August 2016 Event Guide - North of Superior Tourism Association

2016
ATIKOKAN IN AUGUST IS THE BASS PLACE TO BE!!
LOWISA Race Week
1-6
Fish Marmion Lake and be among 200 anglers participating in the
2016 Bass Classic Fishing Tournament on August 12-13. Bass will
tantalize your angling senses as these fish are some of the feistiest highstrung fighters in the lake. Enjoy this fun event and the team prizes
which include “Hidden Weight Days.” Go Big and Go Bass!
KENORA
Kenora Bass International
4-6
Sioux Lookout Home,
Craft, and Trade Show
4-5
SIOUX LOOKOUT
Live from the Rock Folk
Festival
5-7
4-6
KENORA
5-7
Kite Festival
5
5
THUNDER BAY
RED ROCK
Constance Lake First
Nation Pow Wow
Agricultural Fair
Also, come a day early and plan to attend the Bass Classic Boat
Parade on August 11th between 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
KENORA
CONSTANCE LAKE
Eton Rugby Backcountry
Blast- Runs from 9am2pm, A 5 km team
obstacle course.
DRYDEN
Big Grassy First Nation
Pow Wow
5-7
MORSON
Paju Run
6
KENORA
6-7
Mudfling
6-7
7
ATIKOKAN
9
ATIKOKAN
Bass Classic Couple Golf
Tournament
10
The Bergstrom Golf
Tournament
Tops and Bottoms
Regatta - Rabbit Lake
6
RED ROCK
Senior Men’s Open Golf
Tournament
GERALDTON
Canadian Lakehead
Exibition (CLE)
10-14
THUNDER BAY
11-14
Angler and Young Angler
National ChampionshipRed Lake 12-13
ATIKOKAN
Astronomy Week in
Quetico with Royal
Astronomical Society of
Canada
ATIKOKAN - QUETICO CENTRE
Trout Forest Music
Festival
Atikokan Bass Classic
RED LAKE
ATIKOKAN
12-14
EAR FALLS
A CELEBRATION OF NATIVE CULTURE
Powwows are traditional gatherings of First nations in Northern Ontario
and beyond. Powwows are about the gathering, the people and exchanging stories and information. Dancing, the feast, the Grand Entry,
drumming and singing all in celebration of their own unique native culture.
People of all races and creeds are welcomed.
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Whitesand First NationJune 17 - 19
Fort William First NationJuly 1 - 3
Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Pic River)
July 9 - 10
Red Rock Indian BandJuly 15 - 17
Pays Plat First Nation (Cultural Week and Powwow)
July 22 - 24
Pic Mobert First NationJuly 29 - 30
Long Lake #58 First Nation
August 5 - 7
Michipicoten First NationAugust 6 - 7
Ginoogaming 77 First Nation
August 19 - 21
Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay)
August 20 - 21
Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay)
August 26 - 28
TREATY THREE TERRITORY
OnigamingJuly 1 - 3
NaotkamegwanningJuly 8 - 10
NigigoonsiminikaaningJuly 8 - 10
Seine RiverJuly 15 - 17
NaicatcheweninJuly 22 - 24
Wauzhushk Onigum ( Rat Portage)
July 22 - 24
Eagle LakeJuly 29 - 31
Ochiichagwe’babigo’iningJuly 29 - 31
SagkeengMBJuly 29 - 31
lskatewizaagegan #39August 5 - 7
Mishkosiminiziibiing (Big Grassy)
August 5 - 7
Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing
August 12 - 14
Obishlkokaang ( Lac Seul)
August 19 - 21
Grassy NarrowsAugust 19 - 21
Lac La CroixAugust 26 - 28
WabigoonSeptember 2 - 4
Pukaskwa National Park
Greenstones mining past
Greenstone has a long standing mining
history of small, high grade gold vein
deposits (14 past producing gold mines)
and is actively being explored by multiple
companies for additional gold wealth.
Highway 11 starting in Beardmore where
the former Lietch mine siteis located on the
way to Poplar Point. Leitch was the highest
grade gold mine in Canada during its
operation. Northern Empire and Sand River
mines also operated around Beardmore.
Pukaskwa National Park is a national park
located south of the town of Marathon, Ontario
in the Thunder Bay District of northern Ontario,
Canada. Established in 1978, Pukaskwa is known
for its vistas of Lake Superior and boreal forests.
The park covers an area of 1,878 square kilometres
(725 sq mi), and protects part of the longest
undeveloped shoreline anywhere on the Great
Lakes.
The Hattie Cove Campground is located at the
north end of the park and can be accessed via
Highway 627, the only road access into the park.
There are also a number of backcountry campsites
located along the 60km Coastal Hiking Trail
which follows the north shore of Lake Superior.
Geraldton’s Hard Rock and Bankfield mines
were some of the largest gold producers in
the region in the 40’s and 50’s.
The Coastal Hiking Trail has two suspension
bridges; one across the White River at
Chigaamiwinigum and one across the Willow River. The Coastal Hiking Trail is part of the long-distance Voyageur
Hiking Trail. Backcountry campsites are also located along the Coastal Paddling Route, the White River, and the
Pukaskwa River.
Remanants of old mine sites little the
area starting approximately 20km west of
Geraldton and ending at the head frame
pictures to the left which is located right on
highway 11 at the Geraldton turn off.
Black bears, moose, peregrine falcons, lynxes and wolves are found in the park. There is also a small population of
woodland caribou but their numbers declined from 30 caribou in the 1970s to about four in 2012 mainly due to
wolf predation. - Wikipedia
Today Greenstone gold is actively pursuing a potential open pit mine underneath the existing headframe
which will require moving of the highway and infrastucture.
Big Island First Nation
Pow Wow
12-14
Trout Forest Music
Festival
12-14
MORSON
Merchant Madness
13
Weird Al Yankovic
SIOUX NARROWS
18
Moose n’ Fiddle Festival
18-20
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THUNDER BAY AUDITORIUM
Rainy River Valley
Agricultural Society Fall
Fair
RAINY RIVER
Live from the Rock Folk Festival - August 5-7
A Walk on the Dark Side Night Cemetery Tour
19
KENORA
Lighthouse Street Festival
19
Country Fest
19
THUNDER BAY AUDITORIUM
Wawa Salmon Derby
19-22
Annual Ginoogaming Pow
Wow
19-21
GINOOGAMING 77 FIRST NATION
TERRACE BAY
19-20
WAWA
If you enjoy culture, traditional music and great hospitality come on down to the
14th Annual Folk Festival held in Red Rock, Ontario. Join a huge eclectic family of
music lovers heading to Red Rock on the weekend of August 5, 6, 7th to experience
the music, outdoor marketplace, traditional and cultural food, camping, interpretive
centre, splash pad, Dockside Café, full service marina and of course the stunning
waterfront view. http://www.livefromtherockfolkfestival.com/
113th North West
International Rowing
Association Regatta
KENORA
Winnie The Pooh’s
Hometown Festival
19-21
WHITE RIVER
Westfort Street Fair
20
Women’s Walleye
Tournament
Rotary Lobsterfest
20
20-21
KENORA
Aguasabon Men’s
Memorial Open Aguasabon Golf Course
TERRACE BAY
20
LAKE OF THE WOODS, MORSON
20-21
THUNDER BAY
THUNDER BAY
Agricultural Society Fall
Fair
25-27
DRYDEN
Dirty Girl Mud Run - Loch
Lomond Ski Area
Rib Fest
26-28
KENORA
Thunder at the Bay Car
Show at CLE grounds
Morson Bass International
20-21
THUNDER BAY
27
THUNDER BAY
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