Official Tay Valley Township 200th Anniversary Event, Saturday, August 20, 2016.
2016 marks the 200th anniversary of Tay Valley Township’s earliest settlement, and events and celebrations to mark this milestone will be held throughout the year. One of the most exciting events will be the Settlers Heritage Day, combined with the 2016 Lanark County Plowing Match.
The 2016 Lanark County Plowing Match will include an exciting 200th Anniversary component, the Settlers Heritage Day, a family oriented, entertaining celebration of the first settlers to the area, their lives and their contribution to the founding and development of this community, and the agriculture farm sector.
There will be activities for the whole family, including a maple-syrup pancake breakfast, fence building, sheep shearing, blacksmithing, genealogical research assistance, antique exhibits, and the popular plowing match. In addition, there will be presentations of Legacy Farm anniversary certificates.
Come for the real-maple-syrup pancake breakfast, and stay on to enjoy the many activities of the annual Plowing Match, historical and antique exhibits, family history research assistance, fence building, sheep shearing, blacksmithing, local entertainers. For the children there will also be wagon rides, the Paddling Puppeteer, miniature animal farm, Story Corner, a puppet show, First Nations Drumming, colouring table, and other play activities.
This event will take place at the Cameron family property, 2677 Scotch Line, in Tay Valley Township, five minutes south-west of Perth on Highway #10.
The annual Lanark County Plowing Match is organized by the Lanark County Plowmen’s Association. Settlers Heritage Day in 2016 is presented by the 200th Anniversary Working Group of Tay Valley Township.
Date :
Saturday, August.20, 2016 from 9 am to 4 pm
Event location :
Moodie-Cameron Farm
2677 Scotch Line in Tay Valley
5 minutes South of Perth, ON
Contact :
Clare Dwyer (613) 267 5353, ext. 133 events&promotions@tayvalleytwp.ca
David Taylor at (613) 264 0094 deftconsult@storm.ca
