RADVILLE – Tourism Radville is organizing a day of activities and events to mark the 13th annual Heritage Day on Saturday, Sept. 16 at the CN Station and grounds.
The day will include a car show, displays, museum tours, food and live entertainment, and a special ham supper and trivia night in the evening.
The day kicks off with the Radius Credit Union’s Fat Cat bike parade, starting at 9:30 a.m., and then the soap box derby down Main Street at 10:30 a.m.
Gates for the CN Station and grounds opens at 11 a.m., and lunch will be available at noon at the Whistle Stop Café in the CN station, along with a beer gardens. Admission to the grounds is by donation.
Activities on the grounds starts at 1 p.m., with the family fun corner, show-and-shine car show, a rope-making demonstration, museum tours, kids games, and the Gene Galarneau Exhibit of wooden toys. James Dionne will be the musical guest for the day.
The winners of the pie contest will be announced at 2:30 p.m., followed by an auction of the pies, and awards will be presented at 3 p.m.
The ham supper will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., and cost $20 for adults, $10 for children 12 and under, and children who are four and younger can eat for free.
A new feature this year will be a trivia night showdown, starting at 6 p.m.
Radville’s proud heritage includes being settled in 1895, with a post office open in February of 1909. Originally named Wallindale, Radville was incorporated as a town in 1911.
The town took its name in part from Conrad Paquin, using the last three letters of his first name, as the town was built on his farm land.
Radville is known as “An Oasis on the Prairie” because of its park and tree-lined streets. The trees are a legacy of Jerry Bertrand, who was a teenager during the Depression of the 1930s and initiated a tree-planting project.
Bertrand died serving in the Second World War, but his name lives on through a park dedicated to his memory.
Amenities include the Radville Laurier Regional Park, two schools, a new health care facility, ball diamonds, curling rink and ice rink, and a new swimming pool, and a museum housed in the historic CN Railway station.
