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Special Events

JANUARY – FEBRUARY
• DINE OUT VANCOUVER

FEBRUARY – MARCH
• VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL
MARCH
• PACIFIC RIM WHALE FESTIVAL, TOFINO/
UCLUELET

APRIL
• WORLD SKI & SNOWBOARD FESTIVAL,
WHISTLER
APRIL – MAY
• FEAST TOFINO

MAY
• CLOVERDALE RODEO & COUNTRY FAIR
MAY – JUNE
• VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL
CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL

MAY – OCTOBER
• RICHMOND NIGHT MARKET
JUNE
• VICTORIA INDIGENOUS CULTURAL FESTIVAL
JUNE – JULY
• TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL
JAZZ FESTIVAL
• WILLIAMS LAKE STAMPEDE
JUNE – SEPTEMBER
• BARD ON THE BEACH SHAKESPEARE
FESTIVAL, VANCOUVER

JULY
HAIDA GWAII • DESTINATION CANADA/MAPLE LEAF ADVENTURES
• NANAIMO MARINE FESTIVAL & WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP BATHTUB RACE

JULY – AUGUST unparalleled wilderness experiences. That Just a short, scenic trip via SeaBus from
• HONDA CELEBRATION OF LIGHT could mean bear watching along the downtown, North Vancouver’s newly cool
FIREWORKS COMPETITION, VANCOUVER
northern coast, fl y fi shing in a rushing Shipyards District bustles with shops,
• PRIDE, VANCOUVER
river, paddling through the still waters of restaurants, markets, a major art gallery and
AUGUST the Bowron Lakes, camping out under the the SeaSide Hotel—a new chic boutique
• THE FILBERG FESTIVAL, COMOX
northern lights, or panning for gold in property (www.lowerlonsdalebia.ca).
• KAMLOOPA POWWOW, KAMLOOPS
historic Barkerville.
SEPTEMBER The Okanagan Valley has welcomed its
• VANCOUVER FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL WHAT’S NEW? fi rst urban winery, the legendary Harry

OCTOBER Tiny Rossland in the West Kootenays is McWatters’ TIME Winery—with tasting
• OKANAGAN FALL WINE FESTIVAL
going big time with the new boutique, ski-in, room, bistro and auditorium—in down-
• VANCOUVER WRITERS FEST ski-out Josie Hotel, whose luxurious accom- town Penticton (www.timewinery.com).
NOVEMBER modation and fi ne cuisine from chef Marc-
• CORNUCOPIA, WHISTLER Andre Choquette are expected to transform From the highest peaks . . . The new
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER RED Mountain into an international winter Cloudraker Skybridge and Raven’s Eye Cliff
• CANADA’S NATIONAL GINGERBREAD destination (www.thejosie.com). Walk soars over Whistler Bowl at a giddy
SHOWCASE, VICTORIA
elevation of 2,182 m (7,160 ft.), off ering a
Skip the traffi c and enjoy unbeatable views bird’s-eye view of Whistler Village and
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of Vancouver from the comfort of the new Garibaldi Provincial Park (www.whistler
Pacifi c Ferries Hop-On/Off City Boat Tour. blackcomb.com).
Sail from Coal Harbour across Burrard Inlet
INTO THE WILDERNESS to North Vancouver, then, at your leisure, . . . To the deepest depths. A helicopter

Back in the 1860s, gold was discovered up hop back on-board for a trip under the whisks guests from Whistler over B.C.’s
in the Cariboo region, and the Rush was on. Lions Gate Bridge and around Stanley Park southernmost icefi eld to a frozen cave
Today, people are more likely to visit the to Granville Island (www.pacifi cferries.ca/ called The Blue Room, to descend and
wide open spaces of B.C.’s north for hop-on-boat-tour). enjoy a decadent fi ve-course dinner—