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Oh, Canada Day in Pontiac

Oh, Canada Day in Pontiac

Sheenboro residents Kennedy Bertrand (left) on her pony Tia and Courtney Jennings (right) on her horse Whiskey ride home after partaking in the Sheenboro Canada Day parade. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
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From Alleyn and Cawood to Sand Bay, and Swisha to Quyon, communities in all corners of the Pontiac celebrated this country’s birthday on July 1. THE EQUITY traveled far and wide to capture some of the celebrations. See anyone you know?

Bagpiper Dan Cameron leads Sheenboro’s Canada Day parade as it returns to town. Cameron has been partaking in the parade for years, according to Mayor Doris Ranger. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
From left, Kathleen Kelly, Gillian MacDougall, Florence Lafromboise, Rosie McCann, Eleanor Lafromboise and Bronwyn Sally take a ride through Quyon on the Shawville 4-H club’s float in the town’s Canada Day parade. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
This year’s Canada Day parade in Quyon ended with a fireworks display (above) as well as a drone show. Photo: Ralph Lang
Lucas MacKechnie (left) and Raleigh Corrigan (right) sit behind the wheel with bated breath, waiting for the starter to let them out of the blocks at Shawville’s annual soapbox derby on June 30. Attended by dozens of racers and hundreds of raucous fans, it was one of the county’s many July 1 traditions that continued this year. Photo: K.C. Jordan
Grayson Salt, decked out in a patriotic top hat, draws the winning 50/50 ticket at Alleyn and Cawood’s Canada Day festivities, while Mayor Carl Mayer holds the box. Photo: Alleyn and Cawood
Crowds gathered for Shawville’s Canada Day parade, here viewed from the Pontiac Farmers’ Market float. Photo: Glen Hartle
Emeric Belscher offers onlookers a royal wave from his float in the Quyon Canada Day parade, pulling his ecstatic sister Hannah while their mom Brittany Belscher follows. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
Campbell Sloan (on four-wheeler) pulls Ariella Albert (left) and Rylie-Rae Viser (right) in a wagon in the Quyon Ferry’s entry in the town’s parade. Cayden Proulx (front) and Teo Proulx (back) follow on bikes. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
Ariah Houle-MacDonald takes her turn high-fiving Pontiac’s own Echo the Clown after having watched her sister Amber (to her right) do the same. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
From left, Vera Sullivan, Teagan Moore and Evelyn Sullivan wave to the crowds from the Sullivan Homestead’s float in Sheenboro’s Canada Day parade. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
Brayden Palmer sticks out his tongue while at the wheel, laser-focused on the task at hand. Photo: K.C. Jordan
From left, Sheenboro Line Dancers Joyce Bryson, Gayle Severin, Annie Keon, Janet Petty, Sheenboro mayor Doris Ranger, and Ana Greising carry their group’s banner in Sheenboro’s Canada Day parade. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
From left, Peyton Leclerc, Kira Leclerc and Winter McGillis joined Canada Day festivities at the McConnel campground beach in Rapides des Joachims on the afternoon of June 29, where campsite manager Doris Larochelle had organized a full day of fun. Photo: Doris Larochelle
While vacationing in Sand Bay, Santa Claus (right) joined the community’s residents for their Canada Day celebrations on the afternoon of June 28, organized by Stacey Thomson and Jackie McBane. Here, Randy Carson (left) snags a photo with him. Photo: Stacey Thomson
Laurie McKnight (left) and Grant Gilliland (right) cruise to the Norway Bay beach on their red 1964 tandem bike, with a Canadian flag in tow, to celebrate Canada Day with their neighbours on June 29, ahead of the national holiday. This year’s party, organized by the Norway Bay Municipal Association, was branded with the “elbows up” rallying cry. Photo: Emma McGrath

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