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Cottage Country Report May 18-19-20-21 (2012)

 

Hello everyone, welcome to our Cottage Country Report for the Victoria Day weekend.

At posting time the weather was looking great for all three days of this annual “get out there somewhere” weekend…

In the events department,

Starting in the Perth area, the Brooke Valley Spring Tour runs Saturday to Monday…

At Bethany, the Community Park will be packed with activities all weekend long…

The Hiawatha First Nation Annual Pow Wow happens at Rice lake Saturday and Sunday…

If the family anglers are gone again, they could be out for the opening weekend of the annual Fish Kincardine Salmon and Trout derby…

The Blue Mountain Tour of the Arts spring edition is on through Sunday…

The Village at Blue Mountain is packed with action all weekend….

The spring craft show is on through the long weekend at the Buckhorn Community Centre…

Palmer River Fest, a white water canoe and kayak festival is happening Saturday and Sunday at Palmer Rapids…

Main street  Barry’s Bay will be closed on Saturday for the annual Bay Day…

The Bancroft Art Gallery is having a street festival Saturday afternoon…

There’s a Rotary May 24^th weekend Country Music  Jamboree on until Sunday at Paisley…

The Goderich Home and Cottage Show runs through Sunday at the arena…

The Desboro Lions Club annual pork barbeque takes place Saturday…

The Owen Sound summer long art crawl opens on Saturday…

The Dandelion Gardens Studio Tour is happening throughout the weekend in the Westport area…

The Warblers and Whimbrels Weekend is taking place Saturday and Sunday at Presquile Provincial Park…

The Muskoka Lifestyle Show is on through Sunday at Port Carling…

The Trent River system opens for traffic this weekend and just up the Trent at Frankford, the annual Riverfest happens on Saturday with various activities…

Warkworth Art in the Park is on Saturday and Sunday…

There’s a Lilac Festival Saturday until 3 at McCaulay Heritage Park in Prince Edward County…

The Prince Edward Point Spring Birding Festival wraps up on Monday…

The Tay/Rideau Canal Locks are scheduled to open again as of this weekend…

Along the Thousand Islands parkway, there’s the Up the Garden Path Studio and Garden Tours Saturday to Monday…

Many community museums are having their openings this weekend with fresh new exhibits for a rainy day or any day… it’s also the weekend for some farmers markets to re-appear… There will also be some fireworks displays this weekend and Monday features Victoria Day celebrations in many communities….

There are mosquitos and black flies around parts of cottage country, so don’t forget the bug repellant and bug jackets… remember too the warnings about DEET and young children… in all cases, check on the directions… there’s useful information on the web at healthyontario.com

We hope you enjoyed reading the on-line version of the Cottage Country  Report …

For more localized reports when you are on the road, the Cottage Country Reports are heard on 100.9 CANOE FM  “THE VOICE OF HALIBURTON COUNTY”,  in Waterloo on FM 98.5 CKWR, in Hanover area on 91.3 FM Bluewater Radio,  in the Quinte area on 800 CJBQ, in the Erin region on CHES 88 point 1 FM, in Peterborough on FM 90.5, and in Lindsay on BOB-FM 91.9.

Have a great weekend and be careful out there…

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