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CAPT would like to thank everyone for a successful event!
It was a beautiful day. We hope everyone can make it out to next
year's event which will be held on September 19, 2009.
On September 28, 2008 come celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Group of Seven painting from the boxcar on the ACR.
This event is brought to you by the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains, Algoma Fall Festival and Searchmont Resort.
Please see the bottom of the web page for some information on the Group of Seven. Also, click on the link to the video clips because there is a two part video about the Group of Seven.
With this event, you have the option of driving yourself to the event or letting us provide the transportation for you. If you choose to come with us, we are boarding the train at 9:00 am and the train pulls out of the yard at 9:20. We should arrive in Searchmont by 11:00 am. For those individuals driving themselves, aim to be at Searchmont Resort for 11:00 am. If there are any individuals that are physically unable to walk from the train stop to Searchmont Resort, there will be access to a courtesy shuttle.
9:20 to 11:00 Train Ride from the ACR Station in Sault Ste. Marie to Searchmont Resort
11:00 to 11:45 Optional Activity Time/Don Charbonneau and Guests Entertaining
11:45 to 1:00 Lunch prepared by the superb kitchen staff at Searchmont Resort
1:00 to 3:00 Optional Activity Time/Blarney Entertaining (2 sets)
3:00 Bus Ride back to ACR Station in Sault Ste. Marie
Optional activities include: nature walks, Michael Burtch's tour of paintings by the Group of Seven, a film, photography workshop, oil painting workshop, water-colours workshop and listening to the musical entertainment.
Tickets are available at Stone's Office Supplies. Tickets will also be available every Thursday in August at the Station Mall (in front of Coles).
Tickets are $41.60 with Transportation included or $24.00 if you provide your own transportation.
Train seats are very limited so for individuals unable to get a train ticket, a bus to and from the event will be available for $30.00
Ticket prices include all activities and lunch.
For more information contact Lori at 705-949-2301 ext. 4356 or lori.middaugh@algomau.ca
To view the poster for this event please click HERE
The following is a picture painted by a member of the Group of Seven of the landscape of Algoma along the rail-line.
It is titled, "The Solemn Land."
Courtesy of Paul Duval, The Tangled Garden
The Group of Seven were artists who shared the belief that the true spirit of Canada could be found in its northern landscape. To gain access to the remote Algoma region, they rented a boxcar from the ACR and outfitted it like a cabin. This would be their home while painting in the region for several years between 1918 and 1923. The boxcar would be shunted to sidings near choice painting locations, where they would then set out on foot or by canoe to capture the beauty and ruggedness of this northern part of the country.
The group all shared a vision of what Canadian art should depict. Their main concern was to reveal Canada to Canadians, and, with their unique style forever changed the way Canadians looked at their country. Today, this incredible and diverse group of painters remain among the very best artists to depict Canada. Their works are so rooted into our national psyche that it is as real as the earth and sky that inspired them.
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