Slate River Valley Rural Heritage Days

Kakabeka Tired Iron Club brings engines to this plowing event.

By Dave Gillis
Updated on August 17, 2023
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by Dave Gillis
A 4hp Cushman TG belted to a Massey-Harris grain grinder.

Slate River Valley is southwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It’s rich in farming history. The area is still known for its beef and dairy farming.

The Kakabeka Tired Iron Club has been invited to this event every year except 2020, when it was just a plowing event with no spectators. These photos are from 2021 when we were invited back to the event with limited spectators.

Annual two-day agricultural event

The Rural Heritage Days 91st Annual Slate River Plowing Match took place Sept. 8-9, 2023, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The Rural Heritage Agricultural Society and the Ontario Plowman’s Association continued its traditional celebration with tractor plowing, grain binding and grinding, stooking and threshing. In addition to a gas engine display, attendees also enjoyed antique collections of people movers, agricultural machinery and tractors. Live demonstrations included tractor horsepower testing, seed cleaning, a 4-sided planer, finishing planer and a sawmill. For information on future events visit Rural Heritage Days.

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