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That year, Bonhomme Carnaval, the mascot of the festival, made his first appearance. [2] Up to one million people attended the Carnaval de Québec in 2006, making it, at the time, the largest winter festival in the world (since overtaken by the Harbin Festival). [3] [4] It is, however, the largest winter festival in the Western Hemisphere. [5]
Badaboum was the mascot of the Quebec Nordiques. The mascot was a blue-furred otter. Badaboum emerged as the mascot for Rendez-vous '87 when Quebec City was chosen to host the NHL all-star festivities pitting the NHL All-stars against the Soviet national ice hockey team. Badaboum would later be adopted as the permanent mascot of the Nordiques ...
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The National Circus School and the École de cirque de Québec were created to train future Contemporary circus artists. For its part, Tohu, la Cité des Arts du Cirque was founded in 2004 to disseminate the circus arts. [21] Cavalia, a Shawinigan-based horse show, has, since 2003, gained massive popularity in Montreal and Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County Fair is an annual county fair. It was first held on October 17, 1922, and ran for five days through October 21, 1922, in a former beet field in Pomona, California . [ 1 ] Highlights of the fair's first year were harness racing , chariot races and an airplane wing-walking exhibition. [ 2 ]
The Montreal Winter Carnivals were held in 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, and 1889. Originally conceived of by Robert D. McGibbon, a lawyer and member of the Montreal Snow Shoe Club, [1] these carnivals were meant to showcase Canadian sports and outdoor activities unique to Montreal.
The Québec Carnavals (French: Carnavals de Québec) were a Minor League Baseball team located in Quebec City that served as the Montreal Expos' Double-A Eastern League affiliate from 1971 to 1977. They became known as the Québec Metros (French: Metros de Québec) for the 1976 and 1977 seasons.