated a lot of<br />
tourism, so Gord headed north of<br />
Montreal to avoid heavy traffic.<br />
On the road he came upon a group<br />
of motorcyclists sitting at the side of<br />
the highway. There were probably fifty<br />
riders, all wearing matching jackets.<br />
Spotting a well-dressed young man in a<br />
nice car, they soon gave chase and tried<br />
to pull the Thunderbird over.<br />
Luckily the car was very powerful and<br />
Gord managed to outrun them, but not<br />
before clocking 120 mph in a radar trap.<br />
Pulling Gord over, a police officer<br />
asked if he knew how fast he was going.<br />
“Fast enough to outrun them. Look<br />
behind you.”<br />
The officer called for reinforcements<br />
and instructed Gord to stay put as there<br />
had been a rash of robberies on the<br />
road. After stopping the motorcycles,<br />
the officers instructed him to drive and<br />
not stop until he was on the other side<br />
of Quebec City. And so he did.<br />
Making space for memories<br />
Gord met and married his wife<br />
and together there were many more<br />
road trips, including a convention in<br />
California. There were 66 Thunderbirds<br />
that travelled Route 66 to the convention<br />
and back but the trip warranted a bit of<br />
a change to the car.<br />
“Anytime we went on these trips, my<br />
wife always managed to bring along<br />
everything but the kitchen sink. So in<br />
2002 I added a Continental Kit on the<br />
back,” Gord explained. The car had a<br />
huge trunk but the added option gave<br />
them even more space.<br />
“I had to have a map to make sure I<br />
could get everything back in the way it<br />
came out.”<br />
New spin on an interesting<br />
destination<br />
Now Gord didn’t have quite so far to<br />
travel on his recent day trip to the Sons<br />
of Kent Brewing Company located at 27<br />
Adelaide Street South in Chatham.<br />
The historic building was actually<br />
the location of the Chatham Motor Car<br />
Company, the first automotive company<br />
in the City of Chatham. From 1907 to<br />
1909, the factory produced 100 luxury<br />
vehicles. Over time other tenants have<br />
included the Hyslop and Ronald Steam<br />
Fire Engine Company, the Chatham<br />
Harvester Company and the Chatham<br />
Cinema 6 Movie Theatre.<br />
The modernized industrial building<br />
now features a vibrant premium craft<br />
beer tasting room, event space, bottle<br />
shop and live entertainment. There<br />
is ample seating in the taproom and<br />
additional space on the patio. The<br />
backyard is the perfect spot for concerts,<br />
markets, shows and festivals.<br />
In addition to seasonal brews and<br />
crowd staples, Sons of Kent Brewing<br />
Company also offers up a variety of<br />
starters, main dishes and snacks.<br />
“It’s doing very well and was the<br />
perfect spot to grab a photo of the<br />
Thunderbird,” Gord added.<br />
A name by any other name<br />
As I usually do, I asked Gordon if the<br />
car had a name.<br />
“No, but my wife had a name for<br />
her,” he laughed.<br />
“My wife would tease there were<br />
times I spent more time with the car<br />
than her. I did tell her that I had the car<br />
longer, so…”<br />
We get it.<br />
Our thanks go to Gordon for sharing his<br />
road trip experiences. If you would like<br />
to see your classic vehicle featured with<br />
one of the unique destinations appearing<br />
in <strong>Daytripping</strong> in Southwestern Ontario,<br />
please contact Susan Chapman at<br />
susanchapmanwrites@gmail.com.<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Charity sees the need not the cause. - German Proverb<br />
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Redneck Country Returns to<br />
The Blenheim Cherry Festival<br />
in the Face of Tragedy<br />
The date was Friday July 7, 2023, just<br />
one week before the six of us as part of<br />
Redneck Country, planned to attend the<br />
Blenheim Cherry Festival on Friday July<br />
14, 2023, for the second time. I found<br />
in the mailbox a copy of the Summer<br />
2023 Issue of <strong>Daytripping</strong> along with a<br />
letter explaining that the article that I<br />
had written about our first trip in 2022<br />
was published, and that it was in the<br />
Blenheim section alongside this year’s<br />
Cherry Festival advertisement.<br />
After lunch I took the paper over to<br />
my son and daughter-in-law’s to let<br />
them read it. My son Todd was away<br />
fishing but my daughter-in-law Jennifer<br />
and 16-year-old granddaughter Megan<br />
and 10-year-old granddaughter Avery<br />
were home. Megan read it out loud and<br />
we all enjoyed the girl’s excitement of<br />
the article about them and the pictures.<br />
Megan said, “We are famous!”<br />
Later that evening I had my 23 T<br />
Bucket Hot Rod at a show in Port Stanley<br />
and my wife and some friends were<br />
meeting me at Mackie’s in Port Stanley<br />
for supper at 6 p.m. We were just getting<br />
ready to sit when my granddaughter<br />
Megan called us to say that her mother<br />
had passed out while saying, “Megan,<br />
something is wrong, I see a white light,<br />
I am going to pass out, call Grandma!”<br />
We called 9-1-1 and my wife and<br />
her sister and a friend rushed for<br />
home. Megan also called 9-1-1 and<br />
a neighbour. We called my daughter<br />
Carrie to go over as she was in St.<br />
Thomas. Two other friends took my<br />
chair and sign, and I raced home in the<br />
hot rod. It was devastating to find that<br />
Jennifer had apparently had a blood clot<br />
hit her heart and they had to restart her<br />
heart eight times between 6 p.m. and 8<br />
p.m. Todd made it home, but Jennifer<br />
passed with all of us by her side without<br />
ever-regaining consciousness.<br />
Over the next few days, facing this<br />
tragedy we cried, talked, grieved, and<br />
prayed. Many family and friends told<br />
us what we already knew, that Jennifer<br />
loved being a mom and she lived for her<br />
family. This led Megan to announce that<br />
the funeral could not be on Friday and<br />
had to be Thursday as we were going<br />
to do all the things we had planned for<br />
this summer as a family and take Mom<br />
with us. The funeral director complied<br />
and the day after the funeral on Friday<br />
morning we headed out to Blenheim to<br />
relive last year’s experience and think<br />
of Jennifer enjoying it all with us. Per<br />
our decision made last year, we bought<br />
a cherry pie immediately before they<br />
sold out and enjoyed it as a family.<br />
Again, we shopped in Lasting Memories<br />
and Antiquated Treasures. Megan was<br />
wearing the wide brimmed hat that she<br />
had purchased the year before, and we<br />
Story and photo by<br />
Don Millard, St. Thomas<br />
found a giant picture of a sunflower,<br />
(that is their mother Jennifer’s favourite<br />
flower) and it is now hanging in their<br />
kitchen in memory of<br />
their mother. We also<br />
found a mug that said,<br />
“Sometimes when<br />
I speak my mother<br />
comes out.” It is now<br />
on Megan’s new<br />
bookshelves in her<br />
bedroom.<br />
Other items that<br />
the girls pointed out<br />
as admiring were<br />
secretly purchased for<br />
their birthdays and as<br />
Megan opened each<br />
gift days later at her<br />
birthday gathering,<br />
she asked, “Where was I when you<br />
made these purchases?”<br />
We did the midway with the daily<br />
passes and Avery got her face painted.<br />
The girls wanted a picture with<br />
Grandpa at the Cherry festival sign to<br />
commemorate the day.<br />
Every store that we went to, including<br />
the restaurant that we ate in, had a<br />
stack of the current summer Daytripper<br />
by the door. The girls pointed out that<br />
we were indeed mentioned in that very<br />
issue, and I joked that they should stand<br />
by a pile and handout autographed<br />
copies! My wife just rolled her eyes.<br />
A few days later we were back in St.<br />
Thomas and had gone to the New Sarum<br />
Diner for supper and were waited on by<br />
one of our favourite waitresses, Cindy.<br />
Cindy discovered that my article was in<br />
the issue that was stacked by their door<br />
and had me autograph one. There you<br />
go Glenda, roll your eyes at that!<br />
As a family, we completed every<br />
adventure that we planned for that<br />
summer and are convinced that<br />
Jennifer is indeed with us. The girls are<br />
now back at school,<br />
and I will not say that<br />
it is not tough at times<br />
and every one of us still<br />
have our moments of<br />
grief and breakdown,<br />
repeatedly thinking of<br />
our much-loved Jennifer<br />
and all she means to us.<br />
We have not lost faith in<br />
the fact that Jennifer is<br />
indeed looking out for us<br />
and have experienced<br />
so many signs that she<br />
is with us.<br />
Jennifer taught the<br />
girls so much and we<br />
faced an unbelievable tragedy and yet<br />
have survived with Jennifer intact in<br />
our hearts forever. We are determined<br />
to keep our faith and continue to read<br />
<strong>Daytripping</strong> to find new traditions like<br />
the Blenheim Cherry Festival to attend<br />
and take the Best Mother in the World<br />
along with us.<br />
Written on behalf of: Glenda Millard,<br />
Todd Millard, Megan Millard, and Avery<br />
Millard.<br />
Publisher’s Note: We’re so sorry for<br />
your loss and thank you for sharing your<br />
words with our readers.<br />
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If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. -Spanish Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
We search for the most unique shops and stops, so we can tell you about them!<br />
Welcome to<br />
Blenheim<br />
townofblenheim.com<br />
Join Us...<br />
June 1: Discover Blenheim:<br />
Yard Sales, Doors Open,<br />
Farmers’ Market<br />
June 9: Trot to the Beach<br />
1/2 Marathon & 5 km run,<br />
Blenheim to Erieau, 6:30 am<br />
June 20 - Sept 12: Concerts<br />
in the Park, Thursdays 7-8:30<br />
June 22: Classic Auto Show<br />
July 18-20: Cherryfest<br />
updates on our website<br />
C herryfest <strong>2024</strong><br />
Thursday July 18 to Saturday July 20<br />
Amusement Rides • Games • Food Booths<br />
Entertainment & More PLUS... Sidewalk Sales<br />
EVERYTHING CHERRY! Baking, Tasting,<br />
Competitions (National Cherry Pit Spitting)<br />
Details at townofblenheim.com<br />
@blenheimcherryfest<br />
12th Annual<br />
BLENHEIM<br />
CLASSICS<br />
AUTOSHOW<br />
Saturday, June 22 • 9 to 3<br />
Talbot St, Downtown Blenheim<br />
Live Music, Food, Awards & More<br />
Open to 1988 & older unmodified classics<br />
More Info and to Pre-Register:<br />
BlenheimClassicsAutoShow.com<br />
“YOUR MEN’S FASHION<br />
DESTINATION”<br />
OluKai<br />
Tommy Bahama<br />
Au Noir • 7 Downie St<br />
Ford & McIntyre<br />
A Fish Named Fred<br />
Johnston & Murphy<br />
FINE QUALITY<br />
Lois • Silver<br />
MEN’S WEAR & ACCESSORIES<br />
2UNDR<br />
64 Talbot St W, Blenheim • 519-676-5144 • fordandmcintyre.com<br />
#BIGCITYSTYLE#<br />
| #SMALLTOWNCHARM<br />
Th anks for shopping small!<br />
DOWNTOWN BLENHEIM<br />
519-676-2371 • antiquatedjoys.com<br />
JJ Sports & Collectibles<br />
Large selection<br />
of<br />
team apparel,<br />
hats, cards<br />
& collectibles<br />
for the<br />
Sports Fan or<br />
FUNKO Collector<br />
Shop “in store” or online at<br />
jjsportsandcollectibles.ca<br />
68 Talbot St. W.<br />
Blenheim<br />
519-676-5195<br />
(call or text)<br />
jjsports_blenheim<br />
SCAN ME<br />
Inspired gifts for treasured memories<br />
Maison Berger • April Cornell Linens • Candles<br />
Clocks • Beekman Products • Baby Gifts<br />
Throws • Pillows • Classic Seasonal Décor<br />
Open Mon-Sat 10-4<br />
57-B Talbot Street West<br />
Blenheim, 519-676-0770<br />
• Pellet Grills & Pizza Ovens<br />
•<br />
Bradley Smokers • Grilling Accessories<br />
• Over 400 Rubs & Sauces<br />
Grill like a Master!<br />
t !<br />
crossroadspellets.ca<br />
16 Talbot Street W, Blenheim • 226-291-0110<br />
treasuresontalbot.com<br />
Tues-Thurs Th 10-5,<br />
Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4<br />
• Hard & Soft Ice Cream<br />
• Frozen Yogurt Smoothies<br />
• Traditional and Custom Dishes<br />
• No Sugar Added Selections<br />
• Ready-to-go gourmet<br />
ice cream cakes, pies<br />
and cupcakes<br />
• Inside seating<br />
32 FLAVOURS<br />
OPEN<br />
DAILY<br />
1-9:30 PM<br />
Home of the<br />
KITCHEN SINK<br />
14 Talbot St W • 519-350-6390<br />
www.frostbitesicecream.com<br />
• FDJ French Dressingsing<br />
• Orientique<br />
• Tribal • Renuar<br />
• Pure Essence<br />
• Women’s & Men’s Fashions<br />
• Jewellery • Accessories<br />
Current<br />
Styles & Trends<br />
on consignment<br />
Tues-Wed 11-4 • Thurs-Fri 11-5:30<br />
Saturday 10-3<br />
42 Talbot Street West<br />
Blenheim 226-291-0123<br />
saffronconsign@gmail.com<br />
56 Talbot Street West<br />
Blenheim • 519-676-8733<br />
thelittlechangeroom.ca<br />
(CANADA & US SHIPPING)<br />
Shop<br />
With Us<br />
• Nursery & Youth Furniture,<br />
Decor, Accessories<br />
• Canadian-made Natart Furniture<br />
• Strollers • Car & Booster Seats<br />
• Baby Registry • Educational Toys<br />
• Emotional Needs Books<br />
• Maternity & New Mom Needs<br />
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10 to 4<br />
67 Talbot W, Blenheim 519.676.0263<br />
www.preciouscargocanada.com<br />
• Joseph Ribkoff • Charlie B<br />
• Rieker & Remonte Shoes<br />
SoftWorks • Beach House Swim<br />
Christina • Shapeez & More<br />
~ FREE professional bra fitting ~<br />
Largest selection of Bras &<br />
Swimwear in Chatham-Kent<br />
75 Talbot Street West<br />
Blenheim 519-676-3384<br />
serenasladieswear.ca<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Examine what is said, not him who speaks. - Arab Proverb<br />
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The<br />
Daytripper<br />
This is an awesome shop in CHATHAM... and there’s one in LONDON too!<br />
SHOP<br />
LOCAL<br />
Birdie’s Nest<br />
“We shop the World for You!”<br />
An Experience in Global Design for 50 Years!<br />
•Worldly ly<br />
Fashions s<br />
• Jewellery e ery •Handcrafted dF<br />
Furniture<br />
Inspired Storage<br />
& Decor!<br />
From Indonesia, India,<br />
Mexico & Beyond...<br />
Create your space with<br />
global inspiration<br />
Worldly Fashions...<br />
s<br />
• •Dresses s<br />
s • •Pants s<br />
•Tops<br />
•Tops<br />
•Tops<br />
• Wraps, Purses & Scarves<br />
• Sterling g Silver Jewellery<br />
• Hats<br />
H<br />
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a<br />
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Hand Embroidered<br />
Embellished Wall<br />
Hangings, Table<br />
Runners & Placemats<br />
LOCATIONS<br />
TWO<br />
~ Chatham & London!<br />
Tumbled Crystals,<br />
Oils&Incense!<br />
•<br />
W<br />
Wall Art<br />
•<br />
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Garden a<br />
Accentsc<br />
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Wind dCh<br />
Chimes<br />
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•<br />
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Oversize s<br />
&<br />
Whimsical ical<br />
Pots<br />
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CHATHAM<br />
A<br />
90 PARK AVE., EAST<br />
519-354-4040<br />
LONDON<br />
L O<br />
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D O<br />
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Outdoor/Indoor<br />
or/Indoor<br />
Fountains, Clay Planters<br />
& Woven Mats<br />
birdiesnestonline.com<br />
125 CLARKE RD.<br />
Monday to Saturday 10am to 6pm<br />
226-663-7183<br />
Sunday 10am to 4pm<br />
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. -Scottish Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
- Southwestern Ontario Map -<br />
Unique Shops,<br />
Stops and Websites<br />
Many unique shops that rarely or never run larger adversements in<br />
<strong>Daytripping</strong> can be found within these four pages, and on our website.<br />
Use the interacve map on our website<br />
ABERFOYLE S-8<br />
Aberfoyle Antique Market 519-763-1077<br />
www.aberfoyle-antiques.com<br />
AILSA CRAIG M-11<br />
Ailsa Craig Village Pottery 519-293-3339<br />
www.ailsacraigvillagepottery.com<br />
North Middlesex Historical Society 519-854-8010<br />
www.ailsacraigmuseum.ca<br />
Humming Herd Alpaca Farm 519-859-8021<br />
www.hummingherdacres.com<br />
ALVINSTON I-13<br />
Munro Apiaries 519-847-5333<br />
www.munrohoney.com<br />
AMHERSTBURG A-19<br />
Gibson Gallery 519-736-2826<br />
www.gibsonartgallery.com<br />
Wolfhead Distillery 519-726-1111<br />
www.drinkwolfhead.com<br />
ANCASTER T-10<br />
FORA Outdoor Living 905-648-2200<br />
www.foraoutdoor.ca<br />
ARKONA I-11<br />
AYLMER N-14<br />
Aylmer & District Tourist Info. 519-773-5655<br />
AYLMER-MALAHIDE Museum & Archives 519-773-9723<br />
www.amtelecom.net/~aylmermuseum<br />
Aylmer Thrift Store 226-544-0379<br />
www.mcson.org<br />
Clovermead Adventure Farm/Honey 519-773-5503<br />
clovermead.com<br />
Elgin Feeds Country Store 519-773-8481<br />
www.elginfeeds.com<br />
Gay Lea Dairy Museum 519-773-2955<br />
www.cec-dairymuseum.com<br />
Mennonite Furniture Gallery 519-765-4386<br />
www.mfgi.ca<br />
Old Imperial Farmer’s Market 226-313-4311<br />
www.oifm.ca<br />
Pinecroft Pottery & Gift Shop 519-773-3435<br />
www.pinecroft.ca<br />
Spare Moments Craft Supplies 519-765-3550<br />
The Wood Connection (Copenhagen) 519-773-9049<br />
ruralbuzz.com/listing/the-wood-connection-general-store/<br />
BADEN P-9<br />
Castle Kilbride National Historic Site 519-634-8444<br />
www.castlekilbride.ca<br />
Millers Mercantile 548-333-3989<br />
millersmercantile.com<br />
BAYFIELD J-7<br />
Bayfield & Area Chamber of Commerce --<br />
www.villageofbayfield.com<br />
Bayfield Berry Farm 519-482-1666<br />
www.bayfieldberryfarm.on.ca<br />
Bayfield Recreational Sales 519-565-2500<br />
www.bayfieldrecreationalsales.com<br />
Nabit of Bayfield 226-234-7074<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
BEACHVILLE O-11<br />
BELLE RIVER - ON THE LAKE D-17<br />
OSA Flea Market 519-322-0545<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
BELMONT N-13<br />
Mistyglen Creamery 519-872-6455<br />
mistyglencreamery.com<br />
BLENHEIM H-17<br />
Town of Blenheim<br />
www.townofblenheim.com<br />
Antiquated Joys Home Decor 519-676-2371<br />
www.antiquatedjoys.com<br />
Crossroads Pellets & Grilling 226-291-0110<br />
www.crossroadspellets.ca<br />
Delhaven Orchards 519-676-4475<br />
www.delhaven.com<br />
Ford & McIntyre Men’s Wear 519-676-5144<br />
www.fordandmcintyre.com<br />
Precious Cargo & Mom 2 519-676-0263<br />
www.preciouscargocanada.com<br />
Saffron’s Threads Consignment 226-291-0123<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Serena’s Ladies Wear 519-676-3384<br />
www.serenasladieswear.ca<br />
The Little Change Room 519-676-8733<br />
www.thelittlechangeroom.ca<br />
at home or while you’re on the road!<br />
<strong>Daytripping</strong>.ca/Desnaons<br />
It will plot a map<br />
to your desnaon<br />
& show many<br />
others you’ll<br />
want to discover.<br />
You can SELECT CATEGORIES & find d those shopsh<br />
• Anques • Farm Markets • Quilng/Sewing<br />
• Books • Breweries • Home Decor, etc<br />
Thompson’s Orchards 519-676-8464<br />
www.thompsonsorchards.ca<br />
Treasures on Talbot 519-676-0770<br />
www.treasuresontalbot.com<br />
JJ Sports 519-676-5195<br />
www.jjsportsandcollectibles.ca<br />
BLYTH L-6<br />
Maple and Moose 519-523-4276<br />
www.mapleandmoose.com<br />
Wild Goose Studio Canada (Gallery/AirBnB) 519-386-5868<br />
Find us on Facebook/wildgoosestudiocanada<br />
BOTHWELL I-15<br />
Boothill Gerenal Store 519-784-3803<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Parks Blueberries (March thru Dec.) 519-692-5373<br />
www.parksblueberries.com<br />
Sundowner Truck Accessories 1-800-268-2411<br />
www.sundownertruckaccessories.com<br />
BRANTFORD S-10<br />
Bell Homestead National Historic Site 519-756-6220<br />
www.bellhomestead.ca<br />
Crossroads Trading Post 519-759-8960<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Old World Marketplace 519-900-1928<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Serenity Country Candles 519-753-6374<br />
www.serenitycountrycandles.com<br />
Twin Valley Zoo 519-752-0607<br />
www.twinvalleyzoo.com<br />
BRIGDEN G-13<br />
Turn Of The Century Vintage 519-330-9505<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
BRIGHTS GROVE G-11<br />
Gallery in the Grove 519-869-4643<br />
www.galleryinthegrove.com<br />
Skeeter Barlow’s Grill & Bar 519-869-2794<br />
www.skeeterbarlows.com<br />
BURLINGTON U-9<br />
Tourism Burlington 1-877-499-9989<br />
www.tourismburlington.com<br />
BUXTON G-18<br />
Buxton Historical Site & Museum 519-352-4799<br />
www.buxtonmuseum.com<br />
CAINSVILLE S-11<br />
CALEDONIA T-11<br />
Grand River Cruises 905-765-4107<br />
www.grandrivercruises.ca<br />
CAMBRIDGE R-9<br />
McDougall Cottage 519-624-8250<br />
www.mcdougallcottage.ca<br />
Southworks Antique Mall 519-740-0110<br />
www.southworksantiques.com<br />
CAMLACHIE<br />
Lake Life 519-328-2217<br />
www.lakelifestudio.com<br />
CAMPBELLVILLE T-8<br />
Antique Stained Glass Windows 905-854-2152<br />
www.thestonehouse.ca<br />
CAYUGA U-12<br />
CHATHAM G-17<br />
Chatham-Kent Tourism<br />
www.VisitCK.ca<br />
800-561-6125<br />
Art and Heirloom Shoppe<br />
www.artandheirloomshoppe.ca<br />
519-401-3083<br />
Barrypatch Boutique<br />
barrypatchboutique.ca<br />
519-358-1455<br />
Birdie’s Nest<br />
birdiesnestonline.com<br />
519-354-4040<br />
Create Your Own Tour!<br />
Mrs. Bell’s Tea Room 226-627-0248<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
New Life Thrift Store 519-354-5033<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Roesch Meats 519-351-7711<br />
www.rmeats.com<br />
Retro Suites Hotel 1-866-617-3876<br />
retrosuites.com<br />
Sons of Kent Brewing Company 519-354-2337<br />
www.sonsofkent.com<br />
The Glasshouse Nursery/Garden Centre 519-352-1127<br />
www.glasshousenursery.ca<br />
CLIFFORD O-4<br />
Rooster’s Perch Antiques 519-327-4550<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
COLCHESTER B-20<br />
CLINTON K-7<br />
Central Huron Tourism & Animated Mural Walking Tour<br />
www.cchbia.ca<br />
Cinnamon Cabin Mennonite Furniture 226-457-0575<br />
www.cinnamoncabinco.ca<br />
Kildonan House B&B 519-482-1163<br />
www.kildonanhouse.com<br />
COPENHAGEN N-15<br />
The Wood Connection (Aylmer) 519-773-9049<br />
ruralbuzz.com/listing/the-wood-connection-general-store/<br />
COURTLAND P-13<br />
Courtland Bakery 519-688-2023<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
COURTRIGHT F-13<br />
Frog Point Inn 226-371-0211<br />
frogpointinn.ca<br />
DASHWOOD K-9<br />
DELAWARE L-13<br />
Ska-Nah-Doht Village & Museum 519-264-2420<br />
www.ltvca.ca/conservation-lands/ska-nah-doht-longwoods<br />
DELHI Q-13<br />
Country Home Candle 519-582-8377<br />
www.countryhomecandle.com<br />
Courtland Treasures Antiques 519-582-2929<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Delhi Flowers & Gifts 519-582-8246<br />
www.delhiflowers.ca<br />
Wholesome Pickins Market & Bakery 519-582-1114<br />
www.wholesomepickins.ca<br />
DORCHESTER N-12<br />
Ziggy’s Feathered Friends 519-268-0888<br />
www.ziggysfeatheredfriends.com<br />
DRESDEN G-15<br />
Dresden BIA/Info & Events 519-683-4368<br />
dresden.ca<br />
Babcock Jewellers 519-683-2463<br />
www.babcockjewellers.ca<br />
Dresden Plate Quilt Shoppe 519-683-2300<br />
Kentwood Gardens 519-683-4956<br />
www.kentwoodgardens.com<br />
Kimberly’s One-of-a-Kind 519-437-8064<br />
www.kimberlys.ca<br />
McKellar’s Flowers & Gifts 519-683-4368<br />
www.mckellarsflowers.ca<br />
The Studio Art Gallery 519-683-6840<br />
thestudioartgallery.square.site<br />
Union Block Bakery Cafe 519-683-3000<br />
www.unionblockbakery.com<br />
DUNDAS T-10<br />
Dundas Museum & Archives 905-627-7412<br />
www.dundasmuseum.ca<br />
Graham & Brooks (Home/Garden/Cottage) 289-238-8618<br />
www.grahamandbrooks.com<br />
The Keeping Room 905-627-5880<br />
www.thekeepingroom.ca<br />
EMBRO O-11<br />
Workshop Supply 519-475-4947<br />
www.workshopsupply.com<br />
ERIEAU H-18<br />
ESSEX C-19<br />
Town of Essex<br />
www.essex.ca<br />
#1<br />
AYTRIPPER<br />
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Map & Wed Listing<br />
DI R EC T O R Y<br />
Loads<br />
Don’t make use www.loadsoflove.ca<br />
of Love Thrift Shop 519-352-0911 Blimey’s British Store 226-787-1244<br />
of another’s mouth unless it www.blimeys.ca has been lent to you. - Belgian Proverb<br />
Four F<br />
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Essex Stained Glass<br />
www.essexstainedglass.com<br />
519-776-4577<br />
FATE - Fashions & Gifts<br />
www.shopatfate.com<br />
519-776-9666<br />
Heritage Essex Railway Station<br />
www.essexrailwaystation.com<br />
519-776-9800<br />
The Little House of Cupcakes & More 519-776-7721<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
EXETER L-9<br />
FOREST H-11<br />
Alton Farms Winery<br />
www.altonfarmsestatewinery.com<br />
519-899-2479<br />
Antiques on Main<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-330-7065<br />
Forest BIA<br />
www.shopforest.ca<br />
519-786-4062<br />
Forest Florist<br />
www.forestflorist.com<br />
519-786-2339<br />
Van Valkenburg & Son Jewellers Inc. 519-786-5062<br />
www.vanvalkenburgs.ca<br />
Williamson Farms Country Store<br />
www.williamsonfarms.ca<br />
226-520-0144<br />
FREELTON T-9<br />
Freelton Antique Mall<br />
www.freeltonantiquemall.com<br />
905-659-0948<br />
GLENCOE J-14<br />
GODERICH J-5 (ALSO SEE BENMILLER)<br />
Culinary Poet<br />
www.theculinarypoet.ca<br />
519-619-1919<br />
Great Blue Heron Antiques & Collectables 416-558-3839<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Huron County Museum<br />
www.huroncountymuseum.ca<br />
519-524-2686<br />
Huron Historic Gaol<br />
www.huroncountymuseum.ca<br />
519-524-6971<br />
River Line Nature Company (Birdseed) 519-524-4272<br />
www.riverlinenature.ca<br />
GRAND BEND J-9<br />
Pinedale Motor Inn<br />
www.pinedale.on.ca<br />
888-838-7463<br />
Green Bucks Seasonal Store<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Lambton Heritage Museum<br />
www.lambtonmuseums.ca<br />
519-243-2600<br />
Torched Brewing<br />
www.torchedbrewing.com<br />
519-238-8896<br />
Westland Greenhouses<br />
www.westlandgreenhouses.com<br />
519-238-1321<br />
HAGERSVILLE T-12<br />
HAMILTON U-10<br />
HARRISTON O-4<br />
Acheson Pharmacy<br />
www.achesonpharmacy.com<br />
519-338-3230<br />
Alpaca Time<br />
www.alpacatime.ca<br />
519-327-4566<br />
Beyond The Rock<br />
www.shopbeyondtherock.ca<br />
519-338-5008<br />
Davies Antiques<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-338-2449<br />
Escape the Old Post<br />
www.escapetheoldpost.ca<br />
519-510-2222<br />
HARROW B-20<br />
Full Circle Thrift Shoppe 519-738-6202<br />
Priscilla’s Presents<br />
www.priscillas-presents.com<br />
519-738-0001<br />
The Old Milk Shed Antiques 519-738-3084<br />
HENSALL L-8<br />
Bisback Family Antiques<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-263-3505<br />
Ferguson Apiaries<br />
www.fergusonapiaries.on.ca<br />
519-236-4979<br />
ILDERTON L-11<br />
Bloomers Family Farm<br />
www.bloomersfarm.com<br />
519-666-1255<br />
INGERSOLL O-12<br />
Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum 519-485-5510<br />
www.ingersoll.ca/cheesemuseum<br />
Patina’s Gifts of Art & Craft<br />
www.patinas.ca<br />
519-485-6466<br />
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Paisley<br />
Underwood<br />
Inverhuron<br />
Chesley<br />
Unique Shops,<br />
Stops and Websites<br />
Bervie<br />
Pine River<br />
dc hg 9<br />
dc 2 Walkerto<br />
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Ca<br />
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Greenock<br />
Ripley<br />
Riversdale<br />
hg 7 Kinlough<br />
Formosa<br />
Amberley<br />
hg 1<br />
hg 12 Mildmay<br />
Holyrood<br />
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“Where You Should Eat”<br />
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FORT<br />
MALDEN<br />
hg 28<br />
Teeswater<br />
Kintail<br />
Lucknow<br />
Belmore<br />
Kingsbridge<br />
R.<br />
hg<br />
dc 20<br />
21 Whitechurch<br />
hg<br />
hg 7<br />
7<br />
Port Albert<br />
hg 22 hg hg 12 28<br />
Wingham<br />
Gorrie<br />
Bluevale<br />
Dungannon<br />
Wroxeter<br />
hg 20<br />
Nile<br />
POINT FARMS<br />
hg 22<br />
Belgrave<br />
R.<br />
hg<br />
hg 86<br />
Free Copy<br />
25 Saltford<br />
Carlow<br />
Auburn<br />
hg hg 1 hg<br />
hg hg 12<br />
31 16<br />
Goderich<br />
25<br />
Brussels<br />
hg hg 15<br />
Blyth<br />
19<br />
Ethel<br />
Benmiller<br />
dc hg 8 8 Londesborough<br />
hg hg 31<br />
15<br />
Walton<br />
hg hg 4<br />
hg16<br />
18 N<br />
Holmesville<br />
Clinton<br />
Kinburn<br />
hg 15<br />
Winthrop<br />
hg hg 13<br />
17<br />
Vanastra<br />
Bayfield<br />
dc 4 Harpurhey Brodhagen<br />
Seaforth<br />
dc 23<br />
Egmondville<br />
hg<br />
hg 14<br />
Varna 3<br />
St. Columban<br />
Bornholm<br />
Brucefield<br />
dc 21<br />
hg hg 31<br />
hg 12 Dublin<br />
Kippen 32<br />
Mitchell<br />
Wartb<br />
Staffa<br />
St. Joseph<br />
hg dc 84<br />
Hensall<br />
Zurich<br />
ji 180<br />
8<br />
hg 2 hg 20 Fullarton<br />
Dashwood<br />
hg hg 83<br />
83<br />
Exeter<br />
hg<br />
hg 11 hg 20<br />
6<br />
PINERY<br />
hg<br />
hg ji Grand Bend<br />
2 Kirkton<br />
163<br />
hg dc ji 130 St. Pau<br />
Crediton<br />
Shipka<br />
10 23 Woodham<br />
Huron Park<br />
hg 81 Mount<br />
Centralia<br />
Port<br />
Carmel<br />
hg 5<br />
dc ji 4 151 St. Marys<br />
Franks<br />
5 Whalen<br />
Ipperwash<br />
Corbett<br />
Corners<br />
Beach<br />
hg<br />
ji ji<br />
hg 139 123<br />
24 24 Granton<br />
Chippewas of Kettle<br />
hg 79 hg hg 18<br />
47 hg 59<br />
dc hg 7<br />
27<br />
U<br />
and Stony Point Ravenswood<br />
hg 21 Clandeboye Lucan<br />
Medina<br />
Thedford<br />
hg hg hg hg hg hg 7 6 Sylvan Parkhill<br />
7<br />
20<br />
hg 25<br />
hg6 7<br />
Ailsa Craig<br />
nm<br />
hg hg 7 Elginfield<br />
Lambton Shores<br />
hg dc hg<br />
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9<br />
4 23 hg 16<br />
hg hg 12<br />
17<br />
Denfield<br />
31<br />
Forest<br />
hg 27<br />
Fanshawe<br />
dc 6<br />
Nairn<br />
hg 20 Birr<br />
Bryanston<br />
hg 28hg1<br />
7 hg 30 21<br />
Arkona<br />
hg 19 Ilderton<br />
Thorndale<br />
Brights<br />
L.<br />
hg hg<br />
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12<br />
Centre<br />
Ballymote<br />
Grove<br />
hg hg hg hg hg 7<br />
3 6<br />
O 9 79 Keyser<br />
Port<br />
Camlachie<br />
16 hg 20 Arva 28<br />
27 Tham<br />
Huron<br />
9 15 O 1<br />
O 34<br />
Warwick<br />
hg 22 Hickory<br />
rq nm<br />
dc402 25<br />
O dc 44 402<br />
O OO hg hg hg30 hg 22 Adelaide<br />
Coldstream<br />
Corner<br />
LONDON<br />
hg 22<br />
7<br />
22 Melrose<br />
Reeces Corners<br />
Sarnia<br />
hg hg 22<br />
56<br />
65 69 Poplar Lobo<br />
32<br />
Mandaumin<br />
hg hg 16 17 D<br />
Wyoming<br />
Hill<br />
Aamijiwnaang<br />
Lucasville<br />
hg 39 Strathroy<br />
hg<br />
hg O 199<br />
dc<br />
hg 40<br />
9<br />
hg<br />
hg<br />
hg 38<br />
Marysville<br />
14 Watford<br />
Komoka<br />
hg hg 8 hg 14<br />
31 hg 20 26<br />
Kerwood<br />
hg 82<br />
hg 3<br />
P P 6<br />
186 195<br />
86<br />
P P194<br />
4 100 189<br />
nm<br />
hg<br />
hg hg<br />
hg 10 81 79<br />
77<br />
Mount<br />
Petrolia<br />
Tham<br />
Corunna<br />
Cairngorm Brydges<br />
Delaware<br />
O 183<br />
rq<br />
hg 4<br />
Harrie<br />
8<br />
hg 98<br />
P<br />
hg 74<br />
Mooretown<br />
hg hg<br />
hg 9<br />
hg hg 21<br />
14<br />
15<br />
hg 180<br />
8<br />
11 Belmo<br />
St. Clair<br />
hg 10<br />
Chippewas of<br />
35<br />
Courtright<br />
hg dc 177<br />
hg 80<br />
Oil City Inwood<br />
the Thames<br />
Oneida Nation<br />
30<br />
Brigden<br />
hg 80<br />
Alvinston<br />
First Nation Muncey<br />
Melbourne<br />
of the Thames<br />
hg<br />
hg 4<br />
48 Map<br />
hg 36<br />
hg 80<br />
Appin<br />
hg 2<br />
Southwold<br />
Munsee-Delaware<br />
Oil <strong>Spring</strong>s<br />
St. Thomas<br />
P 14<br />
Nation<br />
Talbotville<br />
hg 164<br />
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dc 74<br />
Middlemiss<br />
Lynhurst<br />
Marine City<br />
Wilkesport<br />
3<br />
Sombra<br />
Glencoe<br />
nm hg hg hg hg 2<br />
hg 8 45 16<br />
2 P<br />
hg hg 18 14 hg 20 New<br />
Edys Mills<br />
hg<br />
dc 157<br />
nm<br />
28 hg hg hg hg 28hg56 Sarum<br />
Oakdale<br />
Shedden<br />
Cairo<br />
9 401<br />
3<br />
nm<br />
hg hg hg 31 26 Strathburn<br />
hg<br />
hg 21 36<br />
8<br />
hg P hg hg hg hg 45<br />
Port<br />
Shetland<br />
Iona<br />
Fingal Union<br />
hg 4 Lambton<br />
27<br />
1 79 Station<br />
Newbury<br />
hg 149 13 Iona<br />
hg 20<br />
hg<br />
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Rutherford<br />
Florence<br />
PORT<br />
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hg hg 26<br />
hg 22<br />
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hg hg 76 5 Central Elgin<br />
Algonac<br />
Dutton<br />
Mount Clemens<br />
24<br />
33 hg 44<br />
hg 24 16 Bothwell Wardsville<br />
8 16<br />
Port<br />
78<br />
15<br />
Croton<br />
hg 23<br />
hg 137<br />
JOHN E. PEARCE<br />
Phg hg29 hg 25<br />
hg 7 hg<br />
ji<br />
ji 103 Wallacetown<br />
Stanley<br />
STERLING<br />
Walpole Island Wallaceburg<br />
Dresden<br />
(Bkejwanong)<br />
Tupperville<br />
6 9 hg 121 129<br />
rq<br />
dc 18 hg 21<br />
2 West Lorne<br />
HEIGHTS<br />
Wabash<br />
hg 76<br />
40<br />
hg15 42 Rodney<br />
hg hg29 29 15 Thamesville<br />
Moravian of<br />
Duttona<br />
the Thames<br />
hg 2<br />
hg hg<br />
hg P ji 20 117<br />
104 Eagle Beach<br />
Queen’<br />
Kent<br />
St. Clair<br />
ji 103<br />
Eberts Bridge<br />
Repr<br />
Shores<br />
Mitchell's<br />
po hg 42 P 109<br />
hg 3<br />
Bay<br />
hg 18 18<br />
Muirkirk<br />
New Glasgow<br />
30hg28<br />
Duart<br />
Mitchell's Bay Dover<br />
nm<br />
hg hg 9<br />
hg 29<br />
Louisville<br />
39<br />
14<br />
Highgate<br />
Port Glasgow<br />
Centre<br />
LAKE ST. CLAIR hg hg<br />
rq<br />
35<br />
McKay's<br />
Corners<br />
hg<br />
hg ji 19 20<br />
121 Grande<br />
Pointe<br />
CHATHAM-KENT<br />
hg hg hg 38<br />
P 37 34 43<br />
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dc 18 Pinehurst<br />
101 Ridgetown<br />
D<br />
Chatham<br />
DETROIT<br />
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hg 81<br />
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11 Eatonville<br />
WINDSOR<br />
hg<br />
hg<br />
hg 7 hg 17<br />
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Prairie<br />
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Charing<br />
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Blenheim<br />
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Lakeshore<br />
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25<br />
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hg 14 Cross<br />
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10<br />
11<br />
St. Joachim<br />
Buxton 27<br />
21<br />
O 31<br />
42<br />
Shrewsbury<br />
Cedar <strong>Spring</strong>s<br />
28<br />
O OO hg hg hg hg 3<br />
34<br />
40 48<br />
8 6<br />
12<br />
Maidstone<br />
hg hg 8<br />
hg<br />
hg 5<br />
7<br />
hg<br />
hg hg hg 34 23 46 Tilbury<br />
Merlin<br />
Erieau<br />
Comber<br />
Dealtown<br />
Woodslee Ruscom<br />
hg hg 37 1 9<br />
8 dc<br />
hg hg hg 14<br />
Paquette<br />
hg 4<br />
hg hg Daytripper<br />
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11 Corners<br />
Essex<br />
12 3 27 Staples 8 Port Alma<br />
McGregor<br />
hg hg 37<br />
Gesto<br />
hg hg 14 hg 14<br />
hg hg 18<br />
hg 27 Cottam<br />
Blytheswood<br />
1<br />
3<br />
9 Wheatley<br />
Pelee<br />
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7<br />
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Pigeon Bay<br />
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11<br />
27<br />
18<br />
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hg 24<br />
WARREN<br />
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LaSalle<br />
Amherstburg<br />
Malden<br />
WHEATLEY<br />
hg<br />
hg 15 hg 23<br />
hg dc 31 77<br />
Centre<br />
hg 11 18<br />
hg hg 34<br />
29<br />
hg dc<br />
hg 18<br />
Passage<br />
Ruthven<br />
hg<br />
hg 34 3 34<br />
Scudder<br />
50 Caldwell<br />
Harrow<br />
Leamington<br />
hg 13<br />
Pelee<br />
hg 50<br />
33hg20<br />
Pelee<br />
Colchester<br />
POINT PELEE<br />
Island<br />
NATIONAL PARK<br />
hg 20 hg 10 hg 20<br />
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Tecumseh<br />
Puce<br />
Cedar Beach<br />
E<br />
Kingsville<br />
Belle River<br />
Deerbrook<br />
Stoney Point/<br />
Pointe-aux-Roches<br />
Point Edward<br />
8<br />
11<br />
9<br />
River<br />
Creek<br />
Hickory<br />
9<br />
Bear<br />
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13<br />
9<br />
7<br />
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10<br />
10<br />
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Rondeau<br />
8<br />
Bay<br />
Brown<br />
11<br />
15<br />
RIVER<br />
13<br />
Parkhill<br />
12<br />
21 35<br />
16<br />
9<br />
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Sydenham<br />
8<br />
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Pine<br />
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Tiverton<br />
Millarton<br />
hg 15<br />
Middlesex<br />
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River<br />
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Glammis<br />
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Medway Cr.<br />
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Pinkerton<br />
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hg 8<br />
hg 4 hg 3<br />
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hg 11 hg 10<br />
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24<br />
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Whirl<br />
21<br />
Avon<br />
Ma<br />
Catfis<br />
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Willow<br />
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8<br />
9<br />
6<br />
28<br />
9<br />
10<br />
River<br />
Duntroon<br />
SIBBALD<br />
hg O<br />
POINT dc 12<br />
Eugenia<br />
dc 31 hg hg hg hg 42<br />
10<br />
28<br />
hg 40 Chippewas of<br />
hg 96<br />
23<br />
10<br />
hg 95<br />
Georgina Island<br />
Berkeley<br />
30<br />
Singhampton<br />
Glen Huron New Lowell<br />
94<br />
Sandy Cove<br />
Duclos Port<br />
L.<br />
hg 9<br />
Point Bolster<br />
Cannington<br />
hg hg<br />
hg<br />
hg hg 46<br />
Mooresburg<br />
32 13<br />
Feversham<br />
Creemore<br />
90 27<br />
Franklin Jacksons<br />
hg O 25 hg 90<br />
dc dc 25<br />
Markdale<br />
Brentwood<br />
Island<br />
hg 12<br />
Angus<br />
Scone<br />
Dornoch<br />
Alcona<br />
Beach Point<br />
Eugenia<br />
48<br />
hg 7<br />
dc hg hg<br />
O hg 2<br />
6<br />
hg hg 12<br />
4<br />
Avening<br />
Holly<br />
Stroud<br />
Grove<br />
Pefferlaw<br />
Maxwell<br />
hg 85 21 78 Sutton<br />
Virginia<br />
Dunedin<br />
9<br />
Glencairn<br />
Ivy<br />
23<br />
Manilla<br />
Irish<br />
hg<br />
hg 2<br />
hg hg hg 88<br />
hg 39<br />
Georgina<br />
Lake<br />
hg hg 79<br />
hg hg<br />
hg 18<br />
81<br />
Elmwood<br />
Flesherton<br />
12 Lisle<br />
Thornton<br />
Bell Ewart<br />
Badjeros Maple Valley<br />
Innisfil<br />
Roches Point<br />
82<br />
Ceylon<br />
79<br />
hg<br />
hg<br />
hg hg hg 78<br />
18<br />
10 21<br />
Cook's<br />
Bay<br />
O<br />
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13<br />
21<br />
Lefroy<br />
West Grey<br />
Baldwin<br />
Churchill<br />
4<br />
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Keswick<br />
Brown 32 Udora<br />
Sunderland<br />
Baxter<br />
Gilford<br />
hg 75<br />
3<br />
8 3<br />
hg dc dc 7 12<br />
hg<br />
dc dc 89<br />
10 dc<br />
hg hg Blackwater Sony<br />
Priceville<br />
Redickville<br />
hg 56<br />
Hill<br />
Honeywood<br />
22<br />
hg hg hg 4<br />
15<br />
hg 10<br />
hg 89<br />
39 13 13<br />
hg<br />
hg 3 hg 14<br />
Proton<br />
hg hg 9 ji 124<br />
Terra Nova<br />
hg 32<br />
28<br />
21<br />
5<br />
Cookstown<br />
Ravenshoe<br />
6 Sea<br />
Station<br />
Durham<br />
Dundalk<br />
East<br />
Allan Park<br />
Horning's<br />
Everett<br />
Zephyr Leaskdale<br />
Mansfield<br />
Bradford<br />
400<br />
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4<br />
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9<br />
hg hg17 13<br />
hg 27<br />
hg 39 Saintfield<br />
Hanover<br />
Swinton Park<br />
Mills<br />
Gwillimbury<br />
Varney<br />
Nicolston<br />
West<br />
hg 67<br />
n<br />
Corbetton<br />
48<br />
11 23 18 Alliston<br />
Gwillimbury<br />
30 Greenbank<br />
19 Newton<br />
hg<br />
hg 3<br />
hg hg 77 Queensville<br />
rlsruhe<br />
hg 10 8<br />
10<br />
Bradford<br />
hg hg hg 47<br />
9 Violet Hill<br />
Rosemont<br />
Holland<br />
Mount Sandford<br />
Robinson<br />
1 64 88 Uxbridge<br />
Riverview<br />
New<br />
Landing<br />
Holt Albert<br />
Por<br />
MONO<br />
hg hg 53<br />
CLIFFS<br />
O<br />
O 8 8<br />
hg<br />
hg hg hg<br />
hg hg hg 50<br />
Sharon<br />
Neustadt<br />
hg 17 Shelburne<br />
Primrose<br />
Beeton<br />
Ayton<br />
Holstein<br />
Bond<br />
hg 8<br />
19 13 31<br />
9<br />
51<br />
South<br />
58<br />
1<br />
9<br />
hg dc<br />
hg O 89<br />
8 hg 55<br />
49<br />
dc hg 47 Manchester<br />
Head<br />
hg 74 30 Prin<br />
ji hg hg hg 109 14<br />
Keldon<br />
11<br />
Loretto<br />
Coppin's<br />
Tecumseth<br />
1<br />
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hg 21<br />
14 31 Pleasantville<br />
hg<br />
hg 404<br />
O 45<br />
hg<br />
dc dc 52<br />
89 10<br />
O 41<br />
Luther<br />
dc 1<br />
hg hg<br />
hg 15 Ballantrae<br />
hg Corners<br />
Utica<br />
10 12 Mono<br />
Newmarket<br />
Hockley<br />
Schomberg<br />
34 Whitchurch-<br />
Goodwood<br />
Colgan<br />
Clifford<br />
38<br />
hg<br />
hg 6 Camilla Centre<br />
Tottenham<br />
Kettleby<br />
Musselman's<br />
hg hg hg 16<br />
hg 9<br />
hg<br />
hg hg 30 2<br />
15 16<br />
Wesley Corners<br />
Conn<br />
hg 40 Lake<br />
Ashburn<br />
Aurora<br />
Myrtle<br />
Vandorf<br />
Mount Forest<br />
7 6 69 5<br />
hg<br />
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hg hg hg 23<br />
9<br />
dc hg 18 hg 56 hg 55 53<br />
6<br />
hg hg O<br />
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dc 407<br />
8<br />
hg hg 14 hg 10 Pottageville<br />
Snowball Stouffville Stouffville<br />
Laurel<br />
16<br />
hg hg hg 10 12 hg hg 11<br />
Palgrave<br />
Claremont Brooklin<br />
Lakelet<br />
16<br />
Mono Mills<br />
Oak Ridges<br />
14 Ringwood<br />
27<br />
31<br />
Harriston<br />
43<br />
dc<br />
hg 1<br />
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hg 30<br />
404<br />
33<br />
48<br />
hg<br />
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hg<br />
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hg hg 26<br />
87<br />
hg hg hg 6 dc 7 22 50<br />
King<br />
Gormley<br />
Orangeville<br />
67<br />
11<br />
25<br />
Brougham<br />
Grand<br />
City<br />
hg<br />
ji 7<br />
O hg hg 31<br />
hg dc<br />
dc 5 ji hg hg 38<br />
Greenwood<br />
Damascus<br />
Kenilworth<br />
hg 109<br />
Valley Waldemar<br />
hg 23<br />
24<br />
Nobleton<br />
Green<br />
Fordwich<br />
1 31 109<br />
Caledon<br />
MARKHAM River<br />
po 407<br />
4<br />
412<br />
23 37 3<br />
FORKS OF<br />
hg hg 3 ji<br />
34hg hg 109 Village Caledon Mono<br />
Bolton<br />
RICHMOND<br />
ji O 4 5 24 hg 30<br />
hg 123 Teviotdale<br />
27 THE CREDIT<br />
ji ji hg hg<br />
O 30<br />
93<br />
109 109 Alton<br />
East Road<br />
ji 136<br />
9<br />
Kleinburg<br />
HILL<br />
Caledon<br />
hg 35<br />
O P 8<br />
25<br />
22<br />
404 410<br />
178 ji<br />
hg 178 Palmerston<br />
hg po<br />
hg 399<br />
Lake<br />
hg O dc 397<br />
hg hg hg 50<br />
6<br />
8hg7 hg<br />
hg 24 hg 49<br />
407<br />
hg 11<br />
hg 27<br />
Kurtzville<br />
88<br />
91<br />
Arthur<br />
Marsville<br />
Unionville<br />
Rothsay<br />
Sandhill<br />
hg hg 3<br />
24<br />
hg 12 29 Belwood<br />
R.<br />
O P 9 12 16<br />
Hillsburgh<br />
AJAX WH<br />
Molesworth<br />
Belwood<br />
Inglewood<br />
Wildfield VAUGHAN<br />
Thornhill<br />
Gowanstown<br />
ji 140<br />
10<br />
383<br />
394<br />
O dc dc 19hg18<br />
Orton<br />
23 ji 124 Belfountain<br />
hg hg Ohg hg 404<br />
401<br />
1 4 14<br />
17<br />
Pickering<br />
Victoria<br />
Woodbridge<br />
Moorefield<br />
hg 392<br />
hg 18<br />
27<br />
P 369<br />
PPP dc 21 7<br />
O 367<br />
375 379<br />
6<br />
13<br />
Conestogo<br />
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hg 10<br />
Drayton<br />
Erin<br />
Erin<br />
25<br />
Listowel<br />
po<br />
hg hg 407<br />
Pdc 11<br />
26 22<br />
Brisbane<br />
400<br />
371<br />
8hg7<br />
Alma<br />
Cheltenham<br />
hg hg 24<br />
dc 359<br />
409<br />
365<br />
L.<br />
hg 42 hg O<br />
P P 362 hg 27 hg 19<br />
50 hg 10 355<br />
hg hg hg<br />
hg<br />
ji 17<br />
124 Snelgrove<br />
North Perth<br />
22<br />
Terra Cotta<br />
ji 107<br />
Fergus<br />
Salem<br />
29 Ospringe<br />
hg 12<br />
Ballinafad BRAMPTON<br />
72 Atwood<br />
hg 86<br />
hg 11<br />
6<br />
O 5<br />
P 344 352<br />
45<br />
hg 18 Elora<br />
ewry<br />
ji 107<br />
ji147<br />
ji 131<br />
Glen Williams<br />
Glen Allan<br />
Dorking<br />
Floradale<br />
hg 4<br />
Pdc hg 21 hg hg<br />
hg 22 Brucedale<br />
ji 125<br />
Huttonville<br />
Donegal<br />
7 dc hg 346 427<br />
19 22 21<br />
Rockwood Limehouse<br />
Yatton<br />
Norval<br />
Macton<br />
Eramosa<br />
7 hg 3<br />
hg 1<br />
TORONTO<br />
po<br />
hg hg P P P 19<br />
330 336 342<br />
139 142 145<br />
R.<br />
P P<br />
51 29<br />
136<br />
333 QEW<br />
hg<br />
hg<br />
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121<br />
Elmira<br />
Acton Stewarttown<br />
Monkton<br />
Newton<br />
Wallenstein<br />
Halton<br />
hg hg<br />
hg 10 85<br />
hg hg ji 72 124 Ashgrove<br />
West Montrose<br />
Marden<br />
Milverton<br />
Millbank<br />
Linwood<br />
hg86 23 86<br />
P<br />
PP dc<br />
dc<br />
55<br />
Ariss<br />
Hills<br />
hg 11 5 Hawkesville<br />
Eden Speyside<br />
hg hg hg 86<br />
hg 1 25<br />
403<br />
hg<br />
hg 17 Winterbourne<br />
Hornby<br />
37<br />
324 328 P132 15<br />
hg 130 P 320<br />
dc<br />
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dc<br />
hg<br />
hg hg 6hg<br />
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Mills<br />
Poole<br />
Conestogo<br />
po<br />
ji 17 26<br />
hg 407 Port Credit<br />
Crosshill<br />
St. Jacobs<br />
Brunner<br />
Maryhill<br />
Brookville<br />
135 312<br />
126<br />
85<br />
7 8<br />
3<br />
5<br />
hg hg 31<br />
Arkell<br />
St. Clements<br />
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MISSISSAUGA<br />
Heidelberg<br />
Bloomingdale<br />
Moffat<br />
32<br />
dc<br />
hg hg 34<br />
12 14<br />
hg<br />
ji hg ji hg16<br />
124 P dc 119 7<br />
Bamberg<br />
Clarkson<br />
Rostock<br />
MILTON<br />
6<br />
46<br />
hg 56 36 123<br />
44<br />
ji hg hg 299 401<br />
hg<br />
hg<br />
hg 22 25<br />
PP 5<br />
P P 118 119 hg hg<br />
hg 35<br />
107<br />
hg 31 Aberfoyle<br />
urg<br />
Wellesley<br />
WATERLOO<br />
hg 17 Gads Hill<br />
43 58 24<br />
32 Campbellville<br />
Amulree<br />
St. Agatha<br />
KITCHENER<br />
286<br />
P hg 278 282<br />
295 Morriston<br />
Sebringville<br />
7<br />
P P 6hg9<br />
Petersburg<br />
Puslinch<br />
Lowville<br />
OAKVILLE<br />
Phillipsburg Baden<br />
113<br />
hg hg hg<br />
P 284<br />
P 111<br />
275<br />
109<br />
BRONTE<br />
dc 7 dc 1<br />
hg 28<br />
Crieff<br />
Freelton<br />
Kilbride<br />
po<br />
hg hg hg 32 1 5<br />
8 4<br />
hg 12<br />
hg 8<br />
hg 58 27 CREEK<br />
hg hg<br />
hg 407<br />
Stratford New Hamburg<br />
Mannheim<br />
Clyde<br />
97<br />
Carlisle<br />
Bronte<br />
Shakespeare<br />
33 70 Strabane<br />
CAMBRIDGE<br />
Flamboro<br />
ji hg hg dc 6<br />
P P 102 5 3<br />
P dc 100 7 hg hg<br />
ji 112 ji 107 101<br />
New<br />
Haysville<br />
46hg12<br />
hg 26 24<br />
hg hg hg 97<br />
Centre<br />
Dundee<br />
ls<br />
Westover<br />
Roseville<br />
hg 22 8<br />
268<br />
24 43<br />
Millgrove Waterdown<br />
dc 8 O 97 FORT GEORGE<br />
hg hg hg hg 47 Sheffield<br />
BURLINGTON<br />
ji 113 Tavistock<br />
hg 3<br />
dc 58 hg 75<br />
Clappison's Corners<br />
Plattsville<br />
hg hg 28<br />
401<br />
49<br />
Branchton Rockton<br />
hg<br />
hg dc 8<br />
Ayr<br />
28<br />
13<br />
59<br />
5<br />
Aldershot<br />
hg hg O<br />
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Greensville<br />
hg O HAMILTON<br />
Niagara-On-<br />
Bright<br />
Glen Morris Troy 5<br />
Dundas<br />
hg 93 hg 19<br />
90 28<br />
250<br />
14<br />
99<br />
dc<br />
hg 29 West Flamborough<br />
The-Lake<br />
Harrington Hickson<br />
St. George<br />
hg 403 hg 8 88 89<br />
O 6 hg hg hg 83 hg 78<br />
hg O hg 35<br />
Harrisburg<br />
87<br />
8<br />
29<br />
Drumbo<br />
15 Copetown<br />
Youngstown<br />
niondale<br />
Innerkip<br />
hg 74 71<br />
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64<br />
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36 O57 51 49<br />
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QEW<br />
hg hg hg 99<br />
Lynden Ancaster<br />
Grimsby<br />
ST. CATHARINES<br />
Lakeside<br />
Lincoln<br />
hg 4<br />
hg 20<br />
hg hg hg hg 48<br />
hg<br />
hg 36<br />
55 119<br />
hg 33 Virgil<br />
Huntingford<br />
Paris Osborne Corners Jerseyville<br />
Stoney<br />
hg 22<br />
44<br />
O po<br />
2<br />
11 17<br />
ji 16 Gobles Princeton Falkland<br />
Alberton<br />
Creek<br />
Winona<br />
238<br />
hg dc 27 86 100<br />
33 Woodstock<br />
Eastwood<br />
Embro<br />
hg 25<br />
30 33<br />
Elfrida<br />
O dc 403 38<br />
6<br />
ji<br />
38 41 406<br />
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hg hg 73 hg hg 17<br />
2/53<br />
52 hg 81<br />
Jordan<br />
Beamsville<br />
Queenston<br />
Kintore<br />
Creditville<br />
Mount Hope<br />
Grassie<br />
hg<br />
hg hg hg 26<br />
dc<br />
hg 8 hg 56<br />
18<br />
Station<br />
hg hg hg 89 405<br />
Lewiston<br />
Cainsville<br />
6 16 21 16 53<br />
Carluke 65<br />
Fulton<br />
Campden Jordan<br />
hg 73 81 O 37<br />
235<br />
34<br />
P hg hg hg 6 hg hg hg O rq<br />
9 Brantford<br />
53<br />
Onondaga<br />
Woodburn 20 14<br />
hg hg hg 12 Vineland<br />
Niagara<br />
24<br />
hg 30<br />
230 232<br />
54 O 14 Odc ts<br />
2 7<br />
hg hg<br />
hg 55<br />
Burford<br />
ji 18<br />
Binbrook<br />
Beachville<br />
Oxford<br />
Mount Vernon<br />
Middleport<br />
Cathcart<br />
St.<br />
hg 69<br />
Falls<br />
202<br />
420<br />
7 hg4 hg 54<br />
Smithville<br />
hg 69 27<br />
222 hg<br />
hg 40 Centre<br />
Bishopsgate<br />
6<br />
hg hg 65<br />
ji 17<br />
hg P P hg 14 hg<br />
hg 12<br />
hg 14<br />
hg 66 9<br />
O 3<br />
216 218<br />
hg hg hg 45<br />
59 31<br />
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hg hg hg hg 22 hg 129 Mount<br />
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Thorold<br />
Ingersoll<br />
Sweaburg<br />
Harley Brant<br />
ji 59<br />
hg<br />
hg hg Pleasant<br />
Six Nations of<br />
Caledonia<br />
Caistor<br />
Anns<br />
the Grand River<br />
Centre<br />
119 202 16 24 (Ohsweken)<br />
Burtch<br />
Caistorville<br />
North Pelham<br />
Foldens<br />
New Durham<br />
Oakland<br />
Bismarck<br />
Fonthill<br />
Niagara Chippawa<br />
Holbrook<br />
25 Scotland<br />
hg 20<br />
Willow Grove<br />
Empire Corners<br />
orchester<br />
401 dc hg<br />
hg 5<br />
hg 27 hg 46<br />
Burgessville<br />
Mississaugas of<br />
Fenwick<br />
56<br />
63<br />
hg 29 19 4 hg<br />
ji<br />
dc 19<br />
dc 54 hg hg 36<br />
hg<br />
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Falls<br />
Putnam<br />
Wilsonville<br />
the New Credit<br />
York<br />
hg 116<br />
Salford<br />
Norwich<br />
18 Wellandport<br />
Pelham<br />
Kelvin<br />
Bealton<br />
6 Haldimand County Canborough<br />
hg 24<br />
27 hg 208<br />
18 O 203 10<br />
Vanessa<br />
24<br />
Boston<br />
27<br />
98<br />
dc<br />
12<br />
58A<br />
hg hg hg 24<br />
hg 9 hg 27<br />
hg 13<br />
19 25 QEW<br />
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4<br />
Welland<br />
Hagersville<br />
Canfield<br />
Mossley<br />
Milldale<br />
Round<br />
Villa Nova<br />
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hg hg hg 32<br />
Chambers<br />
Verschoyle<br />
hg<br />
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Otterville<br />
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7<br />
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hg 20 hg 58 140<br />
hg 5<br />
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dc 23<br />
27<br />
9 Decewsville Cayuga<br />
Corners<br />
Stevensville<br />
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19<br />
Waterford<br />
5 17 3<br />
21<br />
hg dc 2<br />
37<br />
hg<br />
hg 84<br />
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hg hg 74 Garnet<br />
Winger<br />
Wainfleet<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong>ford<br />
59 La Salette<br />
Windham<br />
Balmoral Nelles Corners<br />
98 Fort Erie<br />
47<br />
Tillsonburg<br />
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hg hg 4 3<br />
hg 73<br />
Culloden<br />
37 Centre<br />
20 3<br />
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11 hg hg 20<br />
37 25 24 Townsend<br />
Kohler<br />
Ostryhon<br />
Byng<br />
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hg 20<br />
Lyons<br />
hg 50<br />
Dunnville<br />
Corners<br />
Ridgeway<br />
hg hg hg 1<br />
48<br />
Brownsville<br />
Delhi<br />
Jarvis<br />
Simcoe<br />
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hg 49<br />
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hg Renton<br />
dc hg 53<br />
Fisherville<br />
Lowbanks<br />
Gasline<br />
hg 12<br />
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leton<br />
Corinth<br />
hg 3 5<br />
ROCK POINT<br />
hg hg hg hg hg 52<br />
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hg hg 16 hg 1<br />
hg 70hg55 Cheapside<br />
Cayuga<br />
Long Burnaby<br />
Crystal<br />
Rainham<br />
Port<br />
Beach Colborne<br />
Beach<br />
32 40 46 30<br />
35<br />
Eden 38 59 Norfolk 21<br />
hg hg 10<br />
24<br />
SELKIRK<br />
hg hg 3<br />
Selkirk Centre<br />
Maitland<br />
Aylmer<br />
dc 44<br />
South<br />
County<br />
6<br />
Mabee's<br />
Middleton<br />
Greens Corner<br />
Richmond<br />
hg 6 Nanticoke<br />
Orwell<br />
Corners<br />
Summers<br />
hg 38 hg hg 21 Andy's<br />
Vittoria<br />
Port Dover<br />
hg hg hg 45 Corners<br />
Corners Silver Hill<br />
hg 23<br />
1<br />
3<br />
Walsh<br />
43<br />
Straffordville Langton<br />
Mount<br />
hg hg hg hg 16 24 hg Port Ryerse<br />
Salem<br />
10<br />
TURKEY POINT<br />
hg hg 45<br />
73<br />
19 Glen Meyer<br />
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Calton<br />
hg 45 Normandale<br />
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Leamington<br />
SEX<br />
Lake<br />
Huron<br />
Sarnia<br />
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WATERLOO RM<br />
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Kitchener-Waterloo<br />
OXFORD<br />
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Woodstock<br />
Brantford<br />
London 5<br />
MIDDLESEX<br />
NORFOLK<br />
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Port Dover<br />
St. Thomas<br />
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Lake Erie<br />
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519-539-9800 ext. 3355<br />
He who would leap high must take a long run. - Danish Proverb<br />
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HAMILTON<br />
WENTWORTH<br />
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Hamilton<br />
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Burlington<br />
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Caledonia<br />
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Fort Erie<br />
Represenng Essex, Chatham-Kent,<br />
Lambton, Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford,<br />
Norfolk & Haldimand County.<br />
www.ontariossouthwest.com<br />
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Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island<br />
www.visitwindsoressex.com<br />
1-800-265-3633<br />
Lake Ontario<br />
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1-800-561-6125<br />
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Tourism Sarnia-Lambton<br />
www.ontbluecoast.com<br />
1-800-265-0316<br />
Tourism London<br />
www.londontourism.ca<br />
1-800-265-2602<br />
Middlesex Tourism<br />
www.visitmiddlesex.ca<br />
519-434-7321<br />
Elgin County Tourism<br />
www.elgintourist.com<br />
1-877-GO-ELGIN<br />
Tourism Oxford<br />
www.tourismoxford.ca<br />
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Norfolk County Tourism<br />
www.norfolktourism.ca<br />
1-800-699-9038<br />
Tourism Haldimand<br />
www.haldimandcounty.ca<br />
1-800-863-9607<br />
Tourism Hamilton<br />
www.tourismhamilton.com<br />
1-800-263-8590<br />
Tourism Branord<br />
www.discoverbranord.ca<br />
1-800-265-6299<br />
County of Brant Tourism<br />
www.brant.ca<br />
1-888-250-2296<br />
Straord Tourism Alliance<br />
www.visitstraord.ca<br />
1-800-561-7926<br />
Tourism Burlington<br />
www.tourismburlington.com<br />
1-877-499-9989<br />
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JARVIS S-13<br />
Nice Old Stuff (Antiques)<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-587-2058<br />
KENT BRIDGE H-16<br />
Kent Bridge Country Market 519-352-5226<br />
www.kentbridgecountrymarket.com<br />
Roesch Meats<br />
www.rmeats.com<br />
519-351-7711<br />
KINCARDINE K-2<br />
Hive ‘n Hoe Country Store<br />
www.anderkin.ca<br />
519-396-3529<br />
Harbour Rose Boutique<br />
www.harbourroseboutique.ca<br />
519-396-6861<br />
KINGSVILLE C-20<br />
Kingsville BIA<br />
www.kingsvillebia.com<br />
519-733-6250<br />
Arts Society of Kingsville<br />
artssocietyofkingsville.ca<br />
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Banded Goose Brewery & Taproom<br />
www.bandedgoosebrewing.com<br />
519-733-9700<br />
Canadian Transportation Museum<br />
www.ctmhv.com<br />
519-776-6909<br />
Cindy’s Home & Garden<br />
www.cindysgarden.com<br />
519-733-9425<br />
Distinctive Inns of Kingsville 519-733-5070<br />
www.distinctiveinnsofkingsville.com<br />
Estate of Health (Day Spa, Yoga Studio) 519-712-8838<br />
estateofhealth.ca<br />
Fehr’s Heritage Bakery<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-733-0303<br />
Flower Fashions on King (& Gifts)<br />
www.flowerfashionsonking.ca<br />
519-733-4344<br />
Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary<br />
www.jackminer.ca<br />
519-733-4034<br />
Kingsville Military Museum<br />
www.kingsvillemilitarymuseum.ca<br />
519-733-2803<br />
Kingsville Music Society<br />
www.kingsvillemusicsociety.com<br />
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Olive Branch on Main<br />
olivebranchonmain.com<br />
519-712-9377<br />
Paisley Dreamer (Arts, Clothing, Gifts) 519-712-8780<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Pelee Island Winery<br />
www.peleeisland.com<br />
519-733-6551<br />
Shall We Knit?<br />
www.shallweknit.com<br />
519-725-9739<br />
The Sanctuary Gifts & Books for Faith Store 519-712-9474<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
KITCHENER R-8<br />
Schneider Haus National Historic Site 519-742-7752<br />
www.schneiderhaus.ca<br />
Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum<br />
& Doon Heritage Village<br />
www.waterlooregionmuseum.ca<br />
519-748-1914<br />
LAMBTON SHORES J-10<br />
Municipality of Lambton Shores 519-243-1400<br />
www.lambtonshores.ca<br />
LANGTON Q-14<br />
LASALLETTE Q-13<br />
LEAMINGTON D-20<br />
Leamington Arts Centre<br />
www.leamingtonartscentre.com<br />
519-326-2711<br />
Legacy Antiques<br />
www.legacyauctions.net<br />
519-322-4427<br />
Pelee Wings Nature Store 519-326-5193<br />
www.peleewings.ca<br />
There’s No Place Like Home Antiques 519-325-1455<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
LISTOWEL O-6<br />
Knapp Shoes<br />
www.knappshoes.ca<br />
519-291-4750<br />
Sprinrite Yarn Factory Outlet<br />
www.yarnfactoryoutlet.com<br />
519-291-3951<br />
The Kitchen Cupboard & Ice Box<br />
www.shopkci.com<br />
519-291-4777<br />
LONDESBOROUGH L-6<br />
Nature’s Nest (Bird Seed)<br />
www.naturesnest.ca<br />
519-523-4399<br />
LONDON M-12 (INC. LAMBETH & HYDE PARK)<br />
www.londontourism.ca<br />
519-661-5000 • 1-800-265-2602<br />
A & M Garden Centre<br />
www.amgardencentre.ca<br />
519-652-3539<br />
Attic Books<br />
www.atticbooks.ca<br />
519-432-7277<br />
Birdie’s Nest<br />
birdiesnestonline.com<br />
226-663-7183<br />
Cardinal Used & Rare Books<br />
www.merebooks.com<br />
519-854-0006<br />
Diamond & Gold Treasures<br />
www.diamondzgold.com<br />
519-652-0526<br />
East Park Golf Gardens<br />
www.eastparkgolf.com<br />
519-451-2950<br />
Memory Lane Antiques<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-471-2835<br />
Red Door Shoppe Antiques<br />
Find us on Facebook & Instagram<br />
226-374-6757<br />
The Bloomin’ Bog (near Ilderton)<br />
www.bloominbog.com<br />
519-666-0132<br />
Thomas Bros. Farm Market<br />
www.thomasbrothersfarms.ca<br />
519-652-5551<br />
Wood ‘N’ Water Mennonite Furniture 519-641-1310<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
MELBOURNE K-13<br />
Arrowwood Farm & Events<br />
www.arrowwoodfarmontario.com<br />
519-289-0389<br />
In A Jam<br />
www.inajam.com<br />
519-289-5267<br />
MILLBANK O-7<br />
Anna Mae’s Restaurant & Bakery<br />
www.annamaes.ca<br />
519-595-4407<br />
Millbank Cheese & Butter<br />
www.millbankcheese.com<br />
519-595-8787<br />
Millbank Family Furniture<br />
www.millbankfamilyfurniture.ca<br />
519-595-7105<br />
MITCHELL M-8<br />
Jillian’s (Home Decor & Gifts)<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-348-9834<br />
MOORETOWN E-13<br />
Moore Museum<br />
www.mooremuseum.ca<br />
519-867-2020<br />
MOUNT BRYDGES K-13<br />
Sew Creative<br />
www.sewcreativequilting.ca<br />
519-264-2177<br />
MOUNT PLEASANT R-11<br />
Windmill Country Market<br />
www.thewindmill.ca<br />
519-484-9955<br />
NEW HAMBURG P-9<br />
Heart N Home Creations<br />
www.heartnhomecreations.com<br />
519-662-4962<br />
Nith Valley Apiaries<br />
nithvalleyapiaries.ca<br />
519-662-3165<br />
Oak Grove Cheese Factory<br />
www.oakgrovecheese.ca<br />
519-662-1212<br />
NEW SARUM N-14<br />
New Sarum Diner<br />
www.newsarum.com<br />
519-773-3101<br />
NEWTON O-7<br />
E&E’s Cloth & Creations<br />
www.eandeclothandcreations.com<br />
519-595-8569<br />
NORTH BUXTON C-18<br />
Buxton Historical Site & Museum<br />
www.buxtonmuseum.com<br />
519-352-4799<br />
NORWICH Q-12<br />
FORA Outdoor Living<br />
www.foraoutdoor.ca<br />
519-468-2100<br />
Liquidation City<br />
www.liquidationcity.ca<br />
519-468-3541<br />
Our Gift Shoppe 519-863-2380<br />
OIL SPRINGS H-14<br />
Oil Museum of Canada<br />
www.lambtonmuseums.ca<br />
519-834-2840<br />
PAISLEY M-1<br />
PARIS R-10<br />
Heather’s Got Tea<br />
www.heathersgottea.ca<br />
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John M. Hall House of Linens<br />
www.johnmhall.ca<br />
519-442-4242<br />
Mary Maxim Needlework & Crafts<br />
www.marymaxim.ca<br />
1-888-442-2266<br />
The Rustic Palm<br />
www.therusticpalm.ca<br />
519-442-0888<br />
PARKHILL J-10<br />
Caddyshack by the Tracks Restaurant 519-459-1254<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Calmante Studio Hair & Spa<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-294-6522<br />
Carnegie Gallery Parkhill<br />
www.parkhillgallery.ca<br />
519-694-0144<br />
Four Seasons Gifts & Home Decor<br />
www.fourseasonsfashions.ca<br />
519-294-6617<br />
PELEE ISLAND E-20<br />
PETROLIA H-13<br />
You ’ ll be surprised!<br />
519-882-2350<br />
www.VisitPetrolia.ca<br />
Artz Den - Art, Crafts & Supplies<br />
www.artzden.ca<br />
226-738-0911<br />
Black Gold Brewery<br />
www.blackgold.beer<br />
226-738-0665<br />
Country Yarns<br />
www.country-yarns.com<br />
519-882-8740<br />
Hogan Pharmacy<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-882-1840<br />
Olde Post Office Shoppe<br />
www.petroliaenterprises.ca<br />
519-882-0747<br />
Petrolia Discovery<br />
www.petroliadiscovery.com<br />
519-882-0897<br />
Petrolia Mercantile & Tea 519-882-0238<br />
www.facebook.com/petrolia.mercantile<br />
Petrolia Street Bakery<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-882-2557<br />
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia<br />
www.thevpp.ca<br />
800-717-7694<br />
POINT EDWARD F-12 (ALSO SEE SARNIA)<br />
Kind Decor<br />
www.kinddecor.ca<br />
519-381-5165<br />
Village of Point Edward<br />
www.villageofpointedward.com<br />
519-337-3021<br />
PORT BURWELL O-15<br />
HMSC OJIBWA Museum of Naval History 519-633-7641<br />
www.projectojibwa.ca<br />
PORT DOVER S-14<br />
Port Dover Board of Trade<br />
www.portdover.ca<br />
519-583-1314<br />
PORT FRANKS I-10<br />
Lambton Shores<br />
www.lambtonshores.ca<br />
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PORT ROWAN Q-15<br />
Franni’s Attic Antiques<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-410-4861<br />
Twin’s Ice Cream (May-Oct)<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-586-7994<br />
PORT STANLEY M-15<br />
DeBackere Farm Market (Union)<br />
www.debackerefarmmarket.ca<br />
519-631-1370<br />
Inn on the Harbour<br />
www.innontheharbour.net<br />
519-782-7623<br />
Kettle Creek Inn<br />
www.kettlecreekinn.com<br />
519-782-3388<br />
Mackie’s On The Beach<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-782-4390<br />
Pepper Tree Spice Co.<br />
www.peppertreespice.com<br />
519-782-7800<br />
Port Stanley Festival Theatre<br />
www.portstanleytheatre.ca<br />
519-782-4353<br />
Port Stanley Terminal Railway<br />
www.pstr.on.ca<br />
519-782-7230<br />
PRINCETON Q-11<br />
REECES CORNERS H-12 (SEE WYOMING ALSO)<br />
Zekveld’s Garden Market<br />
www.zekveldgardenmarket.ca<br />
519-845-3482<br />
RIDGETOWN I-16<br />
RIPLEY K-3<br />
RODNEY K-15<br />
The Decorating Diva<br />
www.thedecoratingdiva.ca<br />
519-785-2312<br />
Erie Gardens<br />
www.eriegarden.com<br />
519-785-0487<br />
RUTHVEN D-20<br />
Ruthven Nursery & Garden Centre<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-326-4019<br />
ST. CATHARINES X-10<br />
ST. CLEMENTS P-8<br />
Those<br />
In Season<br />
who<br />
Home &<br />
wish<br />
Garden<br />
to sing<br />
519-218-2188<br />
always find a song. - Swedish Proverb<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
ST. GEORGE S-10<br />
ST. JACOBS Q-7<br />
Market Road Antiques<br />
www.stjacobs.com<br />
519-746-1999<br />
TriSisters Art House<br />
trisistersarthouse.ca<br />
226-771-9057<br />
ST. MARYS N-10<br />
Downtown St. Marys<br />
www.discoverstmarys.ca<br />
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Snapping Turtle Coffee Roasters<br />
www.snappingturtlecoffee.com<br />
226-661-8000<br />
Stone Home Creatives<br />
www.stonehomecreatives.ca<br />
519-284-9966<br />
Troyer’s Spices<br />
www.troyersspices.ca<br />
226-661-8777<br />
TuttCo Restaurant<br />
www.tuttco.ca<br />
226-301-4919<br />
Zenfire Pottery<br />
www.zenfirepottery.ca<br />
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ST. THOMAS M-14 (ALSO SEE TALBOTVILLE)<br />
Elgin County Tourism<br />
www.elgintourist.com<br />
877-463-5446 (ex168)<br />
Berry Hill Limited<br />
www.berryhilllimited.com<br />
519-631-0480<br />
Briwood Farm Market<br />
www.briwoodfarmmarket.com<br />
519-633-9691<br />
Burke’s Produce Market<br />
burkesproducemarket.ca<br />
519-637-2890<br />
Canadale Nurseries Ltd.<br />
www.canadale.com<br />
519-631-7264<br />
Elgin County Heritage Centre<br />
www.elgin-county.ca<br />
519-631-1460<br />
Elgin Military Museum<br />
www.theelginmilitarymuseum.ca<br />
519-633-7641<br />
Family Flowers<br />
familyflowers.ca<br />
519-631-6004<br />
Harvest Table Rustic Design<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Katnap Antiques/Lumley & Co. B&B<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-764-2384<br />
New Sarum Diner<br />
www.newsarum.com<br />
519-773-3101<br />
Purely Wicked Gift Store<br />
www.purelywicked.ca<br />
226-224-8559<br />
Shaw’s Ice Cream<br />
www.shawsicecream.com<br />
519-631-2510<br />
St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre<br />
www.stepac.ca<br />
519-631-4040<br />
The Puting Zoo<br />
puttingzoo.ca<br />
519-280-4497<br />
The Rusty Sign Shop<br />
Find us on Facebook & Instagram<br />
519-633-1043<br />
ST. WILLIAMS R-15<br />
Burning Kiln Winery<br />
burningkilnwinery.ca<br />
519-586-9858<br />
SALFORD O-12<br />
Red Dragon Dairy<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-425-0797<br />
Village Cheese Mill<br />
www.villagecheesemill.com<br />
519-485-0600<br />
SARNIA F-12 (ALSO SEE POINT EDWARD & BRIGHT’S GROVE)<br />
FREE EXPERIENCE GUIDE AVAILABLE!<br />
1-800-265-0316<br />
WWW.ONTBLUECOAST.COM<br />
Sarnia Tourism Information<br />
www.ontbluecoast.com<br />
1-800-265-0316<br />
Dog Eat Dog<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-384-0888<br />
Downtown Market<br />
downtownmarketsarnia.ca<br />
519-328-2217<br />
Duc D’Orleans II Cruise Ship<br />
www.ducdorleans.com<br />
519-337-5152<br />
Ferrera Concrete<br />
www.ferreraconcrete.ca<br />
519-542-7071<br />
Gallery in the Grove<br />
www.galleryinthegrove.com<br />
519-869-4643<br />
Imperial Theatre<br />
www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
877-344-7469<br />
Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery<br />
www.jnaag.ca<br />
519-336-8127<br />
Korny Korners Farm<br />
www.kornykornersfarm.ca<br />
226-886-2238<br />
Lawrence House Centre for the Arts<br />
www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
519-337-0507<br />
Local Motif & Just-A-Nuff Antiques<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-336-3838<br />
Sarnia Flea Market 519-330-6816<br />
Sipkens Garden Centre & Gifts<br />
www.sipkensnurseries.com<br />
519-542-8353<br />
The Book Keeper<br />
www.sarniabookkeeper.com<br />
519-337-3171<br />
TJ’s Furniture & Home Decor<br />
www.tjfurniture.ca<br />
519-541-2323<br />
SEAFORTH L-7<br />
Blooms n’ Rooms Floral & Gifts<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-527-0555<br />
Cotton Harvest Quilt Shop<br />
www.thecottonharvest.com<br />
519-600-1646<br />
Seaforth Artisan Emporium<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
519-240-5663<br />
SHAKESPEARE O-9<br />
Best Little Pork Shoppe<br />
www.porkshoppe.com<br />
519-625-8194<br />
The Quilt Place<br />
www.thequiltplace.ca<br />
519-625-8435<br />
SHEDDEN L-14<br />
SIMCOE R-13<br />
Capitol Arts Market<br />
www.capitolartsmarket.com<br />
519-900-9355<br />
SOMBRA E-14<br />
Sombra Township Museum<br />
www.sombramuseum.ca<br />
519-892-3982<br />
SPARTA N-14<br />
SPARTA COUNTRY<br />
CANDLES<br />
46361 Sparta Line<br />
SPARTA, ON<br />
1-800-463-1447<br />
www.spartacandles.com<br />
STRATFORD N-9<br />
Ye Olde Fabric Shoppe 519-273-5773<br />
www.yeoldefabricshoppe.com<br />
STRATHROY K-12<br />
Doug & Marion’s Bike Sales & Repairs 519-245-9923<br />
www.dougandmarionsbikes.com<br />
Elly Boersema Natural Health Foods 519-245-0556<br />
Hamilton’s Bakery 519-245-0741<br />
www.hamiltonsbakery.ca<br />
TALBOTVILLE M-13 (ALSO SEE ST.THOMAS)<br />
The Turkey Shoppe 519-633-0527<br />
www.turkeyshoppe.com<br />
TAVISTOCK O-9<br />
THAMESVILLE H-15<br />
Canterlope Western Clothing 519-365-3016<br />
canterlope.ca<br />
Laurie Clark Floral Designs & Artisans 519-692-5519<br />
www.laurieclarkdesignsflowers.com<br />
THEDFORD I-10<br />
Twin Pines Orchards 519-296-5556<br />
www.twinpinesorchards.com<br />
THORNDALE N-11<br />
TILBURY E-18<br />
Katharine’s Bed & Breakfast 519-682-3706<br />
www.katharinesbedandbreakfast.ca<br />
TILLSONBURG P-13<br />
Annandale National Historic Site 519-842-2294<br />
www.tillsonburg.ca<br />
Coyles Country Store 800-559-7350<br />
www.coylescountrystore.com<br />
Tillsonburg Antiques Plus 519-688-7770<br />
www.antiquesincanada.com<br />
TIVERTON L-1<br />
Bruce Power Visitor’s Centre 519-361-7777<br />
www.brucepower.com<br />
UNION M-15<br />
DeBackere Farm Market 519-631-1370<br />
www.debackerefarmmarket.ca<br />
VANESSA R-12<br />
C.J.’s Antiques 519-443-4197<br />
www.cjsantiques.com<br />
VITTORIA R-14<br />
Kernal Peanuts 519-426-9222<br />
www.kernalpeanuts.com<br />
The Cider Keg Farm Market 519-428-0882<br />
www.ckfarmmarket.com<br />
WALLACEBURG F-15<br />
Re:find Charity Thrift Shoppe 519-626-9814<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Wallaceburg Museum 519-627-8962<br />
www.wallaceburgmuseum.ca<br />
WALLACETOWN L-15<br />
Backus-Page House Museum 519-762-3072<br />
www.backuspagehouse.ca<br />
WATERFORD R-13<br />
Alice Street Antique Market 519-427-7312<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Bonnie Heath Estate Lavendar & Winery 519-443-7125<br />
www.bonnieheathestate.com<br />
Chambers Maple Syrup Products 519-443-8561<br />
Find us on Facebook<br />
Nifty Gifty Norfolk 519-909-8627<br />
niftygiftynorfolk.com<br />
Waterford Antique Market 519-443-4064<br />
www.waterfordantiquemarket.com<br />
WATERLOO Q-8 (SEE ALSO KITCHENER)<br />
WATFORD I-12<br />
WELLESLEY P-8<br />
WEST LORNE K-15<br />
Natterjack Brewing Company 226-289-1472<br />
natterjackbrewing.ca<br />
Pure Soap Studio 519-660-9461<br />
Find us on Facebook & Instagram<br />
WHEATLEY E-19<br />
Briar Patch Studio 519-916-2407<br />
Find us on Facebook & Instagram<br />
WINDHAM CENTRE Q-13<br />
Caresa Antiques 519-443-5856<br />
Picard’s Peanuts 519-426-6700<br />
picardpeanuts.com<br />
WINDSOR B-17<br />
1.800.265.3633<br />
www.visitwindsoressex.com<br />
Quilting Confections 519-250-8888<br />
www.quiltingconfections.com<br />
WINGHAM M-5<br />
WOODSTOCK P-11<br />
1-866-801-7368<br />
Tourism Oxford<br />
www.tourismoxford.ca<br />
866-801-7368<br />
Country Patchworks (Quilt/Fabric Shop) 519-537-8753<br />
www.countrypatchworks.ca<br />
One Of A Kind Antiques Mall<br />
Find us on Instagram<br />
519-539-9563<br />
RQC Craft Supply<br />
www.rqcsupply.com<br />
519-872-9978<br />
Terra Nova Nordic Spa<br />
www.terranovanordic.ca<br />
226-796-9181<br />
Theatre Woodstock<br />
www.theatrewoodstock.com<br />
519-532-9404<br />
WYOMING H-12 (SEE REECES CORNERS ALSO)<br />
Great Lakes Goat Dairy<br />
www.greatlakesgoatdairy.com<br />
519-845-1613<br />
Lambton County Archives 519-845-5426<br />
www.lambtonmuseums.ca/archives<br />
Don’t Miss our Feature Pages...<br />
(See PAGE 3 Index)<br />
“Where You Should Eat”<br />
“Buy Local, Buy Fresh”<br />
“Corkscrews & Cra Cra Brews”
Lake Huron<br />
1. Drop out 2.silver bullet 3.Spot 4.A Timex watch 5.Buddy Holly 6.beatniks<br />
7. Transistor Radio 8. Talking horse<br />
MI<br />
ONTARIO<br />
NY<br />
More to explore in CHATHAM<br />
58 Local &R Regional Artists<br />
t<br />
1,800 square foot Gallery<br />
artandheirloomshoppe.ca<br />
BOLD, BEAUTIFUL...HOME!<br />
GENTLY USED ~ PREVIOUSLY LOVED<br />
• Furniture • Small Appliances<br />
• Housewares • Clothing • Decor<br />
Your contributions help support<br />
Registered Chatham-Kent Charities<br />
Monday to Friday 9-4 • Saturday 10-4<br />
202 Queen St., Chatham • 519-354-5033<br />
thrift store<br />
• Furniture • Housewares • Clothing • Toys<br />
Your purchases enable us to donate in<br />
Chatham and around the world.<br />
Tuesday to Friday 9-4 • Saturday 9-2<br />
127 Colburne St., Chatham, N7M 3L8<br />
(Just down from Rona) • 519-352-0911<br />
Figure out what<br />
you love to do, then figure<br />
out how to get someone<br />
to pay you to do it.<br />
Your Experience<br />
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Inspiring Home Décor Including:<br />
• Pottery • Wall Hangings<br />
• Locally Handcrafted Items<br />
• Charcuterie Boards<br />
• Throws, Pillows & Much More!<br />
201 King Street<br />
Chatham • 519-358-1455<br />
Barrypatch Boutique<br />
1. The 'battle cry' of the hippies in the 60's was 'Turn on, tune in, ...?<br />
• Fear war • Love others • Drop out • Peace<br />
2. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset,<br />
the grateful citizens would ask, 'Who was that masked man?'<br />
Invariably someone would answer, 'I don't know,<br />
but he left this behind.' What did he leave behind?<br />
• silver bullet • mask • shirt • horse<br />
3. We read about the lives and adventures of Dick<br />
& Jane. What was the name of Dick & Jane's dog?<br />
• Speckle • FiFi • Rover • Spot<br />
4. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?<br />
• A Timex watch • A computer • an alarm clock • A bomb<br />
5. In 1971, singer Don McLean sang a song about 'the day the<br />
music died' This was a reference and tribute to...<br />
• Led Zeppelin • The Rolling Stones • Buddy Holly • The Who<br />
6. In the 70's, we called the drop-out nonconformists 'hippies.' But in<br />
the early 60's, they were known as<br />
• hoodlums • bad boys • beatniks • gangsters<br />
7. Before cassettes, 8 tracks & CDs, the masses listened to what?<br />
• Tubeless radio • Transistor radio • DVDs • Transmission radio<br />
2 King St. West, Chatham 519-351-5885<br />
www.retrosuites.com<br />
8. Who or what was Mr. Ed?<br />
• Donkey • Disc jockey • Talking horse • Invisible rabbit<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Don’t look for more honour than your learning merits. - Jewish Proverb<br />
Page 17
Lake Huron<br />
The<br />
Daytripper<br />
Our 45th<br />
Year!<br />
OUR CAFÉ<br />
• Fresh Creative Recipes<br />
• Blueberry Accents<br />
OUR BAKERY<br />
FAMOUS for Pies, Muffins, Scones<br />
• ‘No Sugar Added’ Selections<br />
Cookware from<br />
Emile Henry<br />
On we go, <strong>Daytripping</strong> to CHATHAM, KENT BRIDGE , THAMESVILLE & BOTHWELL<br />
PARKS<br />
Blueberry Farm · Café · Bakery · Country Store<br />
www.parksblueberries.com<br />
p<br />
Fresh Blueberries e es in Season<br />
(Mid July through September) embe<br />
Details on website.<br />
Frozenr Blueberries e es Always in Store<br />
Fresh Strawberries (now through h<br />
June)<br />
OUR STORE<br />
Blueberries<br />
are our focus:<br />
Preserves & Sauces<br />
Single jars or<br />
Gift boxes<br />
• Kitchen<br />
Gadgets, Tools, Accessories<br />
& Cookbooks • One-of-a-Kind Accents<br />
• Homemade Preserves • Lang Calendars<br />
• Wall Art • Women’s Apparel & Accessories<br />
• Gift Baskets & Certificates • Prints • Cards<br />
• Children’s Toys • Christmas Corner<br />
•<br />
Wedding Favours<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> p Fashions<br />
Open Daily 8 to 6 • 519-692-5373 • 1-866-901-5373<br />
Located 7 km East of Thamesville on Hwy. #2<br />
Attitude is<br />
the difference between<br />
an ordeal and an<br />
adventure.<br />
Mon-Sat<br />
9-5<br />
SHOP<br />
NY<br />
LOCAL<br />
Laurie Clark Designs<br />
9 Victoria St., Thamesville<br />
Antiques<br />
& Artisans<br />
Local<br />
519-692-3322 or 5519<br />
Full Service Floral & Gift Shop<br />
www.laurieclarkdesignsflowers.com<br />
Come To The Country—Where It All Begins!<br />
plus<br />
ROESCH MEATS<br />
Deli Meats<br />
made on-site!<br />
Gluten, Sugar<br />
& Lactose Free<br />
Selections<br />
• Smoked Meats • Wild Game Processing<br />
All Processing Done On-Site!<br />
• Enjoy Our Own Farm Raised Pork<br />
& Free Run Chickens (drug/additive free)<br />
Fresh Eggs from our Free Run Laying Hens<br />
• Ontario Dry Aged Carcass Beef (aged min. 21 days)<br />
Frozen Entrées • Frozen Meat or Fruit Pies<br />
Patties: Beef, Pork, 1/2 & 1/2, Sirloin, Smoked Brisket<br />
• So much more! • Custom Orders Welcome!<br />
Mrs. D’s Products<br />
www.rmeats.com<br />
Classic Recipes with a Twist<br />
Jams, Jellies, Sauces, Salsa & Pickles<br />
• Locally Sourced • Hand Packed<br />
Open Tues-Fri 9-5 • Sat 9-3 • Closed Sun/Mon<br />
DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR COOLER!<br />
Just East of CHATHAM...<br />
10910 Northwood Line at Mull Rd. • 519-351-7711<br />
Filipino Meats:<br />
• Tocino<br />
• Adobo Capicola<br />
Steaks<br />
• Pork Belly Lechon<br />
• Kabobs & more<br />
We are proud to offer<br />
Local Products...<br />
• The Pickle Station<br />
• Sunshine Farms<br />
• Golden Acres Peaches/Pears<br />
• Snobelen Ruby Red Popcorn<br />
• Aldred Maple Products<br />
CHATHAM<br />
Hwy. #40<br />
MI<br />
ONTARIO<br />
Hwy. #2/Longwoods Rd.<br />
River Line<br />
Mull Rd.<br />
Mull Rd.<br />
Hwy. #401<br />
Northwood<br />
Fairview<br />
Kent Bridge Rd.<br />
Western Clothing & Accessories<br />
The Area’s Largest Western Boot Retailer!<br />
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• Buckles • Hats • Belts • Western Shirts<br />
• Ariat Jackets & Hoodies<br />
• Wrangler Jeans<br />
& Jackets<br />
• Durango • Boulet • Canada West<br />
• Ariat • Dan Post • Justin & More!<br />
Mon.-Fri. 10-5:30<br />
Sat. 9-3<br />
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A full cup must be carried steadily. - English Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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DON’T–We’reYour Authorized Dealer<br />
For More<br />
Information:<br />
519-683-4368<br />
www.dresden.ca<br />
dresden.ca<br />
May 18: ATV Rodeo & Races, Dresden Raceway<br />
May 19: Demolition Derby - dresdenex.com<br />
May 26: Opening Day at Dresden Raceway<br />
June 13: Rotary Weekly Concerts begin (6-8pm)<br />
June 15: Town Wide Yard Sale<br />
July 26-28: Dresden Ex/Tractor Pull (Fri) - dresdenex.com<br />
July 27: Downtown Dresden Night Market<br />
July 27: Emancipation Day, Josiah Henson Museum<br />
August 17: Rock the Lot - outdoor concert, Kinsmen Park<br />
Dresden Plate<br />
Quilt Shop<br />
• 100% Cotton Fabrics<br />
• Glide Thread<br />
• Extra Wide Quilt Backing<br />
• Custom Quilts • Quilting Classes<br />
• Supplies & Patterns<br />
• Long Arm Quilting<br />
• Custom Embroideryy<br />
New Fabrics<br />
Arrive Weekly!<br />
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designs & panels.<br />
Custom Quilting by November 1st<br />
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519-683-4244<br />
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Dresden 519-683-4956<br />
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Mon to Fri 7:30-5 • Sat 8-3<br />
1420 Hwy 21 South<br />
Dresden • 519-683-6199<br />
Lumberjack<br />
Saturday, July 27th <strong>2024</strong><br />
• Downtown Shops & Restaurants Open<br />
• Local Artisan & Crafters Market<br />
• Live Music • Demonstrations<br />
• Food & Beverage Trucks • Pop-Up Bar<br />
• Strolling Entertainers & Much More!<br />
SHOPPING 4 TO 9:30PM<br />
FOOD & MUSIC TIL 11PM<br />
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u daily...<br />
• bread • cookies ok<br />
• squares<br />
• scones s e<br />
• pies • cakes<br />
• macarons m n<br />
• muffins fins<br />
& more<br />
• hot beverages • lunch specials<br />
TUES, WED & FRI 9-5, THURS. 9-8, SAT 9-3<br />
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413 St. George Street, t,<br />
Dresden<br />
en<br />
519-683-3000<br />
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& Area<br />
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Christal Wills ls - Owner & Designer<br />
DESIGNING<br />
Your Memories<br />
& DECORATING<br />
Your Home!<br />
• Floral & Garden Inspired Accents<br />
• Inspirational Garden Stones<br />
• Decor Touches • Wall Signs<br />
• Wide Selection of Angels<br />
• Custom Created Weddings<br />
www.mckellarsflowers.ca<br />
Monday to Friday 10am-4pm<br />
Saturdays 10am-1pm<br />
445 St. George St., DRESDEN • 519-683-4368 • 1-877-228-3440<br />
HAND-CURATED GIFTS,<br />
HOME DECOR<br />
& VINTAGE FINDS<br />
444 St. George St S<br />
DRESDEN • 519-437-8064<br />
Tues-Fri 10 to 5 • Sat 10 to 3<br />
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www.kimberlys.ca<br />
ONE-OF-A-KIND<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day. - French Proverb<br />
Page 19
The<br />
Daytripper<br />
WALLACEBURG, SOMBRA, COURTRIGHT & MOORETOWN<br />
WEDDING<br />
T RADITIONS<br />
Around the World<br />
ARMENIA - When the bride &<br />
groom enter their reception, they<br />
break a plate for luck, then<br />
balance lavash bread on their<br />
shoulders to ward off evil, and eat<br />
spoonfuls of honey to symbolize<br />
happiness.<br />
Moore<br />
Museum<br />
SHOP<br />
LOCAL<br />
Three Museum Getaway<br />
<br />
<br />
Sombra<br />
Museum<br />
Wallaceburg<br />
Museum<br />
Turn of the Century<br />
COLLECTABLES<br />
ANTIQUES<br />
VINTAGE<br />
3023 Brigden Road, Brigden<br />
turnohecenturyvintage@outlook.com<br />
519-330-9505 • Thurs-Sat 10-5<br />
charity thrift shoppe<br />
216 Nelson St. Wallaceburg<br />
519-626-9814<br />
refindthrift@gmail.com<br />
follow us on Facebook<br />
CONGO - Brides and grooms are<br />
expected not to smile the entire<br />
day of the wedding. It’s thought<br />
that if they do, they aren’t serious<br />
about the marriage.<br />
FRANCE - At the end of the night,<br />
the wedding party gifts the<br />
married couple with a chamber<br />
pot of chocolate and champagne.<br />
The original custom was to add all<br />
kinds of drinks and leftovers to a<br />
chamber pot, and stay with the<br />
couple until they ate/drank every<br />
last drop of the “garbage” stew.<br />
CHINA - the groom shoots his<br />
bride with a bow and arrow<br />
(without the heads) several times,<br />
and then collects the arrows and<br />
breaks them during the ceremony,<br />
ensuring their love will last forever.<br />
FIJI - when a man asks a woman’s<br />
father for her hand in marriage, he<br />
is expected to give his future<br />
father-in-law a whale’s tooth.<br />
12-building<br />
Heritage Village with<br />
intriguing displays<br />
“A museum… and so much<br />
more for you to explore!”<br />
94 Moore Line<br />
Mooretown, Ontario<br />
www.mooremuseum.ca<br />
Glimpses of Victorian<br />
Living, Marine History<br />
& much more<br />
We look forward to welcoming<br />
back visitors in June <strong>2024</strong>!<br />
• Speaker Series • New Exhibits<br />
• In-Person Events<br />
3470 St. Clair Parkway<br />
Sombra, Ontario<br />
519-892-3982<br />
facebook.com/SombraMuseum<br />
Home of<br />
the Baldoon Witch,<br />
Glass Gallery,<br />
& so much more<br />
Open all year<br />
Tuesday to Saturday 10 - 4.<br />
Hope to see you soon!<br />
505 King Street<br />
Wallaceburg, Ontario<br />
519-627-8962<br />
www.wallaceburgmuseum.ca<br />
Please refer to individual websites for current exhibit details & events.<br />
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign<br />
At a<br />
Proctologist’s<br />
Office...<br />
"To expedite<br />
your visit,<br />
please back in."<br />
Welcome to The Village of<br />
National French Fry Day!<br />
July 13th<br />
National French Fry Day!<br />
J y 13t<br />
h<br />
Saturday, July 20th, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Thursday, June 20th, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Check the Village lage of Point Edward<br />
d<br />
Facebook page for details<br />
Come o e for o the e<br />
Incredible i<br />
e View!<br />
e<br />
Bluewater Bid Bridges join Point Edward, d Canada to Port Huron, USA • Shop at the award winning International Duty Free Shop!<br />
The French Fry Capital of Canada!<br />
May 11th, <strong>2024</strong><br />
• World Famous Fries Under The Bridges<br />
• Excellent Hotels/Motels • Fine Dining<br />
• Riverfront Festivals • Gift Shops<br />
• Large Marina • Downtown Shopping<br />
• Scuba Diving • Sports Fishing<br />
• Two Golf Courses • Walkway along<br />
St. Clair River & through Village<br />
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First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. - Greek Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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By Adina Haas, LaSalle<br />
It used to be that the teacher taught<br />
the students new vocabulary. Now, I have<br />
to do some checking with my daughter<br />
and the urban dictionary on new words<br />
and changing meanings. Keeping up<br />
with this generation that watches TikTok,<br />
that spends time gaming, that sends<br />
messages in Teams and in Messenger<br />
Kids, is a necessity. It is a rapid-fire and a<br />
constantly-changing language scene.<br />
One afternoon, during our Grade<br />
3 reading class, I was explaining that<br />
the book we had just read was fiction,<br />
realistic fiction. This is a story that is<br />
made-up yet is believable. One of my<br />
students asked, Is that story “cap,” Mrs.<br />
Haas? It took a few requests to repeat<br />
his word until I was pretty sure I heard<br />
“cap.” I had no idea what that meant but<br />
his classmates did. “Cap” means fake; it<br />
means made-up. After checking in with<br />
my daughter, also a bit new to that lingo,<br />
she did say that it can come off as, “Are<br />
you kidding me?” People even put the<br />
“cap” icon as a comment on someone’s<br />
post, to show doubt or disbelief. Really?<br />
And how word meanings change over<br />
time. I remember when teaching the<br />
benefits of laughter in Grade 1 health<br />
class, including the clean little joke, “What<br />
kind of shoes do cowboy babies wear?<br />
Cowboy booties.” Now, you cannot speak<br />
that “b” word without giggles erupting<br />
and the need for a precise description of<br />
the booties that babies wear on their feet.<br />
And, the puzzlement of students when<br />
the “bad joke of the day” includes that<br />
word in a seasonal riddle, as read over<br />
the announcements by the principal.<br />
What is the world coming to, the kids<br />
must wonder?<br />
The other day, a few students had to<br />
leave the classroom and head to talent<br />
show auditions. As they were exiting the<br />
room, a seated student shouted, that last<br />
one is “sus!” And, what a reaction!<br />
That last student retorted, “I AM NOT<br />
SUS!”<br />
I had to restore order in the classroom.<br />
What does this mean, to shout an<br />
accusation of “sus” out of the blue,<br />
unprovoked? I suspected that “sus” was<br />
short for “suspicious” or “suspect” and<br />
that was confirmed. What happens when<br />
we attach the label to someone? It seems<br />
it was a negative connotation, that time.<br />
In checking the urban dictionary, again,<br />
anything that raises an eyebrow can be<br />
deemed “sus. So, it’s possible that that<br />
last person was called “sus” for having an<br />
amazing talent show audition upcoming.<br />
But, from her reaction, I think that’s cap.<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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Once when I was a teenager, my<br />
father and I were standing in line to<br />
buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there<br />
was only one family between us and<br />
the ticket counter. This family made a<br />
big impression on me. There were eight<br />
children, all probably under the age of<br />
12. You could tell they didn't have a lot of<br />
money. Their clothes were not expensive,<br />
but they were clean. The children were<br />
well-behaved, all of them standing in line,<br />
two-by-two behind their parents, holding<br />
hands. They were excitedly jabbering<br />
about the clowns, elephants and other<br />
acts they would see that night. One could<br />
sense they had never been to the circus<br />
before. It promised to be a highlight of<br />
their young lives.<br />
The father and mother were at the<br />
head of the pack standing proud as<br />
could be. The mother was holding her<br />
husband's hand, looking up at him as<br />
if to say, "You're my knight in shining<br />
armor." He was smiling and basking in<br />
pride, looking at her as if to reply, "You<br />
got that right." The ticket lady asked the<br />
father how many tickets he wanted. He<br />
proudly responded, "Please let me buy<br />
eight children's tickets and<br />
two adult tickets so I can take<br />
my family to the circus."<br />
The ticket lady quoted the<br />
price.<br />
The man's wife let go of his hand, her<br />
head dropped, the man's lip began to<br />
quiver. The father leaned a little closer<br />
and asked, "How much did you say?"<br />
The ticket lady again quoted the price.<br />
The man didn't have enough money.<br />
How was he supposed to turn and tell<br />
his eight kids that he didn't have enough<br />
money to take them to the circus?<br />
Seeing what was going on, my dad<br />
put his hand into his pocket, pulled out<br />
a pretty large bill and dropped it on the<br />
ground. (We were not wealthy in any<br />
sense of the word!) My father reached<br />
down, picked up the bill, tapped the man<br />
on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir,<br />
this fell out of your pocket."<br />
The man knew what was going on.<br />
He wasn't begging for a handout but<br />
certainly appreciated the help in a<br />
desperate, heartbreaking, embarrassing<br />
situation. He looked straight into my<br />
dad's eyes, took my dad's hand in both<br />
of his, squeezed tightly onto the bill, and<br />
with his lip quivering and a tear streaming<br />
down his cheek, he replied, "Thank you,<br />
thank you, sir. This really means a lot to<br />
me and my family."<br />
My father and I went back<br />
to our car and drove home.<br />
We didn't go to the circus<br />
that night, but we didn't go<br />
without.<br />
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Saturday Mornings<br />
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Vendors Welcome<br />
Special Events<br />
Fletcher St. (behind Library)<br />
(behind Library) 519-882-2350<br />
NEW DATES! June 7 & 8<br />
Town Wide Garage Sales<br />
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Petrolia Provincial Town Crier Event<br />
June 15 & 16 • Victoria Park<br />
Join us for this prestigious event!<br />
MAY<br />
Saturday - 25<br />
Farmers’ Market<br />
Grand Opening<br />
JUNE<br />
Saturday - 1<br />
Town - Pizzafest<br />
Sat-Sun 15 & 16<br />
Petrolia 150 TownCrier Contest<br />
Sat-Sun 15 & 16<br />
RCMP Musical Ride,<br />
Greenwood Pk<br />
Sat 22<br />
Indigenous Friendship Garden<br />
Dedication - 11am - Victoria Pk<br />
JULY<br />
Monday - 1<br />
Town - Canada Day Celebrations<br />
Fri&Sat 12 & 13<br />
Art in the Park<br />
Saturday - 13<br />
Town - Barn Dance<br />
AUGUST<br />
Petrolia 150 Events<br />
& Signature Town Events<br />
Saturday - 17<br />
Petrolia 150 Parade<br />
Sunday - 18<br />
10 am Nonsectarian<br />
Church Service in Greenwood Pk<br />
Thursday - Saturday,<br />
AUGUST 15, 16 & 17<br />
Hard Oil Music Festival<br />
in Greenwood Park<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Saturday - 14<br />
Harvestfest -<br />
Farmers’ Market<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Friday - 6<br />
Town - Christmas in the Park,<br />
Chili Cook Off<br />
Saturday - 7<br />
Town - Christmas Market,<br />
10am-3pm<br />
Saturday - 7<br />
Town -<br />
Santa Claus Parade - 2pm<br />
“Celebrating Petrolia 150”<br />
Tuesday - 31<br />
Petrolia 150<br />
Closing Event at Greenwood<br />
Recreation Centre<br />
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VICTORIA PARK, PETROLIA<br />
Friday, July 12 - 11am to 7pm<br />
Saturday, July 13 - 9am to 5pm<br />
Over 50 artists and artisans!<br />
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If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot. - Italian Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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A Rush of Excitement<br />
Unveiling Victoria Playhouse Petrolia’s<br />
Spectacular <strong>2024</strong> Theatre Season<br />
In the heart of Ontario’s picturesque<br />
Petrolia, the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia<br />
(VPP) gears up for a summer that<br />
promises not just stellar performances<br />
but an aptly titled ‘A Rush of Excitement’<br />
as the upcoming theatre season unfolds<br />
a diverse array of productions that<br />
celebrate Petrolia’s rich history, pay<br />
homage to musical legends, welcome<br />
audience favourites back to the stage,<br />
and bring poignant tales to life.<br />
Oil Rush: The Big Discovery Musical<br />
– May 7-26<br />
Kicking off the season is “Oil Rush,”<br />
a Canadian musical written by Robert<br />
More and Jacqueline Sadler that delves<br />
into the roots of Petrolia, paying tribute<br />
to its historic connection to the oil<br />
industry. As the town commemorates<br />
its 150th birthday “Oil Rush” promises<br />
to be a captivating journey through time<br />
showcasing the resilience and spirit of<br />
the community that thrived amidst the<br />
black gold boom. Audiences can expect<br />
a visually stunning performance full of<br />
amusing characters and some fine knee<br />
slappin’ music that not only entertains<br />
but also educates, offering a unique<br />
glimpse into the town’s fascinating past.<br />
Rainy Day People: A Tribute to<br />
Gordon Lightfoot – June 4-23<br />
The VPP continues its stellar lineup<br />
with “Rainy Day People,” a musical<br />
tribute to the legendary Gordon<br />
Lightfoot. Lightfoot’s timeless melodies<br />
and poetic lyrics have left an indelible<br />
mark on the world of folk music and this<br />
production aims to honour his legacy in<br />
a way that only live theatre can. Lead by<br />
Canada’s own Sarah Smith the company<br />
performs a beautifully curated selection<br />
of Lightfoot’s greatest hits immersing<br />
patrons in the nostalgia and musical<br />
brilliance of a true Canadian folk hero.<br />
Sweet Soul Music: A Non-Stop Hit<br />
Parade – July 2-28<br />
The excitement doesn’t wane as the<br />
season progresses into “Sweet Soul<br />
Music,” a soulful journey that pays<br />
homage to the greatest in the genre.<br />
Headlined by VPP favourite Justin<br />
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Bacchus, known for his electrifying<br />
performances and soul-stirring vocals,<br />
this production promises to be a<br />
mesmerizing experience for lovers<br />
of soul music and beyond. The stage<br />
will come alive with the energy and<br />
emotion of timeless classics creating an<br />
atmosphere that transports the audience<br />
to the golden era of soul music.<br />
Tuesdays with Morrie: A Life<br />
Altering Friendship – August 6-18<br />
As August unfolds the Victoria<br />
Playhouse Petrolia takes a poignant turn<br />
with “Tuesdays with Morrie,” written by<br />
Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom. Based<br />
on a true story, this emotionally charged<br />
play explores the profound lessons<br />
learned by a young journalist (played<br />
by Michael Vanhevel) from his former<br />
college professor, Morrie Schwartz<br />
(played by Keith Savage). Delving<br />
into themes of life, love, and human<br />
connection, this production is sure to<br />
leave a lasting impact on the hearts of<br />
the audience.<br />
The Ultimate Fiddler on the Loose:<br />
All Your Fiddlin’ Favourites –<br />
September 10-29<br />
September brings the muchanticipated<br />
return of Jesse Grandmont<br />
and friends in “The Ultimate Fiddler on<br />
the Loose.” Due to popular demand, this<br />
lively and energetic group commands<br />
the VPP stage once again, showcasing<br />
the mastery of fiddling, comedy and<br />
step-dancing, promising to blow the<br />
VPP roof off one more time.<br />
The Tony Bennett Songbook: A Heart<br />
Full of Song – October 8-27<br />
Closing the season with a flourish,<br />
the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia presents<br />
“The Tony Bennett Songbook.” A<br />
very special cast comes together to<br />
celebrate the everlasting music of<br />
Tony Bennett, highlighting some of<br />
his most memorable performances<br />
and moments in the entertainment<br />
business. Audiences can expect an<br />
evening filled with nostalgia, reverence,<br />
and an immersive tribute to a musical<br />
legend.<br />
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Oil Field History... in Action.<br />
1860s Working Oil Field Historic Site<br />
Antique &<br />
Unique Sale<br />
Saturday June 15th<br />
9:00 am to 2:00 pm<br />
Wednesday is<br />
SENIOR’S DAY!<br />
20% OFF* for<br />
Customers 60+<br />
• Wedding • Birthday<br />
• Baby • Home Decor<br />
HOGAN<br />
P•H•A•R•M•A•C•Y<br />
In Petrolia's Restored,<br />
Historic Post Office<br />
Treat<br />
Yourself<br />
at the<br />
Olde Post<br />
Parlour!<br />
Seasonal Home Decor<br />
Pine Furniture • Scented Candles<br />
• Repurposed Furniture<br />
• Birdhouses, Signs & Much More!<br />
4189 Petrolia Line • 519-882-0747<br />
Open for Tours:<br />
JUNE: Sat and Sun 10-4<br />
JULY & AUG: Wed to Sun 10-4<br />
Other tour times available<br />
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Please use entrance off Petrolia Line through Bridgeview Park north.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
One of Petrolia’s<br />
Best Gift Shops!<br />
Full Service Pharmacy<br />
Full Service Cosmetic Department<br />
Full Service Home Health Care Dept.<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> The palest ink is better than the best memory. - Chinese Proverb<br />
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Stop & Shop in<br />
DOWNTOWN<br />
FOREST<br />
Check out our downtown -<br />
browse our shops or take in a movie<br />
at the historic Kineto Theatre!<br />
Make a day of it in Forest!<br />
Keep up to date with event & shopping<br />
information on our website & socials.<br />
Guess<br />
I Who? Now we’re in LAMBTON SHORES, FOREST & PORT FRANKS<br />
Farmers’<br />
Market<br />
Fridays<br />
4th Friday<br />
in May<br />
Lambton<br />
Film & Food<br />
Festival<br />
starts 4th<br />
Fri in May<br />
Mother’s<br />
Day<br />
2nd Sunday<br />
in May<br />
Father’s<br />
Day<br />
3rd Sunday<br />
in June<br />
Car Show<br />
3rd<br />
Thursday<br />
in July<br />
am a kid who lives in Illinois with my<br />
mother, father, brother Buzz, and Buzz's<br />
pet tarantula. When my family decides<br />
to take a Christmas vacation to Paris,<br />
somehow they forget me at home.<br />
Luckily, I am able to outsmart some<br />
bandits who try to rob my house.<br />
Answer: Kevin McCallister (Home Alone)<br />
Wanda of<br />
Forest The<br />
Florist<br />
and Country Accents<br />
In 1972 I went to Guelph for a Flowers<br />
Canada course and came away with a<br />
$250 scholarship, so I thought I would<br />
pursue this career. Now I’m celebrating<br />
50 years in the flower business!<br />
I worked for two years at Village<br />
Flowers in Sarnia’s Lambton Mall where<br />
I met Bev Plata, and we opened Flowers<br />
Plus on Exmouth Street as partners in<br />
1974. That was my 20th birthday!<br />
We grew our business there for 23<br />
years, which included opening a store in<br />
the mall, and then in my hometown of<br />
Forest.<br />
In 1995 we separated our partnership<br />
and I took over the Forest location<br />
renaming it Forest Florist & Country<br />
Accents. We were originally located at 1<br />
Main Street but that has since been torn<br />
down. In 1997 we opened at our present<br />
location at 1 Victoria Street (which was<br />
a former Canadian Tire Store).<br />
We have survived a truck driving<br />
through our store and Hurricane Sandy<br />
ripping off a portion of our roof. My<br />
rental unit decided to relocate so we<br />
I am an actress born in New York on<br />
December 4, 1964. My breakout role in<br />
a film about a floundering attorney<br />
stuck in rural America won me an<br />
Academy Award. I've had many other<br />
film credits, including playing an aunt<br />
to a popular web-slinging superhero.<br />
Answer: Marisa Tomei<br />
Ltd.<br />
SHOP<br />
NY<br />
LOCAL<br />
Celebrates<br />
50 Years in the<br />
Flower Business<br />
renovated to create our indoor garage<br />
for truck and storage space.<br />
This year in May, we celebrate my 50<br />
years in business. Crazy where the time<br />
goes! Thanks to my amazing staff who<br />
have stuck by me for many years, and<br />
congratulations to my current staff: Mary,<br />
Linda, Terri, Sue, Nicole and Wendy.<br />
Thanks to my family... Kevin, Jason<br />
and Nick for supporting me through the<br />
years. They always know to help make<br />
boxes and fill vials of water for holidays.<br />
Most importantly, thank you to my<br />
loyal customers who have become<br />
friends through the years. I have been<br />
there for the highs and lows of their<br />
lives and I’ve alwayss accepted any of<br />
the challenges brought in.<br />
The last 50 plus years in this industry<br />
have been amazing. What the future<br />
brings is the enjoyment. I love my job!<br />
We hope you can help celebrate.<br />
Join us May 24 & 25th for a huge “Saleabration!”<br />
I’m excited to see everyone<br />
“old & new!”<br />
Publisher’s note: Congratulations Wanda!<br />
I am a singer born in Pennsylvania on<br />
December 13, 1989. I started out in<br />
musical theater and my first hits were<br />
on the country charts. At the age of 18,<br />
I became the youngest solo artist to<br />
write and record a No. 1 hit on the U.S.<br />
Hot Country Songs chart. I eventually<br />
started releasing pop albums.<br />
MI<br />
Answer: Taylor Swift<br />
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• Ceramic Pots • Gift Baskets<br />
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O<br />
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i ss!<br />
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Thank you to all my loyal friends & customers!<br />
Always look forward<br />
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Thanking customers for 50 years<br />
of bringing their challenges to us!<br />
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. - German Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
It may be called <strong>Daytripping</strong>, but you should always consider staying longer<br />
Family Feud Answers:<br />
An animal you cannot fit into a Mini car: "A Mouse"<br />
A food that has one or more holes in it: "Spaghetti"<br />
Something made of wool: "Cotton Wool"<br />
An animal with three letters: "Lion"<br />
A bad place to fall asleep: "Concrete"<br />
Something you mount: "A Mountain"<br />
Something you lose when you get older: "Your Purse"<br />
A sport which involves throwing something: "Tennis"<br />
A type of bean: "Lesbian"<br />
Something you would play with in the bath: "A Bazooka"<br />
Someone you wouldn't swear in front of: "Yourself"<br />
Tell me a man’s name that starts<br />
with the Letter K: “Kentucky Fried Chicken”<br />
Name a term that means wife: “Bitch”<br />
Name something a burglar would NOT want to see<br />
when breaking into a house: “NEK’ED GRANDMA!”<br />
Something that comes with a summer storm: “Snow”<br />
Something Russia is famous for: “Russians”<br />
Name something normally worn only by children: “Clothing”<br />
Something orange: "A Banana"<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Rejoice not at thine enemy’s fall - but don’t rush to pick him up either. - Jewish Proverb Page 27
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> • Vol. 30, Issue 1<br />
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CENTRAL HURON’S<br />
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There are eight murals in Clinton and they all have<br />
a mini-movie digitally attached to them, viewable<br />
with the Artivive App on your phone or tablet.<br />
View the murals with the naked eye first, then watch<br />
through your phone or tablet to see them come to life!<br />
At this mural,<br />
watch & hear the<br />
demolition derby!<br />
At the raceway mural,<br />
watch race day<br />
preparation & a race!<br />
Isaac Street<br />
King St<br />
Albert St<br />
Raenbury St. W.<br />
Raenbury St. E.<br />
Ontario Street Ontario Street<br />
6<br />
5<br />
1<br />
4<br />
2 3<br />
Victoria St<br />
7 Park Lane<br />
1 - Benjamin Moore Paint - 6 Isaac Street<br />
2 - Beauty & The Barber - 8 King Street (back)<br />
3 - K&J Pharmacy - 21 Victoria Street (side)<br />
4 - K&J Pharmacy - 21 Victoria Street (back)<br />
5 - Bartliff’s Bakery - 46 Albert Street<br />
6 - Excalibur Insurance - 56 Albert Street<br />
7 - PUC Building - 16 Park Lane<br />
8 - Clinton Raceway - 129 Beech Street<br />
www.cchbia.ca/mural-tour<br />
You can download<br />
the app in advance<br />
using this QR code,<br />
or do it at any mural.<br />
See the police<br />
clear pedestrians at<br />
Groves in this mural.<br />
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Chris Moody, Windsor (waving from the back in blue, striped shirt)<br />
and this group of friends, some of whom started kindergarten with<br />
each other, get together a couple of times of year just to go for a<br />
walk. Sometimes it’s Point Pelee and sometimes it’s as simple as<br />
exploring Kingsville. We took a number of photos with the beautiful<br />
murals in town, then literally goose-walked across main street to the<br />
Banded Goose for refreshments (seen here).<br />
Charity of Choice: Kingsville Food Bank<br />
Carrie Hedges, at McKinley Princess Lodge in Alaska, with<br />
Denali (North America’s highest peak) in the background.<br />
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Dodie Wilson, Harrow, along with<br />
her husband Bill (far left) and Robin<br />
& Rob Pickle of Woodstock (right)<br />
make Green Haven Bakery one of<br />
their stops (delicious donuts!) while<br />
daytripping to St. Mary’s and area.<br />
They also spent time at Zenfire<br />
Pottery (unique gifts), Anna Mae’s in<br />
Millbank (delicious dinner) and One<br />
of a Kind Antiques in Woodstock<br />
(lots of treasures).<br />
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After reading the advertisement in <strong>Daytripping</strong><br />
for the play “The Beaver Club,” friends from<br />
Camlachie (l to r, Barb McEwen, Irene Minielly,<br />
Donna Cain, Virginia Jones, Gail Dennis and<br />
Netty McEwen) travelled to Port Stanley to see<br />
the show at their Festival Theatre. It was a<br />
hilarious performance, and we had a great day!<br />
Charity of Choice: Breast Cancer Canada<br />
Yvonne Vanderbeld, Sarnia took this photo of<br />
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Actor’s Casual Dining, Petrolia<br />
Coyle’s Country Store,<br />
Pinecro, Aylmer<br />
Tillsonburg<br />
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after that date, and unpublished<br />
photos, are eligible for future contests.<br />
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One kind word can warm three winter months. - Japanese proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Do not throw the arrow which will return against you. - Kurdish Proverb<br />
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Life is a Kaleidoscope<br />
By Barb Day, Paris<br />
Embrace the ever-changing chaos,<br />
Until the broken glass falls into place<br />
creating harmony.<br />
Last fall our friend, Ken, invited a<br />
group of friends<br />
to join him at his<br />
cottage in Point<br />
Clark. We also had<br />
the good fortune to<br />
visit his girlfriend<br />
Mary’s cottage<br />
that weekend;<br />
a waterfront<br />
dwelling on the<br />
shores of Lake<br />
Huron. Visiting<br />
Mary’s cottage was like taking a step<br />
back in time. The cottage was built by<br />
her grandparents, is over 100 years old<br />
and has been in her family for three<br />
generations. It is small, but filled with<br />
treasures, photographs, and memories<br />
from loved ones that have passed on,<br />
rekindling their passion for cottage<br />
living throughout the generations.<br />
Mary told us the story of how her<br />
grandparents, Isabelle and Bill met.<br />
When Isabelle was a little girl back in<br />
the day, the hairstyle for young women<br />
and girls was a short bob. Flappers<br />
were a subculture of young women who<br />
bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and<br />
flaunted their disdain for what was then<br />
considered acceptable behaviour. Even<br />
little girls, like Isabelle, embraced the<br />
fashion of the times.<br />
One sunny day Isabelle was playing<br />
on the beach, and Bill who was around<br />
the same age had just built a sandcastle<br />
and was walking proudly away from<br />
his masterpiece with pail and shovel in<br />
hand. Even though Isabelle didn’t know<br />
Bill at the time, she thought it would<br />
be great fun to jump on the sandcastle<br />
and destroy it, which she did with great<br />
pleasure! Bill turned around and seeing<br />
the child with the short hair, thought it<br />
was a boy. He would teach this young<br />
punk a lesson on smashing sandcastles.<br />
He filled his pail to<br />
overflowing with sand,<br />
marched over to where<br />
Isabelle was sitting on the<br />
beach, and dumped the<br />
entire pail of sand over<br />
her pretty little bobbed<br />
head!<br />
Well, this was cottage<br />
country and gossip travels<br />
like wild fire! By the time,<br />
Bill arrived home, his mother already<br />
knew what had happened. “Young<br />
man, you get right back out there and<br />
apologize to that poor innocent little<br />
girl.” She told him which cottage it was,<br />
and off he went.<br />
Bill knocked sheepishly on the door<br />
and mumbled an apology. As he was<br />
walking along the path to the beach, he<br />
felt a rock whizz past his head, and there<br />
was Isabelle peeking out<br />
from behind a bush with<br />
an evil grin on her sweet,<br />
innocent face.<br />
The two did not<br />
connect again until they<br />
were teenagers, at which<br />
time they became friends.<br />
Then war struck, and<br />
Bill was sent overseas.<br />
Luckily he was one of the<br />
fortunate young men who<br />
eventually returned home,<br />
and the two married.<br />
SHOP<br />
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See<br />
Pg 3<br />
Life is a kaleidoscope.<br />
Embrace the ever-changing chaos,<br />
Until the broken glass falls into place<br />
creating harmony.<br />
Fast forward to<br />
present times. Our<br />
group of friends<br />
spent an enjoyable<br />
afternoon walking<br />
along the beach<br />
looking for colourful<br />
rocks. Mary has a<br />
passion for finding<br />
sea glass. Sea glass<br />
are tiny pieces<br />
of broken glass<br />
washed up on the shore, and they are<br />
much harder to find then shells or<br />
rocks. Sea glass has smooth edges and a<br />
natural frosted look.<br />
When we arrived at the cottage, I<br />
admired a shadow box on the wall<br />
with coloured glass at the bottom and a<br />
seaside photograph in the background.<br />
The word “glassies” was painted across<br />
the front. Mary has made many items<br />
including a beautiful tabletop from sea<br />
glass. “Glassies” she calls them.<br />
We then went for a sunset walk<br />
along the beach and watched the most<br />
majestic sunset painting stripes of<br />
bright orange and pale pink across the<br />
summer sky, as the glowing sun seemed<br />
to disappear into the waves that swept<br />
the shore.<br />
One of our friends that was with us<br />
had just survived a very difficult year<br />
in which she battled cancer and won,<br />
but was then faced with the suicide<br />
of a loved one. Head down, scanning<br />
the sand, she was determined to find<br />
sea glass. “Karen, why don’t you look<br />
at some of these beautiful cottages?” I<br />
asked.<br />
“No, I’m on a mission. If I could find<br />
just one piece of sea glass, I would be<br />
happy,” she told me.<br />
Unfortunately, she didn’t find any.<br />
Just a handful of interesting rocks.<br />
Back at the cottage<br />
we enjoyed a delicious<br />
dinner, listened to music<br />
and even attempted to<br />
dance to Celtic music.<br />
The Celtic dancing might<br />
have been due to our<br />
“glassie’s” being full of<br />
beer and wine!<br />
Upon arriving home,<br />
Karen had a wonderful<br />
idea to make miniature inukshuks for<br />
all her friends that were at the cottage.<br />
Sifting through the rocks, guess what<br />
she found? A tiny piece of sea glass. A<br />
glassie!<br />
Sometimes amongst the rocks of<br />
life, a tiny glimmer of hope can still be<br />
found. You may not see it at first, but if<br />
you look really hard, it’s there. My friend<br />
found peace on that tranquil beach<br />
where the air is fresh,<br />
the waves wash away<br />
pain and cottagers past<br />
and present have found<br />
peace and friendship at<br />
that rustic cottage on<br />
the sandy shores of Lake<br />
Huron.<br />
Life is a kaleidoscope.<br />
Embrace the everchanging<br />
chaos,<br />
Eventually the broken<br />
glass will fall into place<br />
creating harmony.<br />
Page 32<br />
What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth. - Jewish Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
Lake Huron<br />
MI<br />
ONTARIO<br />
NY<br />
TIP! Bring a cooler on these trips to buy local foods - It’s bound to come in handy!<br />
&<br />
OSA Flea Market is Big & Awesome - See page 4<br />
While we know that people have different tastes and we<br />
like to offer something for everyone, we’re very selective<br />
when looking to see which stores we include in <strong>Daytripping</strong>.<br />
It’s not uncommon for us to walk into a shop, take a look<br />
around, and walk back out. OSA Flea<br />
Market had called us and I met them<br />
in an office on their property which<br />
had a few small items in it and for<br />
a moment I was dreading having to,<br />
OSA FLEA MARKET<br />
as politely as possible, talk them out of advertising with us.<br />
Then they took me on a tour through section after section<br />
of a very large building on the outskirts of Belle River and I<br />
was stunned by the number of vendors and plans they have<br />
for the inside and outside. This is a town and area that will<br />
really benefit by having a market of this size and it’s really<br />
worth checking out.<br />
Our New Website is also quite<br />
Awesome - See front of 2nd<br />
section<br />
Among other improvements, our<br />
new website has an interactive map<br />
on the Google Maps platform so that<br />
all of our customers are shown. You<br />
can pick a shop and plan a route to<br />
it with your phone. Or you can select<br />
one or more categories and go on<br />
a tour, of antique stores and garden<br />
centres for example. Most importantly perhaps, you can be<br />
at one of our customers great shops and find the next closest<br />
ones to visit. Thanks to our whole team, and the leadership<br />
of Courtney Semeniuk for bringing this to fruition.<br />
Enter Our Contests - See pages 3 & 30<br />
You probably know that we have a never-ending Photo<br />
Contest (page 30) where our readers take a photo with a<br />
cover of <strong>Daytripping</strong> in it. It’s been to the top of a mountain<br />
and the bottom of the sea over the years. It’s simple to<br />
enter and almost all good photos get published. We also<br />
have a contest asking our readers to send in an article<br />
about a daytrip they’ve taken, mentioning at least two of our<br />
customers in it - see page 3 for more details<br />
On a separate note we’d like to encourage photographers<br />
to submit great shots of the destinations they see in this<br />
magazine (and in the region we cover) for publication inside<br />
the magazine and even on the covers.<br />
Supply and Demand - See page 68 for starters<br />
Several antique dealers have been telling us that, more than<br />
ever, there are a lot of antiques available... particularly furniture.<br />
It makes sense as the population that grew up with these<br />
pieces ages and downsizes. It perplexes me that the younger<br />
generations of people, who very much embrace the Reduce, Re-<br />
Use, Recycle philosophy, haven’t caught on to the fact that they<br />
can buy furniture that was built to last for hundreds of years for<br />
less than they can buy cheap crap that will be worn out before<br />
Beyonce releases another country album.<br />
Taking the Stage Again - See pages 1, 24, 38, 53 & 61<br />
Theatre Season is beginning again in SW Ontario and<br />
we’re honoured to be promoting<br />
in this issue Victoria Playhouse<br />
Petrolia (during the town’s 150th<br />
anniversary), Walter’s Family Theatre<br />
in Bright, Theatre Woodstock,<br />
Drayton Entertainment which<br />
operates seven theatres throughout<br />
our coverage area, and Port Stanley<br />
Festival Theatre. Let’s add Purple Hill<br />
Country Music Hall to this list as well,<br />
with their lineup of country music<br />
shows. Sarnia’s Imperial Theatre and<br />
Chatham’s Capitol Theatre are bound<br />
to be promoting their new seasons in<br />
our next issue. We truly wish to be<br />
promoting all the theatres in our area<br />
to readers who would love to know<br />
Painting by Francis Martin<br />
about them, but we can’t win ‘em all.<br />
Town Wide Yard Sales - on the last page of our Events<br />
Calendar - Page 47<br />
Yes, it’s that time of year again and not a moment too soon.<br />
We have one of our longest lists ever<br />
of Town Wide Yard Sales with almost<br />
100 as we go to press. This can be an<br />
imperfect science - in most cases there<br />
will be many yard sales (even hundreds)<br />
all at once, but there will be a couple<br />
duds and there’s not much we can do<br />
to predict the future. Please find the<br />
most up-to-date list at facebook.com/<br />
townwideyardsale and be prepared to<br />
change your plans if you hit one of the<br />
rare duds (and make room in the car<br />
for all the others). You’ll also find a link<br />
at the top of <strong>Daytripping</strong>’s Facebook<br />
page.<br />
L A V E N D E R<br />
W OR K S C O.<br />
Lavender Farm<br />
& Boutique<br />
Wed to Sat 10-5, Sun 10-3<br />
44702 Newry Rd., Brussels<br />
lavenderworks.ca erwo<br />
rks 519-291-7613<br />
519291 91<br />
1-7<br />
13<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. - Malayan Proverb<br />
Page 33
Lake Huron<br />
The<br />
Daytripper<br />
On to HARRISTON & CLIFFORD, LISTOWEL & MILLBANK<br />
MI<br />
SHOP<br />
NY<br />
LOCAL<br />
ONTARIO<br />
KNAPP’S<br />
SHOES & CLOTHING<br />
“Canada’s Largest Dealer of<br />
Prescripon Orthopedic Footwear”<br />
Drew, Royer, Alden, Red Wing<br />
KITCHEN<br />
SHOP<br />
GOURMET<br />
FOODS<br />
DELI<br />
COUNTER<br />
A One-of-a-Kind ESCAPE ROOM<br />
in a remarkable heritage building!<br />
Over 300<br />
5 stars<br />
review!<br />
GIFTS, HOME DÉCOR & MORE!<br />
A Large Selection of Gifts,<br />
Home Décor, Fashion and Jewellery<br />
519-338-3230 • 16 ELORA ST. HARRISTON<br />
www.achesonpharmacy.com<br />
2nd Escape Room<br />
“Clockworks”<br />
coming soon!<br />
10,000 Square “Feet” of Shoes<br />
4A to 6E in ALL SIZING<br />
165 Wallace Ave. North, Listowel<br />
519-291-4750 www.knappshoes.ca<br />
Closed Sun/Mon<br />
Visit the<br />
Alpacas<br />
May to September<br />
Mill<br />
& Store<br />
Year Round<br />
Store<br />
Hours:<br />
Mon to Fri 9-4<br />
Saturdays<br />
(May-Dec) 10-3<br />
www.shopkci.ca<br />
Patio & Take Out<br />
105 Elizabeth Street West, LISTOWEL I 519-291-4777<br />
Road Trip to Anna Mae’s<br />
Article & Photos by Debi Wiese Spencer ~ Visit Roadtrippin in Ontario on Facebook<br />
Beat the Clock • Climb the Tower<br />
Ring the Bell for all to Hear<br />
EscapeTheOldPost.ca<br />
39 Elora Street South,<br />
Harriston • 519-510-2222<br />
On Weekdays Watch Us Make...<br />
Alpaca Socks, Yarns & Rovings<br />
through our viewing window!<br />
5509 Hwy. 9 between<br />
Harriston & Clifford • 519-327-4566<br />
DAVIE’S ANTIQUES<br />
Open p 7 Days y<br />
~ 9am to 5pmp<br />
6,000 0<br />
Square Feet<br />
et<br />
of<br />
•Glass • China<br />
• Furniture<br />
• Old Hardware<br />
r<br />
& Tools<br />
• Nostalgia<br />
www.alpacatime.ca<br />
2nd Floor<br />
FLEA MARKET<br />
Collectibles, Antiques<br />
& Toys<br />
A short road trip today to Anna Mae’s Restaurant and Bakery located on Perth<br />
County Line in Milbank Ontario. We stopped for a delicious lunch of their famous<br />
broasted chicken and a slice of homemade pie! Needless to say, the bakery was<br />
filled with people picking up all their homemade baked goods, preserves and<br />
jams and jellies. From the multiple fruit pies to the specialty cakes and cookies<br />
this place will never disappoint. Not the kind of place you should go if you’re<br />
watching your weight lol. Another local treasure for sure!<br />
FACTORY YARN OUTLET<br />
INC.<br />
Your Inspiration Store!<br />
One Stop Shopping for All of Your<br />
Knitting & Crocheting Needs!<br />
Anniversary<br />
Sale...<br />
10%-50% OFF<br />
October 15-31<br />
43 Elora St., Harriston • 519-338-2449<br />
Tent Sale<br />
230 Elma St., W. • LISTOWEL • 1-855-900-39511<br />
WWW.YARNFACTORYOUTLET.COM<br />
CURBSIDE PICKUP AVAILABLE<br />
ASK ABOUT OUR MEMBERSHIP CARD!<br />
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Hold a true friend with both hands. - Nigerian Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
Enter our Photo Contest (see page 30) and we’ll donate to your favourite charity.<br />
Somebody Said...<br />
- Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get<br />
back to normal after you've had a baby....<br />
- Somebody doesn't know that once you're<br />
a mother, ‘normal,’ is history.<br />
- Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct...<br />
- Somebody never took a three year old shopping.<br />
ALL ABOUT MOM<br />
2nd Graders Answer Questions<br />
About Their Moms<br />
“How Did God Make Mothers?”<br />
1) He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.<br />
2) Magic plus super powers, and a lot of stirring.<br />
3) God made my Mom just the same like he made me.<br />
He just used bigger parts.<br />
- Somebody said being a mother is boring...<br />
- Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.<br />
- Somebody said if you're a good mother, your child will ‘turn out good’...<br />
- Somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.<br />
- Somebody said ‘good’ mothers never raise their voices...<br />
- Somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit<br />
a golf ball through a neighbour's kitchen window.<br />
- Somebody said, you don't need an education to be a mother...<br />
- Somebody never helped a fourth grader with her math.<br />
- Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first...<br />
- Somebody doesn't have five children.<br />
- Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing<br />
questions in the books...<br />
- Somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose and in his ears.<br />
- Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labour and delivery...<br />
- Somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day<br />
of kindergarten or on a plane to leave for military ‘boot’ camp.<br />
- Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one<br />
hand tied behind her back...<br />
- Somebody never organized four giggling Brownies to sell cookies.<br />
- Somebody said a mother can stop worrying when her child gets married...<br />
- Somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law<br />
to a mother's heart strings.<br />
4060 Line 72 Millbank, 519-595-4407 www.annamaes.ca<br />
Bakery 7am-7pm, Dining Room 11am-7pm, Closed Sundays & Holidays<br />
In 1978 a local Mennonite lady named<br />
Anna Mae Wagler started our business by<br />
baking pies in her home and selling them at<br />
the end of her laneway. It began as a means<br />
of survival after her husbands health had<br />
taken a turn for the worse. She gained<br />
popularity quickly and soon the business<br />
grew to have 8 employees. In November of<br />
1991, she moved to our current location on<br />
Perth Line 72 after the township ordered<br />
her out of her house.<br />
It was only intended to be a bakery and<br />
small café with about 7 tables and a<br />
counter. One night a guest requested a hot<br />
meal and the rest is history! That was the beginning i of our hot meals and is how we came<br />
to have the selection of homestyle Mennonite cooking we offer today. Soon after she<br />
began serving hot meals, she developed a 5 week rotating meat schedule. This rotation is<br />
still used & can be found on our website and guests love that we have this schedule so they<br />
can be sure to come on their favourite day! She also began serving our famous Broasted<br />
Chicken and selling crafts from local artisans.<br />
Anna Mae sold the business to the Herrfort's in 2001 and we have been operating with<br />
a commitment to the same business practices & principles that Anna Mae's was founded on.<br />
In 2014 we were featured on the Food Network's hit show, You Gotta Eat Here!<br />
We hope that you will join us!<br />
- Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home...<br />
- Somebody never had grandchildren.<br />
- Somebody says a mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her...<br />
- Somebody isn't a mother.<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. - Swedish Proverb Page 35
Lake Huron<br />
The<br />
Daytripper<br />
And more to discover in ST. JACOBS, CAMBRIDGE & various Drayton theatres.<br />
ALL ABOUT MOM<br />
2nd Graders Answer Questions<br />
About Their Moms<br />
“What Does Your Mom Do In Her<br />
Spare Time?”<br />
1) Mothers don’t do spare time.<br />
2) To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.<br />
Over 35,000 sq. ft.<br />
Excellent Dealer Benefits ~ Inquiries Welcome<br />
73 Water St., N. Cambridge, ON<br />
519-740-0110 southworksantiques.com<br />
Mon-Wed 10-5, Thurs-Fri 10-8, Sat 9-6, Sun 10-6<br />
ONTARIO SHOP<br />
NY<br />
LOCAL<br />
Historic St. Jacobs<br />
WALKING TOUR<br />
This isn’t Hollywood,<br />
this is small town Ontario!<br />
May-October<br />
Thurs 2:30-4<br />
Sun 1-2:30<br />
$25 Advance Tickets - 519-242-9255<br />
or visit www.strollwalkingtours.com<br />
Amish Friendship Bread<br />
“Friendship takes time and energy<br />
if it’s going to work. You can luck into<br />
something great, but it does not last if<br />
you do not give it proper appreciation.<br />
Friendship can be so comfortable, but<br />
nurture it—don’t take it for granted.”<br />
Betty White<br />
A friend gave me three bags of<br />
Amish Friendship Bread starter. One<br />
was for me and two others to pass on.<br />
Friendship bread—also known as<br />
Amish friendship bread—is the chain<br />
letter of baking. A simple starter is<br />
mixed and then developed for 10 days<br />
at room temperature. The person who<br />
makes the starter, like a sweet version<br />
of a sourdough starter, keeps some to<br />
bake up a loaf of bread or other baked<br />
items, then they divide the rest to pass<br />
on to friends. If a little of the starter is<br />
kept, it can become the basis of a new<br />
batch of starter.<br />
Legend has it that when Amish<br />
people were poor, sick, or otherwise<br />
unable to care for themselves, bakers in<br />
the community would make sourdough<br />
bread to give them. Throughout the<br />
years the tradition has changed, and<br />
By Nancy McSloy, London<br />
the friendship starter is passed on to<br />
everyone throughout the community.<br />
I thought of how this tradition could<br />
be rooted to our area given our Amish<br />
culture throughout the area.<br />
I love to bake so for me this was<br />
something fun to try. I kept one and<br />
passed the other two on to my sister<br />
and daughter-in-law. Each day for the<br />
first five days I would “squish” the<br />
starter in the Ziploc bag. On day five<br />
it was time to nourish it by adding<br />
milk, sugar, and flour. Again, for the<br />
next five days I nurtured it everyday<br />
by “squishing” the dough (carefully<br />
following my friend’s directions). On<br />
day ten, I once again nourished the<br />
dough and then it was time to prepare<br />
and bake the bread.<br />
The loaf of bread was a masterpiece<br />
in my eyes, and it was devoured<br />
quickly. I had enough of the starter to<br />
do another ten days of “squishing” and<br />
nurturing and once again I had two<br />
more to pass on to friends.<br />
As I have been tending to the dough<br />
daily, I thought of how friendships<br />
need to be nurtured and nourished<br />
to work. As Betty White<br />
says, “Nurture it—don’t<br />
take it for granted.” Had I<br />
have left the Ziploc bag of<br />
starter on the counter and<br />
not tended to it, I would<br />
have had a bag of one<br />
cup of starter at the end<br />
of the 10 days. Instead,<br />
by nurturing, it grew into<br />
a delectable loaf of Amish<br />
Friendship Bread.<br />
MI<br />
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The reverse side also has a reverse side. - Japanese Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
Organic & Specialty Farms for food lovers, 100 mile dieters & responsible shoppers!<br />
1<br />
8182 Talbot Trail<br />
S. of Blenheim<br />
519-676-4475<br />
OPEN:<br />
7 Days A Week<br />
from July-Oct,<br />
6 Days A Week<br />
The Apple Place<br />
the rest of year<br />
•All the best Fresh Fruits<br />
•Apples almost all year round<br />
•Fresh Made Apple Cider<br />
•Honey •Maple Syrup •Jams & more!<br />
Know of a market<br />
that should be<br />
on this list?<br />
Let them know about<br />
it please. Thanks!<br />
ROESCH MEATS<br />
2<br />
• Wild Game Processing • Smoked Meats<br />
• Deli Meats made on-site • Filipino Meats<br />
• Mrs. D’s Jams, Jellies, Sauces & more<br />
• Locally Made Products<br />
~ All Processing Done On-Site! ~<br />
• Farm Raised Pork & Free Run Chickens<br />
(drug/additive free)<br />
• Fresh, Free Run Eggs<br />
• Ontario Dry Aged Carcass Beef (21 days)<br />
• Frozen Entrées • Meat or Fruit Pies<br />
• Huge variety of patties for your burgers<br />
www.rmeats.com<br />
Tues-Fri 9-5 • Sat 9-3<br />
Closed Sun/Mon<br />
BRING YOUR COOLER!<br />
10910 Northwood Line at Mull Road<br />
East of CHATHAM • 519-351-7711<br />
3 PARKS BLUEBERRIES 866-901-5373<br />
Blueberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Preserves,<br />
Bakery & Country Store • www.parksblueberries.com<br />
7 km East of Thamesville on Hwy.#2. (March-Dec.24)<br />
4<br />
• Honey • Mead<br />
• Gift Baskets<br />
• Natural al<br />
Hive Products<br />
& Gifts<br />
3115 1<br />
River St., , ALVINSTON<br />
N<br />
Check online for hours<br />
www.munrohoney.com<br />
ww. oney<br />
.<br />
m<br />
SEE ADS on our “BUY LOCAL BUY FRESH” Feature!<br />
WEDNESDAYS<br />
Bright’s Grove Summer Market<br />
Kenwick Park 4pm-8pm (June 12-Sept)<br />
Grand Bend Farmers’ Market<br />
at Lambton Heritage Museum<br />
Wednesdays 9am-1pm (May 22-Oct.)<br />
FRIDAYS<br />
Forest Farmers’ & Artisan Market<br />
Fridays 9am-1pm (May 24-October)<br />
SATURDAYS<br />
Amherstburg Farmers Market<br />
Saturdays 9am-1pm (May 4-Oct. 12)<br />
Downtown Windsor Farmers<br />
Market Saturdays 9am-2pm<br />
(March 30-October 26)<br />
Goderich BIA Farmers’ Market<br />
around the inside of the Courthouse Square<br />
Saturdays 8am-2pm<br />
(May 18-Thanksgiving weekend)<br />
SATURDAYS<br />
Old Imperial Farmers’ Market,<br />
Aylmer Saturdays 8am-3pm<br />
Petrolia Farmers’ Market<br />
Saturdays 7:30am-12noon<br />
(May 18-Oct. 19)<br />
Silver Lake Farmers’ Market,<br />
Port Dover - 320 St. Patrick St.<br />
Saturdays 8am-1pm<br />
St. Marys Farmers’ Market<br />
Saturdays 8am-12 (til Oct. 31)<br />
Milt Dunnell Field<br />
SUNDAYS<br />
Goderich BIA Farmers’ Market<br />
around the inside of the Courthouse Square<br />
Sundays 9am-2pm<br />
(May 19-Thanksgiving weekend)<br />
PLEASE NOTE ~ Market opening ng dates<br />
& times are always subject to change.<br />
Call ahead to be sure.<br />
5<br />
• Blueberries<br />
mid-July to<br />
August<br />
• Frozen Berries<br />
Year Round<br />
• Rent our venue<br />
up to 150 people Lunches/Dinners<br />
6460 Riverside Dr., & Special Events<br />
Melbourne • 519-289-0389<br />
5<br />
www.arrowwoodfarm.ca<br />
Turn the page to find more<br />
Great Shops<br />
& Farm<br />
Markets!<br />
BU Y LOCAL!<br />
BU Y FRESH!<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people. -Oriental Proverb Page 37
10<br />
FARM STOREwith fresh<br />
produce, bakery items,<br />
preserves, maple syrup,<br />
honey & more.<br />
Produce<br />
in Season!<br />
OPEN MON-SAT<br />
Children Welcome<br />
16<br />
Farm Raised<br />
Beef,<br />
Chicken<br />
& Pork<br />
6 WATFORD SUMMER MARKET<br />
5-9 PM June 20 | July 18 | August 8 | September 5<br />
Centennial Park, 97 Centennial Ave, WATFORD<br />
facebook.com/groups/watfordsummermarket<br />
SHOP FRESH • SHOP LOCAL<br />
Welcome<br />
7<br />
Special Events<br />
MAY18 TO OCTOBER 19<br />
Saturday Mornings 7:30am-Noon<br />
11 PRETTY ROAD CO. FARM STORE<br />
• Lamb • Chicken • Beef • Pork<br />
• New Lavender Crop 2023/24<br />
1265 Pretty Road, Sombra<br />
www.prettyroadcofarm.store<br />
12<br />
FAMILY FARM SINCE 1897<br />
• Spray-free Seasonal Produce<br />
• Antibiotic & Hormone Free<br />
Beef/Pork/Chicken<br />
• Kids Adventure Farm<br />
6193 Blackwell Sd. Rd. • SARNIA<br />
226-886-2238 • kornykornersfarm.ca<br />
" From our Farm to your Home"<br />
OPEN Friday 10-5 & Saturday 9-3<br />
11554 Ivan Drive Ilderton, ON • 519-666-1255<br />
www.bloomersfarm.com<br />
17 CRUNICAN ORCHARDS 519-666-0286<br />
On-site grown apples/pears & local food products.<br />
23778 Richmond St., LONDON • Open Year Round!<br />
18<br />
THOMAS BROS<br />
& U Pick Farm<br />
OUR OWN FRESH PICKED PRODUCE<br />
Jams •Syrups • Honey •Pickles<br />
•Cheese •Baking •Crafts<br />
519-652-5551 •Candies May-Oct<br />
5856 56<br />
COLONEL ONEL<br />
TALBOT ROAD, LONDON<br />
O<br />
HWY #4 NORTH OF 401<br />
8<br />
Fletcher St. (behind Library) 519-882-2350<br />
FARM FRESH ARTISAN GOAT CHEESE<br />
NEW<br />
LOCATION!<br />
GLUTEN FREE,<br />
LOW LACTOSE,<br />
SPECIALTY<br />
FOODS<br />
AS WELL<br />
5354 Camlachie Rd., Wyoming<br />
OPEN Tues., Fri.<br />
. •519-845-1613<br />
9 REID’S FARM MARKET<br />
Pure Maple Syrup, Free Range Brown Eggs,<br />
Straw, In Season Produce, and so much<br />
more! Open 7 Days a Week!<br />
5688 Oil Heritage Rd., REECES CORNERS<br />
An Old Fashioned Country Store<br />
with a Modern Twist!<br />
13<br />
Williamson Farms in FOREST,<br />
TWO LOCATIONS to visit...<br />
FARM:<br />
7739 Lakeshore Rd. •5<br />
519-243-2961<br />
OPEN: Thursday to Saturday 10-5<br />
Meats, Maple Syrup & Ontario Foods<br />
COUNTRY STORE:<br />
14 King St. • 226-520-0144<br />
Meats, Maple Syrup & Ontario Foods<br />
Gis, Home Decor, Kitchenware,<br />
Tea & Teapots, Children’s Toys & Games,<br />
Puzzles, Art Supplies, Cast Iron,<br />
Wall Art, Cards & Children’s Books<br />
Gi Baskets, house-made Fudge<br />
www.williamsonfarmsmarket.com<br />
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519-845-3482<br />
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Monday d<br />
a<br />
to Friday<br />
9am-5:30pm,<br />
Saturday 9-4pm<br />
HORTON<br />
FARMERS’<br />
MARKET<br />
Saturdays 8-12<br />
N5P 3T2 • 519-633-0527<br />
www.turkeyshoppe.com<br />
A University of Western<br />
Ontario study showed that if<br />
each Ontario family shifted<br />
only $10 of their weekly<br />
food budget to buy food<br />
produced in the province,<br />
Ontario businesses<br />
would see 10,000 new<br />
jobs and $2.4 billion in<br />
annual food sales.<br />
LAMBTON SHORES FARMERS<br />
MARKETS Open Wednesdays as of May 22,<br />
9am-1pm in GRAND BEND: 10035 Museum Rd.<br />
on Hwy. 21 • FOREST: Open Fridays as of May 24,<br />
9am-1pm • lambtonshoresmarkets@gmail.com<br />
13/14<br />
15 BAYFIELD BERRY FARM<br />
Farm Market, Bakery, Hard Cider, Fruit Winery,<br />
Fruit Distillery & Gift Shop. 77697 Orchard Line,<br />
BAYFIELD • Find us at 5 Local Farm Markets too!<br />
519-482-1666 • www.bayfieldberryfarm.on.ca<br />
20<br />
Your local destination for fresh, locally<br />
sourced produce, artisanal goods,<br />
and mouthwatering baked treats!<br />
Our Market is open seasonally, May-Oct.<br />
Subscription boxes/other products year round!<br />
6548 Sunset Rd. • St. Thomas<br />
www.burkesproducemarket.ca<br />
BUY LOCAL! BUY FRESH!
&<br />
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Shop Briwood & Support p<br />
Your Local Farmers<br />
r<br />
Your Produce,<br />
Meat, Grocery,<br />
Bulk Food,<br />
Homemade<br />
Baked Goods &<br />
Pet Food Centre<br />
FARM MARKET<br />
Open Monday-Friday<br />
8am to 8pm,<br />
Saturday & Sunday<br />
8am to 6pm<br />
1030 Talbot St. at Fairview, St. Thomas • Owners: Brian & Sherwood • 519-633-9691<br />
26<br />
383723 Salford Rd,<br />
SALFORD<br />
519-425-0797<br />
• Fresh Cheese Curds<br />
• Artisanal Sheep Cheese made on site<br />
• Smoked Pork Chops • Summer Sausage<br />
• Welsh Baked Goods • British Imports<br />
• Up to 20 yr old Cheddar<br />
REDDRAGONDAIRY.CA<br />
21<br />
5680 Sunset Rd., Union<br />
(On the way to Port Stanley) Open June<br />
519-631-1370 to October<br />
DEBACKEREFARMMARKET.CA<br />
22 COYLES COUNTRY STORE Open 7 Days<br />
Baking supplies, spices, dried & glacé fruit, roasted<br />
nuts, candy, bulk packaged. Seasonal & Home Decor.<br />
244282 Airport Rd. (Hwy. 19), TILLSONBURG<br />
519-842-5945 • www.coylescountrystore.com<br />
23<br />
• Fresh Baking Daily<br />
• Local Fresh Fruit<br />
& Vegetables<br />
• Fresh Norfolk<br />
Products: Meat,<br />
Cheese, Dairy,<br />
• Our Own<br />
Strawberries<br />
(April to December)<br />
OPEN Daily 9-6, Sun. 10-5<br />
500 Church St. E., Delhi<br />
519-582-1114 • www.wholesomepickins.ca<br />
TABLE READY Entrees & Lunches • Catering<br />
11<br />
From our<br />
family<br />
to yours.<br />
OPEN<br />
APRIL<br />
thru<br />
DEC!<br />
• 10 Flavours of Ontario Peanuts<br />
•<br />
24<br />
• Preserves<br />
Th-Sat 10-5, Sun 11-4<br />
MAY: Mon, Wed,<br />
Th-Sat 10-5:30,<br />
Sun 11-4<br />
.com<br />
389 Fisher’s Glen lenRd Rd. Vittoria<br />
ia • 519-426-9222<br />
9222<br />
24<br />
25<br />
Milk Processed<br />
on Site<br />
Waygu Freezer Beef<br />
Eggs • Yogurt<br />
Homegrown<br />
Beef & Chicken<br />
Farm Fresh<br />
Friday<br />
Cheese Curds<br />
Wed-Thurs 10-5 • Fri 10-6 • Sat 9-5<br />
47008 Yorke Line, BELMONT • 519-872-4566<br />
Kincardine<br />
Know of a market<br />
that should be<br />
on this list?<br />
Let them know about<br />
it please. Thanks!<br />
27 GUNN’S HILL ARTISAN CHEESE<br />
Swiss quality cheese, crafted right here. Visit &<br />
enjoy. 519-424-4024 • www.gunnshillcheese.ca<br />
445172 Gunns Hill Road, WOODSTOCK<br />
28 NITH VALLEY APIARIES<br />
Local honeys, pollen, wax, propolis, & local<br />
crafted gifts. • nithvalleyapiaries.ca<br />
1041 Christner Rd. • New Hamburg<br />
~ In-Store n Bakery & Gi Gi Shop ~<br />
29<br />
Old<br />
Fashioned<br />
Sausage<br />
age<br />
Smoked<br />
Pork<br />
Products<br />
Bacon<br />
Ribs<br />
ONLY LOCAL MEATS including<br />
Lamb, b<br />
Buffalo, Pork & Chicken<br />
Delicious Gourmet condiments arriving daily!<br />
• Relishes • Sauces • Jellies • Jams<br />
• Mustards • Yoder Pellet Grills<br />
#2146 Hwy 7 & 8,<br />
Shakespeare, ON N0B 2P0<br />
info@porkshoppe.com • 519-625-8194<br />
www.porkshoppe.com<br />
30 MILLBANK<br />
CHEESE<br />
& BUTTER<br />
Naturally Aged<br />
Cheddar,<br />
Imported German<br />
Cook Cheese<br />
& other Fine<br />
Cheese Products.<br />
Mon., Tues. & Sat. 9-5 Free Range & Drug<br />
Wed. to Fri. 10-6 Free Meats & more.<br />
519-595-8787 millbankcheese.com<br />
18<br />
MICHIGAN<br />
Windsor<br />
3<br />
Lake<br />
St. Clair<br />
2<br />
Belle River<br />
Essex<br />
sex<br />
Kingsville<br />
ille<br />
le<br />
77<br />
15<br />
Bayfield<br />
30<br />
Millbank<br />
Guelph<br />
21<br />
Hensall<br />
Lake<br />
Exeter<br />
Stratford<br />
tf<br />
8<br />
Grand Bend<br />
29<br />
Cambridge<br />
Huron<br />
Shakespeare<br />
New<br />
14<br />
28<br />
Hamburg<br />
Dashwood<br />
od<br />
Bright<br />
Camlachie<br />
13<br />
4<br />
Arkona<br />
Woodstock<br />
od ock 403<br />
16<br />
12<br />
Sarnia<br />
Ilderton<br />
Brantford<br />
Reeces<br />
17<br />
Putnam<br />
27<br />
9<br />
402<br />
Corners<br />
Wyoming<br />
Komoka<br />
London<br />
26<br />
8<br />
Watford<br />
Mt.<br />
3<br />
7<br />
Brydges<br />
Petrolia<br />
25 Belmont Salford 23<br />
Delhi<br />
11<br />
Melbourne<br />
18<br />
22<br />
5<br />
St. Thomas<br />
Simcoe<br />
Sombra<br />
Alvinston<br />
4<br />
19<br />
24<br />
2<br />
20<br />
Aylmer<br />
Port Dover<br />
Dresden<br />
3<br />
Port Rowan<br />
Union<br />
Thamesville<br />
e<br />
Port 21<br />
Stanley<br />
2<br />
Rodney<br />
Chatham<br />
h Ridgetown<br />
Tilbury<br />
3<br />
Leamington<br />
401<br />
1<br />
Goderich<br />
Blenheim<br />
Blyth<br />
Lake Erie<br />
This map gives only an overview of where these<br />
markets and shops are located.<br />
A phone call, Google or GPS will come in handy for this tour.<br />
401<br />
403<br />
5<br />
NEW<br />
YORK<br />
400<br />
QEW<br />
Hamilton<br />
Hagersville<br />
404<br />
Lake Ontario<br />
QEW<br />
3<br />
S<br />
Fort Erie<br />
Niagara<br />
a<br />
Falls<br />
l<br />
Always bring<br />
a cooler<br />
on your<br />
Daytrips!<br />
• FRESH PRODUCE<br />
• CHEESE<br />
• PORK • TURKEY<br />
• MAPLE SYRUP<br />
• HONEY • FISH<br />
• HERBS • GARLIC
Lake Huron<br />
The<br />
Daytripper<br />
Always more to discover - in NEW HAMBURG & BADEN<br />
ONTARIO SHOP<br />
NY<br />
LOCAL<br />
The Codfish<br />
The codfish lays<br />
10,000 eggs,<br />
the homely hen<br />
lays one.<br />
The codfish never<br />
cackles to tell you<br />
what she's done.<br />
And so we scorn<br />
the codfish,<br />
while the humble<br />
hen we prize,<br />
which only goes<br />
to show you,<br />
that it pays<br />
to advertise.<br />
MI<br />
- Anonymous<br />
Two guys were doing construction on a house.<br />
One of them who was nailing down siding<br />
would reach into his nail pouch, pull out a<br />
nail, and then either toss it over his<br />
shoulder or nail it into the siding.<br />
The other guy, figuring this was worth<br />
looking into, asked, "Why are you throwing<br />
those nails away?" The first guy explained,<br />
"If I pull a nail out of my pouch and it's<br />
pointed towards me, I throw it away cause it's<br />
defective. If it's pointed toward the house, then I nail it into the siding."<br />
The second guy was outraged. He yelled, "You idiot! The nails pointed<br />
towards you aren't defective! They're for the other side of the house!"<br />
GENERAL STORE<br />
Check out our new General Store with homemade preserves,<br />
frozen family sized meals, frozen individual entrees and gifts.<br />
Roast turkey, roast beef, ef, country fried chicken, rolled<br />
led<br />
stuffed ribs, pigtails, mashed potatoes, vegetables,<br />
stuffing, gravy, salad bar & dessert bar.<br />
Scrambled b<br />
eggs, bacon, ham, hash h browns, baked b k<br />
d beans,<br />
buttermilk pancakes, assorted sweets, mashed potatoes,<br />
vegetables, stuffing, roast turkey, roast beef, rolled ribs,<br />
gravy, salad bar & dessert bar.<br />
15 minutes from Stratford<br />
20 minutes from Walters Theatre<br />
30 minutes from Kitchener/St. Jacobs<br />
- Bus Tours Welcome -<br />
TAVISTOCK,<br />
SINCE 1931<br />
Restaurant & Catering<br />
WED/THURS/FRI LUNCH BUFFET: 11:30am-2pm<br />
Featuring daily homemade classic entrées with mashed<br />
potatoes, vegetables, gravy, soup, salad bar & dessert bar.<br />
WED/THURS EVENING BUFFET: 4-6pm starting June 12<br />
Featuring turkey pot pie, roast beef and stuffed rolled ribs<br />
WEEKEND EVENING BUFFET: Fri., Sat. & Sun. 4-7pm<br />
SUNDAY BRUNCH BUFFET: Sundays 11am-2pm<br />
*Buffet items may vary<br />
depending on<br />
availability<br />
HOURS:<br />
Wed to Sat<br />
7 am - 7 pm<br />
Sunday 9 am - 7 pm<br />
Closed Mon/Tues<br />
Call or check online<br />
for holiday hours<br />
RESERVATIONS<br />
RECOMMENDED<br />
For daily special<br />
updates, find us<br />
on Facebook or<br />
Instagram.<br />
Historical i lPit Pictures<br />
& Artifacts from<br />
the Tavistock Area<br />
• • 519-655-2835<br />
Page 40<br />
Don’t rely on the glory of morning or the smiles of your mother-in-law. - Japanese Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
...ST. JACOBS, SHAKESPEARE & TAVISTOCK too!<br />
Makers of Fine Quality<br />
Cheese Since 1879<br />
FACTORY LIMITED<br />
Famous for our great tasng<br />
brick in a variety of flavours,<br />
and tradional Limburger.<br />
519-662-1212<br />
29 Bleams Rd East, NEW HAMBURG<br />
(Exit at New Hamburg, Peel St. Take first right on Bleams Rd. E.)<br />
Newspapers<br />
By Jacoba Bos - From <strong>Daytripping</strong> November-December 2009<br />
For most of us, newspapers have been<br />
an integral part of our life ever since we<br />
realized that paperboys dropped them<br />
on front porches and fathers snoozed<br />
behind them while siblings fought over<br />
the comics.<br />
The newspaper industry has a long<br />
and illustrious history going back to A.D.<br />
500 when the first issue saw the light on<br />
a carved block of wood as a as a court<br />
journal. It was devoured by its mostly<br />
royal subscribers who, like the rest of<br />
us, were curious to find out what was<br />
going on in their (by our standards) small<br />
world.<br />
About 1,200 years later an<br />
enterprising woman name Elisabeth<br />
Mallett took it upon herself to keep the<br />
British informed, so she founded the<br />
London Daily Courant in 1702.<br />
Throughout the centuries, newspapers<br />
have informed and educated, entertained<br />
and influenced their readers. And over<br />
the years the free press has given a<br />
voice to people from every walk of life<br />
who regard this institution as solid as the<br />
banks that advertised in them.<br />
Yet the voice of this age-old institution<br />
is not immune to the traffic roar of<br />
the information highway with the<br />
internet dispensing information and<br />
entertainment on lit-up screens that<br />
strain the eyes and boggle the mind. This<br />
is a far cry from having a relaxing coffee<br />
break with the paper.<br />
It seems the only human touch of the<br />
computer is that it can catch a virus. I<br />
find it difficult to believe something as<br />
impersonal as the internet could possibly<br />
replace newspapers. The printed press<br />
provides me with a window on the<br />
world, giving background information<br />
on current events and personalities in<br />
the news. I can absorb this information<br />
at my own speed and go back to the<br />
printed page at my convenience. Besides<br />
bringing its readers world and area<br />
news, there are often recipes, advice<br />
columns and reports on events going on<br />
in the area. For the area businesses, the<br />
printed press is a valuable advertising<br />
avenue. And for post war immigrants,<br />
newspapers were, along with the Bible<br />
and the Eaton’s catalogue the three top<br />
sources for learning the English language.<br />
The possibility of newsprint becoming<br />
obsolete also leaves me wondering about<br />
such things as: How can a person hide<br />
behind a computer at the breakfast table<br />
and how can you swat a pesky fly with a<br />
computer mouse?<br />
How can I clean paint brushes and<br />
wipe windows and mirrors to a glossy<br />
shine without a wad of newsprint?<br />
How will I keep casseroles hot while<br />
en route to an ill friend or new mom<br />
without the insulating qualities of<br />
newsprint.<br />
To keep my tomato plants from<br />
wilting before they get to my daughter’s<br />
garden, I’ve always relied on layers of<br />
wet newspapers which kept them fresh<br />
long enough to travel past Toronto in<br />
rush hour traffic. Can the internet beat<br />
that?<br />
And I’d like to know how my husband<br />
can clean his catch of fish on a campsite<br />
picnic table without layers of newspapers<br />
to prevent the little ones from falling<br />
through the cracks.<br />
Newspapers are still an indispensable<br />
part of our life and a trusted media<br />
that educates, informs and entertains<br />
the readers. I for one look forward to a<br />
relaxing break with the paper, reading<br />
about people, places to visit, and to<br />
learn about the history of our great<br />
country. Neighbourly advice and recipes<br />
plus puzzles to are among my favourite<br />
reading. And I’m glad this “Biggest Little<br />
Paper in Canada” contains all of the<br />
above and more.<br />
Publisher’s note: A lot has changed<br />
since Jacoba wrote this in 2009. At least<br />
<strong>Daytripping</strong> is still around, but please<br />
don’t be using it to clean your fish!<br />
~ In-Store Bakery & Gi Shop ~<br />
Oldd<br />
Fashioned<br />
h<br />
Sausage<br />
age<br />
Smoked<br />
k<br />
d<br />
Pork<br />
Products<br />
Bacon<br />
Ribs<br />
ONLY LOCAL MEATS including<br />
Lamb, b<br />
Buffalo, Pork & Chicken<br />
Delicious Gourmet condiments arriving daily!<br />
• Relishes • Sauces • Jellies • Jams<br />
• Mustards • Yoder Pellet Grills<br />
#2146 Hwy 7 & 8,<br />
Shakespeare, ON N0B 2P0<br />
info@porkshoppe.com • 519-625-8194<br />
www.porkshoppe.com<br />
• Quilting Q Cottons t<br />
tons<br />
• Supplies<br />
plie<br />
• Books • Patterns<br />
• Stencils i<br />
l • Custom t m Quilts<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> Shop May 2-4<br />
IN-STORE EXHIBITS<br />
‘Sew Whimsey’ and<br />
‘Stitchin’ Little Quilt’<br />
May 17 - June 15<br />
OPEN: O Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-4<br />
3991 Perth Rd. 107 • SHAKESPEARE<br />
(1 block South of lights off Hwy. 7/8)<br />
www.thequiltplace.ca 519-625-8435<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. -Slovenian Proverb<br />
Page 41
The<br />
Daytripper<br />
Sew<br />
South now to LONDON, ELGINFIELD, ILDERTON, STRATHROY & MT. BRYDGES<br />
• Sales • Service<br />
Authorized Dealer<br />
SHOP<br />
LOCAL<br />
10606 Ilderton Rd, Ilderton<br />
OUTDOOR MARKET<br />
June 23 • 11am-3pm<br />
Creative<br />
Handi Quilter<br />
Long Arm Dealer<br />
TRAIL RIDES<br />
Daytime or Sunset<br />
~ July y Shop p Hop H p<br />
~<br />
July 2nd-31st<br />
3<br />
Monday to Saturday 10-5<br />
www.sewcreativequilting.ca<br />
JUNE 17-29<br />
22486 Adelaide Rd • Mount tBrydges • 519-264-2177<br />
TRAIL RIDE & PICNIC<br />
Excursions for a date night<br />
or girls outing<br />
OVERNIGHT STAYS<br />
Gorgeous canvas tent lodgings<br />
willowandwatercoldstream.com<br />
@willowandwatercoldstream<br />
Over 17,000 sq. ft.<br />
1175 Hyde Park Road<br />
London, ON • 519-471-2835<br />
memorylaneantiques.ca<br />
Open 7 days Including Holidays<br />
Quantities Q<br />
ties<br />
large g<br />
& small<br />
l<br />
TUES-SAT<br />
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FRIDAY 9-8<br />
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•Breads & Rolls<br />
•Pastries & Cookies<br />
•Very Special Cakes<br />
for Every Occasion<br />
• Unique Seasonal Products<br />
Please Order Ahead for<br />
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12 Front Street West<br />
Strathroy • 519-245-0741<br />
hamiltonsbakery.ca<br />
Music<br />
in Me<br />
By Fred Parry<br />
www.fredparry.ca<br />
Here, There and<br />
Everywhere<br />
I love writing stories about genuine<br />
individuals who live out their lives<br />
with purpose. These people increase<br />
my responsibility to give them proper<br />
recognition—like a portrait artist who<br />
captures the spirit, as well as the image<br />
of his subjects.<br />
Now, as I’m writing this, a reprinted<br />
story of mine—originally written almost<br />
a decade earlier—just chimed into my<br />
email from a long-time publisher of my<br />
work. I kid you not! Wow… the things<br />
that make you go hmmm!<br />
What are the odds of having this reappear<br />
at the same time I’m writing<br />
about the quality of my current work?<br />
As I read it again, I can honestly say<br />
the original intention has<br />
stood the test of time…<br />
at least my time.<br />
I ask myself: am<br />
I maintaining and<br />
increasing my link to<br />
that same standard,<br />
today? It’s like being<br />
reminded of a bigger<br />
picture. As President<br />
Abraham Lincoln said,<br />
“I have been driven<br />
many times to my knees<br />
by the overwhelming<br />
conviction that I had<br />
nowhere else to go.” So, why would<br />
anyone rush the process when so<br />
much of it is out of our hands? Is this<br />
about self-revival?<br />
Sometimes I feel that I should write<br />
faster and produce more. But then<br />
I would have to deal with personal<br />
disappointment if the piece didn’t<br />
measure up to my own standards: get<br />
good; then fast.<br />
My blog stories also appear in various<br />
publications including ‘The Morcom<br />
Report and Laffs’ by Editor / Publisher,<br />
Pat Moauro. When I reached out about<br />
this, he graciously responded with<br />
words of wisdom, saying “We often<br />
are our own harshest critic—never<br />
quite satisfied… one’s writing is never<br />
‘finished’—we can always improve.”<br />
Paraphrasing Ernest Hemingway, Pat<br />
added, “Easy reading is hard writing.”<br />
Leonard Cohen also advised against<br />
perfectionism… waiting for our perfect<br />
offering. Plus, everyone must deal with<br />
deadlines which leaves me wondering<br />
do I lose something by rushing?<br />
Or, maybe, the sparse time allowance<br />
is a blessing since it forces me to<br />
efficiently produce my 500-word type<br />
stories so well they’re still acceptable<br />
by offering something of value. If so,<br />
every word must help make the main<br />
thing, the main thing—nothing wasted.<br />
A seasoned author once asked me<br />
if anything can be said in just 500<br />
words? I said I didn’t know, but it<br />
takes all my time. Abe Lincoln wrote<br />
the Gettysburg Address in roughly 300<br />
words; John Lennon wrote “Imagine”<br />
in approximately 130 words (plus<br />
creating the song!) Maybe it isn’t fair<br />
to compare myself to pure genius, but<br />
their example shows how you can learn<br />
to say more with less—be it plain hard<br />
work or catching lightning in a bottle.<br />
In the end, love must be the greatest<br />
hit of all… we’re always coming back<br />
for more.<br />
That’s the way I figure it.<br />
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240 DUNDAS STREET<br />
LONDON, ONTARIO<br />
N6A 1H3<br />
Heads up to drivers:<br />
Queen St and Wellington St<br />
are going to be worked on<br />
most of the construction season,<br />
so please call and we’ll<br />
be happy to give directions.<br />
519-432-7277<br />
WWW.ATTICBOOKS.CA<br />
STORE HOURS*<br />
Monday to Saturday<br />
10 am to 5 pm<br />
Closed Sundays<br />
*hours may be extended certain days<br />
due tostreet events &fairs but please<br />
refer towebsite for up-to-date hours.<br />
Let’s be book buddies!<br />
Follow usat@atticbooksca<br />
We buy, sell and trade<br />
as well as provide appraisals<br />
by appointment.<br />
Check our buying guide under<br />
Services onour website.<br />
We look forwardtoseeingyou soon!<br />
Upcoming DUNDAS PLACE EVENTS:<br />
Check out our website to browse<br />
through some of our rare and PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET<br />
quirkier stock and to find out about<br />
new arrivals, store sales and events.<br />
April 20th, <strong>2024</strong><br />
40+ VENDORS + COMMUNITY PARTNERS<br />
LIVE MUSIC • SK8 DEMO • DJs<br />
FOOD + DRINKS • GOOD FRIENDS<br />
Upcoming SHOWS WE’LL BE AT:<br />
LONDON VINTAGE<br />
FILM CAMERA SHOWS<br />
April 20th, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Westview Baptist Church<br />
1000 Wonderland Rd South<br />
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Lake Huron<br />
MI<br />
ONTARIO<br />
NY<br />
The next four pages are FULL of great events including 99 Town Wide Yard Sales.<br />
CRUNICAN<br />
ORCHARDS<br />
Since 1877<br />
Many Local Products<br />
In Season Vegetables<br />
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519-666-0286<br />
10 mins. N. of London at 15 Mile Rd.<br />
CRUNICANORCHARDS.COM<br />
MON. to FRI. 9–6<br />
SAT. 9–5 • SUN. 12–5<br />
Mural by Francis Martin in MT. BRYDGES<br />
A M Garden<br />
&<br />
Ideas for all your indoor<br />
and outdoor decorating needs!<br />
• Flowers • Trees • Shrubs<br />
• Vintage Collectables & Gi Decor<br />
• Crystals & Gemstones<br />
• Planters & Window Boxes<br />
ICE CREAM<br />
BOOTH<br />
opening in May!<br />
Open<br />
7 Days<br />
A Week!<br />
Centre<br />
4171 Col. Talbot Rd.<br />
LONDON (Lambeth)<br />
519-652-3539<br />
See our Facebook for upcoming events!<br />
www.amgardencentre.ca<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. - Chinese Proverb<br />
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The<br />
Southwestern Daytripper<br />
Ontario<br />
EVENTS<br />
Also listed on our website!<br />
WWW.DAYTRIPPING.CA<br />
Events listed FREE (space permitting). Subject to change. Please plan ahead.<br />
ONGOING EVENTS<br />
We’ve listed this section by town, so you can easily find ongoing things in a town you’re visiting.<br />
Amherstburg ongoing Wolfhead Tours/ Tastings - Fri 4 pm & Sat 1 or 3 pm www.drinkwolfhead.com<br />
Amherstburg May4-Oct12 Farmers’ Market Saturdays 9am-1pm www.amherstburgfarmersmarket.ca<br />
Amherstburg Jun5-Sept4 Cosmo Club (women) first Wed of month www.drinkwolfhead.com<br />
Amherstburg Summer Patio Vibes - Live music on the Patio every Fri and Sat www.drinkwolfhead.com<br />
Aylmer ongoing Old Imperial Farmers’ Market, Saturdays 8am-3pm oldimperialfarmersmarket.ca<br />
Belle River Apr4-Sept7 OSA Auctions Antique, Vendor and Farmers Market www.osauctions.ca<br />
Blenheim Jun20-Sep12 Thursday Concerts in the Park www.townofblenheim.com<br />
Bright Jun15-Sep14 A Decade of Treasures exhibit 519-535-1417<br />
Brights Grove Mr30 -Ap27 Fibre & Fabric Fusions: Patti Cook & Fibre Artists Collective galleryinthegrove.com<br />
Brights Grove May4-Jun1 Fast Forward: Senior High School Student Exhibition galleryinthegrove.com<br />
Brights Grove June12-Sept Summer Market at Kenwick Park - Wed 4-8 pm Find us on Facebook & Insta<br />
Dresden May26-Aug5 Live Harness Racing - 1 pm Sundays & Holiday Mondays www.dresden-raceway.ca<br />
RACEWAY<br />
LIVE HARNESS RACING!<br />
1:00 PM • FREE ADMISSION<br />
SUNDAYS MAY 26, JUNE 2, 9, 16, 23<br />
MONDAY JULY 1<br />
SUNDAYS JULY 7, 14, 21, 28<br />
MONDAY AUGUST 5<br />
www.dresden-raceway.ca<br />
Dresden Summer Weekly concerts, Thursdays 6-8 pm www.dresden.ca<br />
Dundas Mar12-Jun15 Lego Dundas exhibit at Dundas Museum & Archives www.dundasmuseum.ca<br />
Forest May24-Oc11 Farmers’ Market Fridays 9am-1pm www.lambtonshoresmarkets.com<br />
Goderich May18-Oct Saturday Farmers’ Market 8-2 & Sunday Market 9-2 www.goderichbia.ca<br />
Goderich Jun20-Aug29 Thurs. Eve and Sat afternoon concerts in courthouse square www.goderichbia.ca<br />
Grand Bend May22-Oct Farmers’ Market at Heritage Museum, Wed 8am-1pm lambtonshoresmarkets.com<br />
Harrow Apr20-May25 Saturdays - Hike 42 ~ A Wildflower Discovery www.eventbrite.ca<br />
Ingersoll May 4-25 Saturdays 10-4:30pm Big Cheese Days at Museum www.ingersoll.ca<br />
London ongoing Sat 8-3 Sun 10-2 Farmers’ & Artisan Market www.themarketwfd.com<br />
Petrolia May18-Oc19 Petrolia Farmers’ Market Saturdays 7:30 til Noon 519-882-2350<br />
Port Dover ongoing Silver Lake Farmers’ Market - Sat 8am-1pm portdoverlions.ca/silver-lake-market<br />
Port Stanley May-Dec Scenic Train Rides (MOST Sat & Sun, some holidays - check dates) www.pstr.on.ca<br />
Sarnia ongoing Stamp Club meetings - 4th Sunday of month www.sarniastampclub.ca<br />
Sarnia ongoing Exhibit openings- Lawrence House 6-9pm (1st Fridays) www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
Sarnia Apr6-Dec6 Gwetaandaawe Market (first Sat of Apr/May/June/Oct/Nov/Dec) 519-336-8410<br />
Indigenous Artisans, Crafters,<br />
Vendors & Food Vendors!<br />
APRIL <strong>2024</strong><br />
S M T W T F S<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20<br />
21 22 23 24 25 26 27<br />
28 29 30<br />
99 Town Wide Yard Sales - Page 47!<br />
First Saturday<br />
of the Month:<br />
APRIL, MAY, JUNE<br />
OCT, NOV & DEC<br />
9am-2pm<br />
1972 Virgil il Ave., Sarnia - Aamjiwnaang First Nation<br />
Contact C t tBarb bfor info: i f burlacher@aamjiwnaang.ca b l h @ • 519-336-8410<br />
519336 Sarnia April 5-27 Sarnia Photographic exhibit “Through My Eyes” www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
Sarnia April 5-27 Kai Sorensen “Memories Captured” photography exhibit www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
Sarnia May 3-25 High School Art Show at Lawrence House www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
Sarnia June 7-29 First Nations “Three Firest by the Water” www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
Sarnia July 5-27 6+1 Art Group “Anything Goes” www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
Sarnia July 5-27 Bill Walters solo exhibit www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
Shakespeare May17-Jun15 Sew Whimsey & Stitchin Little Quilt exhibits in store www.thequiltplace.ca<br />
St. Jacobs May-Oct Historic Walking Tour Thurs 2:30-4 & Sun 1-2:30 www.strollwalkingtours.com<br />
St. Marys May4-Oct26 Farmers’ Market 8am-12noon Saturdays www.discoverstmarys.ca<br />
St. Williams ongoing Live Music on the Patio 1-3 pm, Burning Kiln Winery www.burningkilnwinery.ca<br />
St. Williams ongoing Wine Down Wednesdays 6-8 pm, Burning Kiln Winery www.burningkilnwinery.ca<br />
Stratford ongoing Chocolate Trail - purchase pass for self-guided tour visitstratford.ca/chocolatetrail<br />
Stratford ongoing Bacon & Ale Trail - purchase pass for self-guided tour visitstratford.ca/bacontrail<br />
Stratford ongoing Audio Walking Tours www.visitstratford.ca<br />
Stratford ongoing Saturdays - Farmers’ Market 7am-12pm www.stratfordagriculturalsociety.com<br />
Stratford May18-Sep29 SAT and SUN Art in the Park www.artintheparkstratford.ca<br />
Tillsonburg May26-Aug25 Main Street Oxford exhibit at Annandale www.tillsonburg.ca/annandale<br />
Wallacetown ongoing Museum Tours at Backus Page House www.backuspagehouse.ca<br />
Windsor til Oct 26 Downtown Farmers’ Market - Sat 9am-2pm downtownwindsor.ca/farmers-market<br />
Woodstock ongoing Saturdays - Farmers’ Market 7am-12pm www.woodstockfairgrounds.com<br />
APRIL <strong>2024</strong><br />
also see “Ongoing Events” previous column & Town Wide Yard Sales on Page 47<br />
SHOP<br />
LOCAL<br />
til 14th Ingersoll A Night in Provence www.itopa.ca<br />
til 21st Cambridge Jersey Boys www.draytonentertainment.com<br />
10-14 Sarnia “The Wolves” a play at Imperial Theatre www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
11-13 Woodstock Festival of One Act Plays www.theatrewoodstock.com<br />
12-13 Shedden Quilts in Bloom, Shedden Ag Society 519-764-2939 or 519-764-2368<br />
Quilts in Bloom<br />
At Southwold Keystone Complex<br />
35921 Talbot Line, Shedden<br />
April 12 & 13, <strong>2024</strong> • Friday 9-6, Saturday 9-4 • Admission: $10<br />
Plus... Lunch Room & Merchants Mall<br />
Shedden Fair & Demolition Derby<br />
Sponsored by: Shedden Agricultural Society 519-764-2939 or 519-764-2368<br />
13 Kingsville Art & Artisan Olive Oil with artist Carolyn Hardy www.olivebranchonmain.com<br />
13 Paris Maple Syrup Fest www.lionsclubofparis.ca<br />
15 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
17 Sarnia Ladom Ensemble at Imperial Theatre www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
18 Ingersoll VALDY in Concert www.itopa.ca<br />
18-20 Exeter Labour of Love Quilt Show @ Exeter United Church www.exeterunitedchurch.com<br />
19-20 Shedden Snapshots: short plays about WWII www.lencuthbert.com<br />
19-21 London London Artists’ Studio Tour londonstudiotour.ca<br />
20 Cambridge Stroll - Architecture of Galt - tickets required www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
20 London Punk Rock Flea Market Find us on Facebook<br />
20 London London Vintage Film Camera Show Find us on Facebook<br />
20 Port Stanley British Beat 66 at Port Stanley Theatre www.psft.ca<br />
20 Tilbury Big Buck Sportsman Show www.swoc.ca<br />
20 Wheatley Wheatley Arboretum & Learning Trail Grand Opening Find us on Facebook<br />
20-21 Belle River OSA Auctions and Farmers Market Shop Local Weekend www.osauctions.ca<br />
21 Cambridge Custom Garbage Grabbers craft - tickets req’d www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
21 Kitchener Busy Bees at Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
21 Stratford Gymanfa Ganu (Hymn sing) at Avondale Church www.visitstratford.ca<br />
21 Strathroy Snapshots: short plays about WWII www.lencuthbert.com<br />
21 Windsor Just for Laughs Roadshow at Chrysler Theatre www.chryslertheatre.com<br />
21 Woodstock Woodstock Nostalgia Show & Sale www.collectorshows.ca<br />
24 London Paddling Film Festival at Hyland Cinema www.hylandcinema.com<br />
24-27 Brantford Book Fair www.brantfordsymphony.ca<br />
25 London “Jazzabelles” at Wolf Performance Hall ww.lpl.ca<br />
26 London The Woodstock Experience at Aeolian Hall www.aeolianhall.ca<br />
26 Stratford The Mudmen in Concert www.mudmen.ca<br />
26-27 Watford Quilt Show at Trinity Anglican Church dlbryson@brktel.on.ca<br />
26-28 Simcoe Simcoe and Area - Sip into <strong>Spring</strong> www.toastthecoast.ca<br />
27 Kingsville Acrylic Painting Workshop www.ctmhv.com<br />
27 Kitchener Pretzel Making at Schneider Haus - tickets req’d www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
27 London HOLI festival of Colours www.srishticanada.org<br />
27 London The Last Waltz Live at Aeolian Hall www.aeolianhall.ca<br />
27 Paris Quilts on the Grand $8 cash admittance Facebook event page<br />
27 Sarnia <strong>Spring</strong> Show & Sale, 99 Vendors! sarnia.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca<br />
27 Sarnia Annual Rotary After-Hours Trivia Night www.rotarysarniaafterhours.org/events<br />
27 Tillsonburg Harvard Aircraft Association Banquet - all welcome www.harvards.com<br />
27 Windsor Gerry Dee Live at WFCU Centre www.wfcu-centre.com<br />
27-28 Chatham CK Expo 10th Anniversary Event Find us on Facebook<br />
27-28 Grand Bend <strong>Spring</strong> Open House at Westland Greenhouses www.westlandgreenhouses.com<br />
27-28 Windsor <strong>Spring</strong> Extravaganza - Craft and Gift Show ccs.craftevents@gmail.com<br />
27-May11 Port Dover Perch Derby www.portdover.ca<br />
28 Alvinston Sydenham River Canoe and Kayak Race www.scrca.on.ca<br />
28 Blyth Fundraiser for Farmerettes Documentary www.blythfestival.com<br />
28 Goderich April Show(ers) at Lakeshore United Church www.benmiller.ca<br />
28 Hagersville <strong>Spring</strong> into Local - Market Find us on Facebook<br />
28 Kitchener Toys & Collectibles Show www.collectorshows.ca<br />
28 Oakville The Greater Toronto Doll Show www.greatertorontodollshow.com<br />
The Greater Toronto Doll Show.com<br />
Antique, BJD, Reborn, Modern Dolls & Related Items<br />
Sunday, April 28th, <strong>2024</strong> 10 am to 3 pm<br />
Holiday Inn • 590 Argus Road, Oakville • Admission $8<br />
www.greatertorontodollshow.com<br />
Mary Lou 416-221-3093 • greatertorontodollshow@gto.nett<br />
Sponsored by The Vintage Doll Club of Southern Ontario<br />
28 Paris Paris - Ancaster Bike Race www.parisancaster.com<br />
28 Sarnia ISO - Rach the Imperial at Imperial Theatre www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
28 Stratford Innerchamber: signing off www.innerchamber.ca<br />
28 Woodstock Model Train Show www.collectorshows.ca<br />
29 London London Jazz Festival at Wolf Performance Hall www.londonjazzfestival.ca<br />
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Never give advice unless asked. - German Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
Southwestern Ontario<br />
EVENTS<br />
Also listed on our website!<br />
WWW.DAYTRIPPING.CA<br />
Events listed FREE (space permitting). Subject to change. Please plan ahead.<br />
MAY <strong>2024</strong><br />
also see “Ongoing Events” previous page & Town Wide Yard Sales on Pg 47<br />
1 London Shock Stock <strong>2024</strong> www.shock-stock.com<br />
1 Watford Speaker Paul Zammit, Horticultural Society, ELCC hortsoc@brktel.on.ca<br />
2-4 Various The Best Little Shop Hop - Four Quilt Stores www.thebestlittleshophop.com/<br />
3 Leamington Monarch Cafe Series -Songs and Stories in the Round www.banktheatre.com<br />
3 London Tommy Youngsteen - Fleetwood Mac ‘Rumours’ www.aeolianhall.ca<br />
3 Sarnia First Friday - downtown cultural walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com<br />
3 Sarnia Special First Friday feature at Downtown Market Details on Facebook & Instagram<br />
3-4 Fonthill Niagara Modern Quilt Expo www.nmqexpo.com<br />
MAY 3 & 4<br />
Fri 10am-7pm<br />
Sat 10am-4pm<br />
Niagara Modern Quilt Expo<br />
Over 250 Modern Quilts • 17 Vendors<br />
Pop-Up Shop • Silent Auction • Quilt Raffle<br />
Meridian Community Centre, 100 Meridian Way<br />
FONTHILL (Region of Niagara) www.nmqexpo.com<br />
MAY <strong>2024</strong><br />
S M T W T F S<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
5 6 7 8 9 10 11<br />
12 13 14 15 16 17 18<br />
19 20 21 22 23 24 25<br />
26 27 28 29 30 31<br />
3-5 Port Rowan Shop the Shore - Shopping Tour facebook.com/shoptheshore/<br />
3-5 Simcoe Simcoe and Area - Sip into <strong>Spring</strong> www.toastthecoast.ca<br />
3-5 Woodstock Munsch at Play / Giants in the Sky www.theatrewoodstock.com<br />
3-5 Windsor Cinco de Mayo Festival www.allevents.in/windsor<br />
3-12 Sarnia Bluewater Anglers Salmon Derby www.bluewateranglers.com<br />
3-20 Grand Bend Paint Ontario www.paintontario.com<br />
4 Burford Cookout and Dance www.burfordoptimist.ca<br />
4 Goderich Benmiller Inn & Spa 50th Anniversary event www.benmiller.ca<br />
4 Kingsville Art & Artisan Olive Oil with painter Ron Vermeiren www.olivebranchonmain.com<br />
4 Leamington Dark Sky Night www.parks.canada.ca<br />
4 London Grace 2 - Celebrating the Tragically Hip www.aeolianhall.ca<br />
4 London London Symphonia: An Elegant Fire www.londonsymphonia.ca<br />
4 Sarnia Gwetaandaawe Market (indigenous vendors & food) 519-336-8410<br />
4 Sarnia Loud Love a tribute to Chris Cornell at Rustr www.rustr.ca/shows<br />
4 Stratford May the Fourth be With You - Stratford Symphony www.stratfordsymphony.ca<br />
4-5 Hamilton Doors Open Hamilton facebook.com/doorsopenhamont<br />
99 Town Wide Yard Sales - Page 47!<br />
11 Petrolia <strong>Spring</strong> Craft & Gift Show and Tart Festival https://lcpetroliaoptimist.org<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> Craft & Gift Show<br />
Saturday, May 11<br />
9:00 am to 4:00 pm<br />
GREENWOOD ARENA<br />
4065 Dufferin Avenue<br />
PETROLIA<br />
FREE ADMISSION<br />
Proceeds to Community Youth<br />
Call 519-330-1802 for more info<br />
MAY <strong>2024</strong> continued<br />
& Tart Festival<br />
Over 80 Amazing Vendors<br />
50/50 Draw • Toonie Table Raffle<br />
Food & Refreshments<br />
11-12 Cambridge Mothers Day Tea by the Grand - tickets required www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
11-12 St Catharines Mother’s Day Tea at the Savoy Room www.savoyroom.ca<br />
The Savoy Room<br />
Niagara’s Finest Afternoon Tea<br />
Mother’s Day Tea<br />
Sat May 11 & Sun May 12<br />
Advanced Reservations Required<br />
905 988-9033 savoyroom.ca<br />
375 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON<br />
12 Baden Mother’s Day at Castle Kilbride facebook.com/castlekilbride/<br />
13 Ingersoll Copps and Rodders Car show at Cheese Museum www.ingersoll.ca<br />
13 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7 pm www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
14 Sarnia Dinosaur World Live at Imperial Theatre www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
15 London Jann Arden and Rick Mercer on tour www.centennialhall.london.ca<br />
15 Sarnia Duo-Fortin Poirier “One Piano, Four Hands” www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
15 Tillsonburg Victorian Cross Stitch Workshop 6:30-8:30 (register) www.tillsonburg.ca/annandale<br />
17 London Mudmen in Concert at Palace Theatre www.palacetheatre.ca<br />
17-26 St. Jacobs WEFT Fest, Woolwich Expressions in Fibre www.weftfest.ca<br />
Explore almost 50 sites & four walking tours<br />
May 4 & 5, <strong>2024</strong><br />
10 am to 4 pm<br />
Free entry to all sites<br />
Free music at many sites<br />
www.facebook.com/DoorsOpenHamOnt<br />
4-5 Kingsville <strong>Spring</strong> Outdoor Flea Market www.ctmhv.com<br />
4-5 Sarnia <strong>Spring</strong> into Summer Craft Show www.sarniakinsmen.ca<br />
4-5 Windsor Barrels Bottles and Brews Fiesta www.barrelsbottlesbrews.ca<br />
5 Ancaster Toy & Collectibles Expo www.collectorshows.ca<br />
5 Kitchener Colours of India at Ken Seiling Museum www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
5 London Stars on Ice at Budweiser Gardens www.budweisergardens.com<br />
5 Thorndale Historical Barn Dance at Purple Hill www.purplehillcountrymusichall.ca<br />
7 Sarnia <strong>Spring</strong> Tea, OLM Church Hall, 11am-1:30pm Phyllis 519-383-7541<br />
7-26 Petrolia Oil Rush at Victoria Playhouse www.thevpp.ca<br />
8 Sarnia Trans-Canada Highway Men at Imperial Theatre www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
8-June1 St. Jacobs Rock of Ages www.draytonentertainment.com<br />
9 London London City of Music: featuring Cowboy Junkies www.londonmusichall.com<br />
9 Sarnia Billy Nation - Billy Joel Experience www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
9-12 Goderich Lend me a Tenor at The Livery www.thelivery.ca<br />
10 London Daniel Champagne at Aeolian Hall www.aeolianhall.ca<br />
10 Sarnia Classic Albums Live - The Police www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
10-12 Simcoe Simcoe and Area - Sip into <strong>Spring</strong> www.toastthecoast.ca<br />
10-12 St. Catharines Mom & Me Shopping Spree www.pocketchangestc.ca<br />
Mom & Me Shopping Spree<br />
May 10-12, <strong>2024</strong><br />
sustainable fashion<br />
RSVP for exclusive fair trade accessories<br />
discounts, gifts,<br />
boutique + art studio & much more. locally crafted gifts<br />
393 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines • 905-685-6868 • pocketCHANGEstc.ca<br />
11 London Whiskey Jack - Stories and Songs of Stompin’ Tom www.aeolianhall.ca<br />
11 Paris Banfield Art Crawl Instagram Banfield Art Crawl<br />
11 Paris Plant Sale 8-11 cash only at Syl Apps arena 519-442-3918<br />
11 Seaforth Horticultural Society Plant & Bake Sale 519-895-6292<br />
11 Sarnia We Walk the Line - tribute to Johnny Cash www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
11 Sarnia Sarnia Stamp Club Show & Bourse “Lampex <strong>2024</strong>” www.sarniastampclub.ca<br />
11 Stratford Indigenous Art Market and Cultural Celebration www.stratfordperthmuseum.ca<br />
11 Strathroy Seniors Jamboree www.strathroy-caradoc.ca<br />
11 Tillsonburg Mommy & Me Tea Party at Annandale (register) www.tillsonburg.ca/annandale<br />
11 Tillsonburg Harvard Aircraft Association Open House & Fly Day www.harvards.com<br />
11 Windsor Masters of the Brewniverse www.allevents.in/windsor<br />
11 Windsor Tours of Duff-Baby House www.cityofwindsor.ca<br />
18 Cambridge Making a Whimsical Wee House - tickets req’d www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
18 Dresden ATV Rodeo & Races at Dresden Raceway www.dresden-raceway.ca<br />
18 Strathroy Night Market Kick Off www.strathroy-caradoc.ca<br />
18-19 Wallacetown Battle of Culloden at Backus Page House www.backuspagehouse.ca<br />
18-19 Windsor Madagascar A Musical Adventure www.riverfronttheatrecompany.com<br />
18-20 St. Jacobs Vintage Fest stjacobsmarket.com/vintagefest<br />
19 Dresden Demolition Derby www.dresdenex.com<br />
19 Mooretown Victorian Tea at Moore Museum www.mooremuseum.ca<br />
19 Woodstock Card, Comics, Coins & Pop Culture Show www.collectorshows.ca<br />
20 Sarnia Open Stage at Lawrence House 7 pm www.lawrencehouse.ca<br />
21-Jun1 Port Stanley The Beaver Club’ at Festival Theatre www.psft.ca<br />
23 Woodstock Downtown Woodstock Shopping Night www.downtownwoodstock.ca<br />
23-26 Leamington <strong>Spring</strong> Fair www.ldasfair.weebly.com<br />
24-25 Chatham Retrofest - Classic Cars, Concerts, Vendors & More www.downtownchatham.com<br />
24-25 Forest Wanda of Forest Florist Celebrating 50 Yrs in Business www.forestflorist.com<br />
Wanda of Forest Florist<br />
CELEBRATION of<br />
50 Years in Business<br />
1 Victoria St, FOREST • foreslorist.com<br />
Door Prizes<br />
Giveaways<br />
Refreshments<br />
MAY 24, 9-5<br />
MAY 25, 10-3<br />
Watch Socials for updates<br />
24-25 Woodstock Truck Show and Concert - Road Hammers/Aaron Allen www.ticketscene.ca<br />
24-25 Windsor Madagascar A Musical Adventure www.riverfronttheatrecompany.com<br />
24-26 Forest Lambton Film & Food Festival www.kineto.ca/lafff<br />
24-June1 Sarnia Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Imperial Theatre www.imperialtheatre.net<br />
MAY <strong>2024</strong> Events continue on next page...<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> If God lived on Earth, people would break his windows. - Jewish Proverb<br />
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EVENTS<br />
Also listed on our website!<br />
WWW.DAYTRIPPING.CA<br />
Events listed FREE (space permitting). Subject to change. Please plan ahead.<br />
24-June1 Woodstock Something Rotten! www.theatrewoodstock.com<br />
25 Caledonia Moto Market www.bikershaven.ca<br />
25 Dundas Made in Dundas Family Festival dundasmuseum.ca/made-in-dundas-<strong>2024</strong><br />
25 Glencoe Touch a Truck Community Event mosaparentcouncil@gmail.com<br />
25 London London Symphonia: Transformed www.londonsymphonia.ca<br />
25 Mt Pleasant On Track Artisan Tour 10-4 ***********<br />
25 Wallacetown 1940s Wartime Dinner & Dance www.backuspagehouse.ca<br />
25-26 Ancaster Wentworth Medieval Faire www.faires.ca<br />
Wentworth<br />
Medieval<br />
Faire<br />
May25-26<br />
26<br />
Ancaster<br />
Oxford<br />
Renaissance<br />
Festival<br />
Sept. 27-29<br />
Thorndale<br />
e<br />
www.faires.ca w<br />
for all details!<br />
25-26 Caledonia Artisan Event @ Yellow Farmhouse, 10am-4pm 905-869-3764<br />
THE YELLOW<br />
FA RMHOUSE<br />
Open Select Weekends<br />
697 Stoney Creek Road,<br />
CALEDONIA • 905-869-3764<br />
MAY 25 & 26 • 10-4<br />
Company is Coming<br />
AN ARTISAN EVENT<br />
FEATURING TALENTED ARTISTS<br />
LIVE MUSIC • FOOD • $2 ENTRY<br />
25-26 Wallacetown Wartime Homefront at Backus Page House www.backuspagehouse.ca<br />
26 Beachville Community Car Show www.beachvilledistrictmuseum.com<br />
26 Lasalle Sunday Night Market www.lasalle.ca<br />
26 Port Stanley Music on the Rails with Stu and the Triplanes www.pstr.on.ca<br />
26 St. Thomas Model Train Show www.collectorshows.ca<br />
26 St. Thomas Plant Sale and Garden Emporium www.facebook.com/stthort<br />
26 Thorndale Blues on the Hill at Purple Hill www.purplehillcountrymusichall.ca<br />
30-June2 Sarnia Poutine Feast at Centennial Park www.poutinefeast.com<br />
31-June1 Ancaster Quilts in Bloom Quilt Show at Fairgrounds www.hamiltonquiltguild.ca<br />
31-June1 Blyth Annual Book Sale at Trinity Anglican Church www.blythrepositoryofhistory.ca<br />
31-June1 Dunnville D.O.T.S. Garden of Quilts Quilt Show 289-214-4166<br />
31-June1 Paris Anastasia the Musical www.eventbrite.ca<br />
31-June2 Clinton Clinton <strong>Spring</strong> Fair www.clintonspringfair.com<br />
MAY 31<br />
JUNE 1 & 2<br />
MAY <strong>2024</strong> continued<br />
SATURDAY CONCERT - 54-40 & SLOAN with<br />
Owen Riegling - tickets at ticketscene.ca<br />
Demo Derby • Car Show • National Barrel Racing & More clintonspringfair.com<br />
JUNE <strong>2024</strong><br />
also see “Ongoing Events” on page 44 & Town Wide Yard Sales on page 47<br />
1 Amherstburg Strawberrylicious Food & Drink Event (tickets) www.drinkwolfhead.com<br />
1 Blenheim Discover Blenheim - Yard Sales, Doors Open, Market www.blenheimrotary.org<br />
1 Cambridge Orange Shirt Pin Beading - tickets required www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
1 Goderich Meet at the Pav Festival www.goderichbia.ca<br />
1 Mt.Brydges Community Fest and Movie Night www.strathroy-caradoc.ca<br />
1 Petrolia Pizza Fest at Victoria Park www.petrolia150.com/calendar<br />
1 Sarnia Gwetaandaawe Market (indigenous vendors & food) 519-336-8410<br />
1 St. Marys Garden Fair at Milt Dunnell Field 8:30 am to 1 pm 519-284-2528<br />
1 Stratford Stratford Vintage Market www.visitstratford.ca<br />
1 Tillsonburg Open House & Fun Fair on the Lawn at Annandale www.tillsonburg.ca/annandale<br />
1 Tillsonburg Harvard Aircraft RCAF 100th Open House & Fly Day www.harvards.com<br />
CANADIAN HARVARD AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION<br />
RCAF Centennial<br />
Open House & Fly Day<br />
JUNE 1st - Tillsonburg Regional Airport<br />
Warbird Flights • Hangar Tours • Family Fun<br />
harvards.com FREE ADMISSION • RAIN DATE JUNE 2<br />
JUNE <strong>2024</strong><br />
S M T W T F S<br />
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1 Vienna Edison Fest www.bayham.on.ca<br />
1 Windsor Monster Trucks All Out at WFCU Centre www.wfcu-centre.com<br />
1-2 Paris Garden Tour randbdrive@gmail.com<br />
1-2 Windsor Art in the Park www.artintheparkwindsor.com<br />
2 Ancaster Toy & Collectibles Expo www.collectorshows.ca<br />
2 Exeter The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir, 2:30 pm www.exeterunitedchurch.com<br />
2 Kingsville 31st <strong>Spring</strong> Fun on Wheels Car Show www.ctmhv.com<br />
2 Stratford Stratford Toys, Games and Collectibles Market find us on Facebook<br />
2 Thorndale Grand Ole Opry at Purple Hill www.purplehillcountrymusichall.ca<br />
3-12 Essex Blimey’s British - 10 yr Anniversary 10 days of events www.blimeys.ca<br />
4-15 Port Stanley Funny Valentine - a Michael Buble Tribute www.psft.ca<br />
JUNE <strong>2024</strong> continued<br />
SHOP<br />
LOCAL<br />
4-23 Petrolia Rainy Day People at Victoria Playhouse www.thevpp.ca<br />
5-23 Drayton Beehive - The 60s Musical www.draytonentertainment.com<br />
6 Tillsonburg 80th Anniversary of D-Day Celebration 6:30-8:30 pm www.tillsonburg.ca/annandale<br />
6-9 Dunnville Mudcat Festival www.dunnvillemudcatfestival.com<br />
7 Chatham Farmers’ Market at Sons of Kent Brewing www.sonsofkent.com<br />
7 Leamington Friday Night Market www.leamingtonartscentre.com<br />
7 Sarnia First Friday - downtown cultural walkabout www.sarniafirstfriday.com<br />
7 Sarnia Special First Friday feature at Downtown Market Details on Facebook & Instagram<br />
8 Aberfoyle Antique Show at Aberfoyle Antique Market aberfoyleantiquemarket.com<br />
Saturday Special Antique Show<br />
Saturday, S<br />
,<br />
June 8<br />
Dealers at this<br />
Special Saturday Show!<br />
am to 4pm • $10 admission<br />
<strong>2024</strong> Sunday Market Season (Sundays only, rain or shine)<br />
Sun. April 28 to Sun. October 27 • 8am to 4pm • $5 admisson<br />
1 mile north off 401 exit 299, near Guelph • 1-877-763-1077 • www.aberfoyleantiquemarket.com<br />
8 Bright The Piano Men’ at Walters Music Venue www.waltersmusicvenue.com<br />
8 Kitchener Lunch on the Woodstove - tickets required www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
8 London Magestic Market at A&M Garden Centre 9-4pm find us on Facebook<br />
8 London Carmina Burana at St. James Westminister Church www.londonpromusica.ca<br />
8 Melbourne Mud Madness www.melbournemudmadness.ca<br />
8 Woodstock Cultural Canvas www.cityofwoodstock.ca<br />
8 Woodstock Monster Trucks all Out www.monstertrucksallout.com<br />
8-9 Shedden Rosy Rhubarb Festival www.rosyrhubarbfestival.com<br />
9 Blenheim Trot to the Beach 1/2 Marathon & 5 km run to Erieau www.townofblenheim.com<br />
9 Sarnia Slow Roll - Bluewater International Granfondo www.bigf.ca/b-i-g-slow-roll<br />
9 St. Thomas St. Thomas Garden Tour www.facebook.com/stthort<br />
9 Windsor Corvette Club of Windsor Annual Waterfront Show www.corvetteclubofwindsor.com<br />
9 Woodstock Toy & Collectibles Expo www.collectorshows.ca<br />
9-16 London London Music Week - various events throughout city www.fclma.ca<br />
10 Ingersoll Copps and Rodders Car Show at Cheese Museum www.ingersoll.ca<br />
10-22 Bright Yesterday Once More at Walters Music Venue www.waltersmusicvenue.com<br />
12-30 Grand Bend Fiddler on the Roof at Huron Country Playhouse www.draytonentertainment.com<br />
12-30 Grand Bend Sh-Boom! Life Could be a Dream www.draytonentertainment.com<br />
14 Tillsonburg Cowabunga! Turtlefest movie at dusk - Annandale www.tillsonburg.ca/annandale<br />
14-15 St.Marys Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend www.baseballhalloffame.ca<br />
14-16 Alvinston Alvinston Pro Rodeo www.alvinstonprorodeo.com<br />
June<br />
14, 15, 16,<br />
<strong>2024</strong><br />
ALVINSTON<br />
• 3 Rodeo Shows • 2 Barn Dances (Fri/Sat)<br />
• On Site Camping • Weekend Passes Available<br />
alvinstonprorodeo.com<br />
14-16 Petrolia Petrolia National Town Crier Event / Contest www.petrolia150.com/calendar<br />
14-16 Strathroy 45th Annual Strathroy Hometown Festival www.strathroyhometownfestival.com<br />
15 Chatham 7th Anniversary Party at Sons of Kent Brewing www.sonsofkent.com<br />
15 Colchester Colchester Saturday Market heritagecolchester.ca<br />
15 Cottam Cottam Block Party www.kingsville.ca/events<br />
15 London Pondfest at Hyde Park Village Green www.hydeparkbia.ca<br />
15 Petrolia Antique & Unique Sale at Petrolia Discovery 9 til 2 www.petroliadiscovery.org<br />
15 St.Thomas Kettle Creek Food Truck Festival www.kettlecreektrust.com<br />
15 Tillsonburg Turtlefest www.turtlefest.ca<br />
15-16 Petrolia RCMP Musical Ride at Greenwood Park www.petrolia150.com/calendar<br />
16 Belmont Big Daddy Dairy Day - Part Deux facebook.com/mistyglencreamery<br />
16 St.Marys Rotary Brews and Food Fest www.brewsandfood.ca<br />
16 Woodstock Card, Comics, Coins & Pop Culture Show www.collectorshows.ca<br />
19-July6 Cambridge Steel Magnolias www.draytonentertainment.com<br />
19-July6 St Jacobs Doris and Ivy in the Home www.draytonentertainment.com<br />
19-July13 Port Stanley “They’re Found in Trees” at Festival Theatre www.psft.ca<br />
20 Point Edward Early Canada Day Celebration www.villageofpointedward.com<br />
20 Watford Watford Summer Market @ Centennial Park 5-9 pm Find Us on Facebook<br />
21 Stratford Stratford Live Music and Food www.stratfordlive.ca<br />
21-22 Baden Queen of Tarts Tea & Tour 1:30-3 pm facebook.com/castlekilbride/<br />
21-22 Thamesville Thamesville Threshing Festival threshingfest@gmail.com or FB<br />
FRIDAY - Midway,<br />
Parade at 6:30,<br />
35+ Vendors,<br />
Live Bands<br />
JUNE<br />
21 & 22,<br />
<strong>2024</strong><br />
SATURDAY - Midway, Baby Show,<br />
35+ Vendors, Farmer Olympics,<br />
Frog Jumping Contest,<br />
Live Bands, Fireworks 10 pm<br />
At Ferguson Park • Contact: threshingfest@gmail.com<br />
21-23 Paris Brant Theatre Festival find our Facebook event<br />
21-23 Sarnia Borderfest www.bluewaterborderfest.ca<br />
21-30 Ingersoll The Mousetrap www.itopa.ca<br />
22 Blenheim Art in the Park at Talbot Trail Place find us on Facebook<br />
22 Blenheim Blenheim Classics Car Show 9 to 3 www.blenheimclassicsautoshow.com<br />
22 Cayuga Community Art Show and Sale www.clhaldimand.com<br />
22 Kingsville Highland Games at Transportation Museum www.ctmhv.com<br />
22 Sarnia Ian Thomas...not gone yet www.imperialtheatre.net/shows<br />
22-23 Amherstburg Woofa-Roo Pet Festival www.woofaroo.com<br />
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When the character of a man is not clear, look at his friends. - Japanese Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
Southwestern Ontario<br />
EVENTS<br />
Also listed on our website!<br />
WWW.DAYTRIPPING.CA<br />
Events listed FREE (space permitting). Subject to change. Please plan ahead.<br />
JUNE <strong>2024</strong> continued<br />
22-23 Woodstock Wienerfest Home County Festival info@wienerfest.ca<br />
23 Ancaster Toy & Collectibles Expo www.collectorshows.ca<br />
23 Baden Storybook Day at the Castle featuring “Belle” facebook.com/castlekilbride/<br />
23 Beachville Community Car Show www.beachvilledistrictmuseum.com<br />
23 Cambridge Garden Concert - tickets required www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
23 Erieau Blvd Of Dreams Car Show find us on Facebook<br />
23 Ilderton Outdoor Market at Willow & Water willowandwatercoldstream.com<br />
23 Lasalle Summer Market - Save the Monarchs 10-4 find us on Facebook<br />
23 Port Stanley Music on the Rails with Bryan Bicknell Trio www.pstr.on.ca<br />
23 Sarnia Cruise in the Park Car Show, Canatara Park www.sarniastreetmachines.com<br />
24 Windsor Monday night 930pm Ford Fireworks www.visitwindsoressex.com<br />
25-Jul1 Tecumseh Hobie Fishing Worlds www.hobiefishingworlds.com<br />
27 Woodstock Downtown Woodstock Shopping Night www.downtownwoodstock.ca<br />
28-29 Goderich Huron Multicultural Festival www.goderich.ca<br />
28-30 Wheatley Wheatley Fish Festival Find Us on Facebook<br />
29 Bright The Travelling Milburys’ at Walters Music Venue www.waltersmusicvenue.com<br />
29 Leamington Dark Sky Night www.parks.canada.ca<br />
30 Cambridge Strawberry Tea by the Grand - tickets required www.regionofwaterloomuseums.ca<br />
30 Lasalle Sunday Night Market www.lasalle.ca<br />
30 Port Dover Pinup Picnic - vintage cars, music, fashion show www.portdover.ca<br />
JULY <strong>2024</strong><br />
also see “Ongoing Events” on page 44 & Town Wide Yard Sales on this page<br />
JULY <strong>2024</strong><br />
S M T W T F S<br />
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1 Embro Embro Highland Games www.embrohighlandgames.ca<br />
27 Ailsa Craig Ailsa Craig 150th - Scottish Heritage Festival Find Us on Facebook<br />
@ailsacraig150<br />
@Ailsa Craig 150th<br />
Scan for<br />
updates &<br />
schedule!<br />
Come Celebrate with Us!<br />
AILSA CRAIG SESQUICENTENNIAL<br />
July 27, <strong>2024</strong> During Gala Days<br />
Scottish Heritage Festival to<br />
celebrate Ailsa Craig Turning 150!<br />
FREE EVENT! Bring your lawn chairs!<br />
Parade, Highland Games, Pipe Bands,<br />
Dancers, Food Trucks, Vendors & More!<br />
27 Kingsville Summer Market in the Village www.ctmhv.com<br />
AUGUST <strong>2024</strong><br />
also see “Ongoing Events” on page 44 & Town Wide Yard Sales below<br />
22-24 Lucknow Music in the Fields musicinthefields.ca<br />
23-25 Florence Grand Ole Power Days grandolepowerdays.weebly.com<br />
GRAND OLE POWER DAYS<br />
<br />
AUGUST<br />
23RD-25TH, <strong>2024</strong><br />
FLORENCE<br />
ONTARIO<br />
<br />
23-25 Thorndale RAM Rodeo / Country Music Showcase www.purplehillcountrymusichall.ca<br />
24 Belmont Pickers Swap Meet Antiques & Nostalgia 519-269-3705<br />
PICKERS SWAP MEET ANTIQUES & NOSTALGIA<br />
Sat, Aug24, 9am-2<br />
JULY <strong>2024</strong> continued<br />
• Advertising ing • Gas & Oil Memorabilia<br />
• Tin & Porcelain Signs • Nostalgia a Products<br />
• Gas Pumps & Coke Machines • Pedal Cars<br />
• Large Selection of General Store Items & Antique Toys<br />
ADMISSION: 9-11 am $10<br />
11am-2pm $5 • Vendors $20<br />
• Larg<br />
rge Sele<br />
lect<br />
ion of Gen<br />
eral<br />
Sto<br />
tore<br />
Ite<br />
tems<br />
& Ant<br />
ntiq<br />
ique<br />
15539 Whittaker Road • East of Belmont • 519-269-3705<br />
ACROSS FROM WHITTAKER LAKE PARK AT TERRY AUTO BODY COLLISION CENTRE<br />
<strong>2024</strong> TOWN WIDE<br />
YARD SALES<br />
For the most up-to-date list visit Facebook.com/TownWideYardSale<br />
2-31 Various July Shop Hop - multiple quilt shops www.julyshophop.com<br />
5-7 Goderich Festival of Arts & Crafts 519-955-0679<br />
GODERICH<br />
KINETTE’S<br />
FESTIVAL OF ARTS<br />
GODERICH • COURT HOUSE SQUARE<br />
CRAFTS<br />
Over 100<br />
Artists & Crafters<br />
July 5, 6 & 7 • Friday 12-8, Saturday 9-5, Sunday 9-4<br />
FREE E ADMISSION<br />
More information: 519-955-0679955 or mcewinbrenda@gmail.com com • Sponsored by Kinettes<br />
6 Goderich Garden Tour www.goderich.ca<br />
6 <strong>Spring</strong>field <strong>Spring</strong>field Nostalgia-Rama - Car & Antique Show 519-404-2177<br />
SPRINGFIELD NOSTALGIA RAMA<br />
Multi Vendor Antique Show • Classic Car Show & Shine<br />
Saturday, July 6 • 9am to 3pm<br />
Food · Music · Door Prizes · Antique Displays & Much More!<br />
51570 Lyons Line, <strong>Spring</strong>field (just west of <strong>Spring</strong>field)<br />
Presented by The Rusty Sign Shop and Shackleton Auctions<br />
For information, contact Sean:<br />
519-404-2177 • 519-633-1043 • therustysignshop@yahoo.com<br />
Admission: $10<br />
6 St. Marys 1st Annual Family Fun Day at Delmar Foods www.delmarfoods.ca<br />
7 Mooretown Model Train Day at Moore Museum www.mooremuseum.ca<br />
7 Sarnia VegFest www.sarniavegfest.com<br />
7 Thorndale The Boys of Purple Hill www.purplehillcountrymusichall.ca<br />
12 Leamington Friday Night Market www.leamingtonartscentre.com<br />
12-13 Petrolia Art in the Park at Victoria Park - Over 50 Artists www.artintheparkpetrolia.com<br />
Fri. July 12th, 11am-7pm • Sat. July 13th, t , 9am-5pm<br />
In Historic Downtown o<br />
w<br />
n Petrolia at Victoria Park<br />
~ Over 50 Artists & Artisans! ~<br />
Watercolour, oil & acrylic painting, metalwork, pottery,<br />
woodworking, fabric art, photography, jewellery,<br />
glasswork, soaps, candles, beadwork, clothing & more!<br />
www.artintheparkpetrolia.com 519-381-3558<br />
3558<br />
Live<br />
Music<br />
in the<br />
Bandshell<br />
FREE<br />
ADMISSION<br />
12-13 Sarnia Brights Grove Music Fest Find Us on Facebook<br />
12-14 Brigden RAM rodeo www.ramrodeoontario.com<br />
12-14 St.Marys Stonetown Heritage Festival www.discoverystmarys.ca<br />
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Auburn<br />
Ilderton<br />
Innerkip<br />
Lucknow<br />
Mannheim<br />
Teeswater<br />
Waterdown<br />
Ayr<br />
Elmira<br />
Granton<br />
Heidelberg<br />
Listowel<br />
Lucan<br />
Lynden<br />
Newbury<br />
Pinegrove<br />
Point Edward<br />
Arthur<br />
Jarvis<br />
Mount Forest<br />
Point Clark<br />
Port Stanley<br />
Thamesford<br />
New Dundee (Mon)<br />
Baden<br />
Belmont<br />
Brooklin<br />
Brussels<br />
Coldstream<br />
Comber<br />
Drumbo<br />
Forest<br />
Hensall<br />
May 25 London (Summerside)<br />
May 25 Millbank<br />
May 25 Mitchell<br />
May 25 New Hamburg<br />
May 25 Paris<br />
May 25 Poplar Hill<br />
May 25 Shakespeare<br />
May 25 <strong>Spring</strong>field<br />
May 25 Strathroy<br />
June 1 Ayton<br />
June 1 Blenheim<br />
June 1 Brownsville-Culloden<br />
June 1 Caledonia<br />
June 1 Cookstown<br />
June 1 Cottam<br />
June 1 Gorrie<br />
June 1 Ingersoll<br />
June 1 Lynhurst (St. Thomas)<br />
June 1 Melbourne<br />
June 1 Milverton<br />
June 1 Mount Brydges<br />
June 1 Neustadt<br />
June 1 Oil <strong>Spring</strong>s<br />
June 1 Seaforth<br />
June 1 Tavistock<br />
June 1 Thamesville<br />
June 1 Tilbury<br />
June 1 Waterford<br />
June 1 Watford<br />
June 7/8 Petrolia<br />
June 8 Alvinston<br />
June 8 Beachville<br />
June 8 Breslau<br />
June 8 Fordwich<br />
June 8 Glen Morris<br />
June 8 Lighthouse Cove<br />
June 8 Markdale<br />
June 8 Monkton<br />
June 8 Otterville<br />
June 8 Tottenham<br />
June 8 Wallaceburg<br />
June 8/9 Binbrook<br />
June 15 Dresden<br />
June 15 Exeter<br />
June 15 Kirkton<br />
June 15 Vittoria<br />
June 15 Wyoming<br />
June 22 Wardsville<br />
June 29 West Lorne<br />
July 1 Embro (Monday)<br />
July 6 Peacock Point<br />
July 6 Sebringville<br />
July 20 Cayuga<br />
July 20 Glencoe<br />
July 27 London (Hyde Park)<br />
Aug 3 Princeton<br />
Aug 5 Bothwell (Monday)<br />
Aug 10 Langton<br />
Aug 10 Thorndale<br />
Aug 17 Port Burwell (Talbot Trail)<br />
Aug 17 Richmond (Talbot Trail)<br />
Aug 17 Scotland<br />
Aug 17 Straffordville (Talbot Trail)<br />
Aug 17 Vienna (Talbot Trail)<br />
Sept 14 Burford<br />
Sept 14 St Clements<br />
VISIT OUR WEBITE FOR A MUCH<br />
MORE EXTENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS<br />
www.daytripping.ca/events<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. -Spanish Proverb<br />
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TOWN NAME, TOWN NAME and another awesome TOWN NAME<br />
DISCOVER<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
May 4 - Oct 26<br />
Farmers’ Market, Sat. 8-12<br />
June 1<br />
St. Marys Garden Fair<br />
June 14-15<br />
Inducon Weekend at<br />
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame<br />
June 16<br />
Rotary St. Marys Brews & Food<br />
July 12-14<br />
Stonetown Heritage Fesval<br />
ST. MARYS<br />
MUSEUM<br />
Visit facebook.com/stmarysmuseum<br />
for up to date information.<br />
Admission by donation<br />
177 Church St. S., Box 998<br />
St. Marys, ON N4X 1B6<br />
519-284-3556<br />
Email: museum@town.stmarys.on.ca<br />
www.stmarysmuseum.ca<br />
Discover Your Family Tree Here!<br />
SNAPPING TURTLE<br />
COFFEE ROASTERS<br />
Great coffee.<br />
Cozy surroundings.<br />
Friendly staff.<br />
Monday-Friday 7-4 • Sat 8-4 • Sun 10-3<br />
145 Queen St. E, St Marys (226) 661-8000<br />
snappingturtlecoffee.com<br />
St.Marys<br />
www.discoverstmarys.ca<br />
• Hand Made • Best Quality • None Finer<br />
166 Queen Street, St. Marys • 519-284-3572<br />
www.chocolatefactory.ca<br />
Eclectic Treasure<br />
Antiques to Every Day Needs<br />
Virtual Tour on Google Maps<br />
Photo: Bill Badzo<br />
105 Queen St East • 519-949-7588<br />
Little Falls<br />
Artisan<br />
Crafters<br />
Market<br />
Over 100<br />
Artisans<br />
to choose<br />
from!<br />
Large, varied<br />
selection<br />
of interesting<br />
gift ideas.<br />
Headquarters<br />
of popular<br />
18” doll clothes.<br />
Take Home a<br />
Little Perth County!<br />
83 Queen St. East<br />
ST. MARYS •519-284-0433<br />
www.littlefallscraftersmarket.com<br />
Tuesday 11-5<br />
Thursday 11-5<br />
Friday 10-6<br />
Saturday 10-4<br />
Sunday 11-4<br />
Up to date<br />
photos<br />
on Facebook<br />
34 Wellington St. N., St. Marys<br />
www.JacobsLiquidaon.com<br />
It’s BBQ Season at Delmar!<br />
Norpac Beef • Metzger Meats • Tenderbuff Buffalo<br />
Krug Meat Market • Stemmlers<br />
Frozen Food Outlet<br />
ST. MARYS<br />
& so much more<br />
25 South Service Road<br />
www.rivervalleygolfandtube.com<br />
519-225-2329<br />
8 Water Street, St. Marys<br />
Custom<br />
Framing<br />
• Conservation Framing • Needlepoint<br />
• Shadow Box Framing • Limited Edition Prints<br />
Wed - Sat 11am-5pm • 226-301-4039<br />
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She had been shopping with her Mom at<br />
the mall. She must have been 6 years old,<br />
this beautiful red haired, freckle-faced image<br />
of innocence.<br />
It was pouring outside. The kind of rain<br />
that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so<br />
much in a hurry to hit the Earth it has no<br />
time to flow down the spout. We all stood<br />
there under the awning and just outside<br />
the door of the mall. We waited, some<br />
patiently, others irritated because nature<br />
messed up their hurried day.<br />
I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I get<br />
lost in the sound and sight of the heavens<br />
washing away the dirt and dust of the<br />
world. Memories of running, splashing<br />
carefree as a child came pouring in as<br />
a welcome reprieve from the worries of<br />
my day.<br />
Her voice was so sweet as it broke the<br />
hypnotic trance we were all caught in.<br />
“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she<br />
said.<br />
“What?” Mom asked.<br />
“Let’s run through the rain!” She repeated<br />
“No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows down<br />
a bit,” Mom replied.<br />
This young child waited about another<br />
minute and repeated: “Mom let’s run<br />
through the rain.”<br />
“We’ll get soaked if we do,” Mom said.<br />
“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what<br />
you said this morning,” the young girl said<br />
as she tugged at her Mom’s arm.<br />
“This morning? When did I say we could<br />
run through the rain and not get wet?”<br />
Run Through the Rain<br />
“Don’t you remember? When you were<br />
talking to Daddy about his cancer, you<br />
said, ‘If we can get through this, we can<br />
get through anything!”<br />
The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I<br />
swear you couldn’t hear anything but the<br />
rain. We all stood silently. No one came or<br />
left in the next few minutes. Mom paused<br />
and thought for a moment about what she<br />
would say. Now some would laugh it off<br />
and scold her for being silly. Some might<br />
even ignore what was said. But this was a<br />
moment of affirmation in a young child’s<br />
life. A time when innocent trust can be<br />
nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.<br />
“Honey, you are absolutely right. Let’s<br />
run through the rain. If we get wet, well<br />
maybe we just needed washing,” Mom<br />
said. Then off they ran. We all stood<br />
watching, smiling and laughing as they<br />
darted past the cars and yes, through the<br />
puddles. They held their shopping bags<br />
over their heads just in case. They got<br />
soaked.<br />
But they were followed by a few who<br />
screamed and laughed like children all the<br />
way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I<br />
got wet. I needed washing.<br />
Circumstances or people can take away<br />
your material possessions, they can take<br />
away your money, and they can take<br />
away your health. But no one can ever<br />
take away your spirit. So, don’t forget to<br />
make time and take the opportunities to<br />
make memories everyday - run through<br />
the rain!<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> Be honourable yourself if you wish to associate with honourable people. -Welsh Proverb Page 51
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The Elgin Military Museum<br />
So many places to discover in ST. THOMAS & PORT STANLEY<br />
30 Talbot Street, ST. THOMAS • 519-633-0594<br />
• Canadian Military History with an Elgin County focus<br />
• Archive & Reference Library<br />
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Plan a visit...<br />
to the Elgin County Heritage Centre<br />
Featuring changing<br />
exhibitions & highlights<br />
from the collection on view.<br />
A recreation of the Irish castle<br />
where the region’s founder<br />
Col. Talbot once lived,<br />
featuring armour, furnishings and<br />
a 10-foot-tall Robert the Bruce.<br />
Crafts and activities for families.<br />
A gift shop with gems<br />
from local artists.<br />
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••<br />
ELGIN COUNTY<br />
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460 SUNSET DRIVE, ST. THOMAS<br />
CALL OR CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR HOURS OF OPENING.<br />
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Truly unique & one-of-a-kind<br />
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• Buy • Sell • Trade • Consign<br />
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Join In as Port Stanley<br />
Celebrates 200 Years<br />
By Catherine Harrison, Port Stanley<br />
If you’ve had the pleasure of visiting<br />
Port Stanley, you know this lakeside<br />
community comes to life in the spring.<br />
And if you’ve never visited, the residents<br />
and businesses invite you to make <strong>2024</strong><br />
the year you do as the town celebrates its<br />
bicentennial.<br />
Located on the north shore of Lake Erie<br />
at the mouth of Kettle Creek, the thriving<br />
fishing village was once considered a<br />
main gateway for settlers coming to<br />
Ontario. It took its name in 1824 after<br />
Lord Stanley, father of the eponymous<br />
donor of the Stanley Cup and Governor<br />
General of Canada.<br />
Port Stanley<br />
Festival Theatre<br />
Today the town is better known for<br />
fabulous restaurants like the 100-yearold<br />
Mackie’s beachside grill as well as<br />
a variety of elegant bistros and friendly<br />
coffee shops and high-quality shopping<br />
destinations like Peppertree Spice<br />
Company and Lake House Books, not<br />
to mention a wide selection of designer<br />
clothing stores, elegant gift shops and<br />
local food markets. The popular Port<br />
Stanley Festival Theatre draws visitors<br />
to the community for its year-round<br />
productions and the kid-friendly Port<br />
Stanley Terminal Railway offers scenic<br />
rides on one of Ontario’s oldest railway<br />
lines.<br />
While interpretive plaques and selfguided<br />
walking tours are always<br />
available to help visitors<br />
engage in our history<br />
(portstanleyheritage.com/<br />
walking.htm), those<br />
interested in participating<br />
in 200th anniversary<br />
events will find so much<br />
more to delight them.<br />
The ever-growing roster of<br />
activities will be updated at<br />
facebook.com/portstanley200.<br />
One anniversary project will result in<br />
a meaningful legacy for generations to<br />
come: 200 Trees for 200 Years. The Port<br />
Stanley Village Association (PSVA) with<br />
staff and students at Kettle Creek Public<br />
School are creating a 2-acre, waterfront<br />
Carolinian parkland and naturalized<br />
trails on reclaimed lands owned by the<br />
Municipality of Central Elgin at the East<br />
Harbour, an area locals refer to as ‘the<br />
berm.’<br />
200 Trees for 200 Years will help<br />
remove the invasive plant species that are<br />
encroaching on the brownfield, bring in<br />
clean clay loam and establish groves of<br />
native trees and shrubs that will support<br />
an authentic Carolinian area and wetland,<br />
benefiting species-at-risk and beautifying<br />
the community. The accessible pathways<br />
through the groves will charm those who<br />
already enjoy the pierside, beach and<br />
town strolls that Port Stanley has to offer.<br />
The seeds of 200 Trees were planted<br />
when the Kettle Creek ECO class of 2017<br />
did a greening project and envisioned<br />
the berm as a native forestland with<br />
naturalized pathways to benefit the<br />
community. The students reached out<br />
to the PSVA who also wanted to see the<br />
brownfield transformed. A partnership<br />
was formed. Each year the current ECO<br />
class has worked on the “berm project,”<br />
leaving a legacy for the next years’ class<br />
and learning important skills<br />
along the way. This year, grant<br />
writing was one of those<br />
skills and students were<br />
successful in securing<br />
grants from the McLean<br />
Foundation and the Jane<br />
Goodall Fund.<br />
Fundraising is important<br />
as the park is entirely<br />
community funded. In addition<br />
to grants and other fundraising<br />
activities, the 200 Years volunteers<br />
are actively soliciting donations and<br />
sponsorships. Ontario’s Carolinian zone<br />
has been in sharp decline and needs<br />
ongoing restoration and protection.<br />
Tax deductible donations can be<br />
made through the Elgin-St. Thomas<br />
Community Foundation.<br />
As you can see, Port Stanley has lots<br />
going on in <strong>2024</strong>! Be sure to add this<br />
lakeside community to your <strong>Daytripping</strong><br />
agenda.<br />
Port Stanley Terminal Railway<br />
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Praise youth and it will prosper. - Irish Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
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24 Churchill Crescent<br />
Open 7 Days A Week!<br />
223A Colborne St. I PORT STANLEY I 519-782-7800<br />
MURPHY’S<br />
1. An easily understood, workable<br />
falsehood is more useful than a<br />
complex incomprehensible truth.<br />
2. The further away the disaster or<br />
accident occurs the greater the<br />
number of dead and injured.<br />
3. No name, no matter how simple,<br />
can be correctly understood over<br />
the phone.<br />
4. Things get worse under pressure.<br />
5. Leftover nuts never match leftover bolts.<br />
6. Them that has, gets.<br />
7. If one views his problem closely enough<br />
he will recognize himself as part of the<br />
problem.<br />
8. How long a minute is depends on which<br />
side of the bathroom door you’re on.<br />
9. Love is blind, but lust just doesn’t give a damn.<br />
10. The only imperfect thing in nature is the human race.<br />
11. People are always available for work in the past tense.<br />
12. Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune<br />
moment.<br />
13. The number of people watching you is directly<br />
proportional to the stupidity of your action.<br />
14. If a man says to you, “It isn’t the money; it’s the principle<br />
of the thing.” I lay you 6 to 1 it’s the money.<br />
15. Universities are full of knowledge. The freshmen bring a<br />
little in and the seniors take none away and knowledge<br />
accumulates.<br />
16. The person who snores he loudest will fall asleep first.<br />
17. The driver’s side windshield wiper always streaks and<br />
wears out first.<br />
18. A bird in the hand is worth about 3 kleenex<br />
LAWS<br />
ON LIFE<br />
www.PSTR.on.ca<br />
SCENIC TRAIN RIDES<br />
Saturdays & Sundays<br />
11am/1pm/3pm<br />
And... Civic Holiday & Labour Day<br />
Adults: $15.00 p.p.,<br />
Children (2-14): $9.00<br />
Check Special Rides on Website<br />
PORT STANLEY<br />
TERMINAL RAIL INC.<br />
T<br />
Check Website for Complete <strong>2024</strong> Schedule: www.pstr.on.ca<br />
Book Online to reserve seats • Inquiries: 519-782-3730<br />
R<br />
MUSIC ON THE RAILS<br />
May 26: Stu and the Triplanes<br />
June 23: Bryan Bicknell Trio<br />
July 21: Rob Burns & Randy Cassidy<br />
Aug 17: Stu and the Triplanes<br />
$45.00 p.p. - Book early, only 56 seats<br />
&<br />
A short stroll<br />
to Little Beach,<br />
Restaurants,<br />
Theatre<br />
& Many Shops!<br />
• Balconies<br />
Overlooking<br />
Lake Erie<br />
• Waterside Patio<br />
& Boardwalk<br />
• King Beds<br />
• Double Jacuzzi<br />
• Fireplaces<br />
Port Stanley<br />
519-782-7623<br />
7623<br />
www.innontheharbour.net<br />
h t<br />
Bring The Family To Mackie's<br />
On the beach<br />
in Port Stanley<br />
Since 1911<br />
Over 113 YEARS the Same!<br />
Try our famous homemade m<br />
french fries,<br />
our own special sauce & delicious Orangeade...<br />
Mackie’s Parking Lot is (as it has always been) FREE for customers!<br />
OPEN DAILY 11 to 7<br />
THROUGH LABOUR DAY<br />
Weekends Year Round<br />
Indoor/Outdoor Seang<br />
& Take Out Available<br />
519-782-4390<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong> If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority. -Yugoslav Proverb<br />
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Restaurants,Tearooms, Cafés<br />
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Every y restaurant on this list is here for a reason. The locaon locaon may y be scenic or historic, , the food may y be off the charts, , or just real darn good.<br />
Some are fancy, some are far from it, but they are here because we’ve asked them to be here, because we think you should try them out.<br />
ANDY’S CORNERS (LANGTON)<br />
Andy’s Drive-In<br />
3710 Hwy #59 (north of Langton) 519-875-2631<br />
50’s inspired drive-in serving old fashioned flavours since the<br />
1940’s. Eat-in or take-out. Seasonal. www.andysdrivein.com<br />
www.<br />
AYLMER<br />
The Green Frog Tearoom at Pinecro<br />
8122 Rogers Road South<br />
519-773-3435<br />
An Elgin County tradion for 75+ years. Seasonal pao. Lunch daily 11-3.<br />
Reservaons recommended. Licensed under AGCO. www.pinecro.ca<br />
BRANTFORD<br />
The Olde School Restaurant<br />
Paris Rd. West at 687 Powerline Rd. 888-448-3131<br />
Lunch/dinner in historic seng. Her Majesty the Queen dined<br />
here 1997 - you can too. www.theoldeschoolrestaurant.ca<br />
BRIGHTS GROVE<br />
Skeeter Barlows Grill & Bar 519-869-2794<br />
2713 Lakeshore Road www.skeeterbarlows.com<br />
Great food & fun overlooking Lake Huron. Voted Sarnia’s #1<br />
Restaurant 2023. Famous Prime Rib on weekends.<br />
CHATHAM<br />
Mamma Maria’s Ristorante<br />
231 King Street West 519-360-1600<br />
Outstanding menu, comfortable atmosphere, seasonal pao.<br />
Opposite Capitol Theatre. www.mammamariasristorante.ca<br />
IPPERWASH<br />
Ipperwash Beach Club<br />
6543 West Parkway Dr. (Lambton Shores) 519-243-5040<br />
Serving lunch & dinner at an historic landmark. Large pao steps from<br />
Lake Huron beach. Winter hours: Wed.-Sat. 11am-10pm, Sundays 11-9.<br />
KINGSVILLE<br />
Canadian Transportaon Museum & Heritage Village<br />
6155 Arner Townline 519-776-6909<br />
Beauful, retro 50’s themed Diner. Good food, great environment,<br />
licensed, outdoor pao. Informaon at www.ctmhv.com<br />
Meawas Staon Italian Mediterranean Grill<br />
169 Lansdowne Avenue 519-733-2459<br />
Casual fine dining in Kingsville’s historic train staon.<br />
Pao alongside the Greenway Trail. www.meawasstaon.com<br />
LASALETTE<br />
Ramblin' Road Brewery Farm 519-582-1444<br />
2970 Swimming Pool Rd. www.ramblinroad.ca<br />
Voted Norfolk’s best burger. Locally sourced ingredients always fresh.<br />
We have opons for every member of the family to explore.<br />
LEAMINGTON<br />
Freddy's Cocktail Lounge & Restaurant 519-325-1257<br />
655 Point Pelee Drive www.freddys.ca<br />
A landmark for over 30 years. Cra beer made on premises.<br />
Burgers, perch, Lebanese speciales, ice cream counter. Open Daily.<br />
LISTOWEL<br />
The Kitchen Cupboard & Icebox<br />
105 Elizabeth Street West 519-291-4777<br />
Known for their delicious sandwiches, panini & home made soup.<br />
Free parking, indoor & outdoor seang. www.shopkci.com<br />
Links to these establishments on our website...<br />
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MILLBANK<br />
Anna Mae’s Bakery & Restaurant<br />
4060 Line 72 519-595-4407<br />
One of Ontario’s most popular restaurants. Homecooked meals,<br />
delicious baked goods and gis. www.annamaes.ca<br />
MOUNT PLEASANT<br />
Windmill Country Market 519-484-9955<br />
701 Mount Pleasant Rd. www.thewindmill.ca<br />
A Desnaon Featuring Lunch, Bakery, European Deli,<br />
Amish Furniture & Giware. Bus tours welcome.<br />
NEW SARUM<br />
New Sarum Diner<br />
Just off Hwy #3 in New Sarum 519-773-3101<br />
Old Time Favourites in Elgin’s Oldest Diner - Since 1943!<br />
Open Daily. www.newsarum.com<br />
NORWICH<br />
Jordan’s Divine Dish Restaurant & Catering<br />
37 Stover St. South divinedishcatering.com 226-325-3462<br />
Southern inspired cooking & catering with a variety of home<br />
cooked meals, fresh cut fries, and house-made desserts.<br />
PARIS<br />
Camp 31 - Real Southern Barbeque<br />
22 Paris Road 519-442-3560<br />
Mouth watering and authenc southern BBQ with a cozy<br />
family atmosphere! www.camp31.com<br />
2 Rivers Restaurant Paris<br />
25 Grand River St. North 519-442-3233<br />
Casual dining from the freshest local ingredients, breakfast, lunch &<br />
dinner. Great views from our Riverside pao. Live music on weekends!<br />
PETROLIA<br />
Actor’s Casual Dining<br />
4211 Petrolia Line 519-882-0400<br />
Steps away from Victoria Playhouse, with entrees suitably named<br />
for celebries. Open 7 days a week. www.actorscasualdining.ca<br />
PORT BURWELL<br />
Izzy’s Schooner Restaurant & Pao Lookout<br />
35 Robinson St. 519-874-4363 www.schoonersgalley.com<br />
Family menu. Famous for Lake Erie Perch. Local ingredients.<br />
Open Daily. Seasonal pao. Take out. LLBO<br />
PORT DOVER<br />
Erie Beach Hotel - Cove Room & Terrace Room<br />
19 Walker St. 519-583-1391<br />
Full menu for lunch & dinner, famous for Lake Erie perch<br />
& pickerel. Steps to the beach. www.eriebeachhotel.com<br />
PORT FRANKS<br />
Grog’s<br />
Hwy. 21 and 79 519-243-2770<br />
Great pizza, wings, dra beer, fine wines, pao, kids menu.<br />
www.grogs.ca<br />
MacPherson’s<br />
Hwy. 21 at Port Franks Road 519-243-2990<br />
Full breakfast, lunch & dinner, licensed, fuel, variety store and<br />
gi shop.<br />
PORT ROWAN<br />
Country Fork<br />
1048 Bay St. 226-534-1616<br />
Serving breakfast & lunch Wed. to Sun. featuring local ingredients.<br />
Homemade baking & shop our giwares while you're here.<br />
PORT STANLEY<br />
Mackie’s<br />
124 William St. 519-782-4390<br />
A landmark on the beach since 1911. Indoor/outdoor seang<br />
available. Free parking for customers.<br />
REECES CORNERS<br />
Marcanda Gis, Tearoom, Fashion Bouque and B&B<br />
4562 London Line (Hwy. #22) 519-845-3133<br />
Enjoy delicious homemade food & tantalizing desserts in our<br />
large country gi shop. Buses welcome.<br />
SARNIA<br />
Big Fish Steak & Lounge<br />
1717 London Road 519-542-5553<br />
Treat yourself to lunch or dinner at Sarnia's trendy steak &<br />
seafood desnaon. Open 7 days. www.bigfishlounge.com<br />
John's Restaurant<br />
1643 London Road 519-542-9821<br />
A landmark since 1964 with our famous breakfast, lunch & dinner.<br />
Homestyle cooking 7 days a week. www.famousbacon.com<br />
Lola’s Lounge<br />
110 Chrisna St. South 519-336-8088<br />
A funky atmosphere for lunch, dinner or a marni.<br />
Moments from Sarnia’s Imperial Theatre.<br />
SPARTA<br />
Sparta House Tearoom<br />
Main Street 519-775-2312<br />
Choose from a full menu in this English tearoom & restaurant<br />
in Historic Sparta. www.spartahouse.com<br />
ST. CATHARINES<br />
The Savoy Room TEAROOM<br />
375 St. Paul Street E. 905-988-9033<br />
Niagara’s Finest Aernoon Tea. Noon to 4pm, Thursday to Sunday.<br />
48 hr advanced reservaon required. www.savoyroom.ca<br />
ST. MARYS<br />
TuCo.<br />
159 Queen St. East 226-301-4919<br />
A chef-driven, internaonally-inspired bistro serving sustainable<br />
& absolutely delicious lunches & suppers. www.tuco.ca<br />
ST. THOMAS<br />
New Sarum Diner<br />
Just off Hwy #3 in New Sarum 519-773-3101<br />
Old Time Favourites in Elgin’s Oldest Diner - Since 1943!<br />
Open Daily. www.newsarum.com<br />
STRATHROY<br />
Clock Tower Inn, Bistro, Pub & Catering 519-205-1500<br />
71 Frank Street www.clocktower-inn.com<br />
Locally sourced meals from scratch in a Historic 1889 Post Office.<br />
Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch & dinner with seasonal paos.<br />
TAVISTOCK<br />
Quehl’s Restaurant and Catering<br />
33 Woodstock Street South 519-655-2835<br />
Locally inspired comfort food in a historical seng since 1931.<br />
Serving breakfast all day.<br />
WATERDOWN<br />
Dutch Mill Country Market<br />
533 Millgrove Side Road 905-689-7253<br />
Pao & Take Out. Hot lunches, soup & sandwiches, salad bar.<br />
See website for more: www.thedutchmill.ca<br />
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. - Chinese Proverb<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2024</strong>
Lake Huron<br />
MI<br />
ONTARIO<br />
The great shops never end... now we’re in SPARTA, NEW SARUM & AYLMER<br />
NY<br />
I Got It At a Yard Sale<br />
For Only $5<br />
Publisher’s Note: I stumbled upon this<br />
article from 22 years ago where a reader,<br />
Helen Irwin, had suggested that <strong>Daytripping</strong><br />
create a list of Town Wide Yard Sales. We<br />
found 34 of them that year and I have to<br />
think that <strong>Daytripping</strong> and the Facebook/<br />
Townwideyardsale page, created by Carrie<br />
Ann Timm (our Associate Publisher) have<br />