North Vancouver is hosting Canada Day festivities this July 1st at Waterfront Park.
Where
Waterfront Park in North Vancouver, very easy to get to from the Sea Bus [Google Map]
When
July 1st, 2010 12:00pm – 4:15pm
Activities
The Rotary Club presents a full line up of activities for the entire family at this free event.
Multicultural entertainment and cuisine
Celebration of the Girl Guides’ centennial
Roaming entertainers, and community displays
More free activities include kite making, rock climbing, and hockey
Parade
The North Shore Canada Day Parade kicks off with a pancake breakfast from 8:00am – 9:30am then departs around 10:00am from 13th Street at Grand Boulevard and and proceeds down 13th Street to Lonsdale, turning north on Lonsdale. The best viewing area is at 14th Street & Lonsdale where there will be stands setup. At 17th Street the parade again heads west where it will end at Mahon Park, where there will be another viewing area.
Related posts for Canada Day 2010: Granville Island, Richmond/Steveston, North Vancouver, Canada Place, Whistler, and Surrey. The series will continue this week with more listings.
The Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival take to the waters in False Creek for its 22nd year next week.
A video from our 2008 coverage
Attracting over 100,000 people and 180 dragon boat teams, it’s a highlight of the season that kick-starts summer for many. While the races take place in the water, up on dry land at Concord Place there will be tents with sponsor goodies, a marketplace, activities, a food festival and more.
This year there is also the World Beat Stage that will feature performers throughout the weekend:
Saturday June 19th
11:00am – 12:00pm Dal Hothi & The Headlines
12:30pm – 1:30pm The Outriggers
2:00pm – 3:00pm Somos Collective
3:30pm – 4:30pm Gary Comeau & The Voodoo Allstars
5:00pm – 6:00pm The Town Pants
Update June 15 It was announced this morning that desiFest Vancouver will be on the World Beats Stage at the Dragon Boat Festival. Canada’s only national South Asian music festival will take place June 19th from 5:00pm – 10:00pm.
Sunday, June 20th
11:00am – 12:00pm X Kalibre
12:30 – 1:30pm Zimbamoto
2:00pm – 3:00pm Mariachi Del Sol
3:30pm – 4:30pm Mostly Marley
5:00pm – 6:00pm Five Alarm Funk
All activities and concerts are completely free and let’s not forget the main attraction, the actual dragon boat races themselves will span over two days. Team members this year can also enjoy the Paddler’s Party setup just for them.
Related post: Read my Dragon Boat Festival posts from 2008, 2008, 2008, and 2009
Next Sunday the BC Lions will kick off the second game of their 56th season back where it all began, at Empire Field in East Vancouver. With the dome at BC Place deflated and renovations well underway, the 2010 season will take place outside on turf where the team played from 1954 to 1982.
BCLions.com archives
I had the chance to catch up with Jamie Cartmell, Director of Communications for the Lions fresh off of training camp in Kamloops this week. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Canada Day celebrations will be happening on July 1st in Richmond with the Steveston Salmon Festival.
Photo credit: Yai&JR on Flickr
Where
Steveston Village in Richmond. The parade route will be Garry Point Park, through Steveston, then past the Community Centre to Railway Avenue. [Google Map]
When
July 1, 2010 10:00am – 6:00pm
Activities
The day begins with a pancake breakfast at 6:30am until 11:30am
Japanese Cultural Show 10:00am – 4:00pm
Craft Fair 10:00am – 5:00pm
Trade Show 10:00am – 5:00pm
Children’s Festival 10:00am – 5:00pm
Carnival rides & Midway 11:00am – 6:00pm
Martial Arts Demonstrations
Youth Rock Fest 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Food Fair 10:00am – 5:00pm
Art Show & Exhibit 10:00am – 5:00pm
The famous salmon barbecue is the main attraction where over 1200 pounds of wild salmon filets will be grilled over open fire pits. It will begin at 11:00am and will run until everything is sold out.
Parade
The parade begins 10:00am (route outlined above). It will have over 100 entries including floats, marching bands, celebrities, politicians, community groups, vintage vehicles & more. There will be a childrens’ bicycle parade will start just ahead of the main parade at 9:30am.
Music
The main stage Host is Rick Duff, GM of the River Rock Casino and Resort. He will welcome everyone during the opening ceremonies (where the national anthem will be sung) at 12:30pm before the entertainment begins.
Andrew Allen 1:00pm
The Jardines 2:00pm
Hip Hop Dance Show 3:00pm
Steveston Seniors Drumming Group 3:30pm
Georgia Rain 4:00pm
Related posts for Canada Day 2010: Granville Island, Richmond/Steveston, North Vancouver, Canada Place, Whistler, and Surrey. The series will continue this week with more listings.
It’s been a while since I featured only HDR photography in a photo post so I sifted through the Miss604 Flickr Pool and found quite a few gems. These are all High Dynamic Range photos from around the Lower Mainland.
As always, please click-through on the images to see more work from each photographer and feel free to add your own photos to the Miss604 Flickr Pool.
The next theme from the group will be showcasing tilt-shift photos in the style of the image below. This is where the focus is shifted and things end up looking mini. You can take the photo like that originally or even cheat a bit and use TiltShiftMaker.com like I did for this pic.
If you have any tilt-shift photos, please consider adding them to the group so that I can showcase here in the next roundup.
