Haig-Brown Festival

 

Ninth Annual Haig-Brown Festival -

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Held on 'World Rivers Day', the festival at the Haig-Brown Hertitage site at 2250 Campbell River Rd has something for everyone.  The festival celebrates not only Rivers Day, but the ideals of the Haig-Brown family which include conservation and community involvement.  Enjoy Haig-Brown readings, fly tying and fly casting events and crafts and games for children.  Best of all, admission is free! A list of this year's participants is posted here, and the events schedule is coming soon!

                  Fly-tying Demo                               Stewardship Awards

                              

2010 Participants

Arts/Culture

     Campbell River Arts Council - display

 Conservation

 

Fishing

 

Recreation

 

Food Vendors

  • Baba Gannouj – food vendor
  • Campbell River Women’s Centre & Ann Elmore House - baked goods
  • Hot food & cold drinks from independent vendors

                                 Melissa March Oil Paintings - Cutthroat Trout and Brown Trout

                                     

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quinsam Hatchery Guessing Tank

 

Comments about the Haig-Brown Festival 2008:

 

Campbell River Courier-Islander, October 1, 2008

 'A job well done'

       This year’s Haig-Brown festival was a great success. And mainly because the people attending it didn’t have to swim through a south easter to get there.

       The organizers did a fabulous job of making things run smoothly. There was significant meaning this year, not that there hasn’t been in previous years. But this is the centenary of Roderick Haig-Brown’s birth and the year has been marked by various celebrations, marking his and his wife’s (Ann Elmore) significant contributions to our society.

       The annual stewardship awards were once again handed out and in that we think it would have been one of the highlights the Haig-Browns would have appreciated most about the event.

       Because without those stewards – selected from a cross section of our society – we would be in terrible difficulty as we move forward into some interesting times.

       In the end, however, those many volunteers who made the weekend such a success deserve a standing ovation.

 

Individual Comments:

"It was a flawless day in all ways, from the weather, to the organization to the participations.  Thanks to all involved, with a special thanks to Terry and Ken for the organization."

 

"The City of Campbell River Parks, Recreation and Culture staff that offered children's activities on the day reported that the event was wonderful!"

"It was a great day with a very positive, joyful spirit in the air - I felt really uplifted to have been a part of the day. Good work on behalf of all the organizers and all the participants. Thanks for inviting me."

 

"Thanks to all, it was indeed a great day. Of course the weather helped but I think the organizing was very good. As usual when you put the effort in before the event things usually go very well the day of."

                                                                                   

"What a wonderful festival and what wonderful people. I feel inadequate in the face of your dedication and enthusiasm. This is what makes a community, and this is what makes an environment. May it last forever. Thank you for the honour of inviting me to walk among you. Now a great gap has opened up in me, as if I have left home...."

"It was the best of the Haig-Brown Festivals I have attended. Ken and Terry did a marvellous job.  I'm only sorry that I didn't get a salmon burger before the vendor ran out!"