PIONEER DAYS
Scugog Shores Museum Village
Port Perry - August 15. 2010


A view of the Scugog Shores Museum log cabin.


Visitors enjoy strolling the museum grounds.


Gord Fraser, a member of the Port Perry Woodcarvers
shows some of his wood characters the carves by hand.
Chris Rankin shows his son Spencer, 4, how they
used to saw logs to get wood for fires.

Darwyne Hourier has been volunteering at the Scugog
Shores Museum since 1989 and is seen forging a poker.


Jane Gallagher demonstrates butter churning in the Lee House.


Jerry Vanderby, 86 has been carving for the past 20 years.


Dini Page, sitting at a large 'barn loom'.


David Murphy of Udora, shows his beautiful "Ordinary" or
"Highwheel" which was manufactured in 1885.

 


Marry Patterson, demonstrated the spinning wheel and
shows Saul and Julia a wool braclet.


Barbar Fierheller displayed rug hooking in the Lee House.

Matt, left, and Nicholas Barnes learn how to make rope.
Interim Currator Amy Barron at the printing press.



Summer helpers at the Scugog Shores Museum,
Vanessa Bull and Helen Marsh, check out the horses.


Bill Windsor brought his single cylinder 'stationery
gas engines' to the Pioneer Days.

David Murphy demonstrates riding his "Victor Ordinary"
with its 56" front wheel, at the Pioneer Days