Skimming through the “What’s Happening this week in the Haliburton Highlands” newsletter I came across an event called “Wolf Howl.” I thought certainly they can’t mean what it sounds like…so I read on and yes, every Thursday evening through July and August, Haliburton Forest offers a public wolf howl.
Doesn’t that sound exciting, amazing, even?! I’ve never experienced such a thing so I cannot wait to do so. Here’s the scoop from the Newsletter:
“Starting at 8 pm and taking place at the Base Camp, visitors gather at our seminar building to hear a presentation on wolves, their ecology and relationship to humans. After this presentation, the group is taken for a short hike where an interpreter will attempt to “howl up” our resident pack. We can not guarantee a response, however, we do have a good track-record ! This event offers another great family outing at Haliburton Forest. Pre-registration is not required and payment is by donation.”
Visit Website: www.haliburtonforest.com
Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve County Rd. 7 West Guilford
Tel: 705-754-2198
Email: info@haliburtonforest.com
I just love that payment is by donation and it’s not a big, expensive night out. In fact this is just one of many free or by donation activities that you can enjoy during your time in the Haliburton Highlands!
This Post is sponsored by the Letter “M” –that’s Me! ( It’s a freebie.)
Glenn Beck is a stand up comedian who does political satire comedy. From what I understand, comedy when compared with other modes of entertainment is very hard to do. Especially stand up comedy made up of political satire. But from the video I saw on his site, Glenn is very outspoken and tries to cram as many words into a sentence as he can possibly fill.So Glenn Beck must be pretty brave and daring to not only take on live audiences on his summer tour in the United States but on July 17 as part of his tour and for one night only he will be broadcasting LIVE through FathomEvents to “select movie theaters nationwide,” and hopefully to a movie theatre near you.
Haliburton Sculpture Forest map
Through the announcement below I’ve discovered a place that you will be able to find me this summer: The Haliburton Sculpture Forest.
This one drew my eye right away. Curled Figures. Check out the map by clicking the link. There is a lot of talent in that forest!
They have an awesome easy-to-use interactive map on the The Haliburton Sculpture Forest website, too!
I’m so amazed and impressed with the talent in the Minden Hills/Haliburton Highlands area!
Here’s a must see event in Minden Hills on the Fourth of July!
A whimsical bike-rack sculpture created by respected local sculptor and blacksmith Leo Sepa has been donated to the Township of Minden Hills by the artist and the Haliburton Highlands Cycling Coalition. The Haliburton County Development Corporation also lent their support. Though is the first of twobike rack sculptures coming to Minden this summer, this will be the first piece of functional sculpture created by Leo Sepa that will be installed in Minden Hills.
What:The Minden Hills Cultural Centre is pleased to announce the unveiling of this beautiful work of functional, public art on the Cultural Centre Grounds. The unveiling will be followed by photo opportunities with the artist… and staff from various local cultural, health and community oganizations.
When: Friday, July 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Where: Minden Hills Cultural Centre, 174-176 Bobcaygeon Road North
Need more info?
Daniela Pagliaro, Township of Minden Hills
Phone: (705) 286-2808
Email: culturalcentre@mindenhills.ca
This is Glenn Beck who I just had a look at in the interest of sizing him up as I hadn’t yet gotten acquainted with him. I know that Glenn Beck is on a “political tour” this summer and one of his Dallas shows is scheduled to be broadcast nationally in a movie theatre near you one night only–July 17.
Glenn Beck’s weblog’s landing page (a mini version of course) is pictured below.
I tend to be persnickety about blog design (please don’t be harsh on mine–it’s mostly “ready made”) and I must say, I’m impressed. Nice design, he’s very appealing and I definitely want to “view” whatever it is that the button to click is over on Glenn’s left shoulder, partially out of view. So that’s very, very good in my opinion. I hope however that Glenn’s off-stage view of mixing his colors and fabrics the way he’s doing in this headshot differs from what he’s sporting here. Otherwise, I’d have to vote for abuse of patterns and blue stripes. Too many stripes, Glenn!
Celebrate Canada Day!*
Canada Day Celebrations will be held in Gooderham and Dorset on Saturday, June 28th and in Minden, West Guilford and Wilberforce on Tuesday, July 1st.
Canada Day in Dorset
Saturday, June 28
Fireworks will be lighting up the night sky at the Big Trading Bay in Dorset beginning at dusk (approx 9:30). There is no charge, but a boot will be passed around for contributions to offset the costs. All donations will go towards next year’s show. Rain date: Sunday, June 29.
Big Trading Bay, Dorset
The Algonguin Highlands Music Summerfest:
Saturday June 28 2pm - 1am, Ox Narrows Resort, Hwy 35
Roast Pig, Fireworks on the Barge at Dusk, Special Permit Lic,Music, Music 6 Bands, Food, Face Painters, Jumping Castle, Childrens Blues Harmonica Teaching Workshop, Jumping Water Raft and much much more. $20.00 gets you in to see it all (Wristbands and tickets). Proceeds towards Cystic Fibrosis.
Gooderham’s Family Canada Day Celebration
Saturday, June 28, Gooderham Community Center & Park Community Centre Road Gooderham
The Gooderham Committee for Kids will be hosting their third annual Canada Day Celebration Saturday June 28th, 2008 at the Gooderham Community Centre & Park. Starting at 11:00 a.m. until approximately 4:00 p.m. there will be fun games,old fashioned races, face painting, fundraising raffle’s, food, yard sale tables and more. Return at dusk for our spectacular fireworks display. Admission for fireworks by donation only. Fun Day Activities Free!
*Details courtesy of “What’s Happening in the Haliburton Highlands” - Canada Day Special
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Earlier this week I had a nice email exchange with a long-time “Maple Laker,” Mr. Tony Boros.
Besides sounding exactly like the super kind of person who you find on Maple Lake, Mr. Boros is a professional photographer who generously shared some spectacular shots of our beloved Maple Lake. His professional website is Websight 360 where you can enjoy 360 degree panorama images as well as find out more about the process and more about Mr. Boros personally and professionally. I highly recommend a visit.
Above: The Art Hive, 10239 Hwy. 118, Haliburton, Ontario. 705-754-0021 ( “B” on map below)
Somehow I missed the opening of The Art Hive last summer (perhaps because we had to delay our visit until late in the summer) even though proximity-wise it’s walking distance from where I stay on Maple Lake. I had sort of pushed Welch’s general store to the back of my mind because it wasn’t Welch’s anymore. For many years the building appeared vacant.
When I was a kid Welch’s was a favoured destination as barefoot, my cousins and I would troupe in (on our best behaviour, mind you) and pick out penny candy, pixie sticks, and the like whilst whichever adult in charge that day picked up a few grocery items.
Welch’s General Store closed years ago and I hadn’t realized that the store was once again vibrant with life. I am looking forward to visiting The Art Hive not only because I truly enjoy art of many kinds but because I’ll get to walk down memory lane.
“The Maple Lake Artisans Collective is a group of Haliburton County multi-disciplinary artists who have come together to share, catalyze, and nurture creative expression and the arts.
The Art Hive is a new and exciting enterprise located in the historical Welch’s General Store. Home base of the Maple Lake Artisans Collective, the business opened in June 2007. Local artisans display and sell quality-crafted pottery, fabric art, music, ironwork, sculpture, jewellery and more. In addition to the gallery and gift shop there are studios on site, creative workshops for both children and adults and an organic fair trade coffee bar.”
THE NEWS: Keep your appointment calendar open for June 28, 2008 because:
There will be a day of festivities at The Art Hive on Highway 118 just east of Carnarvon.
THE ART HIVE TURNS ONE (edited from a County of Haliburton, Department of Economic Development, Tourism & Marketing release.)
“Between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm The Art Hive will be celebrating its first year in business with free custom-made cake, art demonstrations, live music, hands-on sculpture, drumming, barbecued food and a special members’ exhibit, to name only some of what is planned for the day. “It has been an amazing year,” notes potter Lisa Barry. “The local community has been very supportive over the past 12 months, donating goods, services and historical items as well as participating in our events and programs. So now we want folks to come out on June 28 and have a good time.”
Here’s where to go on June 28: (directions above post)
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Amy Brohm, the Tourism Marketing Co-ordinator for the County of Haliburton, Ontario is a font of information about the Haliburton Highlands. I’ve included her newsletter sign-up addy below along with her contact info:
705-286-1777; 1-800-461-7677
abrohm@county.haliburton.on.ca
She sends out a newsletter weekly that is just jammed-packed with every happening you could possibly imagine–and it’s all right in the Highlands. Click the link that follows this sentence to get on the email mailing list:
What’s Happening In The Haliburton Highlands This Week
I cannot wait to get back up there. I will be pouring over what is going on every week. This is the year that I rediscover the Haliburton Highlands. My mom duties are keeping me here and that’s OK. One truly neat thing is when I do return, shortly thereafter my son and spouse and little dog Raven will join me. 
My son is currently taking Driver’s Education classes that he will have completed upon coming to the Lake. But he’ll be far from done. He must put in hundreds of hours over a nine-month period before our state will grant him a driver’s license. Until then he will drive using a learner’s permit and with an adult driver in the car with him. This will give us all the more reason to venture out beyond our little Maple Lake paradise.
Ms. Brohm has also included some great links in this week’s newsletter that I thought I’d share with you:
Haliburton Holidays
Haliburton County
Experience Haliburton
Mark your calendars because the second annual Timberfest is going to kick off the second week in June and there are some not-to-be missed events, just a few of which I’ll talk about as the ones I would most like to see/attend.
Firstly, I think I need to adjust my perception of Minden Hills Township as a sleepy little area because none of the activities that are slated for Timberfest sound the least bit sleepy!
Wandering street musicians downtown! Timberfest has them. How cool is that?! Uber cool, IMO!
Alright then. Are you they type who would you enjoy something a bit more out-of the ordinary?
Would souped-up chainsaws at the Fairgrounds meet that order? They would for me.
If I could, I would absolutely attend the broad-ax hewing demonstrations because I must admit, I’m not at all sure what they are but they don’t sound like any kind of demonstration I’d see in the mass suburbia in which I live. EDIT/ I found a photo of broad-ax hewing and it’s shown above. Now I want to see it even more!
Oh, and there must be food, right? Of course there is!–and it’s sounds delish–a “Bunkhouse Brunch,” with both music and storytelling!
According to Rick Cox, Director of Community Services at the Township of Minden Hills,
“There’s something for everyone whether you’re from far away or right here in Haliburton County.”
Just to give you a taste of what is in store musically here’s is some of the musical line-up: The Wakami Wailers performing logging-camp tunes and folk melodies. The Wailers will be performing some acoustic street music on Friday afternoon (June 13), followed by headlining a coffee-house style performance at the Community Centre on Friday night. Opening act John Foreman & Friends will share their Appalachian-Celtic sound.
All of this sounds perfectly delightful and I’m quite sad that I cannot attend due to my son’s summer school schedule here in the States. However, if anything changes in that regard I will be there as I’m sure it will be a truly fun time.
(A limited number of all-access VIP passes will be offered for sale giving the holder admission to the entire weekend’s events, including all performances and the Beef BBQ and the Bunkhouse Brunch. For more information contact Rick Cox at 286-1260 ext. 220.)
A WORTHY CAUSE~
Important information about a not-to-be missed Haliburton County event Exhibit that begins May 9 and runs through May 24.
The “Cash Cups” exhibit is an extension of a project from the Crafty Girls group, who meet monthly to experiment with different crafts in an informal setting.
April’s craft night features “Boob Bags”, converting old bras into purses.
The “New Business of the Year” Maple Lake Artisans Collective will be making purses from bras and embellishing them with material, paint, beads, thread and mystery objects.
You don’t need to attend Crafty Girls to submit an entry for the exhibit, contact The Art Hive for information: call 705-754-0021 or email thearthive@live.ca. And be sure to visit the exhibit during May 9-24 and make a bid on a unique art piece.
The intent of the exhibit is to raise awareness for breast cancer.
THINGS TO KNOW:
A silent auction of donated artworks will be held during the run of the exhibit, with final bids during the closing celebrations Saturday May 24. That evening will also feature a live auction of selected pieces. Proceeds from both auctions will go to Cottage Dreams.
The Art Hive
Maple Lake Artisans Collective
Laura Trach, Event Co-ordinator
705-754-0021
Email thearthive@live.ca
Cottage Dreams Cancer Recovery Initiative
Seana O’Neill
President
705-457-9100
soneill@cottagedreams.org
Oh, it ends on the 24 th of May. Gosh, I’d love to go.–that’s Canada’s weekend akin to the 31st of May–Memorial Day in the USA. A week earlier means a week colder and buggier, though.
I hear from my aunt via my dad, that there is still “two feet” of snow on the ground but given that we are not even half-way through April–I hope it melts soon and stays that way. The one forecast I have implies otherwise, I’m not that glad to report. :/
Info courtesy of Amy Brohm
Tourism and Marketing Co-ordinator
County of Haliburton
705-286-1777; 1-800-461-7677
Though my family and I cannot attend, we will absolutely add this to our “things to do/ places to see” list which is growing ever-longer.
In other “news,” I’m still stressing over getting Internet and thereby altering my (our) entire summer for the better.
It’s hard to get a bead on what exactly is the Internet situation in Haliburton County.
One the one hand, there is W3Connex with it’s display on the Official Haliburton County website. It’s troubling however that there has been no updates on the status of the progress of making high-speed Internet connection available in the area.
More troubling: Though he was extremely nice, the fellow manning the phones (and I suspect doing many other tasks as well) at W3Connex essentially indicated that there could be 800 people with the same request as I have ahead of me in the line for high speed Internet access.
OTOH, Cottage Country Internet is ready to hook me up now. For $700 ($675 plus tax). Granted, this is a one-time install fee but I just don’t have that kind of cashola hanging around. Not to be all whiny but I am on full disability and this online writing I do– more than half is for free–the other part-time income–you know, to pay for “extras.” Seven hundred smackaroos is more than an “extra,” I’m afraid.
I just won’t be able to swing more than a couple of weeks at Maple Lake unless I get hooked up as I don’t have the luxury of taking the summer off.
Son will stay with me if we get hooked up as hid life revolves around school, books and online MMRPG games. Take away the games and interaction with his chums–well he’s a great kid but he’ll burn through any reading material he has. We use the Internet for everything–at least here in the States.
If only the nice people at either W3Connex or cottage Cottage Country Internet would take pity and realize that though my American dollars are not so big anymore 
I would still love to spend them in Haliburton County.
