Popular Nova Scotia farm expands with larger corn maze, petting zoo for its fall festival

From baby animals, to pumpkins and even a corn maze, River Breeze Farm in Upper Onslow, Nova Scotia is an Autumn oasis.

A popular farm in Nova Scotia’s Colchester County has recently expanded to allow more families to take in all the fall fun this season.

Jim Lorraine, the co-owner of River Breeze Farm in Upper Onslow, N.S., says the corn maze only grew in popularity to where they had to move.

“We’re so happy to let everybody know this year we’re in a new location directly across the street from our former location and we have about four times the space,” said Lorraine.

The move also allowed them to add more attractions for the growing crowds.

“We have all kinds of really cool things, like our wild west petting zoo town and in there you’re going to find your babies, and a baby lama, just born four days ago, Charlie is his name, we also have our pig pens where people can look at all our little pigs in there,” Lorraine said.

Another farm feature is “holey goats” where visitors can feed the animals through a hole in the wall.

“We have our petting zoo as well where you can actually go in and pat some goats and sheep, and we have our kangaroos. Those are my babies of course. It’s Millie, Nova and Evie,” said Lorraine.

Families can also take in the farm’s new Build a Buddy Barn where they can bring a stuffed animal to life, as well as more classic fall attractions.

“We have a very large pumpkin patch with all kinds of jumbo pumpkins in them and we are stocked up and ready for Thanksgiving weekend, it’s going to be beautiful weather,” Lorraine said.

“This year, one of our major attractions, we added in our new mega slide… it’s a tube slide is what it is, and it is exhilarating, (there’s) lineups to that, people really enjoy that one.”

Lorraine also hosts wagon rides where he tells “foolish dad jokes” and shares a bit of history about River Breeze.

“But who knew that we would of turned out this way, not in our wildest dreams did we ever think this would come to be,” he said.

The farm is open every Saturday and Sunday, as well as Thanksgiving Monday, in October from 11a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as part of its fall festival.

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