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Your seasonal guide

Fall in Lambton County

Fair season, pumpkin patches, cider, colour walks and spooky nights — everything your family needs from September to Thanksgiving, in one place.

Fall fair midway
Five weekends · Sept to Thanksgiving

The Fall Fairs of Lambton County

Petrolia, Wyoming, Forest, Alvinston and Brigden — five fairs on five consecutive weekends, plus the big day-trip fairs worth the drive. This is the heart of fall here, and it has been since 1846.

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Late September to late October

Where the colours are

A golden fall trail through Pinery Provincial Park
Grand Bend

Pinery Provincial Park

Ten trails through rare oak savanna that turns gold and rust. Rent a canoe on the Old Ausable Channel while the paddling season lasts.

Rock Glen waterfall surrounded by fall colour
Arkona

Rock Glen Conservation Area

A waterfall in full colour, boardwalk stairs through the gorge, and 350-million-year-old fossils the kids can actually hunt for.

Red maple leaves carpeting the ground at Canatara Park
Sarnia

Canatara Park

The close-to-home colour walk. Loop Lake Chipican, visit the Animal Farm, and catch the last warm beach days on Lake Huron.

Harvest season

Pumpkins, mazes and orchards

Alpacas and a goat at Korny Korners Adventure Farm
Sarnia · Pumpkin Fest

Korny Korners Adventure Farm

Corn maze, hayride out to the pumpkin patch, pig races, straw mountain and the animal farm. Pumpkin Fest runs through October.

6193 Blackwell Side Rd, Sarnia

Pumpkins and mums outside Zekveld's Garden Market
Wyoming · Pick your own

Zekveld's Garden Market

U-pick pumpkins, apples and pears straight from the field, plus a farm store stocked with cider, honey and fall mums until Christmas.

4622 London Line, Wyoming

The barn store at Twin Pines Orchards, decorated with pumpkins
Thedford · Apples & cider

Twin Pines Orchards & Cider House

Pick-your-own from 23 apple varieties, fresh-pressed cider and cider donuts, weekend wagon rides through the orchard, and trails to explore.

8169 Kennedy Line, Thedford

Coming soon

The Halloween Guide

Every haunted barn, trunk-or-treat and pumpkin walk in the county — each with a parent scare meter so you know what's giggles and what's nightmares before you go. Until then, the hauntings of Petrolia will hold you over.

Two babies sitting among autumn leaves and marigolds, a past photo contest favourite
Get the camera out

The Fall Photo Contest

Show us what fall in Lambton County really looks like. Enter your best shot from anywhere in the county.

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A vivid orange maple tree in full colour
The long weekend

Thanksgiving in the county

The season peaks on Thanksgiving weekend: four full days of the Brigden Fair, peak colour on the trails, and the last farm stands of the year.