Celebrate the abundance of the fall season at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons! Experience the beauty of the harvest with take-home crafts, live music, and family-friendly activities. Meet our friendly heritage animals. Support talented artisans at our vendor market, featuring only hand-made items. And more!
Featuring:
- Shop the artisan market
- Meet our friendly animals: Get to know our heritage cows, pigs and chickens! For a hands-on farm experience, join a heritage farm tour for an added $5 per person.
- Listen to live music:
- Take in toe-tapping tunes on the historic site! Russ Clayton has been performing and recording children’s music for the past 27 years. The show is highly interactive, as children are invited to sing and play along with instruments from Russ’s bottomless bucket of shakers.
- Listen to an acoustic singer-songwriter on the Restaurant Sainte-Marie patio afternoons and evenings
- Taste Three Sisters soup: Try a yummy fall harvest soup in our cookhouse, made with corn, beans and squash.
- Make candles: Use the traditional dip method to make candles wax candles to take home!
- Play games: See how fast you can throw a ball with a lacrosse stick with our speed net. Try corn darts, a First Nations twist on your favourite pub game. Or beat your loved ones at a friendly game of giant checkers or giant tic tac toe.
- Roast bannock: Roast our homemade bannock on a stick over a fire and dip it in syrup for a warm and gooey treat.
- Try delicious teas: Warm up by sipping delicious teas in the cookhouse, including a tea made with fresh mint from our gardens.
- Complete a family scavenger hunt: Ready to scour our outdoor historic site for interesting objects? Have fun exploring the past!
- Watch historical demonstrations: See how First Nations and French residents of 17th-century Wendake would have lit fires from scratch. Then play some traditional First Nations games.
