EVENTS 2010

 

 


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

In 2010, the Visitors Centre will be staffed and open on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, May 22 through October 10,
and daily during July and August, same hours.

FOMB EVENTS 2010


Every Thursday, from July 8 through August 26, at 1:30 PM, experienced Guide Mary Hastings will lead Interpretive Trail Hikes. Mary has been an environmental volunteer for 10 years, and has been trained in Forest Ecology, Map and Compass, GPS, and Tree Stewardship. All regular Friends program events begin at 1:30 PM this year, at the Visitors Centre. Most are followed by hikes led by the presenter, emphasizing the topic of that day.

April 29, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.
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May 12, Wednesday, 1:00-2:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Anita Brunet-Lamarche, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Sudbury, with representatives of LAMBAC, NOHFC, and all Manitoulin Museums.

May 19, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.

May 22, Saturday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Misery Bay Provincial Nature Reserve Park Visitors Centre opens, at least on weekends, through October 10.
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June 16, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.

June 19, Saturday, 10:00 AM, Visitors Centre
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Friends of Misery Bay is for all members, or those who wish to become members. Board members will be elected. Following the meeting there will be a social time, so please bring a sack lunch. Light refreshments will be provided. The invited speaker is Honourable Donna H. Cansfield, Minister of Municipal Affairs and MPP, recently Minister of Natural Resources, who will talk to us briefly about Habitat and Species Protection on Manitoulin and in Ontario.
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July 6, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Jack Burch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Snails and Clams of Manitoulin. Talk followed by a mollusk hike.

July 8, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.

July 13, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Gerard Courtin, Laurentian Univ., Hell’s Kitchen: Manitoulin Island’s Alvars. Talk followed by an alvar hike.

July 15, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.

July 17, Saturday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Ian Anderson, former Conservation Officer, Hike to Identify Plants and Wildlife.

July 20, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
John Manitowabi and Theodore Flamand, Wikwemikong Lands Dept., Species At Risk On Manitoulin (Enii-zang-aab-wii-mgak Wii-aab-zii-aah-ing Maam-pii Minidoo Minissing). Talk followed by a hike identifying at-risk species.

July 21, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.

July 22, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.

July 24, Saturday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Betty Eley, Royal Ontario Museum (retired), Misery Bay 400 Million Years Ago, at the Centre. Bring fossils to identify. Fossil hunt for children follows (alternative program indoors at the Centre in case of rain).

July 27, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Joe Shorthouse, Laurentian Univ., Insects of Manitoulin’s Wild Roses. Talk followed by a hike seeking signs of hidden insects intimately associated with plants.

July 29, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.

July 31, Saturday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Ian Anderson, former Conservation Officer, Hike to Identify Plants and Wildlife.
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August 3, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Darrel Manitowabi, Univ. of Sudbury, From Underwater Spirit to Powwow: An Illustrative History of Wikwemikong.

August 5, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.

August 7, Saturday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Henri Goulet, Agriculture Canada, will tell all about bugs and lead his ever popular Bug Hike. Bring bug collecting gear and a hand lens, if you wish.

August 10, Tuesday, 9:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Jack White, Evansville astronomy enthusiast, A Look At The Night Sky. Program starts at 9:00 PM unless there is heavy cloud cover on this moonless night. Bring folding chairs, warm clothes, a flashlight, and field glasses or telescope if you wish (Jack will have one or more telescopes for demonstrations).

August 12, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.

August 17, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Jim Johnston, Elliot Lake, recent MNR District Volunteer of the Year, The Etiquette Of Living In Bear Country. Jim will tell about the Elliot Lake Bear Wise Program, bear biology, myths, behavior, and avoiding and dealing with encounters. He will demonstrate both best human behaviour and use of some deterrents (such as Bear Spray). Jim will be accompanied by Andy Penikett, Blind River, former Misery Bay Park Superintendent.

August 18, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.

August 19, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.

August 24, Tuesday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Andy Fyon and Derek Armstrong, Ontario Geological Survey, Life On (and In) The Rocks. Talk followed by a hike seeking geological evidence.

August 26, Thursday, 1:30 PM, Visitors Centre
Mary Hastings, FOMB volunteer and experienced guide, Interpretive Trail Hike.
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September 15, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.
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October 10, Sunday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Last day the Visitors Centre Building will be open during the 2010 season.
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October 20, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.
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November 10 ?, Wednesday, 7:00 PM, Visitors Centre
Friends of Misery Bay, Board of Directors meeting.
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Friends of Misery Bay
P. O. Box 114
Gore Bay, Ontario
 POP 1HO

 info@miserybay.org