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The village of Richmond’s mascot is a fox, a nod to the legend of a rabid fox in Quebec spreading disease to — and eventually killing — the Duke of Richmond (governor general of British North America) in 1819.

The Metcalfe Fair has been held annually since 1856. The fair began as an agricultural fair for the communities south and east of Ottawa. The fair was supposed to rotate annually between the townships of Gloucester, Osgoode, Russell, and Cumberland, but found its permanent home in Metcalfe in 1861.