FSJ celebrates 159 years of Confederation

Drone show, Farmer's Market, Parade and other activities to celebrate Canada's birthday

CANADA DAY PARADE: Members of the Fort St. John RCMP led the parade down 100St on Wednesday morning (© Tania Finch)

This year’s Canada Day celebrations kicked off in Centennial Park on June 30th with Movies in the Park, followed by a Drone Show. This was the first year a drone show has been tried, to give residents a celebratory light show, which has been missing in the past few years following the cancellation of the city’s usual Fireworks Show due to drought conditions.

Canada Day itself began with a Pancake Breakfast at the Fire Hall, followed by the Parade, as well as activities and events in Centennial Park, including the Classic Cruisers Car Show, musical performances from a variety of local bands, and dance performances in the street outside Festival Plaza.

Here are a few moments captured from the very well-attended Parade:

Mayor & Council manned the City of Fort St. John's float which was bedecked with a variety of sports equipment from all seasons. (Photos © Tania Finch)

Horses and horse-drawn vehicles of all sizes walked in the parade to the delight of many watching youngsters (Photos © Tania Finch)

Different cultures from the community were well-represented in the floats, including these two from Doig River First Nations and North Peace Fil-Can (Photos © Tania Finch)

The North Peace Fall Fair tractor-pull was featured in the parade with tractors from as long ago at 1937 still fully-functional and ready to participate in the annual August event (Photos © Tania Finch)

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