Aloha Festivals Aloha Festivals The Aloha Festivals are an annual series of free cultural celebrations observed in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is the only statewide cultural festival in the nation. Highlights include the presentation of the Royal Court, a ho'olaule'a in Waikiki, and the Floral Parade. Approximately 30,000 people volunteer to plan, organize, and provide labor for the Aloha Festivals each year. Their efforts entertain over 1,000,000 people from throughout the state and visitors from all over the world. In the spirit of preserving the Hawaiian culture and heritage, the Aloha Festivals were established in 1946 as
Simcoe Island sombre memorial to the many lives lost and ships sunk off its shores in the "Graveyard of Lake Ontario", including the "Comet", a paddle steamer from the United States, the "Aloha", a 171-foot-long vessel, and the "Effie Mae", which collided with the "Aloha". Simcoe Island Simcoe Island is a small island approx. 6 km long, and 1.5 km across at its widest point, in Lake Ontario, just off Wolfe Island, close to Kingston, Ontario, and Amherst Island. The island is almost completely farmland and can be reached by ferry from Wolfe Island. Part of Frontenac County, it forms the township