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to enjoy and share in the Municipality of Meaford! Visit all 10 8. Fox Harley-Davidson Big Red Chairs! 1230003 Story Book Park Road @ Highway 6/10 1. Memorial Park 179 Grant Avenue Kids – and their parents – will love the big bikes and products on 4 Hit the beach! Memorial Park offers half a kilometre of beautiful display at this family-oriented retailer. Urban shoreline, woodland walking trails, playground areas, mini-golf, Meaford camping, concession and snacks, free parking, and much more. 9. Grey Roots Museum & Archives 102599 Grey Road 18 2. Station Hill History lives here! Experience exhibits, collections and a carefully recon- Parkette near 205 Sykes Street South on the west side structed pioneer village bringing 's last two centuries to life. 3

The first locomotive rolled into Meaford in 1872. Today, Station Hill St Vincent-Sydenham Townline 1 commemorates the location of Meaford’s first train station, which stood 10. Bognor Marsh 104277 Grey Road 18 2 nearby, and commands a scenic view of Meaford’s historic downtown. Hike from the biodiverse marsh to the brow of the Escarpment. Learn about nature at the education shelter and from interpretive signs 3. Beautiful Joe Park 162 Edwin Street West dotting the boardwalk. You'll also find a viewing Situated by the home and resting place of the dog made famous by tower and access to the . Marshall Saunders’s “Beautiful Joe”, this delightful, wooded, 8.5- acre park on the Bighead River celebrates canine friends, helpers and 4th Canadian Division heroes, with memorials to service dogs, K9 teams and family pets. Grey Road 1 Training Centre Tom Thomson Trail 6 4. Fred Raper’s Park 207 Bayfield Street Sideroad 30 Stroll the waterfront, let the kids play in the playground, paddle in 2nd Concession North Grey Road5 112 the water, and admire the wide vista of . The park marks Bayshore Road the beginning of the Tom Thomson Trail. Sydenham-Lakeshore Drive Tom Thomson Trail Leith7 5. Irish Mountain Lookout Sideroad 24 Grey Road 112/Side Road 25 Annan Irish Mountain – across the Bighead River Valley from Scotch Owen Highway 26 Mountain – offers one of the best views of the area. The sweep of Grey Road 15 Sound28th Avenue East Woodford with the rising behind it will Grey Road 12 8th Concession North 12th Line take your breath away. Muir Street Highway 26

6. Coffin Ridge Boutique Winery 11th Line Trout Hollow Trail

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599448 Concession 2 North Grey Road 11 This local winery has quickly made a name for itself with numerous 3rd Line Superior Street 10 Sideroad 7 Sideroad awards for its wines, which bear such macabre monikers as “Back From the Dead Red” and “Into the Light White”. Enjoy wine tastings, Inglis Falls Road Story Book Park Road delicious food and beautiful views you won’t find anywhere else. 8 Grey Road 29 1st Concession Grey Road 18 10 Grey Road 13 7. Leith Beach 359392 Grey Road 15 The remains of old wooden pilings by this quiet pebble beach testify Rockford Bognor 4th Concession South 8th Concession South 4 Sideroad to Leith's ambitions to become a port. Historic Leith Church and the Grey Road 18 Highway 6 & 10 e Trail Bruce Trail ruc B grave of painter Tom Thomson sit a short stroll away. Euphrasia-St Vincent Townline 9 Old Mail Road

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Sideroad 10B AWARD WINNING TOUR Where did those Visit our Canada 150 Themed Chair at these Big Red Chairs locations come from? Thornbury | May The Scandinave Spa | June When Meaford decided to set up a bunch of big red chairs for visitors to share and enjoy a little of what Blue Mountain Resort | July – August our area has to offer, we had a problem. You can't Scenic Caves Nature Adventures Big Red just pick up an 8-foot high Muskoka chair at any old August – September garden centre. Grandma Lambe’s II, Chatsworth | October A Meaford teacher and his students to the rescue. C h a i r To u r Georgian Bay Secondary School tech teacher, Drew Ferris, enlisted his 2015 class to take on the project. Upcoming Meaford Events! They scaled up some plans for ordinary-sized Canada Day celebrations Muskoka chairs, picked up the materials at our local Check out the building supply shop, and got down to work. in Leith, Meaford, Bognor...... June 30-July 2 best seats The chairs proved so popular in the first year, we Peak to Shore Music Festival...... July 5-9 needed more. With no shortage of great places to Urban Slide Meaford...... July 7-8 in ! visit in Meaford, we chose a few more spots to put Electric Eclectics...... August 4-6 them. And once again, the GBSS team pitched in, with the 2016 class building another three chairs. Bighead Shindig...... August 12 Scott Gooch, of Bayview Escarpment Fine Furniture Meaford International and Cabinetry, also contributed two more. Film Festival...... August 31–September 3 Share your experiences with Meaford's Meaford & St. Vincent Fall Fair...... September 2 scenery, history and outdoor activities Leith Sweetwater Music Festival... September 15-17 #meafordchairs Meaford Scarecrow Invasion & Family Festival...... September 29 Apple Harvest Craft Show...September 30-October 1 Share our Big Red Chairs and enjoy... Which pic shall • Great scenery we use here? • Fascinating history 519.538.1060 ext 1201 [email protected] • Fantastic family fun 12 Nelson St. Meaford Hall www.meaford.ca/tourism www.meaford.ca/meafordchairs