Dover Heritage Festival

Name: Dover Heritage Festival
Start: 2026-08-15
End: 2026-08-15
Location: Dover, Bonner County

The Dover Heritage Festival is a community event in Dover, Bonner County, celebrating local history and America's 250th anniversary. It features historical showcases and hands-on activities, including gold panning, axe throwing, and demonstrations of crafts from the fur trade era.

Date: Aug 15, 2026
Location: Dover, Bonner County

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Event summary

Highlights

Gold panning activities
Axe throwing demonstrations
Displays of fur trade era crafts and trade items
Volunteers in historical costumes

The Dover Heritage Festival, held in Dover, Bonner County, is a community-focused event designed to bring the town's history and America's 250th anniversary to life. Visitors are transported back centuries through nearly 25 tents filled with historical showcases and interactive experiences.

Community volunteers, some dressed in period costumes ranging from corsets to cowboy hats, host a variety of activities. These include gold panning, metal working, and axe throwing. The festival also features demonstrations of traditional crafts, such as knife making resembling those used during the fur trade era, and displays of historical trade items like metal, beads, tea, and beaver hide. The event aims to help the community appreciate its heritage and preserve history for future generations.

Practical details

Location described by the source: festival grounds; bonnercountydailybee.com
Area for browsing nearby events: Dover, Bonner County

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