The 3rd annual Jessup's Falls Festival showcases local businesses, artists and artisans. Discover the fascinating nature and history of the region while enjoying local fare and taking advantage of the permit-free fishing week!
Green Drinks Alexandria is open to anyone who wants to discuss environmental issues and solutions. Come to meet and mingle with others with similar interests. All are welcome! Let's grow the network of green or sustainability-minded people in our region. The event is not affiliated with any political party, although politicians are welcome. For the foreseeable […]
Riceville Wood & Forest Exhibition will be held on Sunday, September 8th, 2019. 4029 County Road 16, Riceville, ON 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Over 50 artisans, companies, artists and organizations, generally local, whose business involves a connection to wood or other forest-based assets. Displays & Demonstrations. Musical show – Children’s Program. Wood Auction at […]
Une fois encore, Boisés Est et le Cercle des conteurs et conteuses de l’Est de l’Ontario (CCEO) se proposent de vous conter l’arbre et la forêt à l’occasion de la journée nationale de l’arbre, et de la semaine nationale de l’arbre et des forêts. En début de soirée, nous créerons le cadre forestier en visitant […]
Saturday, October 19th, EscarpAction Jessup’s Falls will be hosting its 3rd annual Wine, Cheese and Beer! event. Funds raised will go to support our mission to protect the Jessup's Falls escarpment and its groundwater by promoting local, sustainable businesses. Come join us for a silent auction, a live cake auction with professional auctioneer Guy Bissonnette […]
Vankleek Hill and District Nature Society Monday, October 21, 2019 - 7PM 5814 Highway 34, Library at Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute Speaker: Heather Short, “Earth Scientist and Climate Educator” Join us to learn of the scientific basis of climate change; consequences; steps to avoid catastrophe. All welcome including students. $1 fee as refreshments vankleekhillnaturesociety.org
Vankleek Hill and District Nature Society Monday, November 18, 2019 - 7PM ANNUAL MEETING 5814 Highway 34, Library at Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute Guest Speaker: Robert Lessard, Recycling Now and in the Future. All welcome. vankleekhillnaturesociety.org
2ND RECYCLING COLLECTION EVENT ELECTRONICS & OLD CLOTHES Knox Presbyterian Church, in association with OES (Ontario Electronic Stewardship) Friday April 17, 2020 from 4PM - 8PM Saturday April 18, 2020 […]
BATS ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE Kayleigh Norquay, Field Manager -Willis Lab, University of Winnipeg [email protected]
1st Vankleek Hill Girl Guides Craft & Bake Sale All crafts and baked goods made by the girl guides! Every donation receives an entry to win a prize! We will also be selling gently used toys.
The community has responded enthusiastically to the inaugural edition of La Classique du Clocher, which will take place on July 28, 2026, at the Hawkesbury Golf and Curling Club. The tournament, with Honorary Chair Bob Hartley, former National Hockey League head coach and Stanley Cup champion, the event is now officially sold out, with 148 […]
The Speaker Series is returning to the Vankleek Hill Museum this summer. Six presentations are planned during July and August and are described as evenings of local history and storytelling. The first talk is on July 7. Frank Hurley will discuss former Vankleek Hill Postmaster Jack Hurley and his World War Two story that remains […]
Chrome, four-barrel carburetors, big-block V-8’s and maybe even some soft Corinthian leather will be returning to downtown Hawkesbury on Labour Day weekend. After a year on hiatus, the Hawkesbury Auto Expo is back on Sunday, September 6. The last time the big gathering on Main Street of classic cars and their drivers was held was […]