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Georgian Bay Rocks Along
with Live 8 on Canada Day Weekend
Ontario�s 6th Great Lake
Georgian Bay Rocks Along with Live 8 on Canada Day Weekend
Midland - Georgian Bay, Ontario � June 2005 � Just 40 minutes north of Barrie, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (Midland) and Discovery Harbour (Penetanguishene) will offer 2 for 1 Adult Admission if you show your original �Live 8� ticket stub upon arrival - a savings of $11-cdn at Sainte-Marie or $6.50-cdn at Discovery Harbour! Offer valid for 2005 season.

Canada Day celebrations will �rock� with Georgian Bay Tourism Members with an array of travel options for overnight and day visitors to Canada�s historic resort destination.

The three accommodation members have a number of packages, including girl�s getaway weekends at the Best Western Highland Inn and Conference Centre, which includes 1 night accommodation in a standard room, breakfast and dinner, gourmet snacks and wine, 25 minutes with a card reader starting at $160 pp/dbl, theatre packages and golf packages at the Comfort Inn, which includes 1 night accommodation, continental breakfast and theatre ticket from $92 pp/dbl or a golf package at the Brooklea Golf Course which includes 1 night accommodation, continental breakfast, sleeve of golf balls and 18 holes of golf from $126-cdn pp/dbl. Delawana Inn Resort has value saving packages for families with 4 nights for the price of 3 nights where two children stay eat and play free. The package includes use of recreational programs, evening entertainment and social programs for the kids.

Midland Tours offers dinner cruise packages on the Midland 30,000 Island Boat Cruise for $38, per with entertainment by Temp on June 30th, Adrien Robitaille on July 2nd, or take the drive to Penetanguishene and cruise aboard the Georgian Queen 30,000 Island Cruises for $20 per person, with a Blues Cruise featuring Wayne Buttery & the Groove Project on July 1st and a Saturday steak dinner and jazz cruise with the Swingin� Sailors on July 2nd. Also taking place in Penetanguishene are celebrations being held on Friday, July 1st from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Penetanguishene Centennial Museum, which is only minutes away and within sight of the Georgian Queen. The Museum has a line up of live music throughout the day and has planned a variety of children�s activities and a BBQ. At the south end of Penetanguishene Harbour is a Fire Works display, which will take place at dusk (approximately 8:45 to 9 p.m.). This Fire Works show can be viewed any where along Penetanguishene�s waterfront park, which stretches from the Town Dock to the south end of the Bay. Midland waterfront comes alive with music in the park all day on the new permanent band shell erected by the Rotary Club of Midland as their Centennial Project.

Midland�s Canada Day celebrations start with a parade at 10:30 a.m. and ending with fireworks at dusk. The day�s events will include children�s activities, on-stage entertainment, an arts and craft exhibition and sale, antique cars, Rotary BBQ, Probus Club sausage on a bun, and much more for the entire family. The Martyrs� Shrine in Midland will host a mass at 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 noon, and 7:30 pm, a 2:30 pm Way of the Cross (Outside), anda 3:00 pm Benediction.

Start your Canada Day Celebration in Midland, Penetanguishene or Honey Harbour Ontario, only 90 minutes north of Toronto�just 40 minutes north from the Live 8 concert in Barrie. For your free 2005 Travel Guide to Southern Georgian Bay call toll free at 1-800-263-7745 or click here to contact us.
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Editor�s Note: Travel writers interested in visiting the Georgian Bay Area can make arrangements by calling Wendy Chretien at 705-526-7884.
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