- Warkworth, Ontario
Warkworth is a community in the Canadian province of
Ontario in the county of Northumberland. The village of Warkworth, formerly named Benfield (1857), is part of the municipality of Trent Hills, formed in 2001.Facilities/services
The village features the historic Town Hall, now the Centre for the Arts . The village has Percy Centennial Public School, a community nursing home, medical centre and a seniors' residence. The town rink is also a primary centre of social interactionFact|date=September 2007, historically serving hockey, (capturing 11 Provincial titles, most recently in 1993-1994) and ringette players as well as curlers. The village has a vital cultural life of live theatre and music and is home to many accomplished artists, and artisans.Fact|date=September 2007 A historical plaque honouring local artist J.D. Kelly is located just outside the village centre.
A medium-security federal penitentiary, the
Warkworth Institution , is located 8 km east of the village.Events
Warkworth hosts many significant special events which attract many thousands of touristsFact|date=September 2007, including the annual Maple Syrup Festival in March, the summer Rodeo, the Rural Ramble, the Fall Fair, one of Eastern Ontario's Largest Truck Shows [http://www.warkworthtruckshow.com Warkworth Truck Show] , a monthly Film Night and a FilmFest Weekend in February [http://www.warkworthfilmfest.com Warkworth Film Fest website] , studio, house and garden tours and the famous Long Lunch in August.
Warkworth has been a hockey powerhouse, capturing 11 Provincial titles, most recently in 1993-1994.
Notable residents
*
Tom McCamus , (born 1955), stage and film actor
*Sara Graziano ,Canada's Worst Handyman Star and owner of "The Star Treatment", a full service Salon & Oxygen Bar [ [http://www.eastnorthumberland.com/article.php?id=150 "The Independent" article on Darryl Andrews and Sara Graziano] ]
*Paul Dalby , award-winning writer and documentary film-makerExternal links
* [http://www.trenthills.ca/ Municipality of Trent Hills] Official site
* [http://www.trenthillschamber.ca/ Trent Hills & District Chamber of Commerce]References
Bibliography
* Gibson, Jennifer, et al. "A Year in the Life of Warkworth" Belleville, Ontario: Essence Publishing, 2005. (ISBN 1-55306-969-2)
* ed. by George M. Grant "Reflections of Percy Township" Warkworth, Ontario : Warkworth-Percy Historical Society, c2000. (ISBN 0968735606 paperback)
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