Dreamscapes Travel & Lifestyle Magazine
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SPRING/SUMMER 2015 DREAMSCAPES 19 WORLD-CLASS EVENTS AND MORE Known as "horse country," Headwaters is one of the most concentrated equestrian areas in Ontario. Throughout the region are some of the country's premier horse breeding farms, coaching and training facilities, riding schools, boarding stables, equestrian ranches and a wide range of equestrian events. In fact, Headwaters will host the equestrian events of the 2015 Pan Am Games, welcoming 150 athletes and 155 horses at the Caledon Equestrian Park. On Thanksgiving weekend, focus turns to the Erin Fall Fair where animals, cotton candy, quilts and tractors add to the cacophony of laughter and community. For family fun that teaches hard work, Little Creek Ranch schedules day camps for kids, which can also involve entire families planting gardens, picking apples or tending bees. Duffers should check out the Caledon Country Club, a public 18-hole golf facility featuring a restaurant, patio dining and exquisite banquet facilities overlooking the Credit River, as well as the Shelburne Golf & Country Club, owned by Sam Young who is recognized as one of Canada's top junior golf coaches year over year. Should culture be your craving, the Alton Mill Arts Centre in the village of Alton is home to galleries, artist studios, a café, heritage museum and shops such as Gallery Gemma Jewellery, which sells one- of-a-kind pieces in sterling silver, gold and platinum. Orangeville is Headwaters' urban centre, which, in June, hosts the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival, featuring free outdoor main stage events and live blues and jazz at local venues. Staging excellent performances, Theatre Orangeville, in its 16 th season, has pre- miered such Canadian works as The Last Resort, War Brides and Little Women. Step back in time at Dufferin County Museum to view its extensive collection of Canadiana, typifying what you'd find in rural Ontario between the 1840s and the 1980s. Visitors who remember a world without cellphones may see bits of their own youthful wardrobe when they view the bell-bottom pants, which fascinate local school kids. ABOVE TOP: The Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival is the single largest annual event in the Headwaters region and a major attraction in Southern Ontario. Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival ABOVE CENTRE: A nature trail in the Belfountain Conservation Area spans the river gorge using a suspension bridge and continues along the Escarpment. Credit Valley Conservation ABOVE BOTTOM: The Terra Cotta Conservation Area encompasses 200 hectares of unique natural environment. Credit Valley Conservation LEFT BOTTOM: Communal dinners are hosted in a stone Blackhouse at the Landman Gardens and Bakery located just north of Grand Valley. Pete Paterson