LUND
Sunshine
Coast, BC
Discover the undiscovered at the end of the road
Lund’s Second Annual Shellfish Festival
. . . was
held from May 22nd to May 24th, 2009. There was standing room only at the Community
Kick-Off Chowder Challenge on Friday evening.
With Saturday being beautifully hot and sunny, the food and craft booths
did a brisk business. There were boat
tours, kayak and row boats rides, historical walking tours, a group clam dig,
and festive music filled the air all day.
Over nine
hundred plates of cooked shellfish and hundreds of pounds of live shellfish
were sold. Through recycling and
composting, the entire two-day event produced only 2 bags of garbage!
Many thanks to our 2009 sponsors; Plutonic Power Corporation, Valley Building
Supplies, Marine Traders, The Boardwalk Restaurant, Powell River Chamber of
Commerce, 95.7 SUN FM, A.M.M.A., Westview Realty, the Shellfish Growers
Association, and the Powell River Regional District. It’s their support that made this event so
much fun!
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Dishing up fresh cooked
shellfish right out of the pot, the delightfully many and varied ways to cook
oysters, scallops, and mussels were available to hungry visitors who had a
wide selection to choose from. |
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A wide range of high quality handcrafts and wares
were available for purchase at the many booths set up along the harbour. |
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Fresh shucked oysters (above) and chowders (below)
offered at the Community Kick Off. |
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It was exciting to meet the many local artists who
were showcasing their talents.
Painters, carvers, writers and other creators were overjoyed to chat
with patrons. |
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The aquarium containing local marine life was
fascinating to both adults and children. |
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A place for the kids to
“zone”! |
There was music and entertainment all day. |
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Bartering for a
birdhouse . . . and learning to dig for clams. |
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