When: Friday May 1st, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Meeting Point: Queen’s Square, Cambridge
Walk Leader: Michael Krupp
This walk will look at locations in downtown Galt and surrounding area where Hollywood and Streaming Production have been filmed. A description and discussion of how Cambridge was used as a backdrop will be included.
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The Dickson Family
When: Sunday May 3rd, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Meeting Point: Queen’s Square, Cambridge
Walk Leader: Michael Krupp
As we walk around the many old buildings of downtown Galt, you will hear tales of William Dickson and his family. Stories such as the duel William had with William Weekes and the interesting war stories of William and his two brothers Robert and Thomas during the War of 1812 are just a few of the exciting tales that will be told
The Beat Goes On – Kitchener’s Musical Past
When: Friday May 1st, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Meeting Point: Park in front of Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St. N.
Walk Leader: Fiona McAlister
A stroll down musical memory lane. We will start at Centre in the Square where we’ll talk about the Kitchener Symphony, Gilbert and Sullivan society, and the popular artists who have played there and end at the former site of The Lyric which hosted everyone and everything from the first performance of the K-W Symphony to Rush. In between, we will learn about everything from early German choral music to blues festivals.
Stories in Stone – a tour of Mount Hope Cemetery
When: Saturday May 2nd, 10 – 11:15 am
Meeting Point: 175 Moore Ave
Walk Leader: Fiona McAlister
We would visit graves of some of the founders and builders of Kitchener such as Johann Peter Schneider, Emil Volgelsang, and Louis Jacob Breithaupt along with the graves of Catherine Ubel (who has the earliest date of birth in the cemetary), Peter Susand – who was the first black writer to publish a book of poetry in Canada, Morris Wahanskky with his hammer and sickle grave stone. We will talk about the history of the cemetery (including that it used to be segregated by religion) and the move to its current location and what is entailed in moving a cemetery. We’ll talk about the flu pandemic that ripped through Kitchener and the young men who died in WW1
Skateboarding in Downtown Guelph
When: Sunday, May 4th 2025, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Meeting Point: 136 Wyndham Street North, Guelph
Walk Leader: Ariel Stagni, Byron Ready, Adam Rutherford
“200 years of American technology has unwittingly created a massive cement playground of unlimited potential, but it was the minds of 11-year-olds that could see that potential” – Craig Stecyk
Come walk with us for a unique opportunity to see downtown Guelph as skateboarders see it. Learn about the history and rich cultural heritage of street skateboarding in downtown Guelph. Why would people choose to skateboard downtown when the city has provided skateparks??
Look for the skaters with a Jane’s Walk sign, at the entrance to the pathway next to the old Post Office building at 136 Wyndham St N.
