► All  GUIDED TOURS  are conducted on the hour, 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm. Visitors are welcome to tour anytime between 10 and 4 pm on their own.
► The Historic Chatham BIA is sponsoring a  FREE COUPON BOOK  showing the murals on the tour and including discounts from downtown retailers at your fingertips. Pick up your coupon book during regular BIA office hours. Phone (519) 352-8387. Note the office will not be open on Saturday so pick up your coupon booklet beforehand.
► Look for the  "DOORS OPEN ONTARIO" BANNERS  at all the Doors Open Chatham-Kent sites. The banners yellow and blue or black and yellow read "Doors Open Ontario" in English on one side and French on the other and will be set outside each site to help with identification. Locally produced signs with yellow and blue balloons will also guide you to the stops on the tour.
► Download an Adobe Acrobat file of  ALL DOORS OPEN CHATHAM-KENT SITES  by clicking here.

►  USING YOUR G.P.S.?  Download an Adobe Acrobat file of the G.P.S. Coordinates for Doors Open Chatham-Kent sites.
► Lunch and wagon tours will be available at  HICKSON FARM .
► Free coffee will be available at  ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH  in South Buxton, and in Wheatley at the  WHEATLEY HERITAGE SOCIETY ,  WHEATLEY HARBOUR AUTHORITY  and  ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 324  .
► The paintings of Mildred Marion Betts (Patterson) who was born in England in 1889 and died in Kent County in 1976 at the age of 87 will be on display at  MORPETH'S TRINITY UNITED CHURCH  . She was approximately 18 years old when she came to Canada and the Guilds - Blenheim area and was between 25 - 35 when she did the bulk of her artwork. She sold some, gave others as gifts in the community, and the family has a spread out collection, in frames, some not, from B.C. to Bruce Peninsula, and in this area. Also look for a silver communion set given to the parish by Charlotte second daughter to Governor Simcoe in the early 1800’s will be on display in the church which is also the site of a memorial cairn to famous Canadian poet Archibald Lampman (1861-1899). He wrote “Outlook” ( Not to be conquered by these headlong days, But to stand free…” among many others.
► The C-K Singers (formerly the Kent Glee Club,) under the direction of Dennis Myers, will be performing a concert at  CALEB VILLAGE  in Chatham at 2:00 pm. The program will feature sacred, pop, spirituals, novelty and show tunes to enliven your Doors Open tour.
► Will angelic harp music be playing at the  THE PINES CHAPEL  ? This is the real thing not a CD and harpist Linda may be on hand as she has been previously to pluck at our musical heartstrings.
► At the  ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 324  in Wheatley, veterans and members knowledgeable about the displays will be on hand to explain the artifacts stored in over 60 display cases. There are hundreds of items on display to amaze anyone fascinated by military history.