of artists, musicians, traders, etc. who perform and sell their wares in town. Lumsden Scarecrow Festival The Town of Lumsden hosts an annual Scarecrow Festival in September. Events of the day include a large street market, hay rides, activities for kids, food vendors, garage sales, outdoor movie and fireworks. The event usually draws thousands of people to town. Sports history In 2006, the Lumsden Arena became the site of the second edition of the Western Women's Hockey League championship, between the Calgary Oval X-Treme and the Minnesota Whitecaps. The town frequently hosts games for the Saskatchewan Prairie Ice, now of the Western Women's Hockey League. The Lumsden Monarchs are a senior men's ice hockey team that was a founding member of the Highway Hockey League in central Saskatchewan in 1965. Notable people Illingworth Kerr - Artist (20 August 1905 – 6 January 1989) Edith Fowke - Canadian folklorist (April 30, 1913 - 28 March 1996); born in Lumsden. Tanner Glass - NHL Hockey Player; graduated from Lumsden High School. Joe Fafard, died in Lumsden in 2019 John Cullen Nugent, artist (1921-2014) References External links Towns in Saskatchewan Lumsden No. 189, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan