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Viking Community Festival

June

Previously known as Viking in the Streets, the Viking Community Festival involves two days full of fun activities. The festival celebrates the Viking’s rich Scandinavian history.

Join in to watch the parade march along the main street, participate in the chili cook-off, or try to brave the lutefisk eating competition.

With fun activities for children and adults, the Viking Community Festival is a great event to come and learn about the community while having a great time.

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/VikingAlberta/

 

 

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Viking Museum

Located in the town’s original hospital building, the Viking Museum holds a detailed record of the town’s history. Here you can find various agricultural tools, uniforms, equipment, and more items that would have been used in Viking’s past.

The museum also holds a collection of newspapers from throughout the years, so you can look through decades of the town’s history and learn about the major events that helped shape the town into what it is today.

Four buildings have also been restored and moved on site. These include a store/post office from 1903, a school from 1907, a farmhouse from 1914, and a church from 1938. By looking through these, you can see what Viking in the early 1900s would have looked like.

If you’re into history, the Viking Museum is a must-see on your trip through the town.

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Carena

Named after the old arena, which burnt down in 2005, the carena complex houses the town’s ice rink, library, walking track, and fitness center. Various town events are also held throughout the year, so check out the town calendar to see what’s happening during your visit.

While you’re there, grab something to eat at the carena kitchen, and look at all the information and memorabilia related to hockey’s most famous brothers, the Sutters.

So, no matter what you like, you’ll always find something at the carena.

Photo: Google Street View

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Troll Park

Themed after the Scandinavian heritage of the town, the troll park is a beautiful park to walk around, have a picnic, and learn a little bit about the Scandinavian history of Viking. Throughout the park, you can find various statues and images of trolls on top of other Scandinavian items, such as a Viking ship and Scandinavian plants.

Infographics are located throughout the park, detailing information about some of the park’s attractions and locations that were important to the Scandinavian settlers of the town. This makes the park great for any history buffs or anyone looking to catch a glimpse of early Scandinavian and Canadian history.

So, pack a lunch and your camera, and visit Troll Park.

Photo: http://viking.ca/p/viking-troll-park

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02

Beiseker Station Museum

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) arrived in Beiseker in 1910 and the station was completed in 1913. Beiseker’s CPR station is one of the few remaining in rural Alberta.

Photos: Google Maps, Stephen Velmeulen

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Old Court House Museum

The Old Court House Museum is a historical museum displaying artifacts of historical significance to the Guysborough region. The museum’s goal is to educate visitors on how people in the region lived in the past and focuses on the town’s large marine, agricultural, and lumbering history. Exhibits contain artifacts donated by residents of the local area and tools and handiwork of the Acadian and Black settlements.

Photo: https://www.guysboroughhistoricalsociety.ca/old-court-house-museum/

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Crownest Museum and Archives

The Crownest Museum showcases the life of people who used to live in Crowsnest Pass! There are many artifacts and archival materials that showcase Alberta’s history.

The coolest part is that the exterior looks like a high school from 1936!

Photos: https://www.facebook.com/CrowsnestMuseumAB/

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Home Town of Joe Kryczka

Born in 1935, Joseph Julius Kryczka was known in the hockey and legal world. He was the president of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association and then the Canadian Amateur Association. He had a huge role in uniting Alberta’s hockey leagues with the rest of Canada!

Photo: https://ashfm.ca/hall-of-fame-honoured-members/in-memory/kryczka-joseph, Fair use

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McKay Art Centre

The McKay Art Centre is a sight in itself. Since the building is a historical piece of architecture, both history and art lovers will enjoy a stroll into the McKay Art Gallery. Typically used for art exhibitions, art showcases hosted by local artists are a must-see when visiting Unionville.

Photo: https://live.staticflickr.com/5342/9203417202_e9b4698afd_b.jpg

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Canada’s Home of Radar

Don’t miss a large radar antenna in downtown. You can find it in a triangular park at the convergence of Victoria Street, King Street and Ontario Street.

The memorial incorporates an FPS-20 search radar antenna. Canada’s first radar school was located in the nearby former CFB Clinton.  It opened in August 1941.

Photo: Google Street View

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School on Wheels Museum

School on Wheels Museum is home to a passenger coach converted into a travelling school by Fred Sloman. Due to Fred Sloman’s suggestion for a school on wheels, several dozen children in remote regions could receive an education. Seeing its success, the Ontario Department of Education began the school on wheels by creating seven other school cars operated on major railway lines in the north.

Each one of the cars would stay in one area for six days, and the teachers provided education to the children and adults in the area. Eventually, the school on wheels program stopped, leaving the coaches unattended. Some were taken to museums while Sloman’s car was left in a rail yard.

Eventually, it was brought to Clinton and is now on display at the School on Wheels Museum.

Photos: https://www.facebook.com/schoolcar

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03

Residence Town of Alice Munro

Alice Ann Munro is a short story writer and Nobel Prize winner (2013).

She was born in 1931 in Wingham, Ontario and lives in Clinton. Her first book of short stories was published in 1968; since then, she has published fifteen more. Her work frequently appears in magazines, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and the Paris Review.

In 1976, she married Gerald Fremlin, a cartographer and geographer. The couple moved to and moved to his hometown of Clinton.

Read more about Alice Munro | People of Small Towns

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Home Town of Chief of the General Staff William Dillon Otter

General Sir William Dillon Otter became the first Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Militia.

He was born in 1843 in The Corners, Canada West (now Clinton, Ontario).

Memorial Cairn dedicated to Sir William Dillon Otter on Hwy 4 south of Clinton, the site of the general’s birthplace

In 1890, Otter founded the Royal Canadian Military Institute as a body for “the promotion and fostering of military art, science and literature in Canada.” In 1908 he became the first Canadian-born officer to command this country’s military.

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Home Town of Seth

Seth is the pen name of Gregory Gallant, one of the foremost cartoonists in North America best known for his series Palookaville and his mock-autobiographical graphic novel. It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken (1996).

Seth is known for his realistic, elegant graphic novels, where he invents the slightly askew histories of Canada. His work is highly nostalgic, especially for the early-to-mid-20th Century period and of Southern Ontario.

Seth was born Gregory Gallant in a working-class family in Clinton, Ontario. He attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto.

Read more about Seth | People of Small Towns

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Home Town of William Thornton Mustard

William Thornton Mustard developed two operations named for him:

  • the “Mustard operation” in orthopedics used to help hip use in people with polio
  • the “Mustard cardiovascular procedure” used to help correct heart problems in “blue babies” which has saved thousands of children worldwide

He was born in Clinton in 1914.

Read more about Dr. Mustard | People of Small Towns

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03

Église Saint-Jérôme

The first church in Métabetchouan, in the Lac-Saint-Jean region, was built in 1870. The current impressive Saint-Jérôme de Métabetchouan church was blessed in 1928, replacing the previous church.

The size of a cathedral, the red granite church with two bell towers are inspired by the Gothic pen, and its interior impresses in more ways than one. Indeed, it has three paintings (possibly by Charles Huot), a statue of Saint Jerome carved in wood, the altar of the Holy Reserve carved for the previous church, a collection of statues nestled harmoniously on the top of the walls, a colossal Czechoslovakian glass chandelier and the organ from Casavant Frères, installed in 1928.

Photo: Jeangagnon — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Hanna Pioneer Museum and Village

Unlike other typical museums, the Pioneer Village & Museum in Hanna comprises several small individual buildings. Each building contains several antiques and artifacts representing the town’s historical aspects.

The museum aims to preserve and protect the town’s rich cultural memories and history for the coming generations. Be sure to check out this museum to learn more about the historical aspect of this town.

Photos: https://hannamuseum.ca/

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Folidéco

Folidéco is a gift store that specializes in selling a variety of decorative and gourmet products. The store is housed in a magnificent century-old house from 1844 and has since gone through many renovations to fit the store’s vision.

Some of the products include a lunchbox/ insulated thermos, a variety of jams, baked goods, spices and sauces, as well as organic fruits and nuts!

There is a story behind the owner of this small business. Mimi says it is important for her to transmit her art through a touch of madness, joy and happiness in people’s lives. She has solid training and knowledge of floral arrangements, porcelain painting, cabinetmaking and more!

If you’re looking for homemade and authentic products to take home on your journey, stop by Folidéco.

Photo: https://www.folideco.com

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Old Carleton County Court House

The Old Carleton County Courthouse is a pristinely restored glimpse into the history of New Brunswick’s first town.

The Court House was built in 1833 in Upper Woodstock. The building served as a courthouse and the meeting place for the County Council, as well as a venue for concerts, fairs, and public events. After a new courthouse was built in Woodstock in 1911 the property was passed through two private owners, both of which used the courthouse as a barn and made many alterations to the structure of the building, degrading the historic value of the site.

However, in 1960 the Carleton County Historical Society was formed, and set out to purchase and restore the old courthouse. The restoration process took more than two decades but resulted in the courthouse receiving Provincial designation as an historic site.

The restored courthouse was ceremoniously opened by Princess Anne in 1986, and to date plays host to many events. It is open to the public by appointment from June to September.

Photo: Google Street View; https://www.facebook.com/CharlesConnellHouse

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