Huronia Museum Request for volunteers: Huronia Museum needs a few good volunteers with or without their own cordless drills to help safely store its recently received shipment of organic elm bark from Cornwall, Ontario. The elm bark must be quickly mounted to plywood to prevent mold and curling from starting so it can finally be used in the rebuild of the longhouse that was lost to a tragic fire in May of 2007. If you or anyone you know has some time this week or next to help out the museum with mounting the bark to plywood, building drying racks or helping to move it from delivery trailer to the village, please call the museum’s Maintenance Manager, Calvin Watts, at the Huronia Museum at 705-526-2844. The museum really needs just a few good volunteers to make sure this shipment gets moved quickly and dries properly so moisture doesn’t ruin the materials before we even get to build the longhouse!
William Sword Frost scrapbook , photos of Orillia
see this site from the Orillia Public Library
Day Camp in full swing
Huronia Museum Summer Jam Day Camp
July & August 2009
Join us for a summer filled with fun! We look forward to providing both an educational and fun experience for your child. Each week we will go swimming, visit the Midland Library, and take part in fun games and crafts.
This summer camp is going to be more exciting then with ten themed weeks. We will start off with wild adventure as we investigate everything from deep-sea creatures to Archaeological discoveries. We will visit the past present and future in our time travel week. We will investigate Art, Nature, Mad Science and even Space. This includes various trips and special guests such as a trip to Wye Marsh and a visit from a local astronomy expert. We will spend a week with Superheroes as we visit the Midland Police Station and the Midland Fire Hall. Sports week will be filled with active and educational sports and games; during Iron Chef week we will be enjoying camper made creations. We then take an imaginary trip around the world, including Africa where we will go on Safari at the Elmvale Jungle Zoo.
We look forward to start of summer and the start of camp. Our Summer Jam Camp begins June 29 and runs straight through until September 4. We are continuing to improve our camp plans and daily activities throughout the rest of the spring. We welcome any questions or concerns.
Dustin and Nicole
Huronia Museum 