Pumpkinferno

Near Morrisburg, Ontario, lies the heritage park of Upper Canada Village. The history of the village is actually pretty cool, but my experience there centred around their Hallowe'en event: Pumpkinferno. As the name implies, the entire park is decorated with over 6000 hand-carved pumpkins, expertly arranged and displayed in themed life-sized dioramas, winding their way through the dark along the walking trail. I had no idea what I was in for when it was suggested we check it out, but I was absolutely thrilled with what we found.

Absolutely.
Thrilled.

 

Here, let me show you.

 

Stacked pumpkins,

creepy pumpkins,

 

happy pumpkins,

 

 

and silly pumpkins.

 

There was a Noah's Ark-themed display. My favourite part might've been the tiger,

 

 

 or the elephant, the giraffe, 

or Noah himself!

 

 

The fence posts were decorated along the way

 

 and not all the carvings were live beings.

 

 

 

 This guy was all along the walkway to point you in the right direction. He was super-creepy. This particular scene reminded me of the legend of Sleepy Hollow.

 

And he had friends.

 

 

One of my favourite displays of all was also one of the last. I don't even know why this appealed

 to me more than the others. But it did.

So cool.

 

 

There was so much more to see: the work put into the displays was absolutely mind-blowing. Fortunately, the event is an annual one; maybe my trip to Upper Canada Village will become an annual one too!