October 15-16, 2011

Official Sites
**Please note sites will be added here once confirmed**

1. The Walker House 235 Harbour Street, Kincardine Year Built: 1850 Open: Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm guided tours The Walker House is a prime example of an early Georgian style building, and is the oldest surviving wooden hotel in Bruce and Grey Counties. Built in 1850 by Francis 'Paddy' Walker – the most chronicled of pioneer tavern keepers, known for his business savvy and colourful language – it is the oldest standing building in Kincardine. It has been completely restored following a major fire in 1995. (partial)

2. THE BAIRD BLOCK/myFM 756 Queen Street, Kincardine Year Built: Wood structure 1873, Baird Block 1883 Open Saturday and Sunday 10:00AM to 4:00PM MyFM purchased The Coast radio station on December 1, 2009. They have continued the active participation in the community and programming begun by their predecessor. They moved to the present historic structure in the spring of 2010. The offices and studio are up-to-date on the inside, but the building is venerable, built by one of the outstanding citizens of early Kincardine and instantly recognizable by the "heads" on the second storey. Do drop in and meet myFM and maybe hear yourself "on air".

3. BRITISH AMERICAN HOTEL/SeeView GALLERY 708 Queen Street, Kincardine Year Built: 1878, rebuilt in 1950s Open Saturday and Sunday 10:00AM to 4:00PM The first building on this site was the British American Hotel. In the 1950s the wood structure was replaced by one of cement block; the steel cladding was added in the 1980s. Since the hotel, there has been a series of businesses from blacksmithing, car dealerships, insurance offices, even a church. The SeeView Gallery features art in overlay stained glass, ceramics, paintings and works in others media. Do check out the art and the fabulous view from the studio! (partial)

4. Kincardine Centre for the Arts/Former Town Hall 707 Queen St., Kincardine Year Built: 1872 (Town Hall) Open Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm Self Guided This former Town Hall was converted into an Arts Centre in 2000, and has undergone extensive exterior renovations into 2011, is home to Kincardine Theatre Guild, Bluewater Summer Playhouse, the Kincardine Scottish Festival and Victoria Park Gallery.

5. LIME KILN & COTTAGES 96 Victoria Street, Inverhuron 519-368-5136 Open Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm Self Guided Tours A lime kiln built about 1870's to burn limestone for making lime mortar for brick building construction has been restored. After 50 years it closed in 1920. Ten years later a resort development used the kiln as its centrepiece - the rest is history. The resort, after several owners, and expansion and contractions over the years, is still in operation.

6.  TIVERTON CEMETERY King Street, Tiverton Laid out about 1850 Open Saturday 10:00AM to 4:00PM Sunday 1:00PM to 4:00PM This cemetery is still active, serving the people of the area. The list of names is a roster of early settlers of the Tiverton area, whose descendants are still living in the area. It is here that the grandparents of 2 Canadian Prime Ministers, John Diefenbaker, and Joe Clark rest. One large monument was erected with the funds acquired during the Klondike Gold Rush. Beautiful, restful and peaceful site surrounded by mature trees.

7. PORT BRUCE CEMETERY Concession 6, just east of Sideroad B/C Founded about 1860 Open Saturday 10:00AM to 4:00PM Sunday 1:00PM to 4:00PM Spectacular location on a hill surrounded by trees, the cemetery is all that is left of the Port Bruce community situated on the shore of Baie de Dore to the west. Port Bruce and another community on the Baie, Malta, burned to the ground on July 4, 1862, leaving one house standing! The communities were never rebuilt, but the cemetery survives! Many interesting grave markers of early settlers. It is still an active cemetery.

8. KINCARDINE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY Dead end at east end of Queen Street, Kincardine Laid out in original survey of 1847-48 Open Saturday 10:00AM to 4:00PM Sunday 1:00PM 10 4:00PM The Kincardine Municipal Cemetery was laid out by Allan Park Brough (Provincial Land Surveyor) in 1847 along with the layout for the "town plot" when this part of the "Queen's Bush" was surveyed before it was opened up to settlement. The first settlers arrived in 1848. Many of these settlers and their descendants are buried here. The Malcolm Mausoleum is the most grand. Sir Alexander Mackenzie, of Brascan, Dr Solomon Secord, John Scougall, and other notables are all interred here. A beautiful, restful location with mature trees.

9. Kincardine Lighthouse & Museum Harbour Street & Huron Terrace Junction (Adjacent to the Walker House) Open Saturday & Sunday 10am-4pm In 1880, the Kincardine Lighthouse was built and commenced its operation in 1881. This Lighthouse has been in continuous operation since. The eight-sided wooden tower and house stand 30 meters high, the 3 upper levels joined by steep staircases. Below, joined to the tower is a six room house which was used by the lighthouse keeper and his family, and today serves as the Kincardine Yacht Clubhouse and Marine Museum.

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