well-attended, with the main street teeming with red and white at noon for the parade. Mayor Doris Ranger estimated that the annual tradition has been taking place for at least 25 years.
CALEB NICKERSON
SHEENBORO July 1, 2018
The Sheenboro Canada Day festivities got off to an early start with a lumberjack breakfast in the parish hall following the 9 a.m. mass. By the time 11:30 rolled around, the street was lined with cars and dozens of people were milling around the park enjoying the activities.
The evening before, crowds had gathered at Fort William for a fireworks display.
Plenty of sun shelters had been set up to give attendees respite from the sun’s rays, but the piping hot fries and barbequed food was still getting dished out at a steady pace.
There were inflatable obstacle courses, a mini-ATV course, live music and a horseshoe tournament outside to keep people occupied, while in the the parish hall, there was a quilt auction and ice cream sandwiches for sale.
Jane White was attending all the way from Buffalo N.Y., explaining that her grandmother was a British home child who was raised in the area.
“It’s been wonderfully inviting here,” she said, adding that this was her second time in Sheenboro.
Mayor Doris Ranger officially opened up the day, thanking everyone for attending. She singled out one particular guest, Ponitac MNA André Fortin.
“With the size of the MRC Pontiac we’re grateful that our MNA [is able to attend],” she said.
The parade got underway at the stroke of noon, putting on a spectacle for the throngs of people lined up along chemin Sheen.
