Matthew Farfan

It was a gorgeous sunny day on Tuesday for the 95th annual Canada Day festivities in Hatley Village, which was once again thronged by Townshippers from across the region. By 11 o'clock, both Main Street and the Village Common were packed as an enormous and noisy parade made its way through this picturesque little village, which for most of the year is the definition of "sleepy."

Floats by all kinds of community groups, including the Graduates of Charleston Academy, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Masons, the Hatley United Church Sunday School, the Frontier Animal Society, and others, were joined by fiddlers, horses and buggies, antique cars and tractors, Shriners, bagpipers, and hundreds of marchers, to make this another first-rate Canada Day parade.

Other events on the Common included a sit-down dinner put on by the Anglican Church on the grounds of Charleston Academy, an open house at the splendid and newly restored Anglican Church next door, games, races, a book sale, music, and fireworks. It was a wonderful day enjoyed by all.

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(Photos: Matthew Farfan)