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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. The race was founded in 1999 by Danny Dill, [1] son of Howard Dill ...
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A giant pumpkin is an orange fruit of that is a cultivar of the squash Cucurbita maxima, commonly weighing from 68 kilograms (150 lb) to over 910 kilograms (2,010 lb). [ 1 ] History
Dill's Pumpkin Patch in 2004. Howard William Dill (July 11, 1934 – May 20, 2008 [1]) was a Canadian giant pumpkin breeder who patented a pumpkin seed variety called Atlantic Giant. [2] Dill was known as "The Pumpkin King" and "The father of all pumpkins". [2] Dill grew pumpkin varieties for many years in the Annapolis Valley close to Windsor ...
The giant-pumpkin contest kicks off events on Columbus Day, and they’re capped by the weekend festival, which has put the town on the map. Now going into its 52nd edition, the festival draws ...
For many years, three steam locomotives and other historic rail equipment were kept near the amusement park on City of Portland owned park land (called Oaks Pioneer Park), on static display. These included Southern Pacific 4449 , from 1958 to 1974; Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700 , from 1958 to 1986; and Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. 197 ...