About Barrie

If you are a newcomer to Barrie, welcome!

You’ll discover more about Canada’s Fastest Growing City by exploring these sites:
www.city.barrie.on.ca : our city’s official site, with lots of really useful info

www.barrietourism.on.ca : a great site when you’re looking for recreation andentertainment

www.jpint.utoronto.ca/tts01/Barrie.html : an interesting demographic study

www.ibarrie.com : weather, real estate, genealogy, shopping, you name it

www.downtownbarrie.ca : a key to the charm of the old Barrie downtown core

www.maclarenart.com : our spectacular MacLaren Art Gallery, a jewel at the heart of our city.

Barrie Public Library - this goes straight to the library catalogue

Did you notice the image that appears behind our club’s name on each page of our web site? It is Barrie’s majestic landmark, the “Spirit Catcher”.

This breathtaking 21 metre high sculpture, located on Barrie’s waterfront, is depicted on our club banner that you see on the Home page.

We are proud to feature this particular landmark. The design of the Spirit Catcher is based on the Thunderbird of First Nations’ mythology: the Thunderbird is a messenger who carries our dreams and desires to the Creator.

Our club is rooted in a community of people who have decided to live here each with their own dreams and desires, not only for their own lives, but also to help improve the lives of others. Our CFUW Barrie and District provides our members with fellowship and pursuit of knowledge, and also promotes education and human rights in our own community and around the world.

More information about the Spirit Catcher is available on this page.