Saturday 6 June - 9 am - 6 pm with optional dinner
Registrants will gather for a light snack and welcoming in Pakenham - location to be determined - about 9.15am; the journey time from Ottawa is a little over half an hour. You will have a chance to look at the unique (to Canada) 5-arch stone bridge - and visit the Pakenham General Store - the oldest continually run General Store in Ontario - it's almost a museum! We then travel by car to an old grist mill, the Mill of Kintail,which was restored by R.Tait Mackenzie, the skilled surgeon and world renowned sculptor, who had his summer studio there. The Museum houses not only over 70 of his sculptures but also many of his household furnishings. The James Naismith Basketball Museum is also in the Mill of Kintail; James' parents emigrated from Renfrew, Scotland in 1852 and settled in Ramsay Township. There are models and artifacts relating to basketball in the museum.
The first settlers in Almonte were Scots; they arrived in 1821 from the Glasgow area; a group of Irish from Cork arrived in 1823. In the planning stages. A lunch in town - the Waterford Tea room. A visit to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, set in the Office/Warehouse annexe of James Rosamond's Mill of 1851; the buildings are very reminiscent of the New Lanark Mills on the River Clyde, Scotland. Amongst the displays of cloth and quilts are Scottish-style looms, used by weavers specially brought over from Scotland; the museum is a fascinating place, and there is a good gift shop, too. Later in the afternoon a tea at the Presbyterian Church and a possible visit to the Reformed Presbyterian Church. The day tour concludes with a visit to the Auld Kirk, Ramsay Township - a fasinating place with rough stone floor, after which the formal tour ends - about 6 pm.
Tables are being reserved for an optional 6.30/7pm pm evening dinner at JR's Restaurant.
Fee - $48 members, $56 non-members. members will receive a mailed flier in early May. Reserve by calling 613-728-5343 h.reekie@ieee.org