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Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Festival

  • Saturday, August 23, 2025 7:00 a.m.
    Sunday, August 24, 2025 6:00 p.m.
  • Fairway Gorge Paddling Club 2940 Jutland Road, Victoria, BC Canada (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
Source: https://www.fgpaddle.com/races/fgpc-db-races/vidbf/
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We respectfully acknowledge that our activities take place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands and waters of the thetxʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) pq̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), Máthxwi (Matsqui), se’mya’me (Semiahmoo) and the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) peoples.