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FALSE CREEK will be a sca of
pleasure boats as over 1,000 assort-
ed vessels from throughout the
“Lower Mainland, Vancouver, the
Gulf Islands and the Sunshine
Coast assemble at noon, June 5 to
join in the third-annual Boaters’
Day ’94 parade — an event for all
boaters.

The False Creek boaters’ parade

reflects B.C.'s proud maritime tra-
dition including 100-year-old tugs,

war canoes, dragon boats, tall.

ships, police vessels,. inflatables,
kayaks, yachts, Coast Guard ves-
sels and a host of other salt-water
craft,

Ole assembled, hig sailboats
wil! join the. ranks west of the

Cambie Bridge. The boats will then .

parade’ up the creek’s north shore,
_ past the judging stand at the False
Creek Yacht Club and the review-
ing marshals aboard the HMCS
Oriole off Sunset Beach finishing
in English Bay. :

Pleasure boaters ase invited to
drop their anchor and “overnight”
in False Creek on June 4 and to
join the ranks of the June 5 5 parade.

The marine procession is the
flagship event during Boaters’ Day
Weekend June 3-5.

The weekend is packed with
maritime experiences for everyone
including dragon boat demonstra-
tions, a plywood boat-building
demonstration, race competition
and canoe and kayak shows.

On-shore events offer a pancake
breakfast, barbecues and jazz enter-
tainment.

The Vancouver Maritime
Museum will sponsor Tugs for
Tots, a boatbuilding for kids pro-
gram, and will present the follow-
ing spring exhibitions: Nautical
Treasure — The Ultimate Prize.
the Claridge Gallery: Modelmania:
Ships to Scale, as well as the ever-
popular, permanent St. Roche exhi-
bition and the historic wooden ves-
sels berthed in the harbor,

Boaters’ Day is a conmunity
event celebrating reereational boat-
ing and the start of National Sate
Boating Week.

The 1991] first-annual Boaters’
Day Parade attracted more than
460 vessels and the 1992 parade
attracted 700.

For more informiution on the
event, call Colin Lamont at the
B.C. Boaters’ Association at 7338-
2628,

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