Highland Treasures is a company located in the town of Minden,
part of the beautiful Haliburton Highlands in Ontario. Haliburton County is one of a
few county's in Canada to have it's own District Tartan.
Our tartan is beautiful and unique...!
Commissioned, designed and
registered in 1963; tartan fabric by the bolt was purchased
every few years up until the mid-1980's. Unless you can
find an unusual bargain, no fabric has been available for
purchase since the early 1990's.
Highland Treasures is an education, information and product
based company.
Our goal is to
educate the
general public about our beautiful tartan and its history;
promote the use and visibility of the tartan; and through the
sale of fine cloth, blankets, and souvenirs we hope to share our
tartan with others.
Everyone enjoys
seeing
kilts swinging in time to the pipe band, movies like Braveheart,
or the growing popularity in Highland Games; proving that public
interest in all things Scottish, including tartan is as strong
as ever. The reality for weaving mill industries however
is that their survival now relies on more than just tartan
fabric. A number of weaving mills in the UK provide tours to the public and it is
the retail sale of tartan products and gift items that has
become an important part of their economy.
We hope to take
a lesson from this and support our supply of tartan by selling
souvenirs.
The Highlands of Haliburton tartan
fabric it is considered a custom order with a minimum of 50 metres
per bolt.
We hope to finance the regular purchase of
fabric through the sale of Highlands of Haliburton souvenirs - full tartan wrap mugs, bumper stickers, key chains, lapel pins
and more! We offer a wholesale arrangement to galleries, museums and gift
shops; and the sale of the souvenirs also helps support our
local economy. Please contact us to inquire about
our wholesale arrangements!
We welcome you to our website and hope you enjoy your visit!
