This is an archived event from Culture Days 2022.
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Dry Stone Wall Symposium
In-person
Architecture History & heritageDate and time
Location
McMullen Family Farm
15095 Front Road, Stella ON K0H2S0
Loyalist Township, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Dry Stone Canada will be restoring the McMullen Farm dry stone wall at its annual meeting Friday, September 23-Sunday, September 25. The public is invited to view the process and enjoy the outdoors. Free and open to the public. There will be a practice area with potatoes for the kids to build their own structures, music by local musicians and some island vendors. Bring a picnic, come for the day and visit Amherst Island!
Dry stone wall builders from Canada, the United States, and Ireland will resurrect a century-old stone wall on Amherst Island as part of this year's Dry Stone Canada International Symposium. Dry Stone Canada is excited to welcome its members and international colleagues once again to Amherst Island.
Dry Stone Canada continues to return to Amherst Island year after year for wall building projects, thanks to the island's many century old dry stone walls, built by Irish immigrants.
Loyalist Township recognized the McMullen wall as having cultural heritage significance and protected it with a by-law designation in 2014. The restoration project will be capped with a permanent plaque acknowledging the Dry Stone Canada event and its role in preserving this piece of local history.
Links
- Drystone Canada Symposium drystonecanada.com
Organizer
Dry Stone Canada
About Dry Stone Canada
Our Objectives
- promote and assist in the advancement of the art, craft and science of dry stone walling and dry stone features in Canada amongst amateurs and professionals;
- promote competence of individuals in the practice of dry stone walling and dry stone features in Canada;
- promote the advancement and conservation of dry stone walling and dry stone features through education, research, public relations and volunteerism;
- represent its members, as hereinafter defined, before other groups, organizations and entities;
- provide continuing education to its members in the art, craft, science and practice of dry stone walling and dry stone features;
- provide administrative and academic expertise to assist in the training and education of individuals in dry stone walling and dry stone features; and
- promote the professional welfare and interest of the association.