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Fur Brigade Days at Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada
Schedule of Events Saturday, August 2 – Monday, August 4, 2008

Saturday, August 2
A.M.
   9:00  Site opens
   9:30  English Guided Tour
 10:30 Flag Raising (Flag Pole in front of Big House)
 11:00  French Guided Tour
 11:30  Historic Weapons Demonstration (Outside of Big House).  Black powder experts will be shooting historic firearms; it makes quite a loud noise.
P.M.
 12:00  Great Canadian Relay Race
 12:30  Nature and Culture Tours
 12:30  Hard Times Bluegrass
   1:00  Fur Trade Wedding
   1:30  English Guided Tour
   2:00 Great Canadian Relay Race
   2:30  Historic Weapons Demonstration (Outside of Big House)
   3:00 Proclamation Presentation
   3:30 Hard Times Bluegrass
   4:00 Building BC
   4:30 Historic Weapons Demonstration (Outside of Big House)
   5:00 Nature and Culture Tour
   5:30 Chief Trader’s Dinner : $22 adult; $18 seniors; $16 12 & under.  Advance Ticket Sales in the Bistro OR call 604-798-6717 and ask for Janice.
   6:00 Fur Trade Wedding
   7:00 Evening Campfire
   7:30 Street Dance
   8:00 Site closes

Sunday, August 3
A.M.
   9:00 Site opens
   9:30 English Guided tour
 10:30 Flag Raising (Flag Pole in front of Big House)
 11:00 French Guided Tour
 11:00 Betty Donaldson reading
 11:00 Rick Wiebe carving
 11:30 Historic Weapons Demonstration (Outside of Big House)
P.M.
 12:00 Great Canadian Relay Race
 12:30 Nature and Culture Tours
 12:30 Hard Times Bluegrass
   1:00 Brigade Arrival at Marina Park. Our black powder experts will be firing volleys of blank fire from their historic fire arms to welcome the canoes.  Be prepared for a lot of noise.
   1:30 Procession to the Big House and Blackpowder Salute (on Gallery or by Big House)
   2:30 Great Canadian Relay Race
   2:30 West Coast Fiddlers
   2:30 Special Presentation Ceremony. A lock & key from the original fort that has been in the keeping of descendants of Ovid Allard and Kenneth Morrison is being donated to the fort by their keepers.
   3:00 Proclamation Presentation
   3:30 Descendents’ Reception.  We will have a table set up in the Exhibition building, the same building in which the 2001 reunion was held.
   3:30 Rick Wiebe carving
   4:00 Building BC
   4:30 Historic Weapons Demonstration (Outside of Big House)
   5:00 Nature and Culture Tour
   5:00 Hard Times Bluegrass
   5:30 Cooking Competition
   6:00 Evening Campfire
   6:00 Cariboo Cameron – Dave Sayer
   8:00 Site closes

Additional programs will be added to the schedule for the weekend