• SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • NEWS -
  • SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • Photos by Mikki Simeunovich -
Menu

SLOWCITY.CA

  • SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • NEWS -
  • SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • SLOW -
  • Photos by Mikki Simeunovich -
×
Screen Shot 2021-01-21 at 11.24.19 PM.png

Downtowns of Durham: Take Another Look at Bowmanville

Will McGuirk January 21, 2021

By Will McGuirk

Downtown Bowmanville bridges the liveliness of a city with the loveliness of a village. The main thoroughfare is often shut down for community events and celebrations. The downtown is the gathering place for the town, and wandering around the side streets and neighbourhoods is a peek into the lives in one of Durham Region’s best-kept secrets.

At one of those community events in the late 1800s, a boy named William Hunt witnessed his first circus. He would grow up to become the Great Farini, an internationally known showman and explorer and one of the first to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. 

Read more at DowntownsofDurham.ca

← Joe Szek: Herongate Barn Dinner Theatre with an 'Odd Couple' Downtowns of Durham: Listen Up; Oshawa is the Music City →
Screenshot 2023-06-10 at 10.18.16 PM.jpg
TownBrewery.jpeg
SecondWedge.png
Atria_logo.png
apologue_logo2.png
kv_eyes.jpg
Avanti_logo.png
RMG SQ.jpg
11666057_10154039986198378_4496427229864055720_n.jpg
COnvergenceSQ.png