Start Date: | August 25, 2023 5:00pm |
End Date: | |
Location: | Highbanks Recreational Area, Letchworth State Park |
LETCHWORTH STATE PARK – HIGHBANKS RECREATION AREA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25th – SUNDAY, AUGUST 27th
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Friday & Saturday)
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Sunday)
FLINTKNAPPING EVENTS:
- Flintknapping demonstrations under the knappers tent and throughout the event site
- Sales and personal displays of knapping by various artists
- Award ceremony – Sunday at 11:00 AM
LIVING HISTORY ENCAMPMENTS:
- Walk through the camps and visit with the re-enactors
- Purchase period items from trade blankets
- See black powder firearm demonstrations
ATLATL COMPETITIONS: August 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th
- ISAC, all four days (24th -27th)
- Eastern Seaboard Atlatl Competition (24th – 26th)
- Animal Silhouette Field Course (24th – 27th)
- Mammoth Hunt – Saturday afternoon (26th)
INFORMATION:
- Hotel/Travel/Tourist 1-800-839-3919
- Camping and Vendors: Dana Klein – 716-474-5841, Email danakchert@verizon.net
- Flintknapping: Jim Fisher – 716-550-3919, Email jim@creeksideartifacts.com
- Fur Trade Era & Civil War Era: Leo Martling – 585-230-7133
- Atlatl: Douglas Bassett – 585-493-3683
- Genesee Valley Flintknappers – website: http://gvknappers.tripod.com
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