Saturday, September 8, 2012

Many Doors Open Ontario 2012 events still to come into the fall

(News Release)

TORONTO - More than half of this year's Doors Open Ontario events are taking place this fall - many commemorating the theme of this year's program, "Defending a nation."

Ontario's architectural showpieces, community landmarks and natural wonders are waiting to be explored - all free of charge.

Four of this year's five new events are scheduled for September: Quinte West, Algonquin Highlands, Halton Hills and Lambton County.

The Doors Open Ontario 2012 program represents hundreds of communities and thousands of individual heritage sites. When events conclude in October, the program will have generated more than 4.5 million visits to 5,000 sites across the province since it began in 2002. Out-of-town visitors will have spent an estimated $23 million in Ontario's communities.

Upcoming Doors Open Ontario events:


September

Mississippi Mills-Carleton Place
September 8
Thunder Bay
September 8
Cornwall-Seaway Valley
September 8-9
Kawartha Lakes
September 9
Haldimand County
September 15
King Township
September 15
Quinte West     New!
September 15
Waterloo Region
September 15
Algonquin Highlands     New!
September 15-16
South Bruce Peninsula
September 15-16
Brant
September 22
Markham
September 22
East Elgin
September 22
Oshawa
September 22
Oxford
September 22
Walkerton and Area
September 22
Grimsby
September 22
Kenora
September 28-29
Ajax
September 29
Mississauga
September 29
Oakville
September 29
Parry Sound
September 29
Port Stanley-Sparta
September 29
Chatham-Kent
September 29-30
Gananoque
September 29-30
Halton Hills     New!
September 29-30
Lambton County     New!
September 29-30
London
September 29-30
Middlesex
September 29-30
St. Thomas
September 29-30
Vaughan
September 29-30
Windsor
September 29-30




October
Huron County
October 13-14


Visit the new Doors Open Ontario website - www.doorsopenontario.on.ca - for more information on this year's events.

Doors Open Ontario 2012 sponsors include: The Globe and Mail, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation, the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund and the participating communities.

Doors Open Ontario is a program of the Ontario Heritage Trust - an agency of the Government of Ontario dedicated to identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario's heritage for present and future generations.


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For more information:
Jennifer Jarvis
Marketing and Communications Specialist
Telephone: 416-325-5032
Email: jennifer.jarvis@heritagetrust.on.ca
www.heritagetrust.on.ca

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