July 2008
Click here for a list of Canada Day celebrations across Ontario's cottage country.
July 4-5
Public Observing Sessions & Laser Guided Sky Tours at Gordon’s Park
Manitoulin Island, ON
705-859-2470
www.gordonspark.com
July 3 – August 28
Gordons Park Thursday Nights Astronomy
Manitoulin, ON
www.gordonspark.com
July 4-6
Ontario Family Fishing Weekend
ON
www.familyfishingweekend.com
July 4-6
Mariposa Folk Festival on Lake Couchiching
Orillia, ON
www.mariposafolk.com
July 4-8
Stargazing Manitoulin at Gordon’s Park
Manitoulin Island, ON
705-859-2470
www.gordonspark.com
July 5
Dorset’s 12th Annual Fish Derby
Dorset, ON
705-766-9968
July 5
25th Annual Antique and Classic Boat Show
Gravenhurst, ON
www.acbs.ca
July 6
Horizons of Friendship's 11th Annual Homes, Gardens & Music Tour
Cobourg, ON
www.horizons.ca
July 6 - August 24
Gordons Park Sunday Walk a Fossil Reef
Manitoulin, ON
www.gordonspark.com
July 7-11
Youth Wilderness Experience at Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
Haliburton, ON
www.haliburtonforest.com
July 11-13
Family Wilderness Camp at Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
Haliburton, ON
www.haliburtonforest.com
July 12
Paddle Making Workshop and Canoe Eco-Tour at Wye Marsh
Midland, ON
705-526-7809 ext. 207
www.wyemarsh.com
July 12 - 13
Cottage Country Craft Show
Bala, ON
mail@muskokashows.ca
July 12-13
The Edge of the Woods Outdoor Theatre Festival
Huntsville, ON
416-551-3033
www.edgeofthewoodsfestival.wordpress.com
July 14
Celebrate Blues, Blueberries and Blueberry Wine at Johnston’s Cranberry Marsh
Bala, ON
www.cranberry.ca
July 14-18
Kinder Camp at Wye Marsh (ages 4 and 5)
Midland, ON
www.wyemarsh.com
July 14-August 28
Summer Art Camps for Children 7-13 at The Orillia Museum of Art and History
Orillia, ON
www.orilliamuseum.org/programs/summer.htm
July 18
Muskoka Heritage Foundation Summer Home Tour on Lake Muskoka
Muskoka, ON
705-645-7393
July 18-20
Muskoka Arts and Crafts presents their 46th Annual Summer Show
Bracebridge, ON
www.muskokaartsandcrafts.com
July 18-20
31st Annual Orillia Scottish Festival
Couchiching Beach, Orillia, ON
www.orilliascottishfestival.ca
July 19
Ssssscensational Snakes Presentation
Balsam Lake, Kirkfield, ON
705-454-3324
www.parkreports.com/events
July 19-20
Paddlefest
Midland, ON
www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca
July 18-August 10
Festival of the Sound
Parry Sound, ON
www.festivalofthesound.ca
July 21-25
CSI Survival Day Camp at Wye Marsh (ages 10-16)
Midland, ON
www.wyemarsh.com
July 22-27
Leacock Summer Festival
Orillia, ON
www.leacockmuseum.com
July 24 - 27
Collingwood Elvis Festival
Collingwood, ON
www.collingwoodelvisfestival.com
July 24
Wiggly, Jiggly Pond Critters at Plantation Pond
Balsam Lake, Kirkfield, ON
705-454-3324
www.parkreports.com/events
July 24 - 27
Mattawa Voyageur Days
Mattawa, ON
www.voyageurdays.com
July 25-27
First Annual Butterfly and Dragonfly Count at Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
Haliburton, ON
www.haliburtonforest.com
July 25 - 26
Heart of the Highlands Quilt Show
Haliburton (Minden), ON
705-489-2435
July 25-27
26th Annual Muskoka Antique Show
Port Carling, ON
www.antiqueshowscanada.com
July 26
50th Anniversary Celebration
Muskoka Heritage Place, Muskoka, ON
www.muskokaheritageplace.org
July 26
20th Annual Baysville Walkabout Festival
Baysville, ON
705- 767-3943
July 28-August 1
Youth Adventure Day Camp at Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
Halburton, ON
www.haliburtonforest.com
July 31 - August 3
Rockhound Gemboree
Bancroft, ON
www.bancroftdistrict.com
Friday through Wednesday evenings in July and August
Haliburton Forest Astronomy Program
Haliburton, ON
www.haliburtonforest.com
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in July and August
Natural History Presentations at Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
Haliburton, ON
www.haliburtonforest.com
Thursday evenings in July and August
Haliburton Forest Wolf Howl
Haliburton, ON
www.haliburtonforest.com
Please contact events listed to verify dates, and for specific times and locations. Some events are weather dependent.
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