"Sons and Daughters," a song about the negative effects of free trade with the United States. Susan Kane Doyle, Author of the Nationally Award Winning book, Cooking Wild Style, and long time cooking editor of Ontario Out of Doors, winner of the Pete McGillen Award also lives in the village. Louis G. Lalande (March 11, 1935 - February 23, 2022) was a retired pipefitter and community volunteer. In 1999, while manning a booth for the Knights of Columbus' annual charity raffle near a bank at a mall in Oshawa, he foiled a bank robbery by striking the assailant about the head and shoulders with a metal folding chair. The pistol the assailant was brandishing at the time turned out to be a starting pistol, but this was unknown to Lalande and the bank's occupants at the time. Lalande was subsequently awarded the Medal of Bravery, and the Carnegie Medal for Heroism. Daniel Massey, whose farm implement business eventually formed Massey Ferguson. Tara Watchorn, member of Canada women's national ice hockey team who won a gold medal at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Samuel Wilmot was believed to live here. He had a great influence on the village, and became interested in the salmon in 1860 and built a "fish hatchery" at Newcastle - one of the world's first. Wilmot Creek, a neighbouring community, was named after him. Town of Newcastle (1973–94) The name "Town of Newcastle" was used from 1973–94 for the municipality now called the Municipality of Clarington. The name was changed in 1994 to alleviate longstanding confusion between the municipality as a whole and the community of the same name. The community was commonly known as "Newcastle Village" to distinguish the two. It was also a confusing fact that Bowmanville had a larger population than "Newcastle Village", and it also housed the former Town of Newcastle's municipal offices, causing some to believe the town should have been called "Bowmanville" instead of "Newcastle" during that period. Popular attractions Docville Wild West Park is a mock Wild West town that offers its use to filmmakers and other paid visitors. The Newcastle Santa Claus Parade held on a Sunday evening each November began in 2005. Allin's Orchard & Country Market is an Apple farm which has been supplying produce since the early 1900s. Algoma Orchards has moved from Whitby to Hwy 2,west of Newcastle in 2009. A large packing and storage facility