Salamander Festival

SAVE THE DATE!  

BELFOUNTAIN IS HAVING A 200th ANNIVERSARY PARTY

AND YOU’RE INVITED!

EVENT DETAILS
As many will know by now, the planning for the Belfountain Bi-Centennial celebration is well underway. The 200th anniversary party is replacing Salamader Festival 2025.

Your community members have been hard at work organizing a parade and street party for our community’s once-in-a-lifetime event, Saturday, October 4, from 11:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

ROAD CLOSURE
Roads in and out of Belfountain will be closed Saturday, October 4th, 10:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. for the festivities.

ROADS AFFECTED

The roads affected will be: 

• Bush Street and River Road closed from Shaw’s Creek Road to Old Main Street
• Mississauga Road (south) closed from Woodland Court to Old Main Street
• Forks of the Credit Road from River Road to Mississauga Road (north)
• Caledon Mountain Estates roads will be closed
• Staging for the 200th Anniversary Parade is on 
  Woodland Court at Mississauga Road

Barricades will be operated by O.P.P Caledon Detachment.  See maps below

Residents will be able to leave if necessary but please notify us in advance if a vehicle needs to leave your property so that our volunteers can escort your vehicle out of the closed road area. Re-entry by shuttle only until after 6pm

PARKING

Free parking is available at the Caledon Ski Club West Lodge Ski Club and Belfountain Public School with shuttle buses available from the ski club to Belfountain, Forester’s Park and BPS, and back throughout the day.

FLOATS, VENDORS AND VOLUNTEERS!

Parade – promote your business, club or collaborate with friends and neighbours to create a float or march together to join the parade! Drive your Vintage car!

Parade Awards! Win ‘Best Dressed’, ‘Best Parade Display’, ‘Funniest Float’, ‘Peoples Choice’, and more!

Parade Features

• Sandhill Pipes & Drums Band,
• 2nd York Militia & Canadian Volunteers of 1812 re-enactment co.,
• horses,
• vintage cars,
• Erin Air Cadets, and more!

Vendors 

Be part of the Vendors’ Market! Email us to book your vendor space!

Volunteers – Be part of this epic street party!

ATTENTION STUDENTS! We give COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS!

ALL VOLUNTEERS receive a free commemorative T-shirt*, lunch and snacks.

RSVP your participation by sign-up forms available on our socials  @Belfountain200

OR email to Belfountain Heritage Society: belfountainheritage@gmail.com

*Kindly RSVP your t-shirt size so that we can order the correct # of Volunteer t-shirts.

JUST A FEW OF THE FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES

Rain or shine, events of the day will include a parade, with horses, vintage cars, Erin Air Cadets, Sandhill Pipes & Drums Band, Blue Bonnet Lassies Highland Dancers, the unveiling of the new Belfountain Commemorative Sculpture and history plaque, live music, scavenger hunt, quadball games, heritage art show and displays in the Community Hall, vendors, the 2nd York Militia with the Canadian Volunteers will re-enact battles of the 1812 War in Forester’s Park, along with much more!

Make history! Invite your family and friends to come join the fun and be part of Belfountain’s 1-day milestone event organized by your community for the community!

Questions?  Please contact  Sarah, Evan or Steve at belfountainheritage@gmail.com