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Canada Day at MHV!
July 1
🍁Celebrate Canada’s Birthday!🍁
Join us for a full day of fun at the Village, with a full line-up of pioneer demonstrations, activities, waffles and roll kuchen, and entertainment. Plus all your favourites, like the barrel-train, horse-drawn wagon, the Livery Barn Restaurant, and the Short Order Booth.
Canada Day Activities
Tractor Show
- 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Location: Windmill
Canada Day Ceremony
- 11-11:30 a.m.
- Location: Peter Barkman Summer Pavilion
Flag Raising Ceremony
- 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- Location: Steamer Shelter
Pioneer Demonstrations
- 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Experience the life of a Mennonite pioneer in southern Manitoba; pioneering demonstrations will be running all afternoon across our grounds.
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- Blacksmithing – Blacksmith Shop
- Bread Baking & Selling – Summer Kitchen
- Butter Churning – Waldheim House
- Family History Centre – Multi-Purpose Room
- Player Piano – Auditorium
- Printing – Print Shop
- Rope Making – Behind Blacksmith Shop
- Milling – Windmill
- Wool Spinning – Chortitz Housebarn
Interpreting
- 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Learn more about the history of some of our buildings with our incredible tour guides.
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- Lichtenau Church
- Old Colony Church
- Private School
- Public School
- Semlin
Guided Tours
- 12-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m.
- Location: Steamer Shelter
Take a walk through the village with an experience tour guide and discover the history that built this province.
Jake Brakes
- 12-1:15 p.m.
- Location: Peter Barkman Summer Pavilion
Tractor Games
- 1 p.m.
- Location: Windmill
TiBert le Voyageur – Storyteller
- 1:45-2:30 p.m.
- Location: Peter Barkman Summer Pavilion
Endless Mixtape
- 3-4:15 p.m.
- Location: Peter Barkman Summer Pavilion
Tractor Parade
- 4 p.m.
- Location: Village Main Street
Food and Snacks
Candy Booth
- 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Location: Village Main Street
Roll Kuchen Booth
- 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Location: Short Order Booth
Waffle Booth
- 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Location: Short Order Booth
Short Order Booth
- 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Location: Short Order Booth
Livery Barn Restaurant
- 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Location: Livery Barn Restaurant
This event is made possible with support and funding from the City of Steinbach and the Government of Canada.
