{"id":32303,"date":"2025-07-10T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=32303"},"modified":"2025-07-20T17:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:49:54","slug":"ontario-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/ontario-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario, Day 6 (Owen Sound)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our time along the southern tip of Georgian Bay was quickly drawing to an end but we still had one more destination along the shoreline towards the northwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/54583445302\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54583445302_e68266c799_b.jpg\" alt=\"Hurontario Street; Collingwood, Ontario. 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I missed it after I left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Owen Sound Marine and Rail Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/54585691639\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54585691639_103719870f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Marine and Rail Museum; Owen Sound, Ontario. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next we drove about an hour away to Owen Sound in nearby Grey County. Our first stop was the <a href=\"https:\/\/waterfrontheritage.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marine and Rail Museum<\/a> (also called the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre) on the west side of Owen Sound Harbour (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/xJbMetsFEXwpLhGU7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum occupies a former Canadian National Railway Station, with the front half focused on railroad history and the back half on maritime history. It&#8217;s cute but small, and it doesn&#8217;t take long to browse the entire collection including the outdoor exhibits. Even so it&#8217;s worth visiting especially when combined with other activities nearby. We figured that out beforehand and we timed our visit to dovetail with lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brewery #9: Mudtown Station Brewing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/54585720313\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54585720313_fabb79086f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Mudtown Station Brewery, Ontario. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And lunch was directly across the harbor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mudtownstation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mudtown Station Brewery<\/a>. The two were maybe 500 metres apart as-the-crow-flies on opposites sides of the inlet. However, getting there was much more involved than I expected. We had to return to a main road and suffer through two left turns with backed-up traffic and multiple light cycles. It was a rather unusual choke point for an otherwise sleepy town. We got there eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mudtown, according to the brewery website, referenced an old nickname for the surrounding community. Apparently, mud used to run down from a nearby hill and cover the streets during heavy rains, particularly during springtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brewery building was formerly a Canadian Pacific railroad station. During its heyday, this station and the one across the harbour served two completely different railroads. They did not connect at all in Owen Sound despite their proximity. Imagine the unfortunate passengers who needed to complete their journey on the opposite line!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A huge freighter was moored in the harbour during our visit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cslships.com\/vessel\/oakglen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MV Oakglen<\/a> based out of Montr\u00e9al. I checked online when I returned home and found more information. CSL (Canadian Steamship Line) operates this &#8220;Great Lakes gearless bulk carrier&#8221; where gearless means the ship doesn&#8217;t have any way to offload cargo. Rather, onshore equipment handles those functions. She was built in 1980 as an oceangoing vessel and later transitioned to the Great Lakes, so she went from a &#8220;saltie&#8221; to a &#8220;freshie&#8221;. That&#8217;s some new nautical slang I learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to news reports from late 2024, she remained in Owen Sound over the winter. But why was she still there in June 2025? Unfortunately I never solved that mystery but we had a nice lunch anyway and we moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grey Roots Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/54585504931\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54585504931_76f1f43b78_b.jpg\" alt=\"Grey Roots Museum; Owen Sound, Ontario. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For our next stop we headed towards the <a href=\"https:\/\/greyroots.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grey Roots Museum<\/a>, a collection and archive owned by Grey County (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/85kHgnERnBrgUtVs5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). I enjoyed the play on words, combining the name of the county, a genealogical term, and geriatric hair in need of a dye job. It seemed appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a lot to see here, in a spacious facility much larger than the marine and rail museum we saw earlier in the day. I remembered that Grey County was <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apple country<\/a> so I took this photo of old shipping boxes that once held fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moreston Heritage Village<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/54584635047\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54584635047_12406aab0c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Moreston Heritage Village; Owen Sound, Ontario. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we headed outdoors to the adjacent Moreston Heritage Village which is part of the same operation (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Vx3hJqCPXcQtFEQD9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). Curators moved a bunch of heritage buildings from around Ontario to Owen Sound to recreate a 19th Century village. It becomes a living history museum during the summer but we were just a little early in the season. Plus we got some of that in Penetanguishene <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32281\">a few days before<\/a>. Even so, we still enjoyed a self-guided tour around the exterior of each structure. It reminded me of the Florida&#8217;s <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31388\">Panhandle Pioneer Settlement<\/a> that we visited a couple of years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inglis Falls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/54585720608\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54585720608_c16386f6a4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Inglis Falls; Owen Sound, Ontario. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, we still weren&#8217;t done. We had just enough time to visit a lovely waterfall practically next door. Numerous streams cascade from the Niagara Escarpment in all sorts of places although <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inglis_Falls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inglis Falls<\/a> near Owen Sound (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Nembganr7ye1FAsv8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) is amongst the best. This is part of a conservation area that requires a small parking fee that helps maintain the place. So it&#8217;s for a good cause. Plus, after the the falls, visitors can hike through a wide network of wonderfully shaded forest trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles in the Ontario Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32237\">Choices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32250\">Downtime<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32265\">Lake and Mountain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32281\">Penetanguishene and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32292\">Lake and Caves<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32303\">Owen Sound<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32319\">Toronto Orientation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32330\">Toronto Tourist<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32345\">Bonus Days<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See Also: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/albums\/72177720326028346\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Complete Photo Album<\/a> on Flickr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our time along the southern tip of Georgian Bay was quickly drawing to an end but we still had one more destination along the shoreline towards the northwest. 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