For the 101st time, North Buxton is celebrating its history with a homecoming event this weekend.
The Buxton National Historic Site is Canada's largest and most successful planned settlement that served as a haven for slaves seeking freedom from their American owners using the Underground Railroad.
Curator at Buxton National Historic Site and Museum Shannon Prince told Mornings with Dave and Cheryl on Country 92.9 FM CFCO that while it may not be as big as last year's centenary celebration, she still expects it to be a big event.
"I know people from last year couldn't wait until the 101st [celebration]," she said.
The events kick off on Friday, August 30 with the Buxton History and Genealogy Conference and the events will run right through to Monday, September 2.
"There will be several presentations in the history conference... pertaining to music," she shared, adding that this year's theme is Musical Buxton. "It's so interesting because music has always been an integral part of our community."
Registration for the conference costs about $40.
"One of the really cool things, at the end of the conference, they're going to do a cemetery walk, with some of the people buried there in the cemetery pertaining to Homecoming and sharing their stories as well," she added. "Some will be through music, some will be through almost a mini re-enactment."
Saturday will feature the Family Feud Baseball Tournament.
Prince said there will also be plenty of music on Saturday, with multiple genres playing throughout the park.
Sunday will kick off with a morning church service.
"The church service in the afternoon will be strictly musical," she explained. "It'll be nice to see because, again, it'll be that different generation sharing their musical talents with everyone."
Prince described Monday as "the biggest day" on the schedule, with the parade and the car show both taking place.
"In the parade, there will be a variety of different bands, different floats with music on them, " Prince said, describing one of the floats as similar to a mini-theatre. It will showcase performances and skits as it travels down the parade route.
The parade will begin on Eighth Line before proceeding west on Eighth Line, then south on A D Shadd Road and finishing at the North Buxton Community Park.
From noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, all lanes along the parade route will be temporarily closed for the procession. Only emergency vehicles will have access at that time.
"It's just really going to be a fun, uplifting weekend for everybody," Prince said.