Canada Day falls mid-week this year so you’ll find events occurring for essentially the entire week, beginning tomorrow, Sunday June 28–which is a very good thing as the weather will be iffy on several days.
As they say, there is something for everyone from fireworks on July 4th in Dorset to nail-driving and pie-eating contests in West Guilford on July 1. Details about where, what, and when are below. For further details or if you have questions you can go online and visit www.haliburtonholidays.com or call 1-800-461-7677.
Canada Day Events in Cottage Country
Kinmount – Sunday, June 28, Kinmount Fairgrounds, beginning at 5pm
Pony and wagon rides, kids games & races, BBQs, Checkers the Clown, fireworks at dusk, entertainment by the Black Fly Boogie Band
Minden – Wednesday, July 1, downtown Minden, all day
Free horse drawn wagon rides, crazy river raft race, kids games, petting zoo, battle of the bands, fireworks at dusk at the Minden Fairgrounds
West Guilford – Wednesday, July 1, West Guilford Community Centre, beginning at 10am
Horseshoe tournament, water games at the beach, footraces, nail driving contests, cross-cut saw competitions, kids’ scavenger hunt, pie contest, beef BBQ dinner, fireworks at dusk
Wilberforce – Wednesday, July 1, Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost Historic House, beginning at 11:30am
Flag raising ceremony, birthday cake
Dorset – Saturday, July 4, Big Trading Bay
Fireworks at dusk
Tomorrow–Saturday the 27th– will be a simply perfect day. It’ll be sunny with a high of about 78°F and mild humidity.
Weekend Weather June 26-27
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Weekend Weather june 26-27
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Maple Lake Bug Report June 26 – July 3
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Long Term Weather for Haliburton Highlands through July 3
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Sauble Beach, Lake Huron, Ontario
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Sauble Beach, Lake Huron, Ontario
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Sauble Beach, Lake Huron, Ontario
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Kincardine Harbour, Lake Erie, Ontario
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Kincardine Channel, Penetangore River, Lake Erie, Ontario
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Weathercast and Bug Report for Maple Lake and Haliburton County
Sunday starts off bright and mild but by Sunday afternoon expect scattered showers and a high of 73°F.
Monday, temperatures drop to 68°F for a high with afternoon isolated showers.
Tuesday expect light rain and a high of only 64°F.
Happy Canada Day! Wednesday brings clouds and showers and a high of 66°F.
Thursday will include light rain and a high of 64°F.
Finally, on Friday you can look forward to a beautiful, sunny day with a high of 77°F.
Overnight temperatures throughout the week: Monday, Thursday and Friday are all forecast to be 57°F overnight with Sunday and Tuesday bringing a cool 51°F. Wednesday will be about 53°F overnight.
You can view the Haliburton Highlands Bug Report by clicking on it (above). The bugs are still quite thick with all of them either medium or high in intensity.
Please click the thumbnails (above) to see several photos of Sauble Beach on Lake Erie during today’s windy afternoon, as well as one of my favourite webcam spots, Kincardine Harbour, also on Lake Erie, Ontario.
Have a great week !
Chapleau River - June 19, 2009
Happy Friday and welcome to the Haliburton County/Maple Lake Weather and Bug Forecast!
Though temperatures have remained mild, the rain has been fairly frequent and therefore in regard to bugs, please click the little icon above to get the full picture. Sorry. It is not pretty. I’ve included some pretty webcam shots taken today from around southern Ontario along with the Bug Report and both Short and Long Term forecasts for Maple Lake and Haliburton for this weekend through next Friday–to take the sting off somewhat (sorry, could not resist).
Tomorrow, Saturday, expect cloudiness and showers throughout the day with temperatures in the mid 60’s F. Sunday the 21st, brings drastic change with temperatures near 80°F, partly sunny conditions and a “feels like” temperature of near 90°F.
In fact for all of next week–right through Friday temperatures every day on the ‘feels-like” index are to be around 90°F.
Mainly sunny weather is forecast for Monday through Wednesday with each day’s temperatures between 78°F and 80°F.
Thursday brings thundershowers, a high of 80°F, and the lowest nighttime temperature of the week: 53°F. Otherwise, your nighttime temperatures throughout the week range from 55°F to 60°F.
Friday looks wonderful with sunny skies and a high of 80°F.
Late afternoon, Kincardine Channel, Penetangore River, Lake Erie, Ontario - June 16, 2009
Today the weather here in the Chicago area went from rain to steely gray skies to thunderstorms and now we have heavy rain. With such delightful weather, <sarcasm> my thoughts of course, turned to wondering what the weather is like at Maple Lake in Ontario, Canada.
I was happy to see that this afternoon’s high in Haliburton County was about 75°F and it was not raining so I jumped ahead with the weather forecast and was slightly dismayed to see something not all that unusual. For meteorological reasons beyond my scope, Southern Ontario often gets “our” weather a day or two after we do.
Here is what you have to look forward to tonight and Wednesday:
Tonight (Tuesday) is mild and a pretty good night to stargaze with mainly clear skies. Wednesday starts out with variable cloudiness and a high of 66°F. However, by Wednesday afternoon it becomes cloudy with showers, which continue though Wednesday evening and right through Thursday. At least the temperatures remain mild.
I realize that it’s small consolation to say that the 14-day extended weather forecast looks very nice for next week. That’s a very good thing as right now it look like the weekend of June 20-21 at Maple Lake will be a complete washout. I really do feel badly for the weekenders and for cottage country businesses but I’m keeping good thoughts that the good week coming up will help warm up the lakes for swimming and dry things out somewhat.
Here is a look at some Southern Ontario scenes from today June 16, 2009.
Kawagama Lake, Dorset, Ontario - June 16, 2009.
Kincardine Harbour, Lake Erie, Ontario - June 16, 2009
Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada - June 16, 2009
I’m very anxious to get up to the lake. Our pool is actually more a puddle–five feet at it’s deepest and though I grateful to have it–the joy of swimming is sort of missing. Lack of depth and presence of chlorine. Ick.
So I’m putting up the Bug Report and Weather which if you enlarge you can read over yourself. Then on Sunday when I have gotten a couple hours –which from here on in I won’t –due to several family parties on Saturday tomorrow (sadly, none for me). I’ll be back to flesh out all the forecasts but for now here they are.
You should know that allthe tyeps of people eating bugs are out in medium to high intensity.
The weather is going to kind of stink–except for comfortable temps–on Saturday– and on Sundayit’s not going to be great either. Chance of thundertorms through Sunday afternoon. Temperatures close to 70° on Sunday , tho’, so not all bad.
Oh dang. The WordPress upgrade 2.8 which is not visible on the outside of the site but I must spend hours to complete, won’t let me put the graphics up in the size I need to. Oi. Apologies! I will fix this on Sunday!
Photo is of Chapleau River, Ontario
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Kawagama Lake, Dorset, Ontario
Sunset, June 5, 2009
First the good news. One week from now the Maple Lake and Haliburton County area shall experience lovely, above-normal temperatures and partly to mostly sunny days. This period will last at least 8 days. Eight days! Of really nice weather! Can you dig it?! I totally can. Except I’m still here at home. Meh. Once I land at my beloved Maple Lake I’m staying planted because folks, I think we are going to have a beautiful summer!
Right now though I must inflict a dose of the reality of right now. The bugs are thick as thieves. Click the thumbnail of the Bug Report (above) to read the specifics but in summary, every bug known to cottagers is out in force. You know the drill. Long sleeves, pants and DEET.
Weekend Weather June 7, 2009
It should be pleasantly cool and clear Friday night. You may wake up to isolated showers but the sun is due to make an appearance by Saturday afternoon with a high temperature of 64°F. By evening, expect variable clouds with temperatures dropping down to 48°F. Sunday’s forecast is for light rain and a high of 55°F.
June 7-12, 2009
Monday will be cloudy with sunny breaks and a high temperature of 62°F. Tuesday, expect scattered showers and a high of 64°F. Wednesday will be mainly cloudy and again, 64°F. Thursday, temperatures remain mild at 60°F but light rain is in the forecast. By Friday, the sun returns full-on with a comfy high of 66°F. Have a great weekend!
Fourteen-day forecast - Check it out!
Kincardine Channel sunset, Penetangore River, Lake Erie, Ontario - June 5, 2009
In my ongoing effort to boost exposure for local businesses in the Haliburton Highlands I’m going to share with you something that I would love to take part in (but cannot, due to geographic obstacles).
One of the benefits it seems of growing older is that we grow more reflective. We are not in such a hurry and with any luck we’ve have grown wiser as well. From my observations it is generally mature folks who, lacking a number of specifics about the roots of their family tree, set out in search of knowledge that answers sometimes questions that they didn’t even think to ask. I’ve heard that the process of uncovering and discovering your heritage can be quite enjoyable. Certainly it must be rewarding after investing time and energy to finally come upon the answers that you sought and often information that you did not know was “out there” yet there it is.
Historical Reflections – The Wonderful World of Genealogy
June 10-11 Tammy Tipler-Priolo from North Bay’s www.ancestorinvestigator.com gives us three incredible talks. Wednesday night: “Where Can My Ancestors Be in Ontario? Birth, Marriage & Death Records” Thursday morning “Basics of Starting Genealogical Research” and Thursday afternoon “You Were Told You Have a Native Ancestor, What Now?” Pre-registration advised. Wednesday’s talk is FREE. One discussion on Thursday is $20 with both talks on Thursday $35. Free tip card for HHGG members. Door prize. For more information- Visit Website: www.mindenculturalcentre.com Minden Hills Cultural Centre Minden Contact: Minden Hills Museum Tel: 705-286-3154 Email: museum@mindenhills.ca
I heard that Maple Lake has had snow this week–and pretty harsh temperatures at night. Yikes.
I was a bit worried that cottage country would have another summer like last year’s which was a huge disappointment to many cottagers. It was quite chilly and it rained often. I checked this summer’s forecast and the meteorologists are saying no, this summer will be more like a normal summer with temperatures that should keep most folks happy. There maybe a bit more rain than usual but not a lot. I really hope they are right, but when you are there for an extended period you don’t have to hope that your two weeks will be nice because there’s another two weeks and so forth, that may be just fine. That’s the fortunate circumstance that I find myself in and my spouse is taking three weeks plus the Labour Day weekend. Honestly, if it just warms up I’m OK with a bit more rain than normal.
