Rotary Holiday House Tour
May 19, 2025
No Comments
By Wanda Backus-Kelly Port Rowan and the surrounding area was the location for the Rotary Club of Simcoe’s annual Holiday House tour this year.
Birds Canada plans to spend $726,000 to renew its buildings at the tip of Long Point.
The non-profit organization has spent $226,000 on the first steps of the project and plans to spend another $500,000 by 2030, county councillors have been told.
The project includes demolition of three small buildings on an eroding, shifting beach and moving one cabin to a safer location.
On Nov. 19, county council changed zoning and Norfolk’s Official Plan to accommodate the project.
Birds Canada plans to restore its research station in a five-year project starting next year.
Donations are funding the work, said Stu Mackenzie, the group’s director of strategic assets.
Birds Canada has had buildings at the tip of Long Point since 1960.
Originally printed in The Good News, January 2025.
By Wanda Backus-Kelly Port Rowan and the surrounding area was the location for the Rotary Club of Simcoe’s annual Holiday House tour this year.
By Care Lucas In a social media post on November 9, Mark Kozicki, owner of Jonny K’s, shared that big changes were coming to
The Long Point area will be the big winner for Amplify Norfolk grants next year. Norfolk County councillors on Dec. 10 voted to give Long