Huble Homestead Historic Site is located on traditional Lheidli T'enneh keyoh.
Spring on the Homestead
Sunday, May 21 & Monday, May 22 - 10:30am to 4:00pm
Join us for our opening weekend to help us mark the changing of the seasons!
Learn all about the different tasks a settler family like the Hubles would take on to ensure the rest of their year was a success.
Watch or participate in old-fashioned activities such as the May-pole dance! Grab a ribbon and get ready to learn more about this spring tradition that dates back to the dances ancient people would do in hopes of harvesting a large crop.
Try playing the Game of Graces or borrow one of our kites to see if you can get it off the ground! Find out which vegetables will be planted in the Huble garden this season, and learn about the heritage varieties of potatoes being grown in anticipation of this fall’s Potato Festival! Watch the garden go in, and decorate a plant pot to take home a seed of your own!
The Northwest Invasive Plant Council will be on location for Sunday, May 21 to educate visitors about preventing the introduction and spread of invasive plants, and to chat about the Canada-wide Play Clean Go program.
On Sunday you can also flex your creative muscles in the scarecrow making contest for your chance to have your entry stay up in the Huble garden all summer long!
Reacquaint yourself with the historic site by taking a guided tour and explore the buildings by taking part in a treasure hunt. Afterwards, relax with a picnic basket brought from home, or buy lunch from the BBQ.
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Take part in heritage demonstrations such as butter making and ice cream making with our staff, and cheesemaking with local expert Tracey Johnson of Cheeseneeds.com! Learn more about working with a pole lathe from Dave of SilverTree Woodworking, who'll be on location both days. Wander over to the blacksmith shop to chat with Dawson of Brandt Blacksmithing - he'll have the shop running Sunday and Monday! If you're interested in learning about Icelandic wool, chat with Heimdall's Reach on the Sunday, and learn about honey through a display by the Prince George Beekeepers! If you're in the mood to purchase honey, you're in luck - Clover Fields Apiaries will be set up to fulfill all your honey related needs!
Don’t forget to check out the General Store and browse a new selection of locally made goods! As an added bonus, take 10% off plant and garden supplies all weekend long.
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Schedule of Events - Sunday, May 21
10:00 AM-12:00 PM - Pancake Breakfast
12:00 PM-4:00 PM - Regular BBQ
11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - May-pole dance
10:30 AM & 3:30 PM - Old fashioned games
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Scarecrow making contest
1:30 PM - Scarecrow judging
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Planting the Huble garden
11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - Tours of Huble Homestead
DEMONSTRATIONS
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Cheesemaking with Tracey Johnson
12:00 PM & 2:00 PM - Cheese curd cutting
12:30 PM & 3:00 PM - Butter making
1:15 PM - Ice cream making
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Pole lathe with SilverTree Woodworking
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Blacksmith demonstrations
10:30 - 3:00 - Chat with Heimdall's Reach about Icelandic wool
COMMUNITY GROUPS & VENDORS
Northwest Invasive Plant Council
Check out the Prince George Beekeepers display
Schedule is subject to change.
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Schedule of Events - Monday, May 22
10:00 AM-12:00 PM - Pancake Breakfast
12:00 PM-4:00 PM - Regular BBQ
11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - May-pole dance
10:30 AM & 3:30 PM - Old fashioned games
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Planting the Huble garden
11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - Tours of Huble Homestead
DEMONSTRATIONS
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Cheesemaking with Tracey Johnson
12:00 PM & 2:00 PM - Cheese curd cutting
12:30 PM & 3:00 PM - Butter making
1:15 PM - Ice cream making
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Pole lathe with SilverTree Woodworking
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Blacksmith demonstrations
COMMUNITY GROUPS & VENDORS
Schedule is subject to change.
Huble Homestead Historic Site is a 30 minute drive north of Prince George, BC. Leave the city behind and make your way up Highway 97 for 40 kilometres, before turning off on Mitchell Road to continue another 6 kilometres down a well-maintained dirt road.
Huble Homestead is dog friendly and open daily from 10:00am to 5:00pm for guided tours and shopping in the General Store. Enjoy a picnic or purchase lunch from the BBQ as you relax in the fresh air. Admission is by donation, with a recommended amount of $10.00 per family.
We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.