page_title: Canso, Nova Scotia
section_title: Attractions and events
hierarchical_section_title: Canso, Nova Scotia / Attractions and events
caption_attribution_description: English: the sad part is it is becoming condemned, because of the lack of funds in the small town of the 810 that reside there, too bad as it is a big piece of world history.
context_page_description: Canso is a community in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, next to Chedabucto Bay. In January 2012, it ceased to be a separate town and as of July 2012 was amalgamated into the Municipality of the District of Guysborough.
  The area was established in 1604, along with Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The British construction of a fort in the village, was instrumental in contributing to Dummer's War. The town is of national historic importance because it was one of only two British settlements in Nova Scotia prior to the establishment of Halifax. Canso played a key role in the defeat of Louisbourg. Today, the town attracts people internationally for the annual Stan Rogers Folk Festival.
context_section_description: Canso is host to the Stan Rogers Folk Festival, an annual event held around the Canada Day weekend. This event attracts over 10,000 visitors, who enjoy music from all over the world on seven different stages over the 3 days.
  Each year, during the second week of August, a regatta is held within the town. This week-long event includes boat races, a mid-way, parade, seaman's memorial, hootenannies as well as various activities for the youth. The regatta draws many previous generations of the town to serve the purpose of a Come Home week. Each year, the regatta has a theme which is reflected in the parade, with 2009's being The Circus Comes to Town.
caption: This aging cable building, now a historic site, received the first distress call from Titanic in 1912
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