Canada Day is a communal celebration of everything we love about this country. And on Bowen Island, that sense of being part of one big happy family is almost palpable.
The Bowen Island recreation department is hosting a three-hour, old-fashioned family picnic on July 1 from noon to three.
There’ll be cake, of course, but so much more.
• bring a picnic blanket to stake out your corner of Crippen Park
• if you don’t feel like packing your own picnic basket, Alderwood Farm and The Pub will have concession stands
• play a game of badminton, croquet or bocce
• keep your kids busy with crafts, face painting and tattoos
• take part in the community art project which, this year, will focus on the Canadian flag in honour of its 50th birthday
• enjoy the music of one of Bowen’s newest band, Black Molly, as well as a performance by the Bowen Island Gymnastics Club
• after the cake is cut around two o’clock, burn off all that sugar by taking part in the tug of war, sack races and relays
• cool off by joining the crowd in getting doused by water courtesy of the Bowen Island Fire Department.
The event is free thanks in part to a grant from Heritage Canada.
