

In Photos: Shawville Fairs Past (1977 – 2001)
Volunteers in the handicraft area at the 1977 Fair included Isabel Graham, Ruby Rusenstrom, judge Ruth Wideman, and Robena Ritchie. Mrs J. Arthur Kilgour, pictured
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Volunteers in the handicraft area at the 1977 Fair included Isabel Graham, Ruby Rusenstrom, judge Ruth Wideman, and Robena Ritchie. Mrs J. Arthur Kilgour, pictured


For Curtis Driscoll, the goal is more than simply putting on a sheep show at the Shawville Fair. The Calumet Island resident hopes to eventually


Though Bria Pieschke grew up in farm country, she didn’t grow up in a farming family. It wasn’t until her best friend’s family named a


On Sunday the Shawville arena was filled with the sounds of livestock as the Shawville 4-H Club held its annual achievement day. Club Leader Amanda


The children from the Municipality of Pontiac’s day camp showed off the results of their hard work with Wakefield artist Marc Walter on Wednesday (Aug.


The Pontiac Conference Centre was filled on Saturday for the second Salon du Livre, a celebration of French-language arts and culture. This is the second


The Groupe L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet held its eighth annual fishing derby on Saturday, and despite the periods of showers, there was a record turnout of youth and


Campers and staff at this year’s summer camp grilled up 400 hot dogs and hamburgers and made 50 salads for the event.


Three well-spoken young women delivered speeches Thursday evening about the virtues of their respective agricultural divisions, in hopes of being named this year’s Shawville Fair


The Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac took a short break from its activities in the garden to grill burgers and sell salads at the organization’s annual


Volunteers in the handicraft area at the 1977 Fair included Isabel Graham, Ruby Rusenstrom, judge Ruth Wideman, and Robena Ritchie. Mrs J. Arthur Kilgour, pictured with Ken Kilgour and Joyce McCagg, presented the J. Arthur Kilgour memorial trophy for best


For Curtis Driscoll, the goal is more than simply putting on a sheep show at the Shawville Fair. The Calumet Island resident hopes to eventually turn the annual competition into a qualifier for the Royal Agricultural Fair in Toronto, one


Though Bria Pieschke grew up in farm country, she didn’t grow up in a farming family. It wasn’t until her best friend’s family named a newborn calf after her that the Calumet Island native, then 10 years old, decided she


On Sunday the Shawville arena was filled with the sounds of livestock as the Shawville 4-H Club held its annual achievement day. Club Leader Amanda Tracy explained that the competition is a prerequisite for competing at the Shawville Fair, and


The children from the Municipality of Pontiac’s day camp showed off the results of their hard work with Wakefield artist Marc Walter on Wednesday (Aug. 12) at the Luskville Community Centre. The group created a sort of a circular structure


The Pontiac Conference Centre was filled on Saturday for the second Salon du Livre, a celebration of French-language arts and culture. This is the second year that the event has been put on by Sand Bay author Sandra Lemire Wolf,


The Groupe L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet held its eighth annual fishing derby on Saturday, and despite the periods of showers, there was a record turnout of youth and teen participants. Organizer Guylaine La Salle said that she didn’t know why there were so


Campers and staff at this year’s summer camp grilled up 400 hot dogs and hamburgers and made 50 salads for the event.


Three well-spoken young women delivered speeches Thursday evening about the virtues of their respective agricultural divisions, in hopes of being named this year’s Shawville Fair Ambassador. Molly Dowe, Khloe Drummond and Grace Kelly were the three candidates for this year’s


The Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac took a short break from its activities in the garden to grill burgers and sell salads at the organization’s annual summer barbecue on Wednesday. The salads were made with vegetables from the garden located across
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