Attractions
Pembroke Welcome Centre
2 International Dr
Pembroke ON K8A
6W5
Phone: (613) 735-3951
June 1st -September 14th
Monday to Wednesday ~ 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday to Friday ~ 8:30
a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
September 15th - May 31st
Monday to Friday ~ 8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Pembroke Farmers' Market
Each day of the Farmers' Market
up to 30 full-time occasional vendors display a wide array of homegrown
and handmade products at its newly constructed facilities at the corner
of Lake Street and Victoria Street. The Market runs every Wednesday
and Saturday between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. between May and October.
Our produce is locally grown
and picked fresh for the market morning. Arts and craft vendors
excel with one-of-a-kind creations ... whimsical, functional and unique.
Some of the best bakers and
food vendors in the Valley showcase their tasty wares prepared with
care for your table.
To register as a vendor, provide
volunteer assistance or for more information, please contact Cate Ott
at cate@countrycuisine-organic.com
or Maureen Sheedy at (613) 646-7878
Discover the explorer in
you:
* By touring our famous outdoor
Heritage Murals
* By going back in time to our settler past in our Museums
* By traveling more than 500km of a magnificent land and river that
remains relatively unknown
* Relax and enjoy our lush green parks
* By visiting some other attractions the area has to offer
Champlain
Trail Museum
Hydro Electric Museum
Fiddle Week
The Cockburn Pointer Boat
CFB Petawawa is the home of 2
Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2 CMBG) and other lodger units.
Base Motto: ENDAZHE
KINAMANDOWA CHIMAGANISHAK (Algonquin language). English translation
is : “Training Ground of the Warriors”
Personnel -
CFB Petawawa is comprised of 4,400 military personnel. The civilian
labour force consists of 625 Department of National Defence employees
and 343 Non-public funds (NPF) civilian employees (base newspaper, sports
facility workers, etc). Military community (including families) is made
up of 14,000 persons.
A comprehensive on-line guide
to hiking, biking, skiiing, paddling and driving tours in the Ottawa
Valley. Know before you go! Printer friendly maps and
descriptions of all there is to see and do along the route your choose.
Explore all of Eastern Ontario.
Whitewater Rafting in the
Area
Enjoy world-class whitewater
rafting, kayaking, and camping on Canada's mighty Ottawa River. Several
outfitters provide 1 or 2 day and week long excursion packages.
Owl
Rafting Inc.
PO Box 29
Forresters Falls ON K0J 1V0
613-646-2263, 1-800-267-8506
River
Run Whitewater Resort
PO Box 179
Beachburg ON K0J 1C0
(613)646-2501, 1-800-267-8504
Wilderness
Tours
P.O. Box 89
Beachburg, Ontario K0J 1C0
(613)646-2291, 1-800-267-9166
Other Area Attractions
Pembroke is the largest service
centre close to Algonquin Park.
Chalk River ON K0J 1J0
(613)584-3311
One of the Ottawa Valley 's most innovative
employers is based in Chalk River. To learn more, visit their
website at: www.aecl.ca
48 metre Waterfall, walking
trails and logging artifact significant to the development of the Pontiac
and Fort Coulonge.
Golf Courses
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PO Box 509
Cobden ON K0J 1K0
(613)646-2313
Truly a four season resort. Skiing, sliding, skating in the winter.
Horseback riding and hiking in the autumn. Splash down one of five waterslides
in the summer, or hit the perfect shot at the adjacent Oaks of Cobden
Golf and Country Club.
PO Box 513
Barry's Bay ON K0J 1B0
(613)756-5886
Enjoy all the Ottawa Valley and Algonquin Regions have to offer, with
the best in equipment and support services.
Petawawa
National Forestry Institute
Hwy 17 W
Petawawa ON K0J 1J0
(613)589-2880
Bonnechere
Provincial Park
Hwy 62 at Bonnechere ON
K8A 6X4
(613)757-2103
Bonnechere
Caves
PO Box 449
Eganville ON K0J 1T0
(613)628-2283 or 1-800-469-2283
Under a hill of limestone said by geologists to have been the bottom
of a tropical sea 500 million years ago, the caves present a weird and
entrancing sight. Guided tours are available for all ages at varying
times from May through Thanksgiving.
Frontier
Trails Kid's Camp
Hwy 60 RR 6
Eganville ON K0J 1T0
(613)625-2416
Horsemanship camp, mountain biking camp, canoeing, kayaking, variety
camp. Residential and Day camps available all summer long for ages 6-13
and 12-16. Four season retreats available for school, church, kids ,
youth and adult groups. Interdenominational Christian Camp.
The Valley Festival
51 John St N
Arnprior ON K75 2N1
Email: info@valleyfestival.ca
Business (613) 623-2449 Fax (613) 623-7682
The valley FESTIVAL, a series of live classical concerts in various
churches throughout the Upper Ottawa Valley, was conceived in theearly
1990's. The valley FESTIVAL Concert Series, now in its Ninth Season,
continues to gain popularity by presenting the Festival Chorus, the
Festival Orchestra and professional soloists in the setting of the churches
of the Ottawa Valley.
Join the Stone Fence Theatre
for heritage musical theatre served up with locally-produced, traditional
Ottawa Valley supper July 14 - Oct. 3 in Eganville and Brudenell, Ontario.
Stone Fence Ottawa Valley
Heritage Theatre supper shows July 14th to Aug.1st. Reflections Of A
Century - The Musical. based on "The Book" - 100-years of
Eganville Leader clippings. Wed.- Sun. except Thurs. at the Eganville
Legion. Supper and show: $30/$28. Aug. 4th to 14th: "Up The Line!
MORE Valley Tales from the Summer Kitchen." Wed - Sat., at Our
Lady of the Angels Parish Hall, Brudenell. Supper and show: $30/$28.
Tickets/info: 613 757 1001 or
toll-free: 1 866 310 1004.
Box 2000
Golden lake ON K0J 1X0
(613)757-2004
EXPOSITION
D'ART
I'SLES-AUX-ALLUMETTES ET PLAGES
Exposition of Art on Allumette Island and Shores
PAINTINGS - Acrylic,
Oil, Watercolour, Prints
SCULPTURES - Metal, Quilt, Stone, Doll House, Wood
May 1st to Oct.
31st st or by Appointment All Year
Enjoy Island Hospitality
and Beautiful Scenery while driving to visit our artists
Our brochure includes
a map and location of the following numbered studios and promotion of
St. Alphonsus Ligouri, 1888, Designated Historical Building, Open Monday
to Saturday; 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Sundary from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon
Our brochures are
in many businesses in Pembroke, and at the Pembroke Welcome Centre,
2 International Drive. A contact to have a brochure mailed
would be Claudette Spence at (819) 689-5050, or spenced@nrtco.net
.
Make this exciting
tour of Home Studios a part of your “Must to Do” list. A wonderful
way to meet the artists. Feel free to phone studios for directions
or appointment.
Pembroke Haunted
History Walking Tour
Cold case files, ghosts, murder,
confession, disease epidemics, jail breaks, hangings and so much
more...
Come prepared to have your spine
tingled as you get up close and personal with Pembroke's dark past. Following
the lantern of your costumed guide through the city streets, you will
be introduced to gruesome characters of a bygone era, still eager to
share their lives. On each stop of the tour, your guide will mingle
highly entertaining personal tales with historical context as
you stand in the shadows of a former hospital, church, school,
synagogue, jail and heritage homes. A first floor tour of
a fabulous turn-of-the-century mansion is also included: the fully
restored Grey Gables Bed and Breakfast. Adventure, hilarity
and 6 months of detailed research await you.
Pembroke Haunted History tour
is held every second Friday evening from May to October starting at
7 pm across from Dairy Queen at 400 Pembroke St. East. You are
also invited to book a special tour anytime for 10 or more people. Partial
proceeds go to the Ottawa Valley Historical Society. Call 613-635-7281
or go to www.pembrokehauntedhistory.com.
See you there if you dare!
