The Peace Valley Environment Association (PVEA) and West Moberly First Nations are co-hosting the fourth annual Paddle for the Peace on Saturday, July 11, 2009. This year we will travel from Bear Flat, downstream to the Old Fort. Our route will take us past the mouth of the Moberly River, where the original fort was located, as well as right through the location where BC Hydro proposes to construct the Site C Dam. The Paddle committee did a test-run of the route in late May: it took approximately four hours, we saw an abundance of wildlife, and had a great time. Now it is your turn. Please come out and join us on July 11 and bring as many friends as you can strap into life jackets.
This year, the West Moberly First Nations will host a pancake breakfast at Ken and Arlene Boon's field at Bear Flat (site of the 2007 and 2008 takeout). Breakfast and registration start at 9 a.m., with the launch scheduled for noon. As in past years, we will have a school bus travelling between the launch and takeout sites in the morning and afternoon to assist participants in getting re-united with their vehicles. Participants wishing to drop off their vehicles downstream prior to the launch should plan on being at Bear Flat at 9 a.m. to allow enough time to register, drive to Old Fort to drop off their vehicle, and hop the bus back for the opening ceremony.
If you can't join us on the river, we encourage you to come out for the pancake breakfast and to see the paddlers off. The Paddle committee is planning fun events for the morning, so come out and earn yourself a candy necklace in the three-legged race, get your face painted, or just enjoy having a morning coffee along the Peace River. Musical river-lovers are encouraged to bring instruments for an informal morning jam session. Once again, the West Moberly First Nations will have tepees at the site and there will be interpretive materials to look at. The PVEA is sponsoring a Best Decorated Watercraft" contest, as well as a "Best YouTube Video" contest (more details to follow soon).
To help us anticipate busing requirements as well as how many pancakes it takes to fuel a canoe rally, we are requesting that PVEA members and other paddlers respond and indicate if they are planning to participate in the 2009 Paddle for the Peace, and if so, roughly how many people will be in their group, and whether they will need to ride the bus. (
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Please come out and join us on July 11. Pass this email on to friends and family and encourage them to come out and see what we in the PVEA and the West Moberly First Nations already know -- British Columbia's Peace River valley truly is "one of the best places on earth."
For more information on the 2009 Paddle for the Peace contact Danielle
Yeoman at 250-785-8510.
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