The Stannus Street Rink, also known as the ''Windsor Rink'', located at 321 Stannus Street at Thomas Street in

Windsor, Nova Scotia Windsor is a community located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a service centre for the western part of the county and is situated on Highway 101. The community has a history dating back to its use by the Mi'kmaq Nation for sev ...

is a former

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arena, considered the oldest in

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, having been built in 1897.

History

The building was built in 1897 to store lumber after the town of Windsor was destroyed by fire. Every winter, a natural

ice rink An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...

was made inside. The arena was home to the

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, an amateur senior men's hockey team in the

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, from 1959 to 1964 and the

Windsor Swastikas The Windsor Swastikas were a Canadian ice hockey team in Windsor, Nova Scotia, from 1905–1916. Not to be confused with the Fernie Swastikas across the country in British Columbia, the “Swastikas” was chosen by them as swastika is also a s ...

from 1905 to 1916. The facility stopped playing host to hockey in the 1960s with the construction of

Hants Exhibition Arena The Hants Exhibition Arena is owned by the Windsor Agricultural Society and is located at 239 Wentworth Street in Windsor, Nova Scotia. The arena is home to the Hants County Exhibition (the oldest agricultural fair in North America), along wi ...

. An outdoor rink is used next door at Hants Aquatics Centre during the winter. The building is currently used as a winter storage facility from a local car dealership, but the town is considering purchasing the building as it is currently (2016) on sale by the current owner.

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History

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