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Step aboard history! 
The Great Lakes Museum’s S.S. Keewatin — the world’s only remaining Edwardian-era passenger steamliner — officially launched its second season of tours on May 11, 2025. Built in 1907, this magnificent vessel attracted over 23,000 visitors in 2024 and continues to captivate guests with its elegance, legacy, and maritime stories.

Three guided tours are available:

• 75-minute Premium Experience: Access to all available passenger and crew areas
• 45-minute Essentials Experience: Main passenger areas - perfect for families
• 30-minute Engine Room Experience: Explore the boiler room and original steam engines

All tours include personal headsets.

You can book tickets in advance at greatlakesmuseum.ca/buy-tickets. The museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Important Information About Accessibility
The S.S. Keewatin is not an accessible ship. Gangways, multiple steep stairways, and narrow passages prohibit the use of mobility devices and strollers. Passengers must be physically fit enough to stand for the length of the tour and navigate tight quarters, stairways, and uneven surfaces. The Museum galleries are fully accessible, and the washrooms are partially accessible. Registered dog guides and service animals are welcome.

Looking for a chance to declutter your home before Xmas?  Help the homeless and heal the planet by donating your unused clothing, bedding, towels, kitchenware, toys etc. and bring them on Saturday, October 18th between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m to Mercedes- Benz Kingston. 1432 Bath Rd.  For every large green garbage bag of donations or large box you donate you will receive a ticket to win a $500 gift basket!  Visit us on Facebook:  Declutter Donation Day Kingston

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Gem Storm 2025 is the Kingston Lapidary & Mineral Club's 54th annual gem and mineral show featuring riches from the earth and so much more.  Whether you're a gemstone geek, a fossil fanatic, or just love shiny things, this is THE event you can’t miss.

What’s in store? Unique jewellery, crystal treasures, minerals, gemstones, fossils, a children's mine, jewellery workshops and gemstone identification. New this year are a number of lapidary demonstrations and jewellery-making techniques as well as a discussion on the history of Iroquois and metalworking by one of the KLMC members - all intended to peak your interest in these creative avenues.

Hourly Door Prizes – Come for the gems, stay for the loot! Prizes are just waiting to be won! 

Admission is $5 per person, children under 12 are free with a paying adult.

So grab your friends, family, and your inner geologist, and head to Gem Storm 202 for a weekend of glittering fun. Let’s dig up some treasures, Kingston! 

Gem Storm 2025 is the Kingston Lapidary & Mineral Club's 54th annual gem and mineral show featuring riches from the earth and so much more.  Whether you're a gemstone geek, a fossil fanatic, or just love shiny things, this is THE event you can’t miss.

What’s in store? Unique jewellery, crystal treasures, minerals, gemstones, fossils, a children's mine, jewellery workshops and gemstone identification. New this year are a number of lapidary demonstrations and jewellery-making techniques as well as a discussion on the history of Iroquois and metalworking by one of the KLMC members - all intended to peak your interest in these creative avenues.

Hourly Door Prizes – Come for the gems, stay for the loot! Prizes are just waiting to be won! 

Admission is $5 per person, children under 12 are free with a paying adult.

So grab your friends, family, and your inner geologist, and head to Gem Storm 202 for a weekend of glittering fun. Let’s dig up some treasures, Kingston! 

Gem Storm 2025 is the Kingston Lapidary & Mineral Club's 54th annual gem and mineral show featuring riches from the earth and so much more.  Whether you're a gemstone geek, a fossil fanatic, or just love shiny things, this is THE event you can’t miss.

What’s in store? Unique jewellery, crystal treasures, minerals, gemstones, fossils, a children's mine, jewellery workshops and gemstone identification. New this year are a number of lapidary demonstrations and jewellery-making techniques as well as a discussion on the history of Iroquois and metalworking by one of the KLMC members - all intended to peak your interest in these creative avenues.

Hourly Door Prizes – Come for the gems, stay for the loot! Prizes are just waiting to be won! 

Admission is $5 per person, children under 12 are free with a paying adult.

So grab your friends, family, and your inner geologist, and head to Gem Storm 202 for a weekend of glittering fun. Let’s dig up some treasures, Kingston! 

Step aboard history! 
The Great Lakes Museum’s S.S. Keewatin — the world’s only remaining Edwardian-era passenger steamliner — officially launched its second season of tours on May 11, 2025. Built in 1907, this magnificent vessel attracted over 23,000 visitors in 2024 and continues to captivate guests with its elegance, legacy, and maritime stories.

Three guided tours are available:

• 75-minute Premium Experience: Access to all available passenger and crew areas
• 45-minute Essentials Experience: Main passenger areas - perfect for families
• 30-minute Engine Room Experience: Explore the boiler room and original steam engines

All tours include personal headsets.

You can book tickets in advance at greatlakesmuseum.ca/buy-tickets. The museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Important Information About Accessibility
The S.S. Keewatin is not an accessible ship. Gangways, multiple steep stairways, and narrow passages prohibit the use of mobility devices and strollers. Passengers must be physically fit enough to stand for the length of the tour and navigate tight quarters, stairways, and uneven surfaces. The Museum galleries are fully accessible, and the washrooms are partially accessible. Registered dog guides and service animals are welcome.

Step aboard history! 
The Great Lakes Museum’s S.S. Keewatin — the world’s only remaining Edwardian-era passenger steamliner — officially launched its second season of tours on May 11, 2025. Built in 1907, this magnificent vessel attracted over 23,000 visitors in 2024 and continues to captivate guests with its elegance, legacy, and maritime stories.

Three guided tours are available:

• 75-minute Premium Experience: Access to all available passenger and crew areas
• 45-minute Essentials Experience: Main passenger areas - perfect for families
• 30-minute Engine Room Experience: Explore the boiler room and original steam engines

All tours include personal headsets.

You can book tickets in advance at greatlakesmuseum.ca/buy-tickets. The museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Important Information About Accessibility
The S.S. Keewatin is not an accessible ship. Gangways, multiple steep stairways, and narrow passages prohibit the use of mobility devices and strollers. Passengers must be physically fit enough to stand for the length of the tour and navigate tight quarters, stairways, and uneven surfaces. The Museum galleries are fully accessible, and the washrooms are partially accessible. Registered dog guides and service animals are welcome.

Halloween Dance October 31st 8p-1a with Texas Tuxedo. $15pp for tickets until October 24th, after that they are $20 pp.  Please contact Marie at 613-449-4744 to get the early bird priced tickets.

Giant Garage and Bake Sale at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 9 Manitou Crescent Amherstview On, Saturday November 1, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Wonderful Bargains!

From Nov 7–9 in Kingston, the 2025 CSA Conference welcomes people who stutter, their families and allies, and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and SLP students. Join us for keynotes, workshops, youth programming, open mic events, and networking opportunities that unite voices from coast to coast.

I would be very interested in doing an interview about this conference. I am a medical student at Queen's who stutters who is running the conference. Please let me know if this is something that would be of interest. Thank you!

From Nov 7–9 in Kingston, the 2025 CSA Conference welcomes people who stutter, their families and allies, and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and SLP students. Join us for keynotes, workshops, youth programming, open mic events, and networking opportunities that unite voices from coast to coast.

I would be very interested in doing an interview about this conference. I am a medical student at Queen's who stutters who is running the conference. Please let me know if this is something that would be of interest. Thank you!

From Nov 7–9 in Kingston, the 2025 CSA Conference welcomes people who stutter, their families and allies, and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and SLP students. Join us for keynotes, workshops, youth programming, open mic events, and networking opportunities that unite voices from coast to coast.

I would be very interested in doing an interview about this conference. I am a medical student at Queen's who stutters who is running the conference. Please let me know if this is something that would be of interest. Thank you!