Old Stone Mill, Delta, Ontario

Delta Harvest Festival 2015

The First Annual Delta Harvest Festival was held on Saturday, October 3, 2015. The following are some photos from the portions of the event organized by The Delta Mill Society. Special thanks to Katherine Killins and Cathy Livingston for the mammoth job of getting this all organized. It was a great day - enjoyed by all who attended (the photos speak for themselves).

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The Old Stone Mill stands ready to greet visitors to the First Annual Delta Harvest Festival
Volunteer Anna Greenhorn enjoys the beautifully decorated front of the Old Stone Mill. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Volunteers Doug and Claire Cowley sort corn for use with the corn sheller on the day before the festival. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Event Chair Katherine Killins helps set up display tables on the day before the festival. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Volunteer Cathy Livingston gets fresh eggs ready for the Harvest Breakfast. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
One of our vendors, Wendy's Market, sets up in front of the mill. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
The Friends of the Mill table is full of donated goodies - pies, jellys, relishes, butter tarts and much more. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Doug Bond provided a cider press display, plus 10 gallons of tasty fresh apple cider. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


The Old Town Hall stands ready to greet visitors for the Harvest Breakfast, Used Book Sale, Bread Baking Contest, Pioneer Cookbook launch, Fiddlers Plus Music and the Harvest Dinner. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Our decorating volunteers paid great attention to detail. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
We had a used book or two available in the Old Town Hall. Beautifully set up by volunteers Liz and Moel Benoit. 2015 Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Chair of the Events committee and Chief Sausage Fryer, Katherine Killins, rustles up sausages for the Harvest Breakfast. 2015 Delta Harvest Festival


Volunteers Bob Clime, Mack Libbey, Brian Killins and Cathy Livingston get ready for the Harvest Breakfast, Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Volunteers Bob Clime, Mack Libbey, Brian Killins (l to r) serve up a piping hot harvest breakfast. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Enjoying the Harvest Breakfast and Used Book Sale in the Old Town Hall. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Fall produce is laid out in front of the Old Stone Mill. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Goodies for sale in the Turbine Shed (snack table sponsored by the Delta Baptist Church in foreground). Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Volunteer Maggie George serves a customer at the Friends of the Mill table. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Volunteer Jamie Emerton demonstrates rope making in front of the mill. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Volunteer Jamie Emerton demonstrates rope making in front of the mill. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Winner of the best decorated house contest - a nicely balanced display of fall colours and harvest. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Sue Thomas (right), the winner of the best decorated house contest. L to R - Marg Couper, Louise Mantha, Cathy Livingston, Sue Thomas. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Some of the entries for the Bread Baking Contest are ready to be judged. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Bread Baking Contest Judges Marg Couper and Louise Mantha get to work. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Judging the bread. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Claire Gunnewiek (centre) with her new pioneer cookbook "They Ate What ...!". A collection of pioneer recipes, remedies and stories. Editor Cathy Livingston (left) and Anna Greenhorn (right). Cathy assembled and published the book on behalf of The Delta Mill Society. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Fiddlers Plus entertained in the Old Stone Mill and later in the Old Town Hall. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Sally Wanless (center) guided many tours of the mill during the day. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Bags of organic Red Fife wheat, grown by our miller Chris Wooding, are ready to be milled. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Miller Chris Wooding explains the growing and milling of wheat to an attentive audience. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Miller Chris Wooding shows what Red Fife wheat kernels look like to a visitor. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Volunteers Joanne van Dreumel, Dann Michols and Silas Ranford fill and seal bags of freshly stone ground flour. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Blacksmiths Amanda Van Bruggen and Rory MacKay work the forge. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Blacksmiths Amanda Van Bruggen and Rory MacKay demonstrate blacksmithing. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Blacksmithing demonstration with Blacksmiths Rory MacKay and Amanda Van Bruggen. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Blacksmiths Amanda Van Bruggen and Rory MacKay demonstrate blacksmithing. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Blacksmith Amanda Van Bruggen works the forge. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Beth Robinson, one of the original four trustees that took over the Old Stone Mill from owner Hastings Steele in 1963 and set it on its course to what it has become today with The Delta Mill Society President Dann Michols. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Someone likes pies! On left are volunteers Sally Wanless, Anna Greenhorn and Dann Michols. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
BBQ Master Ron Schleede (left) with helper Paul George (our Curator Emeritus). Delta Harvest Festival 2015


Volunteer Christine Deinstadt helps out with the Friends of the Mill table. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
A busy turbine shed. In the background, Sally Wanless leads a vistors' tour and in the foreground are tables full of goodies for sale. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Visitors taking in one of the displays on the 2nd floor of the mill. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
Winner of the "single most popular event" (outside of buying/eating food) is Chris Wooding's (back to camera on left) milling demonstration using his own organically grown Red Fife wheat. Delta Harvest Festival 2015


SPECIAL THANKS!!!! to Katherine Killins, Chair of the Events Committee. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
SPECIAL THANKS!!!! to Cathy Livingston, The Delta Mill Society Vice-President. Delta Harvest Festival 2015
The Old Stone Mill and the Mill Drive Shed stand ready for next year's Harvest Festival (Saturday, October 1, 2016). See you there!
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