By Tommy Osborne

Huble Homestead Historic Site

Huble Homestead Historic Site preparing for summer full of great events

Jun 22, 2024 | 7:20 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – The Huble Homestead Historic Site has enjoyed a great season so far, as its run several events and school field trips to give many people the chance to take in a piece of history.

“We’re making ice cream and butter regularly with these kids. It’s really fun to see them out here enjoying the history and having fun and learning and doing lots of different activities with them,” said the Site’s Curatorial and Operations Assistant Rebecca Campbell.

This weekend the Sherlock Challenge and Watson Weekend are taking place. The annual Sherlock Challenge is an escape room style event in the entirety of the Huble House, but it has been fully booked up already. However, you can still go to the Site tomorrow to take part in Watson Weekend.

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“Watson weekend is a site wide adventure. So you get to go around site and help Shorty Haynes find all of the money he made while he was river boating. He’s hidden it somewhere around the site, so you get to solve clues, decipher codes, and overall, have a good time,” said the Site’s Store Manager Christine Reid.

Watson Weekend, like the Sherlock Challenge, is an annual event, but Reid says Huble Homestead always changes it up to keep it fresh for people who enjoy the yearly experience.

“Even if you’ve taken part in our Watson activity before, it is a different, set of clues and different adventure. So you’re always welcome to come back and have a wonderful time,” Reid said.

This is just one of many events planned for the year, and one of the biggest of the year is coming up soon with the Dominion Day celebration on July 1.

“We have cake to celebrate Canada’s birthday, and lots of fun demonstrations and games happening. And a few weeks after that, we have one of our most anticipated events of the season, which is Kids Carnival. And shortly after that, at the beginning of August, we have one of our longest running events: Homestead Days,” Campbell said.

The upcoming Kids Carnival on July 20 is a combination of historic and more modern games, while Homestead Days is a great opportunity to see how things would’ve been done back in the day.

“We have lots of demonstrations, especially from our heritage interpreters who are all working really hard on their projects this summer. I believe Shannon this summer is working on making pickles, Maven is working on preparing some sourdough bread,” Campbell said.

The Huble Homestead Historic Site is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and you can learn more about it and all the events planned for the rest of the year on its website here.

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