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Hometown Harvest Festival
October 11 @ 10:00 am – October 13 @ 5:00 pm
Celebrate the abundance of the fall season at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons! Experience the beauty of the harvest with take-home crafts, live music, and family-friendly activities. Take part in our new kids’ harvest contests for a chance to win great prizes! Meet our friendly heritage animals. Support talented artisans at our vendor market, featuring only hand-made items. And more!
Family-friendly fun
- Shop the artisan market: A variety of unique vendors featuring local and hand-made, one-of-a-kind products! From delicious pastries to hand-thrown pottery, there will be something for everyone.
- Meet our friendly animals: Get to know our heritage cows, pigs, and chickens during a tour of our barns offered by Agricultural Specialist Madelaine MacDonald.
- Taste Three Sisters soup: Try a yummy fall harvest soup in our cookhouse, made with corn, beans, and squash: the Three Sisters.
- Make candles: Use the traditional dip method to make wax candles to take home!
- Play games: See how fast you can throw a ball with a lacrosse stick with our speed net. Try corn darts, a First Nations twist on your favourite pub game. Or beat your loved ones at a friendly game of giant checkers or giant tic-tac-toe.
- Roast bannock: Roast our homemade bannock on a stick over a fire and dip it in syrup for a warm and gooey treat.
- Try delicious teas: Warm up by sipping delicious teas in the Indigenous area, including a tea made with fresh mint from our gardens.
- Complete a family scavenger hunt: Ready to scour our outdoor historic site for interesting objects? Have fun exploring the past!
- Watch historical demonstrations: See how First Nations and French residents of 17th-century Wendake would have lit fires from scratch. Then play some traditional First Nations games.
Tickets:
- $15 a person, taxes included – children 5 and under are free
- No registration required
- Free entry for Indigenous persons with a valid ID
- A support person accompanying a paying customer with disabilities gets in for free
- Free entry to members of the Canadian Armed Forces with a valid ID
- Season passes are valid for this event
