2017 Canal Days

The 39th Annual Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival – a four-day celebration of history and heritage in Port Colborne, ON. Tall Ships, Fire Boats, Classic Cars, Live Music, Kite Competition, Food, Merchants and more! Visit us at The Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum – 280 King St. at Princess St. – next to the railway tracks. (Just look for the Pyrates)

Sat. & Sun. Aug. 5 & 6, 11 am – 5 pm at The Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum and Heritage Village, 280 King Street, Port Colborne, ON. MAP

The Museum is the place to be for Living History! We’ll have our usual assortment of White Buffalo Sage, Minigan Salve, Pelts and other treasures. Bad Billys Blades will be joining us with edged weapons, beadwork, drinking horns and other handmade goods, Midgard Metal Works will feature handmade copper jewellery, and many other Merchants, Craftspeople & Reenactors! See a special exhibition of tintype photographs celebrating Port Colborne history – and the chance to have your own authentic tintype photo taken; courtesy of Mr. Stephen Brûlé of The Silver Sunbeam!

Visit the buildings on the grounds to see Canada’s first Electric Vehicle (over 100 years old), a working Blacksmith shop and of course Arabella’s for a spot of Tea & Bikkies! Click here for full Museum schedule

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