Vive les voyageurs Festival – January 20 and 21, 2024 – Fort Langley National Historic Site
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.
Cost: Regular admission fees apply: $9.00/adult; $7.50/senior. Free admission for youth 17 and under and annual pass holders.
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