Raffle Winners 2020

 All the raffle tickets sold during the Heritage Farm Show so we went ahead and did the draw early.  Thank you to everyone who contributed the prizes.  

Prize 1 - Toy John Deere Tractor is Isaac  Rowe

Prize 2 - Gift Package is Rene Brooyman

Prize 3 - Painting is Jackie Beunan

Bonus draw for 2 passes to Life in the Talbot Settlement living history weekend on September 26 or 27, 2020 is Barb McGill

Congratulations to our winners and thank you for purchasing a ticket in support of the annual Heritage Farm Show.

Heritage Farm Show Thank You

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s Heritage Farm Show 2020 

Government of Canada

Ontario Parks

Municipality of Dutton Dunwich

Dutton Dunwich Firefighters

West Lorne Optimist Club

Agricultural Centre Funders George Kimble and Theresa Cutler McPhee 

Alisa Abbs

Cathy Attridge

Diana Arthur

The Back Pages Band

Toby Bawden & Darlene McLain

Heather Brady & Rob Robbins

Don & Betty Ann Bobier

John & Angela Bobier

Greg & Sue Bogart

Gerald & Marguerite Boyd

Yvonne Brooks

Carlaw Sanitation

Earl Chappell

Liz Clarke

Don Clayton

Brad Conway

Andrew Conway

Paul Daniel

DJW Mini Backhoe Service

John Drummelsmith

East Elgin Spinners and Weavers

Brian & Liz Elliott

Rob & Janice Ellis

Elgin Poultry Association

Mike Englehart

Dave Farr

Jason Farr

Ted Farr

Krista Ford

Ken Ford

Mel Franke

Marcus Frazer

Scott Galbraith

Jerry Galbraith

Lyle Garrett

Wayne Gaudon

Ted Gill

John & Beth Goldsworthy

Bill & Karen Goncalves

Ken Gowan

Bill Graham

Mike Hentz

Henk Heyda

Brad Hinds

Marg Hulls

Doug Jennings

Mark & Kim Jewell

Martin Joldersma

Gary Kalita

Andrew Knoop

Littlejohn Farms

Jamie Littlejohn

Peter Littlejohn

Trevor Lyons

Sharon Mannering

Maxill

Bruce & Lin McCann

Hugh & Joyce McFadden

Shelley McGee

Colin McGugan

Sheila McGugan

Ian McKillop

Alan McKillop

Betty McLandress

Beth McLellan

Cal McMillan

Matt Minnema

Dan Miotto

James Ouellette

Shawn Paton

Katlyn Reintsma

Edith Richardson

Bruce and Lin McCann

Mike Price

Paul’s Barbershop & Clock Repairs

Brad & Joanne Reive

Reider Electric

Ron & Barb Ross

Harold & Cindy Ross

John Sanders

Dennis Shoebottom

Pam Silva

Don Skipper

Robert Slee

Joe Smeekens

Gord Smith

Yvonne Taylor

Bill & Helen Tedford

Bas Veraart

Dave Vowel

Doug Walker

Catie Welch

Dave Welch

Nick Wells

Jim & Leta West

Dave Wheeler Automotive

Barb Wheeler

Jake Wilkins & Olivia Griggs

Ron Wilkins

Murray Wickerson

Bill & Kathy Wiersma

Ted Willsie

Emily Williamson

John & Mary Wilson

 and everyone who brought cars, tractors, equipment and helped in any way to make this a successful event. 

COVID Event Rules for the Heritage Farm Show

 

We hope you can attend our Heritage Farm Show on September 5 or 6, 2020.  

* Please bring your mask with you to wear inside buildings. 

* Buildings have a maximum 10 visitors inside.  

* 100 visitors maximum are allowed on site at any one time, so please consider only staying for 2-3 hours to allow others entry.  

* One free hand sanitizer will be given out at the gate to each family unit.  

www.backuspagehouse.ca/events/heritage-farm-show

Preregister for the Heritage Farm Show

Online registration at http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

Event Flyer below

New Summer Hours!!

We have been encouraged by the numbers of visitors pre-booking and dropping by for museum tours since reopening on June 27.  The Board of Directors and Staff have agreed to be open 5 afternoons a week for the rest of July and August. 

You can visit Backus-Page House Museum from Noon-4pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday for a tour.  Admission is $5/person.  Contactless payment using Debit or Credit Card is preferred and available for your convenience.  Pre-book your tours HERE or call 519-762-3072

Please stop into our washrooms to wash your hands before coming into the office to check in for your tour.  You will be asked for some information for contact tracing and visitor research purposes and then given instructions for using a tablet as an audio tour guide.  We hope next season we can safely go back to our personalized guided tours. 

Canada Day Tickets Available Now

Due to the restrictions of COVID-19 we have to limit the number of people we have on the grounds and in the museum for Canada Day. 

Tickets to reserve your decorated picnic table with activities for 1 hour $10 and tickets for 30 minute museum tours $5/person are now available at Eventbrite. 

Bring your own picnic.  We will be selling drinks, small bags of chips, old fashioned candy, and a selection of items from our gift shop using contactless payment.  There will also be a twonie fundraiser to assist the museum with general operations while we were closed to the public. 

519-762-3072  info@backuspagehouse.ca 

Volunteer Week April 19 - 25, 2020

Backus-Page House Museum would just be empty buildings without our volunteers.  Each person who has contributed since 1993 towards what we have now has a superpower.  The power to give of their time, talents and treasures.  The power to get a task completed, to come up with a new idea or overhaul an old one, to invite and make welcome new volunteers, and make working together a pleasure.  Together our volunteers make an 1850s house museum a home away from home.  I hope we can see each other in person soon.

 - Angela Bobier, Cultural Manager

Museum Closed and Events Cancelled Until April 5, 2020

Good evening everyone,

The health and safety of our visitors, volunteers, and staff is of the utmost importance to us.  This means Backus-Page House Museum’s breakfast and ground breakingon Sunday are cancelled and will be rescheduled later in the season.  All board and committee meetings, appointments, rentals, etc are cancelled.  Some work will be done via email or conference call but I will contact those involved over the next 24 hours.

Anything planned past April 5, 2020 we will revisit at that time.  Everyone stay healthy and we hope to see you all at the museum when it is safe to do so.

  

Angela Bobier, Cultural Manager

Backus-Page House Museum

Tyrconnell Heritage Society

519-762-3072

www.backuspagehouse.ca

Pancake Brunch with Aldred Maple Products March 15, 2020

Annual General Meeting of Tyrconnell Heritage Society

The public is welcome.  Only members in good standing may vote.

Elect the board of directors, hear 2019 reports and approve the 2020 operating budget.

You can renew your membership online or by mailing a cheque to 

Tyrconnell Heritage Society, Box 26, Wallacetown, ON, N0L 2M0

Winter Family Fun Day February 17, 2020

February 2020 News from Backus-Page House Museum

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Photo by Jan Witmer

Happy New Year