Fall Fishing Tournaments 2011-Win Big Prizes

Early Morning September on  Lake Simcoe

 

The Barrie Fall Fishing Festival--Win Prizes

September 23-October 3, 2011. A catch & release perch fishing tournament.  Enjoy fishing along with the beautiful fall weather and the spectacular fall colours of Kempenfelt Bay.  Put on by the Rotary Club of Barrie Huronia, the event is anticipated to be the largest of its kind on Lake Simcoe.  An estimated prize pool in excess of $50,000 is expected to attract more than 5000 anglers over the 10-day period. Grand Prizes and 100-tagged cash prize fish.  Each tagged fish is sponsored by a business – when you bring us the live-tagged fish - you win the corresponding prize for that tag, valued between $500 and $2500!  

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Barrie Kempenfest Long Civic Holiday Weekend Update 2011

July 29-August 1, 2011.  An Ontario Top 100 Festival

If you are traveling north of Toronto via Highway 400 on the Simcoe Day Civic Long Weekend make sure you stop in at Kempenfest just off Essa Rd. at Lakeshore Drive in Barrie.   See Kempenfest In the news.   Barrie's magnificent waterfront is on display with a jurried arts and craft show considered by many to be Canada's best arts & crafts show of the summer season.  Combine the show with a little antiquing...for families there is a midway, beaches for the kids, great food and music all weekend long.

Kempenfest Quick Links: 

Barrie Area Accommodation: Links to area hotels, resorts, inns. Barrie Attractions: Links to Barrie area attractions, museums, galleries, kids fun and more Barrie Beaches Waterfront: Some of Ontario's best beaches on Kempenfelt Bay Lake Simcoe.
Lake Simcoe: One of Ontario's largest lakes and favourite resort destinations north of Toronto.

Kempenfest is celebrating 40 years 
                                   

Long Weekend Celebrates John Graves Simcoe

History buffs are sure to celebrate the legacacy of John Graves Simcoe, as the greatest influencer on the building of  Ontario's road system among other achievements such as eliminating slavery.

His surname Simcoe stands out on Ontario maps as in Lake Simcoe and Simcoe County and the town of Simcoe.

Contrary to popular belief he was never made a "Lord", but had a hotel in Toronto named after him called the Lord Simcoe Hotel.  Up until this year a favourite watering hole in Barrie was called the Simcoe hotel.  A photo of  the sign from the Barrie Ontario hotel is shown below and was included in the Barrie Doors Open Event in 2009.  

Doors Open Barrie Features Harbour View Inn

One of Barrie Ontario's historic downtown buildings is being featured in Doors Open Ontario this fall on September 28. Built in 1885, this is a Gothic Revival building at the corner of Berczy and Dunlop Streets and offers a panoramic view of Lakes Simcoe's Kempenfelt Bay. See Harbour View Inn and book a room .

Additional Barrie area hotels and resorts . Book Barrie Hotels on-line.

Additional locations offering free admission include the Maclaren Art Centre, a building built as the Carnagie Library in 1917 has been transformed into a modern and contemporary art gallery while maintaining the classical structure of the original building. Free admission is also available at the Simcoe County Museum on highway 26 just outside of the downtown area.

More information on Doors Open Ontario.

Ontario Summer Travel to Lake Simcoe Tourist Destination

Lake Simcoe is one of the closest resort destinations north of Toronto. Lake Simcoe is considered to be the fourth largest lake in the province and one of the worlds largest fresh water lakes that freezes completely in the winter. Lake Simcoe has been designated by many as a perfect summer destination of Ontario. Barrie and Orillia are the two major cities on Lake Simcoe. The regions of York, and Durham all provide access to Lake Simcoe.