Warkworth, Ontario

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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.

Contents 1 Facilities/Services 2 Events 3 Notable residents 4 External links 5 References 6 Bibliography

[edit] Facilities/Services

The village features the historic Town Hall, now the Centre for the Arts and also home to the public library. 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 interaction^{[citation needed]}, 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.^{[citation needed]} A historical plaque honouring local artist J.D. Kelly is located just outside of the Village centre.

A medium-security federal penitentiary, the Warkworth Institution, is located 8 km east of the Village.

[edit] Events

Warkworth hosts many significant special events which attract many thousands of tourists^{[citation needed]}, 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 Warkowrth Truck Show, a month FILM NIGHT followed by a FilmFest Weekend in February Warkworth Film Fest website ,studio, house and garden tours and of course the famous Long Lunch in August.

Warkworth has been a hockey powerhouse, capturing 11 Provincial titles, most recently in 1993-1994.

[edit] 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^[1]
• Paul Dalby, award-winning writer and documentary film-maker

[edit] External links

• Municipality of Trent Hills Official site
• Trent Hills & District Chamber of Commerce

[edit] References

1. ^ The Independent article on Darryl Andrews and Sara Graziano

[edit] 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)