The Marston Pavilion at Elora Gorge Park will be renovated this summer and is expected to reopen on Canada Day.
The kitchen and washrooms will be renovated and a new accessible washroom added. In addition, the wooden pillars that hold up the structure have been deteriorating over the years, so the bottom 1.2 metres (four feet) of each will be replaced with concrete and clad in stone.
The GRCA hired Demikon Construction of Guelph to carry out this $227,000 project. It will be funded through a Canada 150 Community Infrastructure grant of $83,250 and funds from the conservation area’s capital reserve.
The pavilion opened in 1954, the same year the park opened. It is named after Kay Marston, a member of the GRCA board who was instrumental in establishing Ontario’s first conservation area.
