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Tweed
Rough, unfinished woollen fabric, of a soft, open texture

Tweed

Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven.

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It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it is spun.

Get in

Getting to Tweed

Tweed is on Ontario Highway 37, just south of Highway 7, a southern alternate branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Highway 37 leads from Actinolite and Tweed south to Belleville (Ontario).

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Marble Arts Centre

    Gallery, studio, exhibition space for artists and occasional wedding venue in 125-seat former Marble Church of Bridgewater (1864-2004), possibly the only white marble church built in Canada.

  2. 02
    Tweed & Area Heritage Centre

    Victorian-era Houston House (1897) and annex includes local arts and crafts galleries, an information bureau, museum, reference room and archives.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Bon Echo Provincial Park

    Hiking trails, canoeing, boat tours on Mazinaw Lake, RV and car camping, backcountry, and roofed accommodations.

  2. 02
    O'Hara Sugar Maples

    Sugar house, maple butter and maple candy store, sugar bush.

  3. 03
    Palmateer Farms Maple Sugar Bush

    Seasonal maple sugar cabin, annual pancake breakfast in April, horse wagon rides.

  4. 04
    Poplars Golf Club

    189 East Hungerford Rd, toll-free: +1-877-478-GOLF (4653).

  5. 05
    Tweed Memorial Park

    Public boat launch, picnic shelter and pavilion, playground, ball diamond and beach.

  6. 06
    Tyendinaga Cavern and Caves

    2623 Harmony Road, Tyendinaga (west of Shannonville Road),.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Gateway Restaurant

    Fully licensed, private banquet room seats 30.

  2. 02
    Pizza Latina

    244 Victoria St N,.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.