EVENTS 2008

 

 


Trails are open all year.  Use them at your own risk.  The Interpretive Centre building facilities are open during the summer months.  

In 2008 the Centre will be staffed and open on Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, June21 through October 12, and daily during July and August, same hours.
 

FOMB EVENTS 2008

July 30, Wednesday

Jack White, Evansville astronomy enthusiast, will lead Viewing the Night Sky at the Centre at 9:00 PM, unless there is heavy cloud cover.  Bring folding chairs, warm clothes, a flashlight, and field glasses or telescope if you wish (Jack will have one or more telescopes for demonstrations).

July 31, Thursday

Mary Hastings, Spring Bay summer resident and experienced guide, will lead an Interpretive Trail Hike, starting at the Centre at 10:30 AM.  Bring a sack lunch if you wish.

August 5, Tuesday

Henri Goulet, Agriculture Canada, will lead his ever popular Bug Hike beginning at 10:00 AM at the Centre.  Bring a sack lunch and bug collecting gear if you wish.

August 6, Wednesday

Mary Hastings and Tom Moore, Spring Bay and Silver Water summer residents, respectively, will lead an Interpretive Program for Jochen Heintz, Evansville and Germany, along with his several German and Canadian Rotarian guests.

August 7, Thursday

Mary Hastings, Spring Bay summer resident and experienced guide, will lead an Interpretive Trail Hike, starting at the Centre at 10:30 AM.  Bring a sack lunch if you wish.

August 9, Saturday

Manitoulin Writers' Retreat, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, hosted at the Centre. For more information, or registration, please contact Margo Little, 705-282-1714.

August 14, Thursday

Mary Hastings, Spring Bay summer resident and experienced guide, will lead an Interpretive Trail Hike, starting at the Centre at 10:30 AM.  Bring a sack lunch if you wish.

August 19, Tuesday

Jackie Litzgus, Laurentian U., will give an illustrated talk at 1:00 PM at the Centre about Ontario turtles, and will demonstrate tracking them with radio telemetry.

 August 20, Wednesday

Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting, Centre building, 10:00 AM.

August 21, Thursday

Mary Hastings, Spring Bay summer resident and experienced guide, will lead an Interpretive Trail Hike, starting at the Centre at 10:30 AM.  Bring a sack lunch if you wish.

August 27, Wednesday

Chris Bell, Sheguiandah bird authority, will lead a Migratory Bird Hike at Misery Bay and Macs Bay, beginning at 10:00 AM at the Centre.  This is a joint event with members of the Manitoulin Nature Club.  Bring a sack lunch and field glasses or spotting scope if you wish.

August 28, Thursday

Mary Hastings, Spring Bay summer resident and experienced guide, will lead an Interpretive Trail Hike, starting at the Centre at 10:30 AM.  Bring a sack lunch if you wish.

September 4, Thursday

Mary Hastings, Spring Bay summer resident and experienced guide, will lead an Interpretive Trail Hike, starting at the Centre at 10:30 AM.  Bring a sack lunch if you wish.

September 17, Wednesday

Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting, Centre building, 10:00 AM.

October 15, Wednesday

Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting, Centre building, 10:00 AM.

 November 19, Wednesday

Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting, Centre building, 10:00 AM.

Others, to be announced (see www.miserybay.org for updates).

 

for more information please
Contact Us


Friends of Misery Bay
P. O. Box 114
Gore Bay, Ontario
 POP 1HO

 info@miserybay.org