By Keith and Heather Nicol
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| The Tug of War pitted Merville against Black Creek |
Sunday, Sept 29 was a spectacular day
weather wise and so after our trek along the “Pub to Pub”
trail along the
Oyster River (see previous blogpost), we decided to check out the Merville
Heritage Fair on our back to Courtenay. We
really enjoyed the fair and appreciate all the hard work that went into making it
happen. Besides various booths that were set up selling local wares, there were
musicians playing and info on the history of Merville in the new “church” that
has been set up next to the big yellow Merville Hall. This is Merville’s 100
th
anniversary and a new book has been published to celebrate Merville’s heritage. They also had women spinning yarn and a pole powered lathe which was
fascinating to watch operate. They also featured a Tug of War between Merville
and adjacent Black Creek.
They were competing
for the Golden Gumboot Trophy which Merville ended up winning this year.
For more information on the Merville Hall
check out:
http://mervillehall.ca/ .
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| There were various booths set up to celebrate the Merville 100 anniversary |
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| Various musicians were featured |
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| The Pole Lathe was impressive to see in operation |
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