The Big Canoe Black Bear Society with support from the Big Canoe Chapel will host a benefit event at The Terraces from 2-4 p.m. on April 11.This event—sold out as of April 5—will support local charities who are trying to match monetary needs amid lower contributions following the 2020 pandem…
Mark your calendar and bring a friend to this fun fellowship for a worthy cause. The first of two special Prayer Blanket Workshops sponsored by the Big Canoe Chapel Women’s Fellowship will be April 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. in McCormick Hall at the chapel. Learn how to make these soft, comfortin…
In the very cold days of December 2020 a cat we determined to be feral was “hanging around” a house on Sconti Ridge Road. The residents fed the hungry boy and then contacted BCAR. After posting a photo in several Facebook groups, no one recognized or claimed him. We trapped and vetted him. T…
Many of the parks in Big Canoe have an elaborate sign at the main entrance, by the road, installed when the parks were set up in the mid 2000s. Over time these signs had faded and were looking neglected.
To be honest, I never would have created the Big Canoe Historical Society Facebook group if there had been any significant history written about Big Canoe. It concerned me that there was no organized effort in place to keep the history of our great community easily available and preserved. C…
At one time the founders of Pickens County Veterans Memorial Park were told we would only place 50 Bricks of Honor at the park. We just placed 17 more Bricks of Honor at the park and gratefully announce another milestone: The Bricks of Honor program has now grown to 858 Bricks of Honor.
Mark those calendars for Wednesday, May 19 at the Broyles Center, Big Canoe Chapel when the “Fascinating” Luncheon for Friends brings Big Canoe ladies and their guests together to do what they do best—enjoy each other’s company.
Gabrielle is such a lady! She likes her friends to call her Gabby. She loves the company of human beings and will sit in your lap for hours if you would like. She loves to play with toys and roll around for a good scratching on her back and head. She is a bit overweight, but after a year…
The always popular annual used book sale at Big Canoe Chapel is scheduled for April 8-10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shoppers will be pleasantly overwhelmed at Ye Olde Book Nook with the many options of books that cover every age range and genre, including: fiction, non-fiction, coffee table, cookboo…
The Big Canoe Chapel Women’s Fellowship is excited to share a Bible study opportunity beginning March 24. All women in Big Canoe and the surrounding communities are invited to join this new seven-week Bible Study session by best-selling author Priscilla Shirer. This seven-week journey throu…
Organizers of a formal, political effort to recall Steve Smith and Aaron Holland have cleared their first hurdle, garnering over 160 sponsors’ signatures for their petition application. Impact Pickens presented this initial action to Elections and Registration Supervisor Julianne Roberts Fri…
The Dawson County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual spring event—the 15k Mountain Madness Race—Saturday, March 20, to the delight of its 137 participants.
If you had driven along Highway 53 near Tate any time before 2015, you would have passed a weathered and worn train depot sitting beside the track at the crossing. If you looked closely as you passed by the end of the building you probably wondered why the building was so close to the road …
Tall cranes and large, tapered concrete and steel poles stopped traffic at the Cove Road roundabout March 10 and 11, surrounded by a fleet of Amicalola EMC, PIKE, and Georgia Transmission trucks. Flagmen stood far back on Cove Road and Steve Tate Hwy. with drivers coming up from Highway 53 d…
The Big Canoe Black Bear Society with support from The Big Canoe Chapel will host a benefit event at The Terraces on Sunday, April 11 from 2- 4 p.m. This event will support local charities who are trying to match monetary needs amid lower contributions following the 2020 pandemic. Featured …
Despite the hardships of a pandemic year, the Big Canoe Chapel Women’s Fellowship was able to give some financial support to 21 local charities in the North Georgia area in 2020.
People adopting pets from rescue organizations usually realize that they, more than the animals, are the ones being rescued. It’s rewarding to provide a home for a scared and lonely creature, but the pet returns unqualified love and provides constant companionship. In the balance of things t…
A formal recall effort has gathered momentum, focused on removing two of the three Pickens County Board of Education members responsible for terminating former superintendent Rick Townsend “without cause.” Their actions over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend cost more than $400,000…
The Bowen Center for the Arts is now displaying an “eggstraordinary” exhibition of over 200 carved, detailed eggs of all sizes and shapes. Members of the International Egg Art Guild have brought us a beautiful display of their incredible skill and talent that continues until April 1.
Mark that calendar and bring a friend to this fun fellowship for a worthy cause. The first of two special Prayer Blanket Workshops sponsored by the Big Canoe Chapel Women’s Fellowship will be April 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. in McCormick Hall at the chapel. Learn how to make these soft, comforting…
Members of the Big Canoe/North Georgia Friendship Force have not been traveling this past year due to the pandemic, but we have been connecting with other clubs around the world via Zoom calls. The photo shows a recent Zoom call involving a reunion of our Club’s first Open World delegates, h…
Be still my heart, the first Jasper Farmers Market of the season is just around the corner on April 10. Boy, it sure felt like a long winter’s nap without fresh vegetables and treats from the market. But spring has sprung and another great season is upon us. This is the 22nd year for the Jas…
