McFarlin House Heritage Christmas (2017)

For the last few years EpicDi  & I have spent a December day in Niagara-On-The-Lake Taking Photos and Shooting video footage.
We start with the 'NOTL Santa Claus Parade' then move over to Fort George for their 'Garrison Christmas' and finish up with The Heritage at McFarland House.

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Garrison Christmas (2017)

For the last few years EpicDi  & I have spent a December day in Niagara-On-The-Lake Taking Photos and Shooting video footage.
We start with the 'NOTL Santa Claus Parade' then move over to Fort George for their 'Garrison Christmas' and finish up with The Heritage at McFarland House.

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NOTL Santa Claus Parade (2017)

For the last few years EpicDi  & I have spent a December day in Niagara-On-The-Lake Taking Photos and Shooting video footage.
We start with the 'NOTL Santa Claus Parade' then move over to Fort George for their 'Garrison Christmas' and finish up with The Heritage at McFarland House.

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How I Halloween | #5 Local Events

Local Events 

October is a great time of year for outdoor special events. The sun is usually less punishing (especially since most these are at night) and the air is fresh and invigorating. Rain can be a pain but, if you prepare for the weather it can add to the spooky atmosphere .

I promised this post would be quick and to the point, so lets get to it.


1) Fort George Ghost Tours
IMHO the best ghost tour around. No costumes, creative writing, jump scares or cheese. Great stories told in the places they are set. This is the bench mark by which I judge all others.

2) Fort Erie All Hallow's Eve
 Nice historical tour with a burning of the Guy at the end. On the down side, every time I've been there (6ish) it's been a step for step, word for word repeat of the times before.  The repetition didn't bother me when the price was very low.  With the new higher ticket price, I 'll probably skip this one for 2018. To be fair, the new ticket price comes with a movie, if that's your thing. Personally I like to watch my Halloween movies (&TV) with a Pumpkin Ale so, this isn't really my venue.

3) Drummond Hill Cemetery Tours
Not scary but informative and a chance to wander around a cemetery on an autumn night without getting in trouble.

4) Bridgeburg Haunted History Tour
 Never Been but, looks interesting.


5) Ridgeway parade
They call it "A long-standing Ridgeway tradition!". As an outsider, have only just learn of it. Now you know as much as I do.

6) Heartland Forrest Pumpkin fest
Something for kids. I would expect this to be you run of the mill community event.  Little kids will like it. Bigger kids will go but, pretend there too cool to like it. High School Kids will go to get volunteer hours and parents will go because it's something to do with their kids.

7) Purple Pentacle Samhain
 One more I don't have nay direct experience with. I I had to guess I'd say could be really cool or kinda lame. Don't think you can tell unless you go but, what do I know.

Next Time...

Recipes. I'll have links and reviews of Halloween recipes and maybe instructions for the Best Carmel Corn Ever (at least my favourite).



To see more of my Fall, Thanksgiving and Halloween photos, browse my Flickr Albums.
I even have a plans for a post dedicated to nothing but Halloween Photos (not all mine).

PoTd - December 20

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Pic-of-The-day - "Watching".

Watching over the main street of NOTL, from his vantage point on city hall.
From a November walk in Niagara-On-The-Lake.

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PoTd - December 19

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Pic-of-The-day - "Come through the gate & knock at the door".

Nov. in NOTL

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PoTd - December 18

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Pic-of-The-day - "In the Shade of a Tree".

A November walk through the grounds of St Mark's Anglican Church in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.

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PoTd - December 17

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Pic-of-The-day - "Unique".

A large stylized urn in St. Marks churchyard.

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PoTd - December 15

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Pic-of-The-day - "November Walk".

More photos from St. Marks NOTL.

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PoTd - December 12

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Pic-of-The-day - "Textures".

From a November walk through the grounds of St Mark's Anglican Church in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.

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PoTd - December 9

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Pic-of-The-day - "Mushrooms".

The first in a series from a November walk through the grounds of St Mark's Anglican Church in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.

I got a fair number of shots that day, so they'll be spread out til the end of the year.

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Ghost Tours Start this Sunday

Right now there's a group of  dedicated volunteers dusting off their black capes & "oldy tyme'y " lanterns, but most importantly their practicing stories designed to give believers the creeps and make skeptics look over their shoulder 'just in case'.  It's ghost tour season again.

'Ghost tours of Niagara' begin their season of Fort Erie Ghost tours this Sunday May 3rd. Tours will run Sundays at 8:30 through May and June with more days and times during the summer. (Full Schedule Here)

The season wraps up (some might say culminates) with the Halloween Tours in October. If you want to be in 'the most haunted location in the most haunted town in Canada on the mist haunted night of the year' (as it is billed by some of the tour guides) get your tickets early. They go on sale July 2nd and can sell out before Labour Day.

I 'm hoping to make  it out a few times this summer (if that pesky job doesn't get in the way) to hear stories of 1812 soldiers, little girls from the era of the fienian raids & unseen forces that like to torment lone ghost ghost guides & skeptical Quebec exchange students (among others).

If some of us do make it out to the ghost tours this sumemr it might be fun to post something here about our night, and maybe some of the the retired tales from the early days of the ghost tours. 


BTW: there are two books filled with stories from the ghost tours. They are written by ghost tour founder, lover of history & science Kyle Upton. If you ever get the chance to pick one up  DO IT. There a good read and currently out of print.