consisting of French fries and cheese curds topped with brown gravy.) This year, it will run again, and in 2025, Prescott will host Ribfest, a major event that is expected to attract thousands of people to the community. The town also hosted the Canine Watersports for the first time last year and did so again this July. (Canine Watersports Canada is the nation’s premier dock-jumping organization.) The town will also host the 112th Eastern Ontario Firefighters Games this summer. RiverWalk Park, a city property that sits next to the marina on the St. Lawrence River has become a popular place for community events, and each Thursday through Sunday, from Victoria Day in May through Labour Day in September, the town sponsors A NEW HOTEL AND A FOCUS ON TOURISM Prescott is also getting its first branded hotel -- a new 69-room Quality Inn & Suites.“That has been on the town council’s bucket list for decades,” says Shankar. “To finally cut the ribbon for the groundbreaking, this year, was a great event. And we look forward to the opening in the fall. I think it will open up so many more opportunities for businesses, for sports teams, for any type of stay-and-play packages that we can provide through our golf course, or through the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, which has been running for over 20 years and is a huge visitor attraction.” Enhanced tourism is definitely on the town’s agenda. Last year, Armstrong reported that the town hosted the area’s Poutine Feast for the first time. (For the uninitiated, poutine is an iconic Canadian dish 285 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 07 PRESCOTT, ON
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