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National Aboriginal Day Festival
REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS — The Lakeshore Resort and Campground hosted a National Aboriginal Day Festival on Saturday, June 18th. Clockwise from bottom left: Shuswap basketry expert, Delores Purdaby, shows Fairmont resident, Darren Still the intricate work needed to create a basket out of fir tree needles; campus manager for the College of the Rockies, Doug Clovechok, addresses the crowd; Al Clause, Danny Burgoyne and Jordan Sam lead the Grand Entry participants to kick off the day of events.; Leon Cranebear performs a traditional dance.
Photos by Lisa and Robert Ede/Akisqnuknik …
Canoe brigade paddles on
On Friday, June 3rd, Kinsmen Beach was the stage for the kick-off of the David Thompson Columbia Bridgade’s epic retracing of the route David Thompson used to get to the Pacific Ocean 200 years ago.
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Spring Shakedown 2, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Saturday, March 26th
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