| The Metcalfe Fair is an annual agricultural fair held in Metcalfe Ontario, a town located about 15 miles south of Ottawa, Ontario, the Capital City of Canada. This fair has been held in the fall of each year since 1856.
It first began in the communities south and east of the newly founded town of Ottawa in the Province of Canada, eleven years before Canadian Confederation. That was before the American Civil War, and before Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States. The County of Russell Agricultural Society was formed in 1856 for the purpose of presenting an Agricultural Fair in September. Originally intended to rotate annually in the Townships of Gloucester, Osgoode, Russell, and Cumberland, the fair found a permanent home in the Village of Metcalfe in 1861. In 1912, the year the Titanic sank, the County of Russell Agricultural Society changed its name to the Metcalfe Agricultural Society. Today, Metcalfe Fair is a thriving major agricultural fair in Eastern Ontario. |
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| October 2-5, 2008 |
| You'll find information about our fair in the Online Office and News & Information sections you can contact a person in our Fair Office, and you can tour the 2007 fair in our Photo Gallery We have hundreds of pictures to show you there! Be sure to visit the "Related Albums" section of the Gallery. These are albums about the Metcalfe Agricultural Society and our community. Enjoy your visit with us. |
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| 2008 Upcoming Events Click Text Links for details |
| Stinson Car Show - See our album of photos 2008 MAS Golf Tournament - See our album of photos MAS Family Division Strawberry Social - See our album of photos at the Metcalfe Farmers' Market |
| The 2008 Edition of the Prize List will be loading over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, the Preliminary prize List is available to view, print, or download. Left click this link to view and print, right click to save to your computer. The 29 page PDF file includes Produce, Culinary, Flowers, Group Displays, Homecrafts, and Juniors. NOTE: The Produce Section was revised July 3, 2008. |
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| www.MetcalfeFair.ca |
| www.MetcalfeFair.com |
| Since MetcalfeFair.com first opened on June 12, 2002, this page has welcomed 69,064 visitors as of August 12, 2008. We had 20,427 of those visits last year. |
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| We're considering a heat of MINI-VAN Demolition for the 2008 Demolition Derby. If this interests you, please contact Steve Thomas at 613-821-3835 for more information. |