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.

Contents

Facilities/Services

Events

Notable residents

External links

References

Bibliography

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, historically serving hockey 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. 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.

Events

Warkworth hosts many significant special events which attract many thousands of tourists, including the annual Maple Syrup Festival in March, the summer Rodeo, the Rural Ramble, the Fall Fair, 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.
Warkworth hosts one of Eastern Ontario largest Truck Shows^[1]

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^[2]

★ Paul Dalby, award-winning writer and documentary film-maker

External links

★ Municipality of Trent Hills Official site

★ Trent Hills & District Chamber of Commerce

References

1. Warkworth Truck Show
2. ''The Independent'' article on Darryl Andrews and Sara Graziano

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)