Founded in 2010, Gaslight Tour features local history as theatre. Each year a historic theme is selected to tell the story of a particular aspect of Collingwood’s history.

Tour participants visit 4 of the town’s historic sites selected to host the year’s productions. In each of these settings, participants become the audience for an original historic tale, written by a local playwright. The plays, set to the year’s theme, portray colourful stories about the town’s local history. After visiting the 4 venues participants complete their tour with refreshments in a venue set up as a historic tearoom.