Coho Festival

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AMBLESIDE PARK

Special live concert featuring

WEST VANCOUVER

Sunday, September 11, 2016 11AM-6PM

Famous Salmon BBQ, live music, Coho Swim, Coho Walk, Coho Run, Kids’ Park, Squamish Nation Village, and Stewardship Zone – with hands-on activities, and so much more!

Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw Squamish Nation

Journey into a world of salmon, forests, rivers and human communities. Sustaining healthy rivers in urban settings requires commitment.

The Coho Festival is a celebration of community effort and support to keep this ecosystem flourishing.

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AMBLESIDE PARK

FESTIVAL 2016

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WELCOME TO THE 37TH ANNUAL

Zone has more than 30 exhibitors eager to share their knowledge and expertise on how you can be Stewards for our environment. Look for ‘Tent Talks’ located at the back of the Stewardship Zone.

The Coho Society of the North Shore is in its fourth decade of raising public awareness of current and potential threats to local waterways and fisheries and helping to resolve these issues through protecting, enhancing and restoring salmonid habitats. The festival is the main fundraiser to be able to support these efforts.

Starting at 12noon, topics include how our herring are coming back to our waters, updates to the Seymour River rock slide, what to do if you see something alive in our ocean, and how we are preserving heritage in our parks. Don’t miss our NEW Tug-Of-War competition between esteemed members of our emergency responders (fire, police etc) - they will need your cheers to help them win the coveted trophy.

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This year we are so excited to announce that Chilliwack will be performing on our main stage. From the Coho Swim, Run and Walk to the famous Salmon BBQ, there’s something for everyone. This year’s BBQ features Coho salmon, corn-on-the cob and salad greens all provided by Save-On-Foods.

Again this year, the Squamish Nation Canoe Family will give their traditional “Blessing of the Salmon” at the Opening Ceremonies, and at the Village, Nation Ambassadors will share stories. The Squamish Nation have donated 2 beautiful salmon wood carvings so make sure you buy your draw ticket for one or participate in the silent auction for the other.

Kids Park will be as fun as ever with a climbing wall, table tennis, bouncy castles, a Sand Art Party and the Vancouver Aquarium’s Touch Tanks. A new activity is the Bike Rodeo where kids of all ages can ride their bike through an obstacle track. Bring your own bike or borrow one on hand.

Kids will be encouraged to participate in a Vanleena dance and/or Champion martial arts. Oh and there’s popcorn, cotton candy and ice cream to enjoy! The Stewardship

Larry Carlsen, Coho Society of the North Shore President, and Sherry Parrott, Coho Festival Chair welcome you to the annual Coho Festival.

The Coho Festival is a Zero Waste Event, so please take home what you bring and deposit all used items in the appropriate bins at one of the recycling stations. In keeping with the focus on helping our environment – we ask that you walk, ride your bike or take transit. There is a secure bike valet on site.

This year we are selling coffee – but please bring your own cup to this zero-waste event! The main goal of the Coho Festival is to raise funds and create awareness for various North Shore stewardship groups that assist in protecting and sustaining our salmon. Check the map and schedules on the next few pages so you will not miss any of the fabulous activities and all-day entertainment we have to offer.

We hope to see you at Ambleside Park on September 11.

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September 11

Seniors & Handicapped Drop off Area Free Bike Registration

Festival 2016 Site Map

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INFO

Tent Talks

Commercial Zone

Coho Squamish Nation Village

Main Stage

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Coffee

➨ Coho

Society Info Tent

Kids Park Stage

Kids Ice Park Cream Tickets $

Climbing Wall Bouncy Castle

Cotton Candy

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BBQ

BBQ & Beverage Tickets $

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Garden dining area

Alcohol Tickets $

Coho Runners Breakfast & Medal Presentations

12noon - 12:45pm

The Modelos – Canadian Surf Cowboy Band

1:00 - 1:45pm

Opening Ceremonies Opening address from emcee Pam Bentley from Co-op Radio Welcoming Address by Squamish Nation Leadership and the traditional “Blessing of the Salmon” ceremony

1:45- 2:00pm

Cops Bike Ride for Cancer – Announcement

2:00 - 3:00pm

Mazacote – West Coast Latin Dance

3:00 – 3:15pm

Viper Central – Musical Entertainers

3:15 - 4:15pm

The Way Cool Band - Classic Rock and Pop

4:15 - 4:35pm

Mike Battie - Fire juggler and entertainer Chilliwack - Canada’s legendary rock band performing live! What could be better than a BBQ salmon dinner and beverage in the Save On Foods Garden on the waterfront at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver - all while listening to the rocking tunes from Chilliwack.

6:00pm

Closing Remarks

Coho Run Finish Line

Bike Rodeo & Bikes for Tykes

Champions Way of Life Vanleena Dance Studios Viper Central – Musical Entertainers Mike Battie – Street Entertainer Champions Way of Life Vanleena Dance Studios Viper Central – Musical Entertainers Nitrous Star – Hoopdancer Mike Battie – Street Entertainer Nitrous Star – Hoopdancer

Meet the Band!

Vancouver Puppet Theatre

(inside tent – located in Kids Park)

3:00pm 4:00pm

Come watch Mike Battie entertain the crowd (may even include some fire!!), and the lively music of Viper Central – Musical Entertainers (Steve Charles & Kathleen Misbett).

We welcome everyone to watch or join in with the Hoopdance performer ‘Nitrous Star’, and energize with Vanleena dancers & Champions Martial Arts Academy demonstrations!!

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Run

• Learn more about critters & wild life – Parks Canada

Beach Dining Area

Coho Swim Coho

Coast Guard Hovercraft

Burrard Inlet

Ambleside Beach Coho

• Under the Sea Obstacle Course – North Shore News $

Coho Walk Ends Here

• Edge Climbing Wall $

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Walk

• Live creature Touch Tanks - Vancouver Aquarium • Sand Art Party $ • Street of Fish Chalk Art • Henna $ • Face Painting $ • Puppet Shows $ • Nitrous Star Hoopdancer **

• Bike Rodeo $ • Vanleena Dance ** • Champion Martial Arts ** • Mike Battie – street entertainer • Viper Central – musical entertainment ... and much more!

$ = Tickets need to be purchased from Kids Park Ticket booth. ** = Participation encouraged!

Obsession Bikes and Bikes for Tykes is sponsoring the Bike Rodeo at this year’s Coho Festival. Each year Bikes for Tykes partners with Family Services of the North Shore and other care agencies to help place previously loved kids bikes to under-privileged kids. They have placed over 100 bikes a year since 2005.

This year bring your previously loved bikes to the Coho Festival so they can be passed along to other kids.

Tug-of-War

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY EVENT ZERO WASTE

This year’s Coho Festival will be a zero waste event. All products on site will be organic or recyclable, no products used at the festival will be headed to a landfill. We thank Green Chair & Encorp who have helped to make this possible.

Be environmentally responsible & come by bike, (Lock up area available - see map), walk or take public transit.

TENT TALKS 12 noon

12:30pm

1:00pm

PARKING Very limited

parking available on the site.

1:30pm

Come out – let’s see if rules are followed, strategies are adopted or at least cheer on your favourite team!

COHO SQUAMISH NATION VILLAGE Welcome all to Swá7wi (Ambleside Park)!

• A Squamish Nation Story Teller/Ambassador will share Squamish stories showcasing our sacred connection to the salmon, our history and share a Squamish Song.

• The Squamish Ocean Canoe Family will be part of the Blessing of the Salmon and will be paddling in if weather permits.

CARVING DRAW Take home this beautiful hand crafted art piece.

Come by our Village Tent to get your tickets.

Salmon Art donated by Squamish Nation. Artist Warren Joseph. * ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE COHO SOCIETY

STEWARDSHIP ZONE

COHO KIDS PARK - ACTIVITIES • Bouncy Castle - Save On Foods $

The “Tug-of-War” is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team’s pull.

2:30pm Here are the teams: • North Vancouver Police Department • West Vancouver Fire Department • West Vancouver Police Department

4:35 - 6:00pm

11:30am 12 noon 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm

Kids Park

Coho

TUG-OF-WAR

11:00- 11:45am

COHO KIDS PARK - ENTERTAINMENT STAGE

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Food Line Up

Stewardship Zone

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COHO FESTIVAL STAGE

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FESTIVAL 2016

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Volunteer Check-In

Site plan courtesy of Bill Chapman Chapman Land Surveying Ltd.

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AMBLESIDE PARK

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See us in the Stewardship Zone

Alexandra Mancini - President, Lighthouse Park Preservation Society “Reflection, Restoration, and Results” Restoration projects in six WV parks with Lighthouse Park Preservation Society volunteers - what has been accomplished since 1998.

Tessa Danelesko – Coordinator, B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network “The B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network – cetaceans, citizen science and you” If you’ve seen the misty blow of a whale or the fin of a dolphin recently, find out why the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network wants to know! Discover the whales, dolphins, porpoises, and sea turtles that inhabit B.C. waters. Learn how coastal citizens become citizen scientists by participating in marine conservancy and research.

Dr. Jonn Matsen - Co-chair and herring coordinator, Squamish Streamkeepers Society “How the Squamish Streamkeepers brought Herring back to Howe Sound and False Creek” Learn about local efforts to bring back herring, a cornerstone of the marine foodweb, including coho salmon.

Shaun Hollingsworth President, Seymour Salmonid Society, and co-presenter Sasha Gale, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Seymour Salmonid Society “Seymour River Rockslide Mitigation Project” Be inspired by local efforts to restore fish passage after the 2014 rockslide blocked the Seymour River. We guarantee it will be a blast!

The Stewardship Zone will be full of exciting and interactive displays from the following community groups involved with conservation, protection and enhancement of our water and forests and the animals within: • BC Salmon Marketing Council • B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network

• Nature Vancouver • North Shore Black Bear Society

• British Pacific Properties

• North Shore Fish & Game Club

• Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS)

• North Shore Fruit Tree Project & North Shore Safety Council

• Cheakamus Centre

• North Shore Streamkeepers

• DFO - Adult Salmon Tank Truck • DFO - Ground Fish Display • DFO - Hovercraft • DFO - Salmon: The Vital Link (Formerly Ocean Nutrient) • DFO - Storm Drain Marking • District of North Vancouver - Water Conservation • Eco Outdoor Sports – The North Face • Fraser Riverkeeper Society • Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC • Friends of Cypress Park

• Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society • Old Growth Conservancy Society • Pacific Streamkeeper Federation • Raincoast Conservation Foundation • Saturna Island Marine Research - (SIMRES) • Seacology - Salt Water Touch Tank • Seymour River Salmonid Society (Hatchery) • Watershed Watch Salmon Society

• Georgia Strait Alliance

• West Coast Environmental Law

• Green Chair Recycling (Encorp Pacific)

• West Van Forage Fish

• Lighthouse Park Preservation Society • Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre • Nature Kids BC

• West Van Nature House Society (Navy Jack) • West Van Shoreline Preservation • West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

September 11

Coho

AMBLESIDE PARK

FESTIVAL 2016

www.cohofestival.com

Coho Swim 1.5km or 3km

Choose from 1.5 km or 3 km options starting and finishing close to the iconic welcoming totem pole that marks the entrance to the Capilano watershed. Swimmers can register same day on site but are encouraged to pre-register online for a bonus rate at www.cohoswim.com Coho Swim is wetsuit mandatory.

PACKAGE PICK-UP

7:45 - 8:30 AM on the east side of Ambleside Beach

CHECK-IN

7:45 - 8:30 AM at Start Line

RACE START

9:00 AM

AGE GROUPS

All ages, a letter of consent from a guardian is required for minors

4.5k Walk 8.5k Walk Start

Cleveland Dam

Coho Run 14km

This incredible 14 km journey starts from Kitsilano Beach, takes you through Vanier Park along the seawall, then over the Burrard Street Bridge along the English Bay seawall to Second Beach in Stanley Park, and finally, over the Lion’s Gate Bridge and into Ambleside Beach Park to the birthplace of the North Shore Coho salmon. The 14K distance provides a great challenge for the 10K runner and a fabulous training run for the ½ marathon trainer.

HURRY! Coho Run registration is SELLING FAST

CHECK-IN

7:30 - 8:45 AM at Start Line

RACE START

9:00 AM

START LOCATION

Kits Beach, Kitsilano

FINISH LOCATION

Ambleside Beach, West Vancouver

AGE GROUPS

Under 19 to 80+ in ten year age groupings

SHUTTLE BUS

From Ambleside to Kitsilano before event. Bus leaves at 7:45 AM. The buses depart from the intersection of Bellevue Ave and 13th Street across from the West Vancouver Police station. Shuttle service will also be available back to the start line at about noon. You may purchase your ticket for the shuttle at the time of registration. Cost $5.

1.5/3km Swim

For more info, visit www.cohofestival.com

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Coho Walk 4.5km or 8.5km

Follow the journey of salmon from hatchery to ocean with this walk/hike.

Both hikes start at Cleveland Dam. The short hike is a 4.5 km loop that starts and finishes at the dam. The long hike is 8.5 km, starting at the dam and finishing at Ambleside Park, site of the Coho Festival.

There will be a shuttle bus to take you to the start of the walk by donation (proceeds to Coho Society). There is FREE all day parking in the Park Royal Shopping Center parkade at the north east corner of Taylor Way and Marine Drive.

The shuttle bus pick up point is at Clyde Avenue and Taylor Way (bottom of the parkade stairs). First shuttle bus leaves pick up point at 9am and the last bus leaves Cleveland Dam at 2:45 pm.

8.5k Walk 14k Run Finish

of Chapman Land Surveying

Please visit www.cohorun.com

14k Run Start

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AMBLESIDE PARK

FESTIVAL 2016

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Legendary entertainment by Chilliwack Canada’s legendary rock band Chilliwack will be performing live on main stage at 4:30pm. There will be an opportunity to meet the band, buy CD’s and/or T-Shirt.

Known for consistently powerful shows and numerous Canadian and international hits including “Lonesome Mary,” “Fly At Night,” & “California Girl” in the ‘70s; and “My Girl (gone gone gone),” & “Whatcha Gonna Do” in the ‘80s. What could be better than a BBQ salmon dinner and beverage in the Save On Foods Garden on the waterfront - all while listening to the rocking tunes from Chilliwack.

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Bike Rodeo You and your parents can bring your bike and helmet and join Escape Adventures to try out the challenges of the

ramps, bridges and teeter totters in a controlled and safe environment with the Escape Coaching Team.

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