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- Historic Shots are Fired at Country Heritage Park - Civil War Weekend
- Country Heritage Park Gets Sweet - Cornfest
- Country Heritage Park is Young at Heart!
- Arnold Rife Donates Conestoga wagon to Country Heritage Park
Country Heritage Park
Tel: 905-878-8151
Trail
of the Conestoga Wagon
This
past weekend, Country Heritage Park presented the Trail
of the Conestoga Wagon. This event depicted how settlers of the 1800s
traveled.
There were horse drawn wagon rides and the donator of the Conestoga
Wagon,
Arnold Rife, was on hand to share his knowledge. The Conestoga Wagon
holds
special meaning because Arnold's great, great grandfather traveled from
Lancaster County Pennsylvania on a Conestoga Wagon to settle in
Waterloo
Region. Children of all ages enjoyed our many Conestoga Wagon
activities that
included: pioneer crafts in the school house, the animal train, rope
making, a
scavenger hunt in the Lucas house and costumed interpreters in our two
farmsteads. P.S. Belgians, Percherons, Clydesdale and Spotted Drafts return to the Park August 11th and 12th to showcase their strength and beauty in our annual Heavy Horse Field Days.
LEFT: Cassidy and Beth cozying up together. Beth is a dark chestnut colour and has a darker main then Carter. She is also lighter around her mouth.
Hereford
Country Heritage Park is pleased to
welcome two Herefords for the summer. They are adjusting nicely to
their new
environment in our open fields. We thank Fred Heid for lending them to
us for
the summer.
Welsh
Ponies
Country
Heritage Park welcomes two new
residents to the park. Our new welsh ponies were graciously donated by
Chris
and Keith Murray. In a contest hosted by the Parent Link and Country
Heritage
Park, names for the ponies were entered for a chance to win free passes
for a
day at the Park. Ponies are valued for their kind and gentle
disposition and
our two ponies are especially sweet! That is part of the reason why the
winning
names were: Gumdrop and Lollipop. The ponies will be out and available
for pony
rides all summer long.
Dodge and Legacy
Country Heritage Park introduced our miniature horses the weekend of July 7th and 8th. Dodge is only 27 inches in height and Legacy is only 31 ½ inches
Guests
loved the “minies”. They will be
on display on weekends throughout the summer. The exhibit buildings
were open
all weekend and our two new welsh ponies were available for pony rides.
Planet
Kids Summer Camp
Country Heritage Park is pleased to
offer six weeks of summer camp during July and August for children in
grades
1-6. In partnership with Planet Kids, Country Heritage Park is offering
two
summer camp programs: Fun in the Country (for grades 1-3) and Life on
the Farm
(for grades 3-6). These fun and interactive camp programs are
educational.
There are still spots available. For more information please go to www.planetkids.com.
