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CELEBRATION 50
June 27 to July 5, 2008
This page will slowly transform from
what was planned
to what really happened
as the pictures and stories come in.
READ press release
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The Celebration 50 coin is HERE!
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT
Friday, June 27th
Registration at the senior centers
in Ingleside and Long Sault
(you now need to register for the Wine ‘n’ Cheese)
Wine and Cheese
7:30 11:00
Long Sault Arena.
Saturday, June 28th
Registrations 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
(seniors centers)
7:30 K of C Breakfast,
Our Lady of Grace, Ingleside
and
7:30 LEGION breakfast
Long Sault Legion,
“Window Dressing”
Contest judging
10 am to 3 pm R. H. Saunders
Generating Station Tours
11:30 - 1:30 Strawberry Social
Trinity United Church, Ingleside
10:00 PRE-PARADE SHOW
Ingleside, on the Green
2:00 Parade in Ingleside
12:30 pm Ball game,
Harry Webber, Ingleside Ball Park
4:30 - 6:30 CHICKEN BBQ
Christ Church, Long Sault.
9:00 - 1:00 DANCE
Long Sault Arena;
Cost $15 per person;
Tickets to be purchased in advance
Sunday, June 29th
ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY CEMETERY MEMORIAL SERVICE
- 2:30 P.M.
rain or shine under the tent
with
SPEAKER
MONSIGNOR RUDY VILLENEUVE
MUSIC BY
ADIRONDACK HARMONY COMPANY
and
* BONNIE ROSS *
PLEASE BRING A LAWNCHAIR
FREEWILL OFFERING
REFRESHMENTS TO FOLLOW
Family Picnic At Farran Park
(free admission to the park just show your C50 coin)
Upper Canada Baked Potatoes Concession
4:00 - 6:00 ROAST BEEF SUPPER
St Andrew’s & St Mark’s,
Long Sault
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
by the Long Sault Fire Department
Upper Canada Baked Potatoes concession.
Monday, June 30th,
Breakfast - St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, Ingleside.
1:00 pm BUS TOURS
Lost Villages museum,
including the Powerhouse
adults $20, students $15
2:00 - 4:00 STORY TELLING
at the
Lost Villages Museum,
4:30 7:00 pm HAM SUPPER
CWL Our Lady of Grace Church,
Ingleside;
Ghost walk at the Lost Villages museum
6:00 (for the handicapped)
6:30 & every 15 minutes after for others
pre-registration is required
Registration forms are below
Tuesday, July 1st,
Starting at 10:00 am
Canada day Celebrations
at the
Lost Villages Museum
and
Grand opening of the Stuart Home
FIRE WORKS DISPLAY
Morrisburg
Friday July 4th
Friends of the Bird Sanctuary
4:30 Opening of Memory Lane
BBQ to follow
6:30 Spirit Walk
Registration forms are below
Saturday July 5th
Friends of the Bird Sanctuary
6:30 Spirit Walk
Registration forms are below
FOR MORE INFORMATION
To check out the high school webpage for
further activities and a list of who’s all going
PRE - REGISTRATION FORM
Mar 2008 you need to register for the
Wine and cheese AND the reunion dance
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By sending in this form the Celebration 50 committee
will send you a package including all the weekend details
GHOST WALK AND SPIRIT WALK REGISTRATION FORMS
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PRESS RELEASE FOR CELEBRATION 50, (feb 28, 2008)
Jane Craig and Jim Brownell, co-chairs of “Celebration 50”, were joined by committee members and members of the Lost Villages Historical Society at the Forbes Memorial Reading Room, Lost Villages Museum when they announced plans and celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hydro and Seaway projects of the 1950s.
“Celebration 50 will be a five day event, recognizing the fiftieth anniversary of the Hydro and Seaway projects of the fifties, and to celebrate the creation of our new towns of Long Sault and Ingleside, on the shores of beautiful manmade Lake St. Lawrence,” said Jane Craig, president of the Lost Villages Historical Society.
“As the past president of the Lost Villages Historical Society, it is, indeed, an honour for me to co-chair Celebration 50 with Jane Craig,” said Jim Brownell. “As I had the privilege to do in 1988 and 1998, when I co-chaired with the late Fran Laflamme, I look forward to working with a great team of community minded citizens who wish to continue recognizing this piece of our community’s history and heritage.”
The Celebration 50 events will centre on the July 1st Canada Day holiday, for it was on July 1, 1958, that dynamite tore open the 1st cofferdam, and the water of the St. Lawrence River rolled over 40,000 acres of farmland and deserted communities that hugged the river in the old Royal Townships of Cornwall, Osnabruck, Williamsburg and Matilda.
During Celebration 50, we will welcome visitors from near and far, as we gather to reminisce and recall memories of gentler times along the St. Lawrence River. Minds will turn to the history and heritage of the “Lost Villages” and those citizens who were uprooted from family homesteads that had been passed down for generations. A half century has not faded the memories of life in the Lost Villages of Mille Roches, Moulinette, Wales, Dickinson’s Landing, Farran’s Point, and Aultsville and the lost hamlets of Woodlands, Santa Cruz and Maple Grove and these memories will be front and centre to the community celebrations. While we reflect on bygone memories, celebrations will also recognize the “spirit and determination” of the more recent pioneers, who, 50 years ago, created and forged new lives in our new towns of Ingleside and Long Sault and those who inhabit the towns today. We will remember the 6500 displaced persons and the 530 homes that were moved to higher ground.
Celebration 50 will kick off with registrations and a wine and cheese party on Friday, June 27th and the party will continue with a dance on Saturday, June 28th at the Long Sault Arena. This dance is a combined celebration by the Rothwell Osnabruck School Reunion Committee and the Celebration 50 Committee
Many churches and service clubs will be hosting breakfasts, lunches and dinners for residents and visitors. On Saturday, June 28th, a Celebration 50 parade will be held and residents are encouraged to join with neighbours and submit floats and street entries. Along with members of the Fort Henry Guard from Kingston, Ont., the parade will feature bands, clowns, antique cars and a float that will recognize and honour citizens from each Lost Village.
“A full calendar of events is planned for the five day celebration and residents and visitors are encouraged to register early for this fantastic community celebration,” said Jane Craig. “The committee has worked hard to present a variety of events, where stories will be told and memories shared. Bus tours, ghost walks and story telling events at the Lost Villages Museum will allow Celebration 50 participants to learn about the colourful stories and history of the Lost Villages.
On Canada Day, July 1st, festivities will be held at the Lost Villages Museum, Ault Park, where the official opening of the Stuart home, formerly from the “lost village” of Wales, will take place. The house, built circa 1810 by Dr. James Stuart, a surgeon in the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, was donated by the Stuart family and restored by volunteer members of the historical society. Stuart family members will be joined by historical society members and Canada Day celebrants at Ault Park, a the home is opened and will serve as a reminder of Celebration 50 activities in the Township of South Stormont.”
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