Kincardine Ontario

Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 11:22 AM


Kincardine Ontario, is a picturesque Scottish town on nothern Lake Huron. Every Saturday evening in the summer, they close the main street for a Pipe Band Parade which begins in the town park travels up main street, turns around and returns to the park with many of the spectators in tow to enjoy a concert that often follows the parade.

The crowd joins in and follows the parade to the end of the street.

The parade returns to the park in the center of town, across the street from Maddison's.

Now Maddison's was a romantic Inn with restaurant that has fallen into sorry disrepair. The last owner was often seen sitting in the bar on the premises. But perhaps all that is material for another blog.

The town's main street has many interesting shops and boasts of one fine dining restaurant. Make reservations in the afternoon as they are quite busy. I recently enjoyed a memorable dill tomato soup there followed by a strip loin steak grilled to perfection. We sipped the rest of our wine on the patio while watching the Pipeband Parade make it's way up the street.

The beach has a lovely boardwalk with gardens and a picturesque marina. The eastern shores of Lake Huron have some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. In Kincardine, a lone phantom piper often appears on the widow's walk at the top of the lighthouse in the evenings to pipe the sun down.

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