| Sep 13, 2017


September is a transition month. There is still a lot of warm weather to enjoy asd we hang on to summer but at the same it is important to face the facts. The kids have to go back to school, and the wood shed needs to be filled with seasoned wood for the coming winter. The Frontenac Five, monthly events and opportunities in Frontenac County as selected by Frontenac News and the Economic Developers at Frontenac County, reflects this transition. This month, the opening event is the Verona Garlic festival, a celebration of the stinky rose, which took full advantage of the summer rain this year to produce bumper crops throughout the region. The festival beat the first issue of the month, talking place last Saturday.

The second event this month is the Frontenac Challenge. Whether hikers take on the original challenge, completing all 11 hiking loops in the park within a two month time frame, or the modified challenge of completing any 6 of the loops in the park, it is almost impossible to take on the challenge without experience some hot sticky weather and some cooler fall weather, and perhaps even a bit of rain (or snow) The variety of landscape in the Frontenac Arch, from fractured limestone terrain to granite outcrops, lakefront vistas, rock outcrops, and a unique mixed of flora and fauna, are all on full display on the Frontenac Park trail system.

The third item on the list is the life Cycle, a charitable cycle on two routes around Wolfe Island benefiting the University Hospital Kingston Foundation. One of the routes is 46 kilometres and the other is 104, and both routes traverse the island just as the fall colours are getting ready to pop.

The fourth event is a free concert in Sharbot Lake on September 16th. The new owner of Seeds and Company Accounting, Sam Arraj, is an executive member of the Ontario Country Music Association. and he has invited some of his friends including The Good Brothers, an Ontario country band like no other, to a free event at the Oso beach between 2 and 5 on September 24.

The final event on the list straddles September and October and is summer and fall. The Back Roads studio tour is a first opportunity to see the fall colours and visit the burgeoning artist and artisan community throughout North Frontenac. Any suggestions for Frontenac- Five, in October or beyond? Send them along to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Visit Frontenac-live.ca/ frontenacfive for links to further information about these events.

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