Chief Pinesi Day Commemoration with Medicine Paddle
Fri, Jul 01
|New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse and other
This day honours Chief Pinesi whose hunting territory was on the south side of the Ottawa River at the time of the establishment of Bytown.
Time & Location
Jul 01, 2022, 8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse and other , 203 Stanley Ave, Ottawa, ON K1M 1P2, Canada
About the Event
9:30 am to noon – paddle/portage/paddle to New Edinburgh park where Chief Pinesi Day events occur. We are inaugurating the Chief Pinesi Portage.
Register: vincric@rogers.com
4:00 pm to 6:45 pm – Medicine Paddles to Rideau Falls from Governor’s Bay. Meet at Rideau River (at Charles Street) for short portage to Governor’s Bay.
Register: vincric@rogers.com
These paddles commemorate the major indigenous portage route between the Ottawa River and the Rideau River.
For more information please contact: Richard Vincent, vincric@rogers.com