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Bala hosts the Bala Cranberry Festival annually on the weekend after Canadian Thanksgiving, attracting thousands of people to the town. [15] Bala is home to Muskoka Lakes Winery, the Muskoka region's only winery, which specializes in cranberry and other fruit wines.
Iroquois Cranberry Growers (ICG) was a cranberry farm owned and operated by the Wahta Mohawks on their territory near Bala, Ontario. The project was started in 1969 [1] as an economic development venture with 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) acre of cranberries and grew to 68 acres (28 ha). It provided employment for community members and has helped to ...
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)
Festival Location Province Note Animation Festival of Halifax Halifax: NS [1] Atlantic Book Awards & Festival: varies: All Atlantic Jewish Film Festival Halifax NS [2] Atlantic Theatre Festival: Wolfville: NS: Bonavista Film Festival Bonavista: NL [3] Boxwood Festival & Workshop: Lunenburg: NS: Cape Breton International Drum Festival: Cape ...
The Wahta Mohawks (Mohawk: Wáhtahró:non) are a Mohawk First Nation in Ontario. The Wahta Mohawk Territory (Mohawk: Wáhta) is their territory in the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada near Bala. It is bounded on the west by Highway 400, a major north–south artery in the province. About one-third of the 831 citizens of Wahta ...
Bala "The Cranberry Capital of Ontario" [117] Brampton "Bramladesh" — a nickname applied to Bramalea in reference to the large South Asian community, particularly those from Bangladesh [118] "Browntown" — another derogatory nickname in reference to the large South Asian community [119] "Flower City" [120]
Cranberry production has recently increased in BC and the east [2] [1] and as of 2016 is the second most exported berry by value at CAN$ 88,469,000. [3] Blueberry is the most important, indeed top among all fruits in the country, by – cultivated area, 79,515 hectares (196,490 acres) – farm gate value , CAN$ 261,532,000 – and export value ...
Thomas Burgess was the founder of Bala, Ontario, Canada (now part of the cottage country region of Muskoka), who first settled there in 1868 and established a sawmill and a general store. [ 1 ] References