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Experience holiday magic by candlelight during Sainte-Marie’s award-winning First Light! Add to your visit by booking an overnight stay inside on of our cozy new waterfront cabins.

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First Light

Discover holiday magic by candlelight at Sainte-Marie and Martyrs’ Shrine.

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Beyond the Palisades
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Adventures in Time Travel
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Sweetwater Harvest Festival
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Hearth to Table: Dinner in 1648
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Boots and Boards: Wednesday Line Dancing
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NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
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Shadows & Stone: Evening Experience
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Hometown Harvest Festival

Events at our sister location: Discovery Harbour

Pumpkinferno
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Mid-Winter Social
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Ghost Tours
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Please contact us if you have any questions:

hhp@ontario.ca
705-526-7838
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Sainte-Marie among the Hurons
16164, Highway 12 East
P.O. Box 160
Midland, Ontario
L4R 4K8

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