Vankleek Hill Agricultural Fair - Vankleek Hill, ON
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N 45° 31.243 W 074° 39.422
18T E 526785 N 5040855
A yearly fair that has been ongoing since UEL days put on by the Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society.
Waymark Code: WMRMFR
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/08/2016
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This fair began shortly after the first settlement in the region. United Empire Loyalists, Irish and Scottish emigrants arrived in the early 1800’s. The 1830’s saw the arrival of French “Canadien” families from the St. Lawrence River Valley. By a legislative act in 1837, agricultural societies of Canada West (Upper Canada) were “for the purpose of importing valuable livestock, grain, grass seeds, useful implements of husbandry, or whatever else might induce to the improvement of agriculture.The earliest record that has been found for this Fair shows the forming of an Agricultural Society in Prescott County at a meeting held in1837. The County Agricultural Show was held for the first time in L’Orignal, in the fall of 1844. In 1913, the Society's name changed to Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society.
The Fair grounds have changed locations a few times before permanently settling on the present property in 1886.
This Fair offers a parade through the village, an antique tractor pull, a demolition derby, a combine derby, livestock exhibition, homecraft & horticultural exhibits, and live entertaiment.
When's the Fair?: third weekend of August
Who's at the Fair?:
Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society
Website of the fair: [Web Link]
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