Spring

As the snows starts to melt and the lakes and rivers thaw it's time for Float Your Fanny Down The Ganny in Port Hope!  Watch participants race down the frigid and swift-moving Ganaraska River in canoes, kayaks and crazy crafts.

If you'd prefer to be in the water in your waders with the fish, mid April there's the annual Fish Lift at Cobourg Creek.  Help catch trout by net, release them into a holding pen, and watch the fish being lifted in the pen over a dam to the upper river so they can continue their journey north.

This time of year also has the sap running in the maple trees, so a visit to our maple sugar bushes is a must.  

The Warkworth Lilac Festival at the end of May allows you to view over 50 varieties of lilacs, tour the Millennium Lilac Trail and enjoy live music.  Use our Northumberland Lilac driving tour as your pathway to the festival!

Celebrate spring blossoms at the Apple Blossom Tyme Festival in Colborne. View a collection of local vendors, sample food and view motorcycles, vintage cars and tractors on display.  There's a soap box derby race, a midway, baking contests and local apple pie.

Go birding at Presqu'ile Provincial Park over the Victoria Day long weekend to view warblers and whimbrels as they migrate to their summer nesting grounds at Warblers & Whimbrels Weekend. The event is aimed at those just starting out as birders or for those who would like to learn more. Naturalist-led bird hikes take place at 6:30 am, 10:00 am and 2:00 pm on Saturday & Sunday. 

Northumberland is well known for live performances including musicals, dramatic and comedic plays.  The Capitol Theatre in Port Hope brings comedy and a popular musical in the spring months,  and the Northumberland Players have their annual dinner/theatre at the Best Western in Cobourg.  Be sure to check our calendar of events for more live theatre, music and dance performances.