COUNTY OF SIMCOE
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MIDHURST – The County of Simcoe welcomed the Honourable Michael Tibollo, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and local partners to the Beeton Honey and Garden Festival today tolaunch the region’s newest and sweetest tourism experience: The Simcoe County Honey Trail.
The Honey Trail features 10 bee and honey-related business in its first year – from producers, to markets, to gift shops to a participating resort, the trail is set to be a hive of activity as it winds through south simcoe communities offering a new experience to visitors and residents. Grab a speciallydesigned map and explore the trail as you support local businesses and learn more about the County’shoney history.
Simcoe County Trail partners include:
- Alliston Farmers Market
- Camphill Communities Ontario
- Concession Road Mercantile
- Dickey Bee Honey
- Drysdale Tree Farms
- Innisfil Creek Honey
- Innisfil Farmers Market
- Museum on the Boyne
- Sheldon Creek Dairy
- Nottawasaga Resort
Full details about the trail can be found at experience.simcoe.ca/TheHoneyTrail.
Honey Trail Contest:
To help kick-off the trail and sweeten the prize, Tourism Simcoe County is running a contest from May 25 to October 13, 2019. Participants can earn a chance to win one of five prize packages of limited- edition Honey Trail products. Tour the trail with your Passport Map and collect five or more stamps from participating trail members. Drop off your completed Passport Map at any participating location. Prizes will be drawn on Friday, October 25. Full contest details, downloadable Passport Maps and more information on participating vendors can be found at experience.simcoe.ca/TheHoneyTrail.
History of Honey in Beeton
In honour of Simcoe County’s famous settler and ‘Bee King’ of Canada, D.A. Jones, the Simcoe CountyHoney Trail is a great opportunity to recognize the vibrant apiculture history of south Simcoe. In 1880, D.A. Jones was producing 70,000 pounds of honey from 400 colonies, and was the first commercialhoney producer in Canada. Jones literally put Beeton on the map, inspiring the change of the village’sname to Beeton in 1874.
County of Simcoe is composed of sixteen member municipalities and provides crucial public services to County residents in addition to providing paramedic and social services to the separated cities of Barrie and Orillia. Visit our website at simcoe.ca.
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