Historical and Educational Tours
10:00 am Experience a new Village adventure with every visit at Canterbury Shaker Village: tours, exhibits, crafts, gardens, concerts, art classes, festivals, fine dining, shopping and more. (603) 783-9511. Group rate for 20 or more is $11 per person.
12:00 pm Spend lunch at the contemporary Shaker-inspired cuisine at the Canterbury Shaker Table Restaurant. Variety of seasonal appetizers, salads, entrees and fabulous desserts. 603-783-4238. Lunch is served from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm prices range from $8.25 for a sandwich to $13.50 for Braised Beef Layered pie.
1:30 pm Tour through downtown Laconia on the historic river walk making a stop at the oldest, unaltered brick textile mill in America, the Belknap Mill. This only industrial knitting museum in the U.S. was built in 1823 and the only building left that represents the first stage of the Industrial Revolution. Visit the permanent exhibit, see operating knitting machines, 1918 hydroelectric power system, changing art and history exhibits and attend concerts and lectures. 603-524-8813
2:00 pm Take a cruise on beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee to learn the history of the lake and many islands U.S. Mailboat M/V Sophie C – the oldest floating post office in the United States, is also the only U.S. Mailboat on an inland waterway. Each season she provides mail service on the lake, a tradition datng back to 1892. M/S Mount Washington Cruises (603) 366-5531
3:15 pm or 4:30 pm Scenic cruise on M/S Mount Washington Cruises
3:00 pm or 4:00 pm Winnipesaukee Lake Tours 1 hour scenic cruise or 1 _ hr sunset cruise. (603) 528-6900. $10 per person and boat holds 25 people.
Other Historical Options: *Wright Museum, Wolfeboro (603) 569-1212 *Castle in the Clouds, Moultonboro (603) 476-2352 *Museum of Childhood – Over 3,000 dolls, dollhouses, trains, sleds, Teddy Bear Room, 1890 child’s room. Teddy Bear Picnic, games, music boxes, puzzles – all evoking childhood memories from the 19th & 20th centuries. Wakefield *NH Boat Museum, Wolfeboro (603) 569-4554 *Klickety-Klack Railroad – Operate over 70 buttons for trains, lights, sound, action on 95% completed scenery, Old Man of the Mt & Mt. Rushmore & more. Wolfeboro (603) 569-5384 * Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society Museum, Rte 3, Weirs Beach (603) 366-5950.
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Paid in Part by the NH Division of Travel & Tourism. For statewide group travel information 603-271-2665,