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Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southeastern Ontario, roughly 160 km (99 mi) east of Toronto. [2] It is the county's largest community and former seat located at the southwestern end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte , which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario . [ 3 ]
This is an incomplete list of festivals in Canada. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals , fairs , food festivals , arts festivals , and recurring festivals on holidays .
A winter festival, winter carnival, snow festival, or frost fair is an outdoor cold weather celebration that occurs in wintertime. Winter festivals are popular in D climates (see Köppen climate classification ) where winter is particularly long or severe, such as Siberia , Scandinavia , Canada and the northern United States .
Prince Edward County is located in Southern Ontario on a large irregular headland or littoral at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, just west of the head of the St. Lawrence River. This headland (officially named Prince Edward County in 1792 [7]) is surrounded on the north and east by the Bay of Quinte.
Ontario Pirate Festival (Guelph) [3] Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa) Ovation Music Festival ; Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights (Peterborough) Pride Week (Toronto) Puppet Festival Mississauga (March - Mississauga) Rockton World's Fair (October Thanksgiving Weekend - Flamborough) St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival (St. Lawrence)
Sandbanks Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County near Picton, Ontario, Canada. The park is considered one of the best sandy beaches in Ontario and contains the largest bay-mouth barrier dune formation in the world. The 1,550.87-hectare (3,832.3-acre) park was established in 1970 and operates year round.
This category is for festivals in the Canadian province of Ontario, including arts festivals, fairs, food festivals, folk festivals, carnivals, religious festivals, and other types. When applicable, all topics should be moved to appropriate subcategories by type and locale.
Winterlude is an annual winter festival held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec (collectively known as the National Capital Region). Winterlude is run by the Department of Canadian Heritage and was started in 1979. The event is one of Ottawa's most important tourist draws, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.