{
  "version": "2026-10-13.v1",
  "note": "Sources used by the Pumpkin People field record. The page distinguishes official claims, independently supported facts, one-source reports, and unresolved gaps.",
  "sources": {
    "town-page": {
      "name": "Town of Kentville, Pumpkin People Festival",
      "url": "https://kentville.ca/PumpkinPeople",
      "note": "Official festival dates, annual scale, route and 2026 theme; facts only. Town content is all rights reserved."
    },
    "town-howto": {
      "name": "Town of Kentville, How to make your own pumpkin person",
      "url": "https://kentville.ca/sites/default/files/media/files/How%20to%20make%20pumpkin%20people.pdf",
      "note": "Official construction recipe and trademark statement; facts only."
    },
    "ctv-2022": {
      "name": "CTV Atlantic, Kentville's Pumpkin People will rise again",
      "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/kentvilles-pumpkin-people-will-rise-again-says-organizer-after-figures-destroyed/",
      "note": "1990s origin bracket, municipal builder, 2022 theme and vandalism; one reported source."
    },
    "casket-2019": {
      "name": "The Casket, Classic TV characters invading Kentville",
      "url": "https://www.thecasket.ca/lifestyles/classic-tv-characters-invading-kentville-353758/",
      "note": "About 300 figures, annual tradition, 2019 logistics and theme."
    },
    "lightburns": {
      "name": "Sandra and Ron Lightburn, Pumpkin People",
      "url": "https://thelightburns.com/pumpkin-people/",
      "note": "Authors' account of the figures preceding their book, the 2008 publication, school reading and Spike mascot."
    },
    "ibby": {
      "name": "IBBY Canada, Spring 2012 newsletter",
      "url": "https://www.ibby-canada.org/spring-2012-newsletter/",
      "note": "Ron Lightburn interview corroborating the 1997 move and book-related school tradition."
    },
    "amazon-book": {
      "name": "Amazon.ca, Pumpkin People",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1771082232",
      "note": "Linked retail listing for ISBN 1771082232. The page uses a canonical product URL without affiliate or search tracking parameters."
    },
    "book-cover": {
      "name": "Pumpkin People cover image",
      "url": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1654694161i/7725471.jpg",
      "note": "Book cover served by Amazon's Goodreads image host. A reduced local thumbnail is used solely for identification; copyright remains with the rights holders."
    },
    "town-2021": {
      "name": "Town of Kentville, Pumpkin People Festival in Full Swing",
      "url": "https://kentville.ca/news/23-09-2021/kentville-pumpkin-people-festival-full-swing",
      "note": "Official 2021 Dino Discovery theme. Page date conflicts with its prose; the theme is corroborated by the dated Commons photograph."
    },
    "town-2023": {
      "name": "Town of Kentville, Pumpkin People Swim into Kentville",
      "url": "https://kentville.ca/news/06-10-2023/pumpkin-people-swim-kentville",
      "note": "Official 2023 Under the Sea theme and display dates."
    },
    "yhn-2023": {
      "name": "Your Halifax Now, Kentville Pumpkin People",
      "url": "https://yourhalifaxnow.ca/kentville-pumpkin-people/",
      "note": "2023 wheelbarrow stingray and pie contest; one reported source."
    },
    "schotsmans-2005-kentville": {
      "name": "Wendy Schotsmans, Werk, 20 October 2005",
      "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Werk_(252435226).jpg",
      "note": "Dated Kentville photograph. CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons."
    },
    "schotsmans-2005-group": {
      "name": "Wendy Schotsmans, Pumpkin people, 20 October 2005",
      "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pumpkin_people_(252435148).jpg",
      "note": "Taken one minute before the Kentville image; Commons files it under Wolfville, so this page does not identify its town. CC BY 2.0."
    },
    "chester902-2021": {
      "name": "chester902, Kentville Pumpkin People Festival 2021",
      "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kentville_Pumpkin_People_Festival_2021_(51583363784).jpg",
      "note": "Dated Kentville photograph; public domain as marked on Wikimedia Commons."
    }
  }
}