The 2024 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships took place October 5th in Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, in conjunction with the community annual agriculture festival - Harvest Fest!
This is the sixth time the event has been hosted, but the first in Halifax county! We saw 50 competitors from across Canada compete and it was Marcel Dupuis, Brittany MacLean and Rod Cumberland taking home top honors in their respective divisions!
Big thanks to all the competitors, spectators and sponsors for making this an event to remember!
HISTORY
The Nova Lumberjacks Society organized the inaugural Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships in 2016 in Truro, Nova Scotia as part of the Maritime Lumberjack Association (MLA) professional circuit. It was a one day competition that hosted axe throwing, wood chopping and sawing races and a kettle boil to finish the show. The event was well attended by spectators and athletes and was ultimately voted "Best Competition" of the 2016 MLA pro circuit.
The NS Championships were again hosted in 2017 in Truro with a similar format before moving to Barrington, Nova Scotia in 2018 where the format was expanded to two days with more events added to the line up including log rolling, double buck, bow saw and qualifying rounds and championship finals for chopping and sawing disciplines. Once again, the event was incredibly well received by spectators and athletes and was voted Best Competition of the 2018 MLA pro circuit. In 2019, the event was held again as a two day competition in Barrington with Junior and Masters divisions added.
Since inception, the Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships have welcomed athletes from across Canada and the United States and paid over $35,000 in prize money to competitors!
The event has been filmed by the TV series "Lumberjacks" on three occasions (2016, 2017 and 2018) which featured on TSN, Wild TV and Game TV networks and can now be viewed on the Lumberjacks TV YouTube channel.
The Nova Lumberjacks Society organized the inaugural Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships in 2016 in Truro, Nova Scotia as part of the Maritime Lumberjack Association (MLA) professional circuit. It was a one day competition that hosted axe throwing, wood chopping and sawing races and a kettle boil to finish the show. The event was well attended by spectators and athletes and was ultimately voted "Best Competition" of the 2016 MLA pro circuit.
The NS Championships were again hosted in 2017 in Truro with a similar format before moving to Barrington, Nova Scotia in 2018 where the format was expanded to two days with more events added to the line up including log rolling, double buck, bow saw and qualifying rounds and championship finals for chopping and sawing disciplines. Once again, the event was incredibly well received by spectators and athletes and was voted Best Competition of the 2018 MLA pro circuit. In 2019, the event was held again as a two day competition in Barrington with Junior and Masters divisions added.
Since inception, the Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships have welcomed athletes from across Canada and the United States and paid over $35,000 in prize money to competitors!
The event has been filmed by the TV series "Lumberjacks" on three occasions (2016, 2017 and 2018) which featured on TSN, Wild TV and Game TV networks and can now be viewed on the Lumberjacks TV YouTube channel.
2024 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
Halifax County Exhibition Grounds, Middle Musquodoboit, NS
October 5, 2024
Total prize purse - $7000
Women's Champion
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Men's Champion
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2024 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships Photo Recap
2023 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
Hibernia Campground, Hibernia, Nova Scotia
July 15, 2023
Total cash prize purse - $4,000
Mens ChampionGeoff Larkin
Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia |
Womens ChampionBrittany MacLean
Wheatly River, Prince Edward Island |
2019 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
Wild Axe Park, Barrington, Nova Scotia
July 6 & 7, 2019
Total cash prize purse - $14,000
Mens ChampionMarcel Dupuis
Memramcook, New Brunswick |
Womens ChampionCaitlin Read
Riversdale, Nova Scotia |
Junior ChampionLukas Nickerson
Pubnico, Nova Scotia |
Masters ChampionPaul Woodland
Benton, New Brunswick |
2018 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
Wild Axe Park, Barrington, Nova Scotia
June 16 & 17, 2018
Total cash prize purse - $13,000
Men's Overall Champion - Marcel Dupuis
Women's Overall Champion - Caitlin Carroll
Wild Axe Park, Barrington, Nova Scotia
June 16 & 17, 2018
Total cash prize purse - $13,000
Men's Overall Champion - Marcel Dupuis
Women's Overall Champion - Caitlin Carroll
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2017 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
Truro, Nova Scotia
June 3, 2017
Total cash prize purse - $7,000
Men's Overall Champion - Nathan Cumberland
Women's Overall Champion - Caitlin Carroll
Truro, Nova Scotia
June 3, 2017
Total cash prize purse - $7,000
Men's Overall Champion - Nathan Cumberland
Women's Overall Champion - Caitlin Carroll
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2016 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
June 4, 2016
Truro, Nova Scotia
Total Cash Prize purse - $5,300
Men's Overall Champion - Marcel Dupuis
Women's Overall Champion - Janet Walker
June 4, 2016
Truro, Nova Scotia
Total Cash Prize purse - $5,300
Men's Overall Champion - Marcel Dupuis
Women's Overall Champion - Janet Walker
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