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Windsor Pumpkin Regatta. The Windsor Pumpkin Regatta is an annual water race held in October on Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, Nova Scotia. The course is a half mile (800 m) from start to finish. The race features brightly coloured giant pumpkins as the sole means of flotation.
Hants County Exhibition Park is owned and operated by the Windsor Agricultural Society. [6] The main goal of the society is to continue to host the agricultural exhibition annually. [5] The main income of the society is through revenue made during the exhibition events, as well as renting the facilities during other times of the year. [3]
The world's very first pumpkin regatta was held in Windsor in 1999 where people carve out The Giant Pumpkins and race across lake Pisiquid. [23] This weird regatta now includes a motorized class where a motor is attached to the pumpkin with a flotation device. [23] Windsor is the location of the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. The theatre ...
Hants Exhibition Arena. The Hants Exhibition Arena is owned by the Windsor Agricultural Society and is located at 239 Wentworth Street in Windsor, Nova Scotia.The arena is home to the Hants County Exhibition (the oldest agricultural fair in North America), along with the following hockey teams: Valley Maple Leafs of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League, [1] Avon View Avalanche, Kings-Edgehill ...
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Benoni Danks (c. 1716 – 1776) was a New England soldier and politician who acted as the representative of Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1765 to 1770. He is best known as the commander of Danks' Rangers , a unit which operated during the French and Indian War against the French .
Ski Martock is a ski resort located near Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. The facilities feature a downhill area served by a quad chair lift and two T-bars(one functional), a beginners area served by Magic Carpet. [1] The hill features a terrain park for snowboarding and freeskiing.
Bennett Smith (November 29, 1808 – January 11, 1886) was a shipbuilder and shipowner in Nova Scotia, Canada. Smith briefly served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Hants County in 1858 and 1859 as a Liberal member. He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of John Smith and Ann Grant. [1]