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Beaubears Island Summer Programs

Opening June 19

Beaubears Island has a full line-up of events and
programs going on this summer – something for everyone!
The interpretive centre opens for the season on June 19
along with ferry service to the island. Located at 35 St.
Patrick’s Drive, Nelson. For more information or to register
for an event call the centre at 506-622-8526. Visit us online
at www.beaubearsisland.com and also on Instagram,
Facebook, and TikTok.

Fundraiser: Win the Red Chairs on Beaubears painting.
Raffle tickets are $5 each to
win a framed painting (14” x 18”)
of the iconic red chairs on
Beaubears by artist Laura Lea
Comeau.
Tickets can be purchased at Trail Conditions/Maintenance - June until the end of
the interpretive centre, at local August - From Wednesday to Sunday, a Beaubears Island
events, or by e-transfer to trail report will be provided on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok,
ED@beaubearsisland.ca. If you and our website. This will provide walkers/hikers with up-
do e-transfer, please include your to-date information on trail conditions.
name, address, phone and email
in the message and the amount Artists on Beaubears Island - Summer Plein Air
with the number of tickets. There are only 1500 tickets being Last year's plein air weekend event was so amazing we
sold for this painting and tickets are being sold Canada-wide. decided to have a full
The cost of shipping is at the winner's expense. Don’t wait, summer of artists on
get your tickets early. Draw date Sept 1, 2022. Beaubears Island this
year. Each week this
Beaubears Shipbuilding Archaeologist Tour summer, we will have a
Only offered two days this summer July 23 and August different artist in
20 at 1 pm, by reservation only. $20 per person. residence on the island.
By 1870, all shipbuilding had ceased on Beaubears They will be painting on
Island. The island began a very slow process of being the island and open to
reclaimed by nature, erasing the evidence of human activity. visitors interacting with Kelly Hay Hambrook
An archeological report was conducted on the Island in 1977. them. Then, on
Even then, what was still visible was fading into the ever- Saturdays, the artist will have a small art display within the
increasing forest. interpretive centre for the public to see their Beaubears
Today, there are some traces of what was happening back Island-themed art. At the end of the summer, an art exhibit
in those days of wooden sailing ships but they too will slowly will be held in the Bicentennial Park (date TBA).
recede into the shadows of the trees and eventually be lost. A Artists and their scheduled weeks:
tour will be conducted for those who wish to see what still June 29-July 3: Jennifer Robyn Burke
remains and what is overlooked when visitors don’t know July 6-10: Kelly Hay Hambrook
what to look for. It will be a gentle walk into the past, from July 20-24: John Hayward
the east end of the island to the west end shipbuilding sites. July 27-31: Gloria Savoie
Put on your walking boots and come for the journey through Aug. 3-7: Gerard J Godin
time.
Aug. 10-14: Alvin Whyte
Aug. 17-21: Anne Maloney Assaff
Aug. 24-28: Cathleen Richards-Green
Aug. 31-Sept 4: Laura Lea Comeau
Sept. 7-11: Kim Lichty

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