Friends of Murphys Point Park

Super Kids In Parks WINTER 2010 ENROLMENT IS NOW FULL! If you would like to be placed on a waiting list to be notified of vacancies and/or future sessions, please e-mail us at friendsofmurphyspointpark@yahoo.ca and leave your name and telephone number. Click here to see our program brochure. Many thanks to the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion, ecoPerth, the Lanark County Stewardship Council and the Friends of Murphys Point Park for providing the funding for this pilot program.

NEW SKI CLUB WEBSITE! Click here to see the new Tay Valley Cross Country Ski Club website! Our journal, Among Friends, has gone paperless! Find all of our great natural- a CHECK OUT OUR NEW BLOG! nd cultural-history articles, news and photos by following our new Among Friends blog. Click here to see it! Add it to your Google Reader to get updates automatically!

ARCHAEO APPRENTICE 2010 Fundraising has begun for our annual Archaeo Apprentice Week this May, when five local Grade 5 classes will work with licensed archaeologists to excavate a site at McParlan House! We rely on donations from the community - businesses, service clubs and individuals - to keep it affordable for participants. Click here to see a list past donors. To arrange to make a donation, call Stephanie at 613-264-0447 or e-mail friendsofmurphyspointpark@yahoo.ca. Some of last year's Archaeo Apprentices are shown below. Click here to listen to an interview on Lake 88.1 FM about the program. Click here to read a column about the program published in The Perth Courier June 2. Excavating at an old barn site. Unearthing artifacts! Sifting through the earth. Washing artifacts. Piecing dishes together. Completing a grid exercise on the site. All photos by Alida Lemieux Would you like to get involved with this great archaeology program? E-mail friendsofmurphyspointpark@yahoo.ca.

THE SILVER QUEEN MINE IS ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF LANARK COUNTY!
Murphys Point's Silver Queen Mine was one of seven wonders selected in a contest hosted by the County of Lanark. This will lead to some great promotion for the mine and the park! Learn more by clicking here.

BUCKS FOR BIKES
Do you have some Canadian Tire money lying around? Consider donating it to a great cause! The Friends are collecting it to go toward the purchase of a bicycles and related equipment for the park's natural heritage education staff to transport themselves and their gear around the park. Think of it as "greenbacks" for a green cause! It's all in an effort to reduce our impact on the environment. Please send your contribution to the Friends at P.O. Box 2004, 57 Foster Street, Perth, ON K7H 3M9 or drop it off to our attention at the park office. You can also donate at one of our activities or ticket selling days this summer as well. Thank you!