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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 16, 2010 · 12 Aboriginal Awareness Day at Crawford Lake Aboriginal Awareness Day -- featuring music, dance and storytelling from local First Nations artists. -- is being held at Crawford Lake on June 20. The Gadaihongwas Dancers will perform on at 2 p.m. Gadaihongwas, which means Dancing Flower, perform a variety of fun, interactive Iroquoian social dances. The dancers range in age from child to adult. New this year, Alan Emarthle will perform at Crawford Lake for Aboriginal Awareness Day. Emarthle combines wooden flute performance and storytelling. Crawford Lake staff host Strawberry Moon hikes, departing at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., to introduce visitors to traditional Iroquoian foods and medicines from the forest. Regular park admission fees apply. Crawford Lake Conservation Area is located at 3115 Conservation Rd. in Milton (at the corner of Guelph Line and Conservation Road, 15 km north of the QEW. For more information call Crawford Lake at 905-854-0234, or visit www.conservationhalton.ca. Getting ready ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER DIVING IN: Bronte Creek Provincial Park staff (l-r) Melynda Saunders, Caroline Gower and Mackenzie Brian apply a fresh coat of paint to the tarmac of the 1.8-acre outdoor swimming pool in preparation for the pool's opening day on Saturday, June 26. The pool will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, weather permitting.