What's New

• Oakville’s Canada Day 2012 - Sunday, July 1st. Click here for more information. Sponsor, Vendor and Volunteer Enquiries Welcome. Look back at 2011…what a Blast!

• Harbour Days August 6-19, 2012. Bronte Harbour Invitational Sand Sculpting Competition Sandcastles *Sun * Fun - Click here for more information. Sponsor and Vendor Enquiries Welcome. Look back at 2011.

• Autumnfest 2012 Sept. 22 – 11am-5pm Sponsor, Vendor & Volunteer Enquiries Welcome.

• Annual Tree Lighting & Carol Sing Nov. 24, 2012

• Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 13. Bronte businesses catered to many last minute shoppers for Mother’s Day and to the Moms. Celebrate YOUR Mom every day in Bronte Harbour Style! Click here for more information.

• The Easter Bunny visited Bronte Harbour on Saturday, Apr 7. Click here to take a look.

• Celebrate the Season Bronte Harbour Style! Click here for more information.

•Bronte BIA Welcomes New Businesses. Click here for a complete list of these merchants.

 
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Harbour Days

 

sandcastleAugust 6 - 19, 2012
Sandcastles, Sun & Ships

Heritage Waterfront Park
(ft. of Bronte Rd. at Ontario St.)
Click here for directions

Bronte Harbour Invitational Sand Sculpting Competition

Come to beautiful Bronte Harbour Tourist Area, Oakville’s Village by the Lake, and watch in amazement as master sand castle sculptors participate to win the 2012 championship.

Presenting Sponsor:  200 Merchants of the Bronte BIA and other partners to come.                                       

Event Honorary Chairperson -   Karen Fralich
Three-time world champion sand sculptor and Burlington, Ont. resident.
Click here for Karen’s biography:  www.sandqube.com

mapPeople’s Choice
Come down and cast your own vote for the People’s Choice Award.
Voting will take place between Sunday Aug 12- Sunday August 19, 2012.

Sand Sculpture Exhibit
Sand sculptures will be on display from August 12-19, 2012.
Hours: 9am-9pm
 
Other Activities
Coming soon!

Admission to Sand Sculptures Exhibit:  $ 2.00  (donation to offset costs)

Come for the day or make a mini vacation of it, staying at the Quality Suites Hotel at Bronte Rd. and QEW.

DIRECTIONS:

From EAST, take QEW (Queen Elizabeth Highway) eastbound to Oakville, take LAST OAKVILLE EXIT, Bronte Rd/Hwy #25 South off QEW and take all the way south of Lakeshore Rd. W. to Ontario Street at Lake.

From WEST, take:  QEW (Queen Elizabeth Highway) westbound to Oakville, take FIRST OAKVILLE EXIT, Bronte Rd. South off QEW and take all the way south of Lakeshore Rd. W. to Ontario Street.

PARKING:  FREE
Local street parking on Bronte Rd. and Marine Drive, Jones St.
Local Mall Parking Lots all within minutes walking distance.
Bronte Village Mall (Sobeys) at N/E corner of Lakeshore Rd. and Bronte Rd.
Centriller Mall Off Marine Dr. (1st block south of Lakeshore)  at Bronte Rd. behind Lick’s
Walk south on the Bronte Rd. Boardwalk to park at Bronte and Ontario Street (look for the pier/lighthouse and the sand sculptures entrance (red tent).