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September 2009
Sat/Sun -4/4-10/11 Salt Spring Island Saturday Market in the Park
Every Saturday from April through October, rain or shine, approximately 160 vendors display their handmade or homegrown products in Centennial Park in Ganges, Salt Spring Island.
Fri -5/1 - 9/30 The World’s Cultures from the British Museum
Spanning the globe across hundreds of thousands of years of cultural evolution, Treasures brings to the viewing public more than 300 distinctive artifacts from the collection of the British Museum. And it’s all about us. Humans. Our history - as a whole, and as disparate groupings of unique civilizations. It’s about our commonalities - and our differences. Where we’ve been, who we are and what we’ve done. “This exhibition explores nations and civilizations that have shaped our world for almost two million years,” says Royal BC Museum CEO Pauline Rafferty. From million-year-old handaxes found in Africa’s Olduvai Gorge, to a 3,000-year-old mummy, to a throne built of decommissioned weapons from Mozambique’s late-20th century civil war, the British Museum has brought together some of the most poignant artifacts of material culture to share with visitors to the Royal BC Museum.
Sat/Sun -9/12-9/13 Plein Air Painters WORLD WIDE Paint Out!
Explore Quadra Island with a paint brush! Landscape painters will invade Quadra Island in September. Some of the area’s most talented outdoor painters will bring their paint boxes and easels to Quadra Island, well known for its vistas of distant mountains and islands, beautiful forests, and abundance of marine wildlife.
Sat/Sun -9/19-9/20 September Festival
St.John’s Anglican Church, Cobble Hill. Enjoy with us: Art show, Silent Auction, Bake sale, Books, Children’s games, Country Store, Jewellery, huge Yard sale, Entertainment, Burgers and Divine Desserts. Funds support Camp Columbia, CMS food Bank, Community kitchens, Hospice, amongst others.
Sun -9/20 Black Creek Heritage Fair
Lots of family fun with pet parades, zucchini contest, duct-tape sculpting and entertainment. Black Creek Community Association, 2001 Black Creek Rd., Black Creek.
Sat -9/26 Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race
The Coast Mountain Sports Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race Series (MOMAR), one of Canada’s most popular adventure race series, is a one-day event that challenges the bodies and minds of racers over 30-50km of rugged and visually stunning West Coast terrain. It features the multi-sport disciplines of mountain biking, trail running, orienteering, kayaking and mystery events. Competitors race solo, or in teams of two or four. MOMAR is offering both a short ‘sport’ course (30km) and the regular ‘enduro’ course (50km) for both races this year.
October 2009
Sat- 10/3-10/4 Shop the Wild Festival
Royal Roads University, 10 – 4 each day. A festival of wild products - Come and enjoy fresh and delicious wild edibles direct from BC’s farms and forests and explore the rich variety of ‘goods from the woods’ that producers have to offer. Free indoor event with over 35 exhibitors, wild food demos, fun presentations, live music and face painting.
Sun -10/11 Royal Victoria Marathon
The Royal Victoria Marathon is one of the most popular and scenic running events on the west coast. It attracts runners and walkers from all over Canada and the United States. Festivities kick off on October 10 and 11 at the Victoria Conference Centre with the RVM Race Expo and Race Package Pickup. It features over 40 exhibitors with samples, merchandise, souvenirs, interactive displays, health and fitness products, and more. We will see over 17,000 visitors come through the Expo. It is free and open to the public.
November 2009
Daily -10/26-12/31 Salmon Runs
Elk Falls Provincial Park, from a riverside trail along the Quinsam River you can watch chinook, coho, chum and pink salmon returning to spawn. Viewing from late October through December.
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Stamp Falls Provincial Park, each year thousands of salmon fight their way up the falls and fish ladder to spawn in upper Stamp River and Great Central Lake. Viewing from late October through December.
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Goldstream Provincial Park, from late October through December, some 20,000 salmon make the journey from the Pacific Ocean up Finlayson Arm to spawn in the river they were born in 3/4 years earlier. Park naturalists offer hourly programs during the weekend at the park’s Nature Centre describing the life cycle of chum salmon and their spawning activity with a special noon program at the picnic site. For more info on the salmon run scheduled programs at Goldstream Park, call 478-9414.
Sat -11/7 Parksville Lioness Christmas Craft Fair!
Come out and have a fun filled day and support the Lioness. All monies raised go to support the many many charites we help out locally. Parksville Community and Conference Centre from 10am - 3pm.
Sat/Sun -11/14-11/15 Island Arts Expo
A weekend celebration of art for the whole family. Art Exhibition, Show & Sale, Guest Speakers, Art Demonstrations, Entertainment, Door Prizes. Lighthouse Community Centre, Qualicum Bay.
Wed/Mon -11/18-1/4 Festival of Trees
Every year, the Festival of Trees transforms The Fairmont Empress into a lush forest of beautifully decorated trees to raise funds for BC Children’s Hospital. The Festival of Trees is open to the public who are encouraged to cast a ballot for their favourite tree. Thousands of Festival visitors cast a vote each year; with each vote they are entered into a draw for the People’s Choice Award Citizen Prize. Last year
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