The 2025 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships took place October 4th in Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, in conjunction with the community annual agriculture festival - Harvest Fest!
This marked the seventh time the competition has been hosted, since it's inception in 2016 and the second year in rural Halifax county! We saw 50 competitors from across Canada compete. When the dust settled, it was Nathan Cumberland, Brittany MacLean and Ethan Streatch taking home top honors in their respective divisions! This was a 3-peat for Brittany having won the women's overall title in 2023 and 2024!!
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. In total we've hosted the event 7 times!
Since inception, the Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships have welcomed athletes from across Canada and the United States and paid over $40,000 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. In total we've hosted the event 7 times!
Since inception, the Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships have welcomed athletes from across Canada and the United States and paid over $40,000 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.
2025 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
October 4, 2025
Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia
Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia
Brittany MacLean
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Ethan Streatch
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Nathan Cumberland
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2024 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
Halifax County Exhibition Grounds, Middle Musquodoboit, NS
October 5, 2024
Women's Champion
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Men's Champion
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2023 Nova Scotia Lumberjack Championships
Hibernia Campground, Hibernia, Nova Scotia
July 15, 2023
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
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
Men's Overall Champion - Marcel Dupuis
Women's Overall Champion - Caitlin Carroll
Wild Axe Park, Barrington, Nova Scotia
June 16 & 17, 2018
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
Men's Overall Champion - Nathan Cumberland
Women's Overall Champion - Caitlin Carroll
Truro, Nova Scotia
June 3, 2017
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
Men's Overall Champion - Marcel Dupuis
Women's Overall Champion - Janet Walker
June 4, 2016
Truro, Nova Scotia
Men's Overall Champion - Marcel Dupuis
Women's Overall Champion - Janet Walker
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