Dozens of men, women and children dressed in 19th century clothing will be roughing it in canvas tents, cooking with fire, and sharing other old-fashioned skills with visitors during Brigade Days in , which runs August 5 to 7 this year.
The annual event celebrates the arrival of the fur brigades in the 1800s.
Admission to the . is free to commemorate Canada鈥檚 150th birthday.
Visitors can see laundry done by hand with a washboard and ringer, enjoy folk songs and stories and mingle with re-enactors demonstrating the old-time arts of sewing, laundry, weapons, blacksmithing and cooking.
It all down to the Fraser River shore, to witness a re-enactment of the arrival of the fur brigades.
Paddlers of a dozen canoes and a replica York boat will travel from Hope to Fort 91原创 where they traditionally unloaded their cargo of furs and barrels.
Visitors can find out about how the Kwantlen and other First Nations interacted with the Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company fort from the time it was built 190 years ago through to today.
- Full Schedule
- SATURDAY August 5
10 a.m. Flag-raising Procession
All day: Pig Roast Demonstration
11 a.m. Historic Weapons Demonstration
12:30 p.m. Chinook Jargon
1 p.m. Trapping Techniques
2 p.m. Farm & Garden Tour
2:30 p.m. Historic Weapons Demonstration
3 p.m. Washer Women
4 p.m. Voyageurs
4:45 p.m. Flag Lowering
- SUNDAY AUGUST 6
10 a.m. Flag-raising Procession
11 a.m. Weapons Demonstration
12 p.m. Washer Women
12:30 p.m. Fur Trade Fashions
1:30 p.m. Trapping Techniques
2 p.m. Farm and Garden
2:30 p.m. Fort Feats of Strength
3:30 p.m. Weapons Demonstration
4 p.m. Chinook Jargon
4:45 p.m. Closing time at the Trading Post
- MONDAY AUGUST 7
10 a.m. Flag-raising Procession
11 a.m. Weapons Demonstration
11:30 a.m. Washer Women
12 p.m. Chinook Jargon
12:30 p.m. Bagpipe Procession from Fort to Marina Park
1 p.m. Arrival of the Fur Brigades
1:30 p.m. Procession from Marina Park to James Douglas Statue
3 p.m. Weapons Demonstration
4 p.m. Farm and Garden
4:45 p.m. Closing time at the Trading Post
