Meet the Mural Artists in Historic Downtown Midland, Ontario Canada Midland, Ontario…August 2008. As one of the top 100 places to see in Ontario. Downtown Midland http://www.downtownmidland.ca/ should be on every visitors and residents travel list. Midland hosts North America’s largest outdoor mural and was recently listed in the Ron Brown first edition of Top 100 Unusual Things to see in Ontario released September 17th 2007, Boston Mills Press. Brown labels the murals as a "Giant Outdoor Art Gallery". The murals depicting a scene from the Jesuits meeting Huron aboriginals for the first time is the largest outdoor historic mural in North America. Ron Brown is a Canadian travel writer and broadcaster who is the author of several books on unusual features to see throughout Ontario. His latest titles include Downtown Ontario; Unusual Main Streets to Explore, and Top One Hundred Unusual Things to See in Ontario. Toronto-based Brown also regularly contributes to CBC Radio broadcasts.
For the summer of 2008 our murals are continuing to be restored by 3 local artists with the financial aid of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. See more detail at Georgian Bay Tourism
Labels: Canada's Historic Georgian Bay, Canada's Historic Murals, Georgian Bay Ontario Canada, Historic Downtown Midland
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