Featured Speaker – Hap Wilson
One of Canada’s best-known explorers, canoeists, and mapmakers, Hap is an International Fellow of the Explorer’s Club, member of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and winner of the Bill Mason award for Lifetime Achievement in River Conservation. He has paddled over 60,000 kilometers across publications and guidebooks and preserving the country’s natural beauty with his wilderness sketches. He will speak about Forgotten Canoe Routes of the Canadian Shield.
- A selection of sandwiches, cheese, fruits, squares. Cash bar available with doors opening at 5:30 pm. Presentations start at 6pm.
- Almonte Civitan Community Hall, 500 Almonte Street, Almonte, ON
$40/pp (non-refundable) - Collaboration Bill Pratt and Ian Douglas: Canada Wild’s: Algonquin Wild
- Honouring Cliff Bennett: We recognize a truly remarkable man, a founding member of the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists.
- Door Prizes: Gilligallou Bird and Hap Wilson
Get tickets online https://mvfn.ca/spring-gathering-2026-tickets/ or Gilligallou Bird, 14 Mill Street, Almonte
For more information contact: Louise Beckinsale becki9lou@gmail.com. Ticket sales end April 23, 2026.
