Yarmouth Curling Club: four sheets with a national role Yarmouth Curling Centre operates four sheets at 28 Forbes Street, serving Nova Scotia’s Tri-Counties. Its schedule covers junior, mixed, doubles and stick curling, along with learn-to-curl sessions and recreational leagues. In December 2022, the club shared hosting duties for the Canadian Senior Curling Championships with Yarmouth’s […]
Read MoreWolfville Curling Club in Wolfville, Nova Scotia Wolfville Curling Club was organised in December 1935, with its first executive approved before Christmas and a new club facility in use by the following autumn. Artificial ice arrived after an arrangement with Acadia University in 1946–47, replacing the uncertainty of natural ice. The club continued to modernise, […]
Read MoreWindsor Curling Club in Windsor, Nova Scotia Windsor Curling Club traces its organised history to a meeting on December 11, 1908, when local residents discussed building an indoor rink. A new three-sheet rink and clubhouse followed in 1922, and the club introduced artificial ice in 1948. Windsor produced provincial champions early in its history and […]
Read MoreSydney Curling Club: nearly 150 years of curling in Cape Breton Sydney Curling Club was founded in 1877, giving organized curling in the city a history stretching back almost 150 years. The current George Street building is more than a century old and operates four heated sheets in downtown Sydney. In 2025 Nova Scotia announced […]
Read MoreSchooner Curling Club: curling on a former Cold War radar base Schooner Curling Club began in the early 1970s as a recreation facility at CFS Sydney, the Canadian Forces radar station overlooking the city. When the military base closed in 1992, the site moved into community ownership rather than disappearing. The club still operates two […]
Read MoreShelburne Curling Centre: a community rink with military roots Curling in Shelburne began at CFS Shelburne in the fall of 1973. When the Canadian Forces station closed, local curlers set out to keep the sport in town. Community support carried the project forward, and a new facility opened in 2000 beside the Shelburne County Arena […]
Read MoreStrait Area Community Curling Club in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia Strait Area Community Curling Club is a three-sheet facility serving Port Hawkesbury and surrounding Cape Breton communities. Its family-oriented programme is built around affordable curling for different ages and experience levels. The rink also functions as a flexible community venue. Bonspiels and league play share […]
Read MoreNew Caledonian Curling Club: one of Canada’s oldest curling clubs The club was founded in Pictou in 1850 as the Pictou Curling Club, with early games played outdoors on local ponds. In 1852 it gained recognition from the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Scotland and soon adopted the New Caledonian name. The club moved into […]
Read MoreNorthumberland Community Curling Club in Pugwash, Nova Scotia Northumberland Community Curling Club is a volunteer-run three-sheet rink serving Pugwash and surrounding North Shore communities in Cumberland County. The present club opened in December 2007 after a major community effort to bring dedicated curling back to the area. The rink cost about $739,000 to build, supplemented […]
Read MoreMayflower Curling Club in Timberlea, Nova Scotia Mayflower Curling Club was founded in Halifax in 1905. Its early history intersects with two of the city’s defining disasters: the club’s ice shed served as a temporary morgue for Titanic victims in 1912, and the building was destroyed in the Halifax Explosion five years later. Mayflower rebuilt, […]
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