Beautiful Joe Heritage Society
Meaford, Ontario, Canada
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Founded in 1994, Beautiful Joe Heritage Society is a charity based in Meaford, Canada working on heritage, arts & culture, animal welfare.
The Beautiful Joe Heritage Society is a volunteer-run registered charity based in Meaford, Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 1994 as the Beautiful Joe Foundation and renamed in 1997. The Society preserves and promotes the story of Beautiful Joe, a dog rescued in the 1890s and made famous by author Margaret Marshall Saunders. It develops and maintains Beautiful Joe Park, an 8.5-acre parkland on the banks of the Bighead River, with pathways, monuments and memorial plaques. Its work includes publishing and reprinting the Beautiful Joe books, staging theatrical productions, running guided tours, hosting pet-related fundraising events, and publishing the monthly BarkOut e-newsletter. The Society aims to make the park an international tourist attraction and Heritage Site, celebrating the animal-human bond.
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Beautiful Joe Park walking tours
Heritage · Canada
Guided walking tours of Beautiful Joe Park in Meaford, Ontario, introducing the park's history and the Beautiful Joe story, for groups of up to about 50 people.
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Tourism Award
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Grey-Bruce Arts Collective
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