Civic Holiday Weekend--Canada Long weekend

The second long weekend of the summer starts July 30, and the official holiday in some Canadian Provinces takes place Monday August 2.  A number of  Civic Long weekend events and festivals are taking place over the long weekend. 

Perhaps the largest number of events are celebrated in Ontario around John Graves Simcoe and is call Simcoe Day Civic Holiday.   A symbolic location to celebrate might be Lake Simcoe, Simcoe County or
Simcoe Ontario, all having taken the surname of John Graves Simcoe.  A number of summer  fun July-August getaways area available in and around the Barrie and Orillia area on Lake Simcoe.

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Summer in Ontario  family vacations and getaways with  more than 100 affordable close to home (staycation) vacations in 2010. Many summer vacation package choices for getaways are available. Book now for your summer long weekend holiday dates for Canada Day, Simcoe Day (Civic Long Weekend), and Labour Day Join a tradition dating back to the first camping holidays to the lakeside summer resort destinations in Ontario's famous cottage country. Cottage country was accessible only by dirt road, train, lake steamer, or canoe. These were the days before summer vacation packages, Ontario golf courses, and water skiing, windsurfing,and wake boarding. Pick an Ontario Resort type for your next summer resorts Ontario Vacation. Ontario's Cottage country today is really considered to be north, north east and north west of Toronto.