The International Homecoming Festival, celebrated in early August, features a cross-border parade, entertainment, sporting events and fireworks. Chocolate takes center stage during the Chocolate Festival in early August. This event, with its chocolate-oriented dinners, contests and demonstrations, pays tribute to the chocolate bar, said to have been created locally at the Ganong Bros. candy factory in 1906. The factory is also credited with creating the first heart-shaped Valentine's Day candy box.
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St. Stephen Provincial Visitor Information Centre 5 King St. St. Stephen, NB E3L 2C1. Phone:(506)466-7390