Chris' Corner: Beeton's 125th Anniversary

Beeton's 125th Anniversary

The village of Beeton, originally named Clarksville, will be celebrating it's 125th Anniversary next weekend, Saturday August 20th, 2011 and Sunday August 21st.


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A full weekend of family friendly activities (most of them centered around the Beeton Fairgrounds include:

Saturday August 20th:

  • Motorcycle Show and Shine
  • Bike Parade
  • Petting Zoo
  • Fireworks ... and MORE

Sunday August 21st:

  • Meet Your Neighbour Annual Picnic
  • Church Service
  • Live Celtic Music
  • Miss Beeton Contest
  • Pie-eating Contest ... and MORE

Chris Smith CSSBB
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Comment balloon 4 comments • Chris Smith • August 13 2011 07:54AM

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Chris,

It's nice to see that some small communities celebrate these things.

Brian

Posted by Brian Madigan, LL.B., Broker (RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage (Toronto)) over 9 years ago

Chris, I'd be interested to know the reason for renaming the town.

Posted by Malcolm Johnston, Trenton Real Estate (Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate LTD., Trenton, Ontario) over 9 years ago

Brian, these events are a lot of fun and is part of the reason I love living in a small town (OK, just outside of a small town)

Posted by Chris Smith, South Simcoe, Caledon, King, Orangeville Real Esta (Re/Max Chay Realty Inc., Brokerage) over 9 years ago

Malcolm, The name was changed after the first commercial Bee Colonies in Ontario were started in the 1870's.  It was originally our Beeton bees, split and moved to Georgian Bay (in an attempt to protect them from the elements) that caused another small community to be renamed "Honey Harbour"

Posted by Chris Smith, South Simcoe, Caledon, King, Orangeville Real Esta (Re/Max Chay Realty Inc., Brokerage) over 9 years ago

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