Shops & Stops Canada Day Weekend in Sparta & Port Stanley

Canada Day festivities stretched backward from the official holiday on Tuesday July 1st. It was a busy "long weekend" in spots throughout Elgin County, including in Sparta and Port Stanley where visitors could check out some old standby's and some recently opened shops.   

---

Above: Susan Hewitt Graham, one of the artists at The Village Collective in Sparta, newly opened this spring (row 1); Julia Hansford's Sparta Studio which also opened recently (row 2 & 3); Sparta historian Bill Fishleigh in front of the Forge & Anvil Museum (row 4 on right); friends Ericka Mirc, Carla Smith & Susan Fisher savoured High Tea at the Sparta House Tea Room (row 4 on left);  Deb Mackey in Alfred's Gourmet Market which opened Saturday alongside her Pepper Tree Spice Co. in Port Stanley (row 5 & 6); on the beach in Port (row 7).     

Click on these links to find out more:
The Village Collective
Julia Hansford's Sparta Studio
Forge & Anvil Museum
Sparta House Tea Room
Pepper Tree Spice Co