The Brockton Heritage Committee is offering a self guided tour of 12 local sites on September 28.
Brockton Deputy Clerk Sarah Johnson said the Heritage Committee is spearheading the Doors Open Brockton event.
"They [the Brockton Heritage Committee] are doing this as part of a provincial program that's run through Ontario Heritage Trust called Doors Open Ontario, where communities in Ontario open their doors to historic buildings, places of worship, private homes, and interesting venues that are rarely accessible to the public," Johnson explained.
Johnson is pleased the event will happen this year, after it had to be cancelled in 2020.
"A lot of our sites are in Walkerton this year, and some are in the Cargill or Greenock area," she added. "But we're happy that a lot of the properties that were interested in doing the tour in 2020 are willing to be open for this 2024 event."
Johnson said people can get a brochure, and join the self guided tour, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
"It's a free event," she revealed. "We do have brochures available. There are brochures available at the Municipal Office, the Walkerton Community Centre, the arena, the Bruce County Public Library in Cargill and Walkerton and at each Doors Open site."
Sites on this years self guided tour include the Brockton Heritage Committee Archives, The Bruce County Patrol Shop in Walkerton, The Walkerton Jail, The Bruce County Bookstore, Cargill Museum, the Flach Family Homestead, Hammond Power Solutions Inc., Saugeen Masonic Lodge, St. Paul's United Church, Walkerton Agricultural Society, Walkerton Clean Water Centre, and Victoria Jubilee Hall.
People can find out more at:
The Municipality of Brockton’s website: www.Brockton.ca/DoorsOpen
Doors Open Ontario’s website: https://www.doorsopenontario.on.ca/pages/events/brockton