In The News
Meet the Mural Artists in Historic Downtown
Midland, Ontario Canada
Midland, Ontario………………August
2008. As one of the top 100 places to see in Ontario.
Downtown
Midland should be on every visitors and residents travel
list. Midland hosts North America’s largest outdoor
mural and was recently listed in the Ron Brown first edition
of Top 100 Unusual Things to see in Ontario released September
17th 2007, Boston Mills Press. Brown labels the murals as
a "Giant Outdoor Art Gallery".
The murals depicting a scene from the Jesuits meeting Huron
aboriginals for the first time is the largest outdoor historic
mural in North America. Ron Brown is a Canadian
travel writer and broadcaster who is the author of several
books on unusual features to see throughout Ontario. His latest
titles include Downtown Ontario; Unusual Main Streets to Explore,
and Top One Hundred Unusual Things to See in Ontario. Toronto-based
Brown also regularly contributes to CBC Radio broadcasts.
For the summer of 2008 our murals are continuing
to be restored by 3 local artists with the
financial aid of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Ruth Hurdle
is recreating the Rotary Mural which was originally on the
LCBO building. This mural will be relocated on the side of
T & G Fabrics. Terri-Lee Milley will be recreating the
S.S. Lemoyne mural which will be painted on location on the
side of Homecoming beside St. Paul’s United Church.
Sonja Rathke has been restoring all the murals located at
the Town of Midland’s Harbour Master’s office
at the bottom of King Street this summer. Please feel free
to speak with them about their experiences.
Midland Ontario is 90 minutes north of the
Greater Toronto Area, and 35 minutes North West of Barrie.
Situated on the shores of Georgian Bay in historic Huronia,
the Midland area is one of Ontario’s earliest developed
settlements dating back to the early 1600’s and Samuel
de Champlain.
WHERE TO STAY IN THE AREA:
Hotels, Resorts and Historic Inns are available. See Midland
Area Accommodation.
WHAT TO DO IN THE AREA. Exciting
historical re-enactments and attractions, fresh clean
beaches complement First Nations history, Georgian Bay Cruises
and Great Lakes British Navel history and the towering Martyrs’
Shrine.
TOURIST INFORMATION: FREE full colour guidebook
available by calling 1800-263-7745, or view Georgian
Bay Visitor Guide on-line.
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For additional information on Downtown Midland
and the Midland Mural Project contact Meredith Forrest at
705.527.7246,
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