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Kincardine ( / ˌkɪnˈkɑːrdən / kin-KAR-dən) is a municipality located on the shores of Lake Huron in Bruce County in the province of Ontario, Canada. The current municipality was created in 1999 by the amalgamation of the Town of Kincardine, the Township of Kincardine, and the Township of Bruce. The municipality had a population of 11,389 ...
The Pittsburgh Folk Festival is a large multicultural celebration of diverse international ethnic heritages, which has been held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since 1956. [1] [2] [3] The festival's early mission statement was described in May 1959, as follows, by The Zajednicar, the official newspaper of the Croatian Federal Union of America: [4 ...
Kincardine is a municipality located on the shores of Lake Huron in Bruce County in the province of Ontario, Canada. The current municipality was created in 1999 by the amalgamation of the Town of Kincardine, the Township of Kincardine, and the Township of Bruce. The full municipality had a population of 12,268 in the Canada 2021Census.
The first historical reference to the type of events held at Highland games in Scotland was made during the time of King Malcolm III (Scottish Gaelic: Máel Coluim, c. 1031 – 13 November 1093) when he summoned men to race up Craig Choinnich overlooking Braemar with the aim of finding the fastest runner in Scotland to be his royal messenger.
The festival later expanded to three days; it outgrew the park and was moved to the grounds of the Center Wellington Township Sportsplex at the edge of town, [5] providing space for overnight camping. The name was changed to Fergus Scottish Festival in 1992. [6] By 1997 the festival was attracting 35,000 people on the Saturday of its event. [1]
Kincardineshire. Kincardineshire or the County of Kincardine, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic A' Mhaoirne meaning "the stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of north-east Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north, and by Angus on the south-west.
Section one: Firth of Clyde to Strathtay. Section two: Loch Rannoch to Loch Tay. Section three: Loch Leven to Connel Bridge and Glen Lochy. Section four: Fort William to Loch Ericht. Section five: Loch Ericht to Glen Tromie and Glen Garry. Section six: Forest of Atholl to Braemar and Blairgowrie.
Listing by area of catchment. The major rivers of Scotland, in order of catchment, [ 2] are: River Tay c. 2,000 square miles (5,200 km 2) River Tweed 1,500 square miles (3,900 km 2) River Spey 1,097 square miles (2,840 km 2) Note: Imperial figures from quoted source; and metric figures less certain.