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Dry Stone Canada will be restoring the McMullen Farm heritage dry stone wall at its annual meeting in September and you are invited to view the process and enjoy the autumn outdoors!

Bring a picnic, come for the day, and visit Amherst Island! There will be a practice area with potatoes for the kids to build their own "dry stone walls", music by local musicians and island vendors.

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Dry stone wall builders from Canada, the United States, and Ireland will resurrect a century-old stone wall on Amherst Island as part of this year's Dry Stone Canada International Symposium. Dry Stone Canada is excited to welcome its members and international colleagues once again to Amherst Island. Dry Stone Canada continues to return to Amherst Island year after year for wall building projects, thanks to the island's many century old dry stone walls, built by Irish immigrants.

Loyalist Township recognized the McMullen wall as having cultural heritage significance and protected it with a by-law designation in 2014. The restoration project will be capped with a permanent plaque acknowledging the Dry Stone Canada event and its role in preserving this piece of local history.

The event will also offer hands-on dry stone walling experience to anyone interested, a "waller" will guide visitors through a brief process of walling.

When and where      

Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2022               

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

McMullen Family Farm, 15095 Front Road, Stella.  Amherst Island is a short 17 minute ferry ride from the mainland. See the Loyalist ferry service for details of crossings.

Open to the public - admission is free  


About Dry Stone Canada

Dry Stone Canada is an award-winning national not-for-profit association established to promote, celebrate, and educate people about the art and craft of dry stone construction. The organization’s projects and events leave lasting permanent structures that enhance cultural heritage eco-tourism and positively impacts a region’s economic development.

Learn more about the Symposium and Dry Stone Canada.

Media Release - September 8, 2022 

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