Hastings is just 10 clicks up the road from Warkworth, Ontario – our first Canada Day town. Its at the eastern end of Rice Lake and on the Trent river; thus Hastings is fishing country. It is also camping and vacation country with its fill of cottages dotting all around the lake and river. But …
Canada Day is celebrated in communities across Canada in engaging ways from Toronto’s dance fest through BC’s Bands and Motocross to Newfoundland’s Face Painters and Fiddlers. In my neck of the woods, East Central Ontario, the celebration of Canada Day is Family Funtime. To wit, here is the first of 3 look-and-see-at-what-is-happening-on-Canada-Day in the area. Ontario …
It was a splendid Saturday as Cobourg Ontario saw high white clouds sailing past in the the otherwise sunhine and blue that marked the Highland games. A bit of Scottish good fortune as Cobourg dodged the rainstorms to the South and Northeast. But in 2008 there was a general washout so bona Fortuna smiled Gaellically this day. And …
No matter the bad weather and mixed fare at the Warkworth Lilac Festival of 2012, the town and county have a great treasure in the Millenium Trail. And its not just the many Lilac gardens and plantings. The trail itself has been upgraded with gravel fillings near its end where the winter thaw can sometime …
From Cobourg to Brighton along the Lake Ontario Shore, apple orchards abound. And in Spring time they put on a Blossom Show that confirms Summer time is is marching right in. So Colborne ON, smack dab in the middle of this Apple corridor, puts on an Apple Blossom Tyme festival to beat the band wagon. …
Apple Blossom Tyme Festival 2012-May 24th to Sunday May 27th Read More »
Spring has finally arrived and thrown out all Wintery vestiges – and the Spring hues and colors are dancing a reel or two in celebration. They are welcome.
Summertime is great fun as the days get longer and better except for one group of observers – Astronomers. Already light pollution around the major cities and highways limit observations but add the summer glow and telescope observations become even more Deep Night oriented. So consider taking in on Saturday May 12th when the Peterborough Astronomical …
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It was very chill, -3 Celsius for the start of the Ryken Fishing Derby, so I delayed 45 minutes getting to the pond. Wrong decision! The fish were hungry after the cool night and in the hour between 8:00AM opeing and 9:00AM when your intrepid reporter arrived a lot of fish got landed. In fact …
Spring means bringing in the yachts and other vessels for their cleaning and placement in Cobourg’s Harbour Club. But Pics of Canada was able to get a topside view not easily obtained any other time of the year. … Lots of work to do. Each tiny line says “more is to be done”… . …
Despite, or maybe because of, the crisp, chilly and downright cool Spring day the surf was up in Cobourg. And when the surf is up – surfers are in town like snap quick. Or at least landlocked Ontario surfers. A Freedom 55-er from Oshawa wasn’t waiting for his buddy. And despite the mix of rain, …
The Pics of Canada blog has added a Summer Events Calendar for users convenience in finding interesting events in Canada.This calendar shows Summer Events occurring primarily in Eastern Ontario; but including major events across Canada. The schedule of events has three views – Year, Month and Week. Here is how they work. Year View This …
Every April you will see kids 14 and under fishing at Ryken’s Pond. This is the annual Fishing Derby done in co-operation with the Warkworth Community Services Committee. This year the event is on Saturday April 28th and Sunday April 29th from 8:00AM to 4:00PM. Take Morganston road to its junction with Jakobi road just …
