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“LATE SUMMER VACA-
TION FUN: on the North
‘Shore doesn’t end on Labor
‘Day. It reaches .a second
-peak’ the following © weck
with the: Coho Festival.

By NOEL WRIGHT
Assaciate Fiditac

Whether your interest is. art.
~ nature, partying. jogging, hiking
-or just 4 fun- filled family barbecue’
“day in’ West’ Vancouver's
Ambleside Park with entertain-
ment galore, the Coho Festival, Jhas
it all.
Modestly ‘Jaunched in 1979-as a
Sunday public picnic, the present
‘sin-day festival — this year fram
Sept. 6 through’ Sept. 1) o— hes
» grown to be the “North Shore's
biggest community event.
. it now attracts. visitors from all
over the Lower Mainland and far-
ther -afield to: celebrate one. of ©
‘nalure’s wonders: sa
return of the salmon to <heir North’,
Shore spawning waters.
Mee) The build-up during the ‘week,
Photo submitied: ” focuses on Park ‘Royal’ shopping =:
. centre. -— featuring salmon-related
"exhibits, with hands-an displays,
“contests for the: kids and! an’ art,
competition devated., to the salmon
theme, juried’ by noted Canadian
c artists.
The Saturday evening of what

See. Festivities :
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LATE SUMMER fun in the sun..,climax of the six-day Coho Festival in West Vancouver's Ambleside Park.

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