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Beaver River Museum
The Beaver River Museum is a volunteer-managed local history museum in Beaverton, operated by the Beaverton Thorah Eldon Historical Society, which was established in 1976 to preserve the heritage of Beaverton and the former townships of Thorah and Eldon. The museum complex sits beside the Beaver River at the edge of Mill Gate Park on Simcoe Street and comprises four historic buildings housing more than 10,000 artefacts and archives, including an 1850s log cabin, a turn-of-the-century brick house and a mid-19th-century stone jail furnished with local artefacts. The society offers programmes for all ages, hosts special events, and maintains a local history archive with a meeting and display area, curator's office and collection storage; roughly 1,000 visitors tour the buildings each season. It is one of three museums in Brock Township. Published museum building hours: 18 May to 30 June and September, weekends only, 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm; July and August, Thursday to Monday, 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm.
Beaverton Town Hall Players
The Beaverton Town Hall Players are a registered volunteer charitable theatre company that has staged plays and musicals in Beaverton for more than thirty years. Performances take place in the auditorium of the historic Beaverton Town Hall at 397 Simcoe Street, with a seasonal programme that mixes original productions, musicals and community arts events such as the Art Gala. Tickets are priced at $25 per production, with season pass cards available for three or six productions; tickets can be bought online through Zeffy or in person at Jack's Place 4 Kids, 342 Simcoe Street, Beaverton, and can also be placed on hold by emailing the box office. The company welcomes new members and volunteers in every area, including acting, set design and construction, producing and directing, and runs youth programmes supported by donations. The venue offers a wheelchair access ramp, a wheelchair lift to the auditorium, an accessible ground-floor washroom and hearing assist devices for patrons. Box office enquiries: 705-928-6906.
Blacksmith and Carriage Shop
The Blacksmith and Carriage Shop is a circa-1890 heritage blacksmith shop in Cannington, operated as a working museum by the Cannington & Area Historical Society. The shop holds a forge, a horse-drawn buggy, a cutter, a cart and smithing tools, and guided tours take visitors through a day as a blacksmith and wheelwright. The building also serves as the society's office and resource centre. The shop opens to the public for special events such as the annual Culture Days open house, and tours can be arranged by contacting the society through its official website. Contact the society for current office hours and to book a tour.
Buzzing Bees Adventure Farm
Buzzing Bees Adventure Farm is a family fun farm near Sunderland, run by Rick and Stephanie Smith. Each autumn it opens with a ten-acre corn maze offering a pirate treasure puzzle hunt with escape-room-style clues, plus a pedal-kart track, pumpkin bowling, an elastic-band shooting range, toddler pedal tractors and a pumpkin patch with eight varieties. In spring the farm runs a haskap berry u-pick orchard, and it also offers guided greenhouse tours and sells small-batch maple syrup, farm-fresh eggs, honey and kettle corn. Admission is $10, with children aged 2 and under admitted with an adult; no pets allowed. Fall hours: Friday noon to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Cannington Centennial Museum
The Cannington Centennial Museum is a community museum in the north-east corner of MacLeod Park, operated by the Cannington & Area Historical Society. The society was established in 1976 and marked 50 years in the community in 2026; the museum itself opened in 1978 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Village of Cannington. The museum is open from Victoria Day to Labour Day, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and by appointment; group tours of the museum can be booked through the society. The grounds also hold Derryville Hall, a 19th-century Orange lodge building that was relocated to the museum complex in 1986 and now hosts society meetings, special events and displays covering the local military, retail, cultural and medical history of the area. The society runs a public programme of monthly meetings, open houses, a Canada Day celebration and an annual Culture Days event at its sites. Contact for tours and office hours is through the society's official website.
Cannington Haunted Attraction
Cannington Haunted Attraction is a seasonal Halloween attraction held in MacLeod Park, Cannington, billing itself as Durham Region's greatest haunted attraction. In 2026 it is open October 16, 17, 23 and 24, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The attraction features two outdoor wooded trails and an indoor barn maze, transformed into horror-themed environments with live scare actors. Side attractions include a 5-minute escape game, axe throwing, food and craft vendors and a decorated museum. Admission is $20 per person, which includes all scare attractions; tickets are sold online only beginning September 1st. The escape game and axe throwing are each $5, and food and refreshments are available for purchase on site; the event is cash only. Parking is free. The attraction is recommended for ages 8 and up. Contact: 705.341.6529 or through the official website.
Francis Muscat
Francis Muscat is a sculptor working from his studio in Sunderland, Ontario. Trained in kiln-fired glass at the Ontario College of Art, he builds three-dimensional works that combine glass with metal, wood and stone, in figurative, architectural and whimsical forms. His flame-cut glass 'Gellie' series explores glass, light and colour. Studio visits are by appointment; contact Francis through the website to arrange a tour, discuss a commission or purchase a piece.
Gamebridge Go-Karts
Gamebridge Go-Karts is an outdoor go-karting facility in the Gamebridge area of Brock Township offering public karting, arrive-and-drive racing, group and corporate events, and sanctioned championship kart racing. Public karting is priced at $35 for 20 minutes; drivers must be 54 inches tall or may ride with an adult in a double kart at no extra charge, and group rates are available. The venue hosts birthday parties, company parties and private events, and is home to the BMP Racing School with youth (7+) and adult programmes from introductory to advanced levels, plus a summer day camp. It also runs the Canadian Karting League arrive-and-drive evenings and Toronto Kart Club championship racing, with track memberships, kart garage and trailer parking available for kart owners. Spectator motorsport events include Drift Jam, autoslalom, Formula SAE and minibike events. Public karting is limited or unavailable during scheduled events, so visitors should check the venue's event calendar before travelling.
Rolling Hills Studio
Rolling Hills Studio is a creative art studio in the Sunderland countryside, founded in 2011 by artist Anja Kooistra. Its renovated rustic barn hosts half-day and full-day sculpture workshops where visitors create pieces such as fairies, mushrooms, herons and roosters. The studio also takes group bookings for parties, wedding and baby showers, and team-building events, and accepts commission requests. The studio is open to the public by appointment and welcomes personal visits.
Sunderland and District Historical Society
The Sunderland & District Historical Society is a volunteer-run charity (charitable registration 891599391RR0001) that operates the Sunderland Museum. It collects, classifies, preserves and presents artefacts and records documenting the history of Sunderland and Brock Township, supports genealogy research with family, cemetery and school histories, and runs a virtual museum with a historic walking tour, presentations and a digital photo archive. The museum opens to the public during the Sunderland Agricultural Fall Fair and the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival, and visits can otherwise be arranged by appointment by calling 705-357-2533. Society meetings are held at the museum at 7:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of March, April, May, June, September, October, November and December, with the annual meeting on the third Saturday of January. Memberships: single $20/year, couple $30/year, corporate $50/year, lifetime $200.
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