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Vive les voyageurs Festival

Culture and entertainment
A person in historical costume pours maple syrup onto snow while a visitor rolls a wooden stick in the hardened syrup.
Location(s): Fort Langley National Historic Site
Cost: Regular admission fees apply: $9.00/adult; $7.50/senior. Free admission for youth 17 and under and annual pass holders.

Tap your feet to the beat of French-Canadian music at Fort Langley National Historic Site’s annual Vive les Voyageurs Festival. Enliven your senses with the traditional foods, music and culture of the 19th-century French-Canadian and Métis fur traders.

Schedule :
10:00 a.m. Site Opens
10:00 a.m. Trade Routes with Rick Herfst
10:30 a.m. Métis moose hide coat presentation with Ken Pruden
11:00 a.m. Presentation of Métis beading with Lisa Shepherd
11:30 a.m. Beaver trapping techniques with Gord MacIntosh
12:00 p.m. Spoon and jig demonstration with Maurice Guibord
12:30 p.m. Music performance with Michael Viens and Rosie Carver
1:00 p.m. Presentation of Métis beading with Lisa Shepherd
1:30 p.m. Spoon and jig demonstration with Maurice Guibord
2:00 p.m. Métis moose hide presentation with Ken Pruden
2:30 p.m. Music performance with Michael Viens and Rosie Carver
3:00 p.m. Spoon and jig demonstration with Maurice Guibord
3:30 p.m. Trade Routes with Rick Herfst
4:00 p.m. Beaver trapping techniques with Gord MacIntosh
5:00 p.m. Site closes

Note: Enhanced school programs are also offered January 15-19 and 22-26, 2024. These programs are fully booked but if you would like to be added to a wait list, visit our website .

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