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The festival later expanded to three days; it outgrew the park and was moved to the grounds of the Center Wellington Township Sportsplex at the edge of town, [5] providing space for overnight camping. The name was changed to Fergus Scottish Festival in 1992. [6] By 1997 the festival was attracting 35,000 people on the Saturday of its event. [1]
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) Toronto Caribbean ...
Fergus is the largest community in Centre Wellington, a township within Wellington County in Ontario, Canada. It lies on the Grand River about 18 km NNW of Guelph . The population of this community at the time of the 2016 Census was 20,767, [ 1 ] but the community is growing as new homes are being built for sale.
In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Glengarry Highland Games held annually at Maxville, Ontario, Canada Post issued 'Highland Games' on 1 August 1997. The commemorative stamp was designed by Fraser Ross, based on photographs by Andrew Balfour. The 45¢ stamps are perforated 12.5 x 13 and were printed by Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited. [3]
The first historical reference to the type of events held at Highland games in Scotland was made during the time of King Malcolm III (Scottish Gaelic: Máel Coluim, c. 1031 – 13 November 1093) when he summoned men to race up Craig Choinnich overlooking Braemar with the aim of finding the fastest runner in Scotland to be his royal messenger. [7]
This is a list of placenames in Scotland that have been applied to parts of Canada by Scottish emigrants or explorers.. For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers and Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada
Pages in category "Scottish-Canadian culture in Ontario" ... Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games; G. Glengarry County, Ontario; K. Kenora Thistles; M. Evan ...
Centre Wellington encourages the filming of movies and TV shows; quite a few productions have taken advantage of the historic look of Fergus, and especially Elora, for location work. [45] In 2016, parts of the 10-part miniseries, Canada: The Story of Us, were filmed in Elora which was a stand-in for scenes of WW II skirmishes in Holland and France.