Pumpkinfest

If there is a sure sign that the Fall Season has arrived in our area it is Pumpkinfest and all that it in tales... It happens each year on the first weekend in October in Port Elgin, they have some of the largest weigh ins in the world.

This year the dates are October 6 & 7th, there will be all kinds of great family events happening throughout the weekend in Pumpkinfest village, from Harvest Star Search and Family Entertainment Stage to the Cinderella Carriage Antique and Classic Car Show, large Craft Show, to the Elephant Rides and a HUGE tug of war. And this year we have added something new, our About Town Tours, which takes place on Saturday.

You never know what the weather will be, so layer up your friends and family and join in the fun all weekend long at Pumpkinfest!

If you take in the awesome car show make sure to drop by and say HI, we will be there on the corner of Green St and Hwy 21 with our Walkerton FJ Cruiser giving away Bruce County Swag and Tourist Info.

Happy Thanksgiving from us!

Foodlink Grey Bruce

We have developed a fabulous tool for you to find out everything you need to know about local food. Check out all we have to offer, our newest micro site will be very helpful if you want to learn and know about all that is local. The region is well known for beef, beer and apples, but we are about a whole lot more. You will be able to find a wide range of meats including bison and elk, mushrooms & garlic, and sweets like fudge and honey.

Check out our new site Foodlink Grey Bruce.

Here are is a link to a few blogs written about all the Regional Food Adventures , or Bison & Buttertarts

Summer Wrap Up

Well it has been a great summer on the Bruce! The weather has been fabulous for spending time out and about checking out all the Bruce has to offer. I hope you and your family and friends got a chance to spent time exploring this wonderful place!?!

Even though Labour Day weekend has come and gone and the kids are back in school, there is still lots of time to take in the Bruce, this is a wonderful time of year to get out and see what we have to offer. From lighthouses, hiking the Bruce Tail, cycling at our mountain bike parks, experiencing Georgian Bay, shipwrecks, shoreline, and the Niagara Escarpment all on a glass bottom boat. You can visit the Bruce County Musuem & Cultural Centre, don't forget to watch the movie, it is awesome! The Parks Canada Visitor Centre is a great place to be this time of year, located in the Bruce Peninsula National Park you can check out all the animals that live in the park and throughout the Bruce, and they have all kinds of cool exhibits, take in their movie, climb the stairs at the lookout tower to check out the spectacular views and colour, this would be a must for fall adventure on my list!

You can take in fall festivals, our road side markets are overflowing with local harvest, and our backroads will be an abundance of mother nature's splended pallette of reds, oranges, golds, greens, and more. This is also a great time to paddle our rivers, the Saugeen, Sauble, Rankin, or some of our inland lakes, the colour will be amazing and it is a great way to spend quiet time on the Bruce.

Hope to see you on the Bruce this Autumn!

Bruce County Plowing Match

Fall is in the air and what better way to kick it off then a plowing match! Bruce Counties match will be taking place on Friday August 31st!

Here are directions to the site, on the farm of Murray and Ken Thompson. Located on the south-west corner of Pine River at the intersection of Bruce Rd 6 (lines up with the village of Ripley) and Hwy 21...just south of Kincardine.

Schedule of events:
10:00am Horse, Antique, Reversible (New!) and Tractor Plowing Classes begin
11:00am Media Challenge Plowing and Ambassador Plowing Classes
12:00pm Beef BBQ featuring Bruce County Beef and Milk Products compliments of Gay Lea Foods.
Also at this time, Greetings from special guests and the Queen of the Furrow Speeches.
1:30pm Queen of the Furrow Plowing
3:00pm Crowning of 2007-2008 Bruce County Queen of the Furrow
All day long there will farm equipment and supply displays.

Come on out for all the fun!

Mark your calendar now because the 2008 International Plowing Match will be coming home to the Country, Bruce County Country that is! The event will take place on Wayne & Wendy Kague's Farm on Highway 4 at the northern edge of Teeswater.