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May 20 - June 12, 2011
Margaree and Area
Cheticamp and Area
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Information Centres open in Ingonish & Cheticamp - 9am to 5 pm until June 22 when the hours increase to 8am to 8pm.
Cheticamp Campground will open on May 20 with full service hook-ups and
Washroom & shower facilities. Ingonish Campground will also open on May 20 with tenting sites and washroom & shower facilities. There are no hook-ups available at this campground. Broad Cove Campground opens on June 23. Trails Spring maintenance work is being done on the hiking trails and they are 'opening' as they become ready. We will have a list for you before the long weekend. Please check with the Information Centres if you have a question about a specific trail.
Exhibits along the Cabot Trail, within the Park, are all open. Washrooms: Most of the washrooms and pit privies along the Cabot Trail corridor are open except at the Lone Shieling.
75 K Challengefor Cape Breton Highlands National Park 75th Birthday Hike 75 km on Cape Breton Highlands National Park trails between May and October, 2011 and receive a commemorative Cape Breton Highlands National Park 75th birthday prize. A great way to kick-start your personal fitness program or simply enjoy the striking diversity of the park at your own pace. Coastline, lakes, mountains, valleys and barrens are yours to explore. Bring a signed list with trail names and dates hiked, to park visitor centres in Chéticamp or Ingonish to receive your prize. Trails included in the final tally must not be repeats of the same trail and must be hiked within Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
A ‘Slacker’s’ Guide - 10 hikes-in-one-day-challenge Earn a Parks Canada water bottle by sampling 10 short trails in one day in a variety of habitats – Acadian, Boreal and Taiga. Easily done at your own leisurely pace if you walk regularly. Bring in a signed list or photo documentation (a photo of you on each trail) along with your park pass to a park visitor centre to collect your prize. Slacker 10-Hike Day Plan 8:00 am – wake up, walk the dog, eat breakfast, read the paper, check e-mail 9:30 am – pack a lunch and snacks 10:00 am – drive to any trail; complete the others in sequence (lunch in car); return home 7:00 pm – shower, supper, celebrate Trails that await the slacker: Le Buttereau, Bog, Benjie’s Lake, MacIntosh Brook, Lone Shieling, Jigging Cove Lake, Jack Pine, Green Cove, Freshwater Lake, Freshwater Lake Look-Off.
Celebrating the 75th Birthday of Cape Breton Highlands National Park SPECIAL EVENTS: JUNE June 3 – 5 Mentoring in the Outdoors 5 p.m. Friday – Noon on Sunday, Robert’s Brook Campground and various park locations Offered by Heartwood Centre for Community Youth Development, this weekend workshop provides training to adults and older youth interested in working with young people in the outdoors. Topics include mentorship, planning fun and magical outdoor activities with and for young people, child/youth and volunteer safety, leave no trace principles, using the outdoors as a learning space ~ and much more! Cost: $130/$100 for students. Registration Deadline: May 13th, 2011 For more information, contact: HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Development, ph: (902) 444-5885 fax: (902) 444-3140 isabelle@heartwood.ns.ca, www.heartwood.ns.ca June 12 - Bicycle Rodeo 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Chéticamp Visitor Centre area. Bring the family for bicycle tune-ups, safe riding tips, barbeque, face painting & games. Organised by Chéticamp Emergency Services. June 18-19 Father’s Day Scramble Highlands Links Highlands Links Golf Course Annual men’s scramble & fundraiser for Highlands Golf Club Society. While the boys are in the throes of competition, the rest of the family can relax – take a walk on the beach, hike a trail, go to the Spa at the Keltic Lodge, visit a craft shop or enjoy a leisurely lunch at one of the local restaurants. Visit www.cbhgolfclub.caor call 1-800-441-1118 or 902-285-2600 to pre-register teams.
Pleasant Bay and Area
Top of the Island
Bay St. Lawrence Vol. Fire Dept.Annual Lobster Supper & Blessing of the Fleet, May 22, Bay St. Lawrence
Ingonish and Area
THEATRE ON THE HILL presents; 'On Golden Pond' by Ernest Thomson
Performed by Soul Gift Theatre Group of Margaree.
Remember the movie with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn?
This romantic comedy portrays love in the "golden years".
June 23rd,24th,25th & 26th, St.John's Anglican Parish Hall, Ingonish, Curtain 8.15pm ,$12 cash at the door.
902 929 2809
St. Ann's Bay and Area
June 4 - Lobster Dinner..take out 4:pm-eat in 5: pm. Sponsored by the North Shore & District Vol. Fire Dept.
June 5 - 3:pm The 100th anniversary service of MacLeod Atlantic Mission Society will be held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, North River Bridge. Service conducted by the MacLeod AMS. We would be honoured to have you join us and help observe the mission work that has been done and continues to be done in our communities.
June 11 - Merchandise Bingo Saturday June 11th North River Com. Hall, 2pm. REALLY great Prizes-Outdoor fire pit Value $100.00. Kuerig K cup drink maker Val. $129.99 Sheet sets, 20 pc Knife set $49.99, Portable gas BBQ $49.99, Solar Lights set $49.99 ETC ETC. Come and have a chance to win a great prize and a lunch and chit chat with friends and neighbors. SEE YOU THERE!!!
Baddeck and Area
Off The Trail
May 24 - CBU Seniors Book Club May-June 2011.
5 weeks starting Tuesday at CBU from 1-3. May 24.Cape Breton Island: Rough, Tough, Fact and Fiction.
CBU instructor and writer Paul MacDougall will
guide you through some of the best literature
Cape Breton has to offer.
Through non-fiction, fiction and semi
autobiographical fiction, from both male and female
perspectives, the hardscrabble life many Cape
Bretoners lived, or had to endure, from the turn
of the century to 1950s will be revealed.
>From the west of the island, through central Cape
Breton and over to the eastern side and the
ghost town of Broughton readers will discover a
Cape Breton not often seen in tourist brochures.
If this appeals to you please come join our club.
Books to be read: Each Man's Son by Hugh MacLennan
John R and Son by Tessie Gillis
Memoirs of a Cape Breton Doctor by Dr. C Lamont
MacMillan Cost is $40.
Books extra if you don't have them already.
They can be bought in Sydney at the Cape Breton
Curiosity Shop on Charlotte St.
Contact leanne_simmons@cbu.ca for further details
and to register
May 28 - ICCA workshops will start on May 28th
with Basket Weaving with Dianne MacEachen.
This is a daylong workshop begins at 9:30 and
ends at 4:30 with an hour for lunch.
The cost of the workshop includes materials to
construct a basket.
Dianne will offer another basket weaving workshop
on June 25th.
Inverness County Centre For the Arts
Coming up on June 10th, ICCA will be hosting “Out of the Woods”, a collection of Inverness County Woodworkers who will be showing a variety of sculptures, furniture and woodcarvings. The artists include Dave Martin, Bob Panuska, Brian Peters, Dave MacGregor, Don Beamish, Duncan Mustard, Hugh Ross, Ian Sherman, Jack Aikens, JP Gaudet, Stephen Heim, Terron Dodd, Neal Livingston, Gary Widemeyer, Reed Timmons, and Merryl Bustin.
Alongside the wood artisans we are pleased to present “Recent Photos” by award winning contemporary photographer Carl Zimmerman. The opening reception will take place on June 10th from 6:00pm -7: 30 pm. This exhibit runs until July 4th.
Location: 16080 Hwy 19, Inverness, Nova Scotia B0E 1N0
Phone: (902)-258-2533
Email: manager@invernessarts.ca
Gallery Hours Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat. 10-6
Closed Tuesday
Sunday 12-4
Coming up on June 10th, ICCA will be hosting “Out of the Woods”, a collection of
Inverness County Woodworkers who will be showing a variety of sculptures,
furniture and woodcarvings. The artists include Dave Martin, Bob Panuska, Brian
Peters, Dave MacGregor, Don Beamish, Duncan Mustard, Hugh Ross, Ian
Sherman, Jack Aikens, JP Gaudet, Stephen Heim, Terron Dodd, Neal Livingston,
Gary Widemeyer, Reed Timmons, and Merryl Bustin.
Alongside the wood artisans we are pleased to present “Recent Photos” by
award winning contemporary photographer Carl Zimmerman. The opening
reception will take place on June 10th from 6:00pm -7: 30 pm. This exhibit runs
until July 4th.
Coming up on June 10th, ICCA will be hosting “Out of the Woods”, a collection of
Inverness County Woodworkers who will be showing a variety of sculptures,
furniture and woodcarvings. The artists include Dave Martin, Bob Panuska, Brian
Peters, Dave MacGregor, Don Beamish, Duncan Mustard, Hugh Ross, Ian
Sherman, Jack Aikens, JP Gaudet, Stephen Heim, Terron Dodd, Neal Livingston,
Gary Widemeyer, Reed Timmons, and Merryl Bustin.
Alongside the wood artisans we are pleased to present “Recent Photos” by
award winning contemporary photographer Carl Zimmerman. The opening
reception will take place on June 10th from 6:00pm -7: 30 pm. This exhibit runs
until July 4thv
Coming up on June 10th, ICCA will be hosting “Out of the Woods”, a collection of
Inverness County Woodworkers who will be showing a variety of sculptures,
furniture and woodcarvings. The artists include Dave Martin, Bob Panuska, Brian
Peters, Dave MacGregor, Don Beamish, Duncan Mustard, Hugh Ross, Ian
Sherman, Jack Aikens, JP Gaudet, Stephen Heim, Terron Dodd, Neal Livingston,
Gary Widemeyer, Reed Timmons, and Merryl Bustin.
Alongside the wood artisans we are pleased to present “Recent Photos” by
award winning contemporary photographer Carl Zimmerman. The opening
reception will take place on June 10th from 6:00pm -7: 30 pm. This exhibit runs
until July 4th
Coming up on June 10th, ICCA will be hosting “Out of the Woods”, a collection of
Inverness County Woodworkers who will be showing a variety of sculptures,
furniture and woodcarvings. The artists include Dave Martin, Bob Panuska, Brian
Peters, Dave MacGregor, Don Beamish, Duncan Mustard, Hugh Ross, Ian
Sherman, Jack Aikens, JP Gaudet, Stephen Heim, Terron Dodd, Neal Livingston,
Gary Widemeyer, Reed Timmons, and Merryl Busti
Coming up on June 10th, ICCA will be hosting “Out of the Woods”, a collection of
Inverness County Woodworkers who will be showing a variety of sculptures,
furniture and woodcarvings. The artists include Dave Martin, Bob Panuska, Brian
Peters, Dave MacGregor, Don Beamish, Duncan Mustard, Hugh Ross, Ian
Sherman, Jack Aikens, JP Gaudet, Stephen Heim, Terron Dodd, Neal Livingston,
Gary Widemeyer, Reed Timmons, and Merryl Busti
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