Windsor - Tourism Nova Scotia

Learn More About Windsor

Known as “the little town of big firsts”, Windsor is known as the Birthplace of Hockey in Canada, home to the world’s largest pumpkins AND the oldest agricultural fair in North America.

In 1765, the New England Planters who had founded the town of Windsor held an agricultural fair to give local farmers the chance to share some of their harvests and proudly display their livestock. Today, over 250 years later, the fair continues as the Hants County Exhibition and is the oldest agricultural fair in North America.

Don’t-Miss Activities in and around Windsor

Year-round outdoor activity

Enjoy 8 downhill ski trails for all skill levels; training available for novice skiiers too at Ski Martock
Experience Canada’s largest high ropes climbing and zip-line park with 60+ ziplines on 120 acres at OnTree Fun & Adventure Park
Hit the trails on a guided or self-guided bike tour with The Spoke & Note. Bike rentals are also available.

Visit a Windsor area winery

Visit Bent Ridge Winery, an Italian themed winery complete with wines, pico brewery and cucina serving pastas and wood-fired pizzas
Experience a unique wine experience when you visit Avondale Sky Winery‘s eatery and gift shop in a restored 180-year-old former church that was transported over the Bay of Fundy
Formerly Sainte-Famille Wines, Lost Bell Wines unveiled its new wines under its new name in summer 2023

Giant pumpkins, u-picks and corn and sunflower mazes!

Home of Dill’s Atlantic Giant Pumpkin, visit Howard Dill’s Farm during the fall to take photos with the giant pumpkins growing in the fields and u-pick in October
Visit the sunflower maze at Dakeyne Farm each August and wind your way through the Windsor Corn Maze each fall
Pick plums, pears, pumpkins, squash and apples at Daniels U-pick

Fort Edward National Historic Site

The oldest remaining blockhouse in Canada and earthworks are all that remain of Fort Edward
Acadian families were detained at the fort after the 1755 deportation and it later served as an important base during the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolution and the War of 1812
Today, there is an exhibit about the history inside the blockhouse and interpretive panels detailing Fort Edward’s role in the history of the area

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Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre and Long Pond

Explore the early days of hockey at “the birthplace of hockey” in Windsor, Nova Scotia!
View artifacts and displays including early hockey equipment such as wooden pucks, handmade hockey sticks by Mi’kmaw carvers, skates and protective equipment
Visit Long Pond, the site of the earliest recorded evidence of hockey which was first played in North America in 1800