Things to see and do in the area around Confederation Homestead:
Town of Minden has lots of interest to see and do: http://www.mindenhills.ca/
Home of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre which includes the Agnes Jamieson Gallery, the Minden Hills Museum, Nature’s Place (formerly R.D. Lawrence Place), and the Minden Hills branch of the Haliburton Public Library.
Friday evenings in the summer there are free music concerts by the post office along side the Gull River, called Music by the Gull.
There is an annual Bluegrass Festival http://www.mindenhillsbluegrassfestival.ca/
Haliburton Studio Tour http://www.haliburtonstudiotour.on.ca/
Minden and District Horticultural show http://www.gardenontario.org/site.php/minden
Haliburton Tourism website http://www.haliburton-tourism.com/
Haliburton Arts and Crafts show http://www.railsendgallery.com/acfestival.php
Haliburton County Fair http://www.haliburtoncountyfair.ca/
List of parks and recreation facilities are at http://www.mindenhills.ca/parks.html
Map of the town: http://www.mindenhills.ca/pdfs/Minden_2010.pdf
Map of the township: http://www.mindenhills.ca/pdfs/Township_map.pdf
Haliburton Summer Theatre (they also do plays in the winter season as well): http://www.highlandssummerfestival.on.ca/ This company puts on very good theatrical productions presented at the theatre inside the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School, in the town of Haliburton.
Haliburton Forest Festival brings in some excellent music acts, and runs in mid August each year. http://www.theforestfestival.com/
Haliburton Forest Wildlife Preserve offers walking and hiking trails, mountain biking, fishing, outdoor education, Tree top canopy walks, Wolf Centre, in winter dog sledding, snowmobiling. http://www.haliburtonforest.com/
Sir Sam’s Ski and Bike – www.sirsams.com Great XC and Mountain Biking in the summer and Skiing in the winter. Only 40 minutes drive away.
World-class White-water rafting at the Minden White Water Rafting Course on Horeshoe Lake. The 2015 Pam Am Games and Olympic Preliminary white-water rafting competition was held at this site. Check it out this site for yourself at:
http://www.whitewaterontario.ca/about-wo/preserve.html
http://wikimapia.org/596763/Minden-White-Water-Preserve
Weekly farmers’ market on Tuesdays in Haliburton Village, Head Lake Park, 1-4; Friday afternoons 1-5 p.m., in the summer at the the Stanhope Community Centre, 1095 North Shore Rd., 4 km north of Carnavon off Hwy 35; Saturdays in Minden 10-2 pm at Milne & Prince Street.
Go Carting in Coboconk
Coboconk Go-Karts
6923 Highway #35, Coboconk
705-454-9368
Open Daily from 10:00am – 8:00pm
Features: Go Karts, 9 Hole Mini Golf, Ice Cream Parlour