KAWARTHA LAKES-Doors Open gives residents and visitors a chance to explore some of the places that make Kawartha Lakes unique.
For Doors Open 2026, we’re celebrating the City’s 25th anniversary by opening the doors to places where local decisions are made, community services are delivered and people come together to help shape Kawartha Lakes.
Take a tour on September 13, 2026 from 10am to 4pm for this free event.
Doors Open 2026 features twelve sites across communities in central and southern Kawartha Lakes:
- Academy Theatre (2 Lindsay Street South, Lindsay)
- Kawartha Lakes City Hall (26 Francis Street, Lindsay)
- Kawartha Lakes Museum and Archives (50 Victoria Avenue North, Lindsay)
- Lindsay Post Building (15 William Street North, Lindsay)
- Omemee Train Station (17 John Street North, Omemee)
- Oakwood United Church (949 Highway 7, Oakwood)
- Lindsay Legends and Lore Self-Guided Walking Tour (180 Kent Street West, Lindsay)
- Manilla Library (17025 Simcoe Street, Manilla)
- Oakwood Library (932 Highway 7A, Oakwood)
- Old Bethany Post Office (1480 Highway 7A, Bethany)
- Omemee Legends and Lore Self-Guided Walking Tour (1 King Street West, Omemee)
- Woodville Town Hall (100A King Street, Woodville)
Visit participating sites, collect stamps along the way and enter for a chance to win great local prizes. You can also pick up a Heritage Scavenger Hunt brochure at Doors Open locations. See if you can spot some of this year’s clues while you explore!
“It’s that time again when we get to take a peek at what’s inside those wonderful Heritage properties we see as we travel around our city,” said Athol Hart, Chair of the Kawartha Lakes Municipal Heritage Committee, which organizes the event. “Each one has something special that the public rarely gets the opportunity to see. So, come on out and enjoy our heritage properties from the outside in … the doors are now open!”
Doors Open Kawartha Lakes is part of Doors Open Ontario which is facilitated by the Ontario Heritage Trust. From May to October, communities across the province host Doors Open events to open residents and visitors to their important heritage spaces and places.
For more information on Doors Open 2026, please visit kawarthalakes.ca/doorsopen or email [email protected]
