Cowal Highland Gathering Cowal Highland Gathering The Cowal Highland Gathering (also known as the Cowal Games) is an annual Highland games held in the Scottish town of Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, over the final weekend in August. The first record of an organised Highland games in the town is in 1871, the same year as the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban started. In subsequent years games were held at New Year. The organisation of the Cowal events and other games around Scotland was due to a wide interest in Highland sports, partly stemming from Queen Victoria's love of Scotland.
Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games is a three day cultural festival which has been held in the town of Fergus, Ontario for more than 70 years. The festival includes events leading to the World's Scottish Athletic Championship. It is the oldest festival of its kind in North America. The festival was first held in 1946 as a two day event in Victoria Park in downtown Fergus, organized by Alex Ferguson. The festival later expanded to three days; it outgrew the park and was moved to the grounds of the Center Wellington Township