It was Canada Day Monday and thousands of people were out at numerous events across the Bay of Quinte region.
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Members of the Trenton Golden Hawks help youngsters develop skills for the game (Photo: Trenton Golden Hawks Facebook)
(Photo: Sean Kelly to Quinte News)
Wellington, Trenton, and Belleville had the largest party’s, although there were celebrations in most every municipality.
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Four-legged friends were part of the fun in Belleville (Photo: City of Belleville)
Fireworks in Trenton on Canada Day (Photo: submitted to Quinte News)
Down at West Zwicks Park, Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis credited volunteers with putting together an outstanding event.
Audio Player“Overwhelmed by every event we have that the volunteers come out in our community. I always say volunteers put the union in community, but it’s shown here today. Events like this, it brings the goodness out in people. I run into many mayors in other cities and they don’t have the volunteer base like us.”
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Belleville Police show off a vehicle at West Zwicks Park (Photo: Sean Kelly/Quinte News)
Belleville Chamber C.E.O Jill Raycroft spoke to the crowd on hand.
Audio Player“On behalf of Discover Belleville, which is what we do for the city, it’s the happy place where fun things in the city live. We’re pleased to be a part of incredible events and the wonderful people we get to meet by doing them.”
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A large crowd treated to lots of fun and perfect weather along the Bay of Quinte (Photo: City of Belleville)
The Wellington Canada Day Parade attracts a lot of people on Monday morning (Photo: MP Ryan Williams Facebook)
Bay of Quinte M.P.P Todd Smith says July first is the day where we all dawn our red and white.
He attended the Canada Day Parade in Wellington.
Audio Player“If you’ve never been down to the Wellington Canada Day Parade, you should go down. It was packed and everyone on the street was wearing red and white. We have so much to be thankful for. Happy Canada Day.”
A wrestling event took place at West Zwicks Park (Photo: City of Belleville)
