The 148th Emancipation Celebration Picnic

Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada July 30th to August 1st

“Community Roots and Culture”

Join us in celebrating the journey of our ancestors within the Underground Railroad’s most northerly safe haven. Bring your family and friends for a weekend of music, art, storyboards, crafts, children’s’ games, speakers, literature & other activities.

Individuals interested in … history, family, culture and community have been congregating every August 1st weekend since 1862 in Owen Sound, “the most northerly retreat of the Underground Railroad journey in Canada”. Descendants of blacks, who came via the Underground Railroad to settle in freedom, gather to reminisce and enjoy a time of fellowship.

The Longest Continuous Running Emancipation Picnic in North America (since 1862)

• Home to John “Daddy” Hall, Owen Sound’s First Black Settler and Towncrier

• Celebrating and Supporting Black Canadian Artists, Musicians, Authors, Genealogists, Historians and Griots

• Celebrating the third annual return of the Award Winning Adventure Cycle 2008 Mile Underground Railroad Bicycle Tour

• Celebrating cultural history, art, and music; community collaboration and integration; multiculturalism and heritage

• Visit Freedomseekers North Star, “Polaris”, the Northern Lights and the 3rd Best Sunset in the World — Sauble Beach — 7 Miles of Olympic Sands