The Midland Mural project started in 1990 initiated by the Downtown Midland Business Improvement Association. Aside from its aesthetic value, each mural represents a significant time in the history of the Georgian Bay area. A pleasant way of knowing a bit of Midland’s history. Midland Post Office and Postmaster – corner Read more…
Midland is said to have one of Ontario’s largest and most beautiful outdoor galleries, thanks to its more than 35 colorful murals located along the city’s main street. And so we drove to Midland one hot summer day to see the murals. Most murals were located along King Street and Read more…
After some afternoon walking at Warden Woods, we stopped by the West Scarborough Community Centre. We had a fun discovery of the artworks around the building. Too bad there are no artist names in most of the works. Large Koi Fish which in general symbolize wealth and surplus. The Chinese believe koi particularly represent Read more…
As mentioned in part 1 – Sussex, NB is the mural capital of Atlantic Canada with 27 huge murals depicting local history scattered around the town’s major streets. We got a map for $2 from the information centre which goes towards the maintenance of the murals. After viewing most of the Read more…
We arrived in Sussex, New Brunswick at 5 PM on our 2nd day. Sussex was specifically chosen as a stop over town being known as the mural capital of Atlantic Canada. After checking in at Fairway Inn (Roachville, NB) the driver had ice cream at Sully’s Ice-cream Parlour which was Read more…