Mom Pam Drost is seen with her daughter Pam Drost working on a fairy door in the boardroom of the Moose Creek Hall during Winterfest 2025. Thompson Goddard Photo
MOOSE CREEK – It was another wonderful carnival weekend in the small North Stormont community of Moose Creek with plenty of activities for people of all ages to enjoy over the weekend of Feb. 7 through 9. Moose Creek Recreation Association member Jean-Luc Théorêt led the Winterfest 2025 organizing team and with Club Optimiste de Moose Creek (MCRA) ensured it was a resounding success.
On Friday evening, a well attended Winterfest 2025 Yuk-Yuks show on Feb. 7 at the Moose Creek Hall which had close to 200 people enjoying the comedy of Cedric Newman, Chris Quigley and Dan Allaire.
Saturday began with a large selection of indoor and outdoor activities designed to delight people of all ages. These included arts and crafts inside the hall which included cookie decorating, toss the snowball, card making and creating a fairy door with lots of embellishments to choose from, while outside there was the opportunity to skate and play some outdoor winter games. The canteen was open throughout the carnival, with a smores kit available to purchase and use at the self-contained and supervised fire pit near the outdoor rink.
Day 2 of the carnival concluded with a trivia contest followed by an evening of karaoke. Théorêt mentioned the Trivia Contest was won by the team composed of Mary and Ian MacNaughton, Steve and Catherine Baltjes, Anne-Marie, Louise and Claire Conway and Pierre-Yves Bourque who will be able to play for free at the next trivia night in Moose Creek.
Over 250 people attended the Sunday morning breakfast at the Moose Creek Hall which was hosted by the firefighters from the North Stormont fire station in the community. People were able to enjoy a full course breakfast while socializing with friends and neighbours.
Events like Winterfest 2025 would not happen if it were not for the dedication of organizations and volunteers in the community. Théorêt extended a sincere thank you to the volunteers who helped make the weekend a success, to the Club Optimiste de Moose Creek and to Maxime Quesnel.
Information on upcoming events organized by the MCRA can be found on their social media pages.
Carolyn Thompson Goddard, grew up in Chesterville and attended North Dundas District High School. After completing her BA in Political Science at Carleton University she has worked as a medical secretary and library technician. In 2020 she graduated from Algonquin College with a diploma in Journalism and has been a reporter and column writer for The Chesterville Record for over 10 years.
