9:00 AM - Community Roots: Ennismore & Young's Point - Bus Tour Location: Pickup and drop off at Holiday Inn, 150 George Street N., Peterborough. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of start time. Time: 9:00AM - 4:30PM Details: Explore the communities of Ennismore & Young’s Point, established by Peter Robinson Irish Emigrants and steeped […]
7:00 PM - Trans-Atlantic Colonization & Consequence: Impacts of the 1825 Peter Robinson Immigration - a Panel Discussion Location: Bagnani Hall • Traill College • 311 Dublin St., Peterborough Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Details: Presented by Nine Ships 1825 Inc. and Traill College of Trent University, this discussion will examine the context and […]
9:00 AM - Community Roots: Downeyville - Bus Tour Location: Pickup and drop off at Holiday Inn, 150 George Street N., Peterborough. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of start time. Time: 9:00AM - 1:00PM Details: Explore the community of Downeyville, established by Peter Robinson Irish Emigrants and steeped to this day in regional heritage […]
2:30 PM - The Final Traverse: Tracing the 1825 arrival on the Otonabee River - Historic Boat Tour SOLD OUT Location: Liftlock Cruises dock, 92 George St. N., Peterborough (next to Holiday Inn). Time: 2:30PM - 5:00PM (check-in at 2:30PM, boat departs at 3:00) Details: The Peterborough Canadian Irish Club presents this historic boat tour, […]
Peterborough Musicfest: Mudmen with Special Guest Irish Millie - Live Outdoor Concert Location: Del Crary Park • 100 George St. N., Peterborough Time: 8:00PM Details: Get ready for a powerful night of Celtic rock and fiddling finesse as Mudmen take the stage, with opening act by special guest and rising fiddler, Irish Millie. The featured band's founding bagpipe-playing siblings Robby […]
8:30 AM - Community Roots: Keene, Westwood, Norwood & Douro - Bus Tour Location: Pickup and drop off at Holiday Inn, 150 George Street N., Peterborough. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of start time. Time: 8:30AM - 3:00PM Details: Explore the communities of Otonabee-South Monaghan, Asphodel-Norwood and Douro, established by Peter Robinson Irish Emigrants […]
4:30PM - 4th Line Theatre: 'Wild Irish Geese' - Outdoor Theatre with Transportation Location: Pickup and drop off at Holiday Inn, 150 George Street N., Peterborough. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of start time. Time: 4:30PM - 9:00PM Details: Experience a captivating evening of theatre with the World Premier of Wild Irish Geese, written […]
8:00 AM - Kingston Encampment & Thousand Islands - Tour by Bus and Boat Location: Pickup and drop off at Holiday Inn, 150 George Street N., Peterborough. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of start time. Time: 8:00AM - 7:45PM Details: Trod on yet another compelling place along the Peter Robinson emigrants’ journey in 1825, […]
10:00 AM - Peter Robinson’s Peterborough - Walking Tour Location: Starting Point - Confederation Square (centre sidewalk), 499 George St. N., Peterborough. Ending Point - Princess Gardens, 100 Charlotte St., Peterborough. Time: 10AM to 12PM Details: Locally based historians Elwood Jones and Don Willcock will lead a leisurely walk from Confederation Park along Water Street […]
9:30 AM - Kinoomaage Waapkong and Petroglyphs Provincial Park - Bus Tour Location: Pickup & drop off at Holiday Inn, 150 George Street N., Peterborough. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of start time. Time: 9:30AM - 2:30PMÂ Details: Known traditionally as Kinoomaage Waapkong, the Teaching Rocks is home to the largest concentration of pre-contact […]
8:00 PM - Peterborough Musicfest: The Celtic Tenors - Live Outdoor Concert Location: Del Crary Park • 100 George St. N., Peterborough Time: 8:00PM Details: Join us for an unforgettable evening with The Celtic Tenors—a world-renowned trio whose music and message beautifully honour the Irish spirit, past and present. Peterborough Musicfest is Canada’s longest-running free-admission music festival, […]
1:00 PM - Beyond the Ship’s Lists: Beyond the Ship’s Lists: St. Peter's Cemetery - Walking Tour Location: St. Peter’s Cemetery, 870 High St., Peterborough (corner of Lansdowne & Monaghan). Please be at the Cemetery Office at the start time Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM Details: In 1859, thirty-four years after the emigration, St. Peter’s Cemetery […]
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