Victoria

The 7th annual Victoria Dragon Boat Festival will take place on the 18th & 19th of August from approximately 9:00 until 5:00, the dragon boat races and other festive cultural activities will unfold in Victoria’s stunning Inner Harbour, a bright anchorage around which the city curls like a sleeping dragon. As the Inner Harbour is the heart of Victoria’s downtown civic life, many restaurants, hotels, and shops are clustered nearby.

This year, a record eighty dragon boat teams from the Canada & the United States will race over Victoria’s 500-metre course, paddling from Laurel Point into the Inner Harbour. As in previous years, we expect the races to be hotly-contested and highly-entertaining - for competitors and spectators alike.

Although the Inner Harbour is a sheltered stretch of water, it is still an extension of the Pacific Ocean. As well-traveled dragon boat racers have noted, the salt-water race conditions are similar to those of the Hong Kong Festival. Victoria’s race site is a working harbour, a distinction shared by no other Dragon Boat Festival in Canada.

Of course, Victoria’s Inner Harbour is also a natural venue for the Festival’s on-land multicultural extravaganza. After all, the Festival is not simply a sports event - it’s a cultural event. This year, we’re offering a panoply of multicultural events: an entertainment stage featuring live dance and music, a children’s activity tent, and a food fair.

Vancouver

June 21st, 22nd and 23rd, 2002 at Concord Pacific Place, the Plaza of Nations and the waters of False Creek

Alcan British Columbia is proud to enter into its fifth year as the Title Sponsor of the 2002 Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, an event that forges strong links between Vancouver's Asian community and the broader B.C. public. Alcan's support of the Dragon Boat Festival demonstrates the company's long-standing relationship with Asia Pacific and its commitment to events and organizations that enhance the quality of life in our communities.

Alcan and its Community Partners invite you to join them, at the Alcan Dragons Den, a fun-filled, interactive adventure for all ages located inside Enterprise Hall at The Plaza of Nations.

Alcan Aluminum Limited is a Canadian corporation, and the parent company of a worldwide industrial group engaged in all aspects of the aluminum business. It is a multicultural and multilingual enterprise, reflecting the diversity of the many countries in which it operates.