Village of Sturgeon Point, ON, Canada
Another fun Halloween at Sturgeon Point! We hope everyone enjoyed the activities at the Park and heading out to trick-or-treat!
It was spook-tackular to see so many many houses on the map handing out treats.
A bit thank you to the organizers and volunteers – Darlene & Greg Young, Judy Lightbound, Annabelle Murray & Ian, Judy & Tim Foster, Susan Benson and Jacqui Mutch-Potporski.
Saturday, August 3rd at 6:00pm – BBQ and Street Dance in the Park. BBQ activities include the unveiling of a 125th anniversary plaque for the park and a chance to sign a Sturgeon Point flag that will be added to the Sturgeon Point time capsule for future generations. Also on August 3rd is the SLSC Civic Holiday Regatta. For details go here.
We’ll also have a table set up at the Civic BBQ for those of you who want to join SPA, renew your memberships or make a donation. You can also go to the Membership page to do all of the above.
If you placed an order for 125th anniversary swag, you can pick it up at the BBQ. If you didn’t pre order swag and you would like to take home some frog socks, we’ve got you covered! For just $12.00 you could own a pair of these beauties!
Of course, this weekend also holds one of Sturgeon Point’s most cherished traditions – the swimming, canoe and running races. Here are this weekend’s programs:
Where: Public Beach
When: Sunday, August 4th
Time: 2:00 PM
Where: Swannanoa Front Lawn
When: Monday, August 5th
Time: 10:00 AM
* Printed programs will be available in the newsletter boxes at the bulletin boards at both the park and mailboxes. You can also pick them up at the BBQ as well as the swimming, canoe, and running races.
Please note: We are still looking for volunteers for all of these events. The BBQ, Street Dance and historic races continue because of the generosity of time by volunteers from the Sturgeon Point community.
Please email [email protected] for more information.
This article appeared in this week’s issue of “The Fenelon Falls Town Crier” and on Fenelon Falls website.
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http://www.fenelonfalls.info/WP/regattas-at-sturgeon-point/
Regatta spectators and participants gather around Joseph Brown’s Boathouse located between 4th & 5th Street, Sturgeon Point Circa 1908 – Source- Vintage Peterborough, Lindsay and Kawarthas
Article Source: THE STORY OF FORGOTTEN REGATTAS AT STURGEON POINT, by Watson Kirkconnell, M.A.
From the earliest times the hardwood groves at Sturgeon Point were a favorite rendezvous for picnics and excursions. The first regatta here was held in 1841, eighty years ago.
All pleasure on that occasion was marred by the drowning of a Mr. Wetherup, who upset from his canoe while in the act of taking off his coat. He was a powerful swimmer, but with his arms thus pinioned behind him he was lost at once.
Thirty-five years later, Captain George Crandell, of Lindsay, the chief promoter of navigation on local waters, realized the possibilities of Sturgeon Point as a summer village and spent some $25,000 in developing it towards that end. In 1876 he built a large summer hotel, the management of which was undertaken by W. H. Simpson. Crandell also purchased an extensive tract adjacent to the hotel and plotted out lots for summer cottages. These were quickly bought up and built upon: and thus began the summer colony at the Point.
The first regatta under the auspices of cottagers was held on September 18, 1878. The event of the day was a double canoe race in which two Rama Reserve Ojibwas named Yellowhead won by a narrow margin from Whetong and Toboco, two Mississagas from the Chemong Reserve. The winners paddled a birch bark canoe at seventy strokes to the minute. There were several white entrants in this open race, but all were left hopelessly behind by the two Indian crews.
About this time a black bear was found roaming about near the hotel and was disposed of by excited huntsmen. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1893, but the village about it had continued to flourish. It is a somewhat effete existence that these large community summer resorts offer to anyone possessed of youth and vigor: but they are a true paradise for little children and a healthful week-end refuge for urban workers who have no vacation in which to sally by canoe into the magnificent wildernesses of North Victoria and Haliburton.
To learn more about the history and happening at Sturgeon Point visit www.sturgeonpoint.com/
Saturday, October 26th
Sturgeon Point Park is where the fun will be at for serpents, spiders, and tail of rat!
Join us for pumpkin carving, face painting, games and scares from 11:00am to 1:00pm.
Trick-or-Treating will happen door to door. Try and scare your neighbours and much, much more!
Kids will be heading out at 5:30pm for trick-or-treating on a spooky walk around Sturgeon Point!
Please let us know if we can spook your house with our little goules and boys…….
by emailing [email protected]