We look forward to seeing you at the 2012 Heritage Mica Festival! Information about festival events will be posted here as details are confirmed. If you want to receive updates as they become available, please email us at eventsmurphys@ripnet.com and put UPDATES in the subject line. We will send monthly updates beginning in January 2012. You may unsubscribe at any time and we never sell or trade email lists.
Opportunities are available in 2012 for musicians, heritage trades, character actors and volunteers of all ages (including students needing community service hours). We will again be featuring the fabulous geology of the Silver Queen Mine at Murphys Point Provincial Park as well as the history of our early settlers. You can always contact us at eventsmurphys@ripnet.com with your questions or to be added to our contact list.
Recruitment of volunteers for the Heritage Mica Festival is now underway. Festival events are scheduled at various times throughout the summer and orientation and training will be provided as needed. Come and join us as we dress in heritage costume to welcome our guests! Help is needed in many ways: taking or selling tickets; leading guests on the Silver Queen Mine trail; helping to prepare or serve the miners’ lunch at the bunkhouse; setting up heritage displays; story-telling; venue set-up and tear-down; putting up directional signage and banners; distributing posters in neighbouring communities; cultural interpretive programs; helping with BBQ’s and pancake breakfasts to support the festival; and numerous other tasks.
If you would like to experience the festival first-hand, why not consider volunteering your time? Volunteers receive free admission to the park for the time(s) of their assigned shifts. Please complete and return a Volunteer Registration Form and review our Volunteer Policies and Procedures. You are encouraged to volunteer early so we can chat with you and find the task that best suits you. Depending on your assigned task, we will find you a heritage costume to wear, provide you with a festival t-shirt and have the relevant police checks completed.
The following dates and events are currently confirmed for the 2012 Heritage Mica Festival. Please contact us for further information.
Bear the Tinker at 2011 Mica Festival
Friday July 13 – Spirit Walks
The Silver Queen Mine operated in the early 1900′s and was a commercial source of mica used for lantern glass, insulation and axle grease. Meet character actors from the past during our Spirit Walks along the mine trail at 7 and 9 p.m. Includes a visit in the underground mine and the miners’ bunkhouse. Pre-registration required.
Location: Murphys Point Provincial Park, 2243 Elm Grove Road, Perth, ON, K7H 3C7
Fee: $2 per person (campers) or $20 per car (includes park entry fee for non-campers)
Contact: Email eventsmurphys@ripnet.com ; Phone: 613-267-5340;
Saturday July 21 - Lally Homestead Day and Local Market
Lally Homestead Heritage Day and Local Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.highlighting life in the early 1900′s. Costumed interpreters, historical displays at the Lally Homestead site, music and story-telling, children’s games, cultural hikes, showcase and market of traditional hand-made products, subsistence farming and homestead lunch (fee for lunch). Come and experience how the Lally family lived, worked and played.
Location: Murphys Point Provincial Park, 2243 Elm Grove Road, Perth, ON, K7H 3C7
Fee: Park Entry Fee of $7 to $16 or Valid Camping Pass or Season Pass
Contact: Email eventsmurphys@ripnet.com; Phone: 613-267-5340;
Lace making at 2011 Mica Festival
Saturday August 4 – Lally Homestead Day and Local Market
Lally Homestead Heritage Day and Local Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.highlighting life in the early 1900′s. Costumed interpreters, historical displays at the Lally Homestead site, music and story-telling, children’s games, cultural hikes, showcase and market of traditional hand-made products, subsistence farming and homestead lunch (fee for lunch). Come and experience how the Lally family lived, worked and played.
Location: Murphys Point Provincial Park, 2243 Elm Grove Road, Perth, ON, K7H 3C7
Fee: Park Entry Fee of $7 to $16 or Valid Camping Pass or Season Pass
Contact: Email eventsmurphys@ripnet.com; Phone: 613-267-5340;
Visit the Mica Mine
Saturday August 11 – Open House Mine Tour and Miners’ Lunch at the Bunkhouse
Trace the miners’ footsteps from 1903 along the Silver Queen Mine Trail from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Silver Queen was a commercial source of mica in the early part of the 1900′s and the mine has been restored for viewing. Don a hard hat and enter the underground mine. Meet costumed interpreters and character actors. Then visit the miners’ bunkhouse to enjoy a miners’ lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ($4.00 fee for lunch).
Location: Murphys Point Provincial Park, 2243 Elm Grove Road, Perth, ON, K7H 3C7
Fee: Park Entry Fee of $7 to $16 or Valid Camping Pass or Season Pass
Contact: Email eventsmurphys@ripnet.com; Phone: 613-267-5340;
Friday August 24 – Spirit Walks
The Silver Queen Mine operated in the early 1900′s and was a commercial source of mica used for lantern glass, insulation and axle grease. Meet character actors from the past during our Spirit Walks along the mine trail at 7 and 9 p.m. Includes a visit in the underground mine and the miners’ bunkhouse. Pre-registration required.
Location: Murphys Point Provincial Park, 2243 Elm Grove Road, Perth, ON, K7H 3C7
Fee: $2 per person (campers) or $20 per car (includes park entry fee for non-campers)
Contact: Email eventsmurphys@ripnet.com ; Phone: 613-267-5340;
Saturday September 1 – Open House Mine Tour and Miners’ Lunch at the Bunkhouse
Trace the miners’ footsteps from 1903 along the Silver Queen Mine Trail from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Silver Queen was a commercial source of mica in the early part of the 1900′s and the mine has been restored for viewing. Don a hard hat and enter the underground mine. Meet costumed interpreters and character actors. Then visit the miners’ bunkhouse to enjoy a miners’ lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ($4.00 fee for lunch).
Location: Murphys Point Provincial Park, 2243 Elm Grove Road, Perth, ON, K7H 3C7
Fee: Park Entry Fee of $7 to $16 or Valid Camping Pass or Season Pass
Contact: Email eventsmurphys@ripnet.com; Phone: 613-267-5340;
Thanks to everyone who made the 2011 Heritage Mica Festival a success…. actors, musicians, display trades, theatre professionals, Rideau Round Table, story tellers, interpreters, ticket sellers, cooks, media representatives, partners, sponsors, funders, park staff and volunteers….and especially all the visitors and guests who attended our many activities!
We invite you to click the link below to View our presentation (use the arrows in the black menu bar below the slides to navigate) -
Friends of Murphys Point Park Mica Festival 2011 – Summary
Click here to view a .pdf file of 2011′s Mica Festival
