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View fullsize Halloween Pumpkin Express is just a few days away! 🍂🎃 . October 21st, 4-8pm October 22nd, 4-8pm October 23rd, 2-6pm . Event Details: •Haunted House 🏚 •Fun Spooky Games 🎯 •Face Painting 🎨 •Graveyard Scavenger Hunt ⚰️ •Pum
View fullsize Our Fall Fair is this weekend🌽🍂🌻 . Saturday & Sunday, Sept 17/18, 9-3:30pm . Details: • $5.00 per person, 12 & under are free • Threshing with candy scramble 🍬 • Steam equipment, small engines & blacksmithing 🚜🔪 &bul
View fullsize Absolutely incredible turn out today at the 40th Annual Fords & Friends Car Show - the most cars yet! Thanks to everyone who joined us today 🚗☀️ . . 📸 @jessika.tms . . #fordsandfriends#fordsandfriendscarshow#fordsandfriends2022#ford#chevrolet
View fullsize The Early Ford V8 Club is very excited about hosting the 40th anniversary show on July 10th 🚗 . Adults $5, children free, show cars $15. The trains will be running from 10am to 2.30pm 🚂 . 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 7321 Lochside Drive Saanichton . 📸 @jess
View fullsize Thank you to everyone that worked hard & to the community for coming out and supporting us at our Summer Fair! Folks enjoyed the tractors, trains, steam & small engine display, music & sunshine 🚜☀️🚂 . . 📸 @jessika.tms . . #heritagea
View fullsize The Summer Fair is this weekend! Bring the family to celebrate Father’s Day out at Heritage Acres ☀️🌻 . The trains will be running 🚂 . Sat, Jun 18, 2022 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Sun, Jun 19, 2022 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM 7321 Lochside Drive Saanichton . Vi
View fullsize The Vancouver Island Model Engineers Society is 50 years old! Come and ride the trains! Sat, Jun 11, 2022 10:00 AM Sun, Jun 12, 2022 2:30 PM . Visit our other interactive displays, artifacts & beautiful forested grounds🌲 . ✔️ Picnic Areas 🍎 ✔
View fullsize Fantastic day at the Old English Car Club Restoration Fair & Swap Meet 🚗☀️ . . 📸 @jessika.tms . . #oldenglishcarclub#oldenglishcars#oecc#heritageacres#swapmeet#saanichartifactssociety#carshow#vintage#vintagecars#antiques#cars#saanich#yyj#vict
View fullsize After an absence of two years the South Island Branch of the OECC is once again holding its Restoration Fair and Swap Meet, on June 5, 2022. In addition to an English car show, the event features vendor displays from local automotive suppliers, car
View fullsize Information on the Trains 🚂 • Next event: June 5th 2022, 10-2:30, English Car Show 🚗 - From the Vancouver Island Model Engineer’s Facebook page: “Hello everyone. We had our opening day in the rain and it was a great success. A f
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Seniors friendly Forest Trail is completed and open
Seniors friendly Forest Trail is completed and open
Heritage Acres Co-operation with Island Culinary Service
Heritage Acres Co-operation with Island Culinary Service

Fitting a metal tire to a wooden Wagon Wheel

On January 4th 2023 we used a traditional method to heat shrink a new metal tire onto a large wooden wheel off our 1900 water wagon. See a short video here:

Playing at Heritage Acres Summer Fair and Fall Fair