The Thanksgiving dinner/theatre event of the Heritage Mica Festival is SOLD OUT. We appreciate all the interest in our festival and look forward to seeing you next year. If would like to receive advance notice of upcoming events, please contact us at eventsmurphys@ripnet.com and give us your name and e-mail address. We never share or trade e-mail contact lists and all correspondence is sent in confidence.
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Good news! It’s not too late to get in on the Thanksgiving dinner action at Murphys Point! There are still some tickets available for the world premiere of “Dave Lally Cooks a Turkey”- A Heritage Walk Mine Tour and Thanksgiving Dinner in the Miners’ Bunkhouse on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Costumed characters from our heritage will greet you along the way with stories of the early days of the people involved in mica mining. The evening starts from the old barn foundation at the Lally Homestead and proceeds along the trail to the Silver Queen Mine and the miners’ bunkhouse. The light from mica lanterns will light up the bunkhouse as you enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner typical of the early 1900s. Itinerant musicians provide entertainment and the actors will join you at dinner.
Enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at the bunkhouse! (Jane Irwin photo)
The cost of this event is $55 per person, which includes the mini outdoor theatre pieces, a tour of the mine, dinner and music as well as all taxes and park permit fees. For more information or to order advance tickets contact us at eventsmurphys@ripnet.com or call 613-267-5340.
We hope to see you there! Gobble gobble gobble!
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The Friends had a chance to congratulate our 2012 canoe raffle winner earlier in September when he visited to the park to claim his prize.
Don Lewis of Perth had the winning ticket and is shown above (centre row, third from left) shaking hands with President Cindy Deachman, accompanied by a friend at right and his children, Mason and Madison Miller, in the front row. Also shown are Friends volunteer Kirsten Coughler (centre row, far left), who sold the winning ticket at the fundraising garage sale event in May, as well as (back row, from left) Vice-President Judy Fletcher, Director Stephanie Gray and Secretary Linda McLaren.
Don won a 16-foot, fibreglass Trailhead Prospector Canoe with ash web seats, a flat ash yoke and vinyl gunnels from Ottawa Paddle Shack, along with two paddles and two PFDs (donated by Canadian Tire in Perth). The whole package is worth about $1,500 and proceeds support our programs.
Thanks to all who supported the raffle!
Friends of Murphys Point Park 