Tugfest is a maritime tugboat festival held annually in various coastal towns on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. This community event implores workboats from around the great lakes to join the parade, compete and celebrate in support of our local charities.
This up coming week the Great Tug Race Sault Ste. Marie takes place . I will attend and take in all the activities. For more information about the event visit Sault this week.
The clock is ticking and the tug Capts and crew are making final adjustments for this year’s two Tugfest events, Owen Sound July 25th and Midland Aug 21 ,22, 23. This group shot was taken in Parry Sound at Tugfest 2005. This year in Midland, we will attempt to line them up again for a poster shot.
A great way to condition your tug for Tugfest 2009!
The 2009 Tugfest Georgian Bay Festival will be held at the town dock in Midland Ontario on Aug 21st to 23rd 2009.
We have a lot of activities planned for the whole family with tugs of every size and colour. Check out this site for more information and pictures from Tugfest 2008 – the most successfull – in Penetanguishene: Tugfest Georgian Bay
Notice to Boaters: Owen Sound Heritage Day is Sat July 25, 2009
Come out for a fun filled day on the water to celebrate Owen Sound Heritage Days. What better way to celebrate our Marine Heritage than to invite Tugboats from around Georgian Bay to take part in our events. Tugboats will start arriving in the harbour Thursday and Friday in preparation for Saturday events. We are also inviting power and sail boaters to come out and participate in the events so please read on.
Saturday 10:00 am – Tour the Tugboats:
Saturday 11:00am – Boat Parade:
Saturday 9:00 pm - Parade of Lights:
The intent is to create another fantastic show of vessels on the water for the on shore spectators. To be successful we’ll need lots of boats to help create the desired results through out the day and evening. Hope you can come out and help celebrate our marine heritage and of course have a safe fun filled day on the water.
If you have any questions please contact Norm Meneray 705-376-0669 or Ed Griffith at 372-2098.
The Seattle Maritime Festival with all it’s seafaring glory concluded yesterday with the tugboat races, a fireboat display, a chowder cook-off and wooden-boat building for kids. You can read more about the annual event here: Seattle Propeller Club. There is also a good story in the local news: Seattle Maritime Festival: All hands on deck — it’s playtime!. Would love to hear feedback from anyone who participated in the event (as either spectator or fan).
Welcome to the new Tugfest website. We've been making some major changes. Please take a moment to look around. If you are looking for boating classifieds: check out the links below. We encourage comments and responses to individual postings and if you have a general comment about the website or Tugfest Midland 2009, please click the contact link at the top of this page.
