Rediscover EC Manning Park - BC Parks 100th Anniversary, BCHBC 20th Anniversary and the Official Opening of the Manning Park Horse Campsite
Themes: Art/History in the Park and our Valuable Volunteers!
Schedule of Events for Saturday July 30th, 2011
9:00 - Kelley Cook historic trails hike, meet at Cascade Parking lot on Highway #3 for a historical
narrated tour! Back at Resort for Opening Ceremonies.
10:00 - 12:00 noon
- Go Fish BC, Story Time in the Park (includes horse/wagon ride) at Lightening Lakes
campground on the road to the Gibson’s Pass Ski Hill.
- Wild Education program at Manning Park Resort: short hike/interact/tracking/games, open to
all ages!
10:00 - at the Resort: booths/art displays, hands on crafts, face painting, metal forging
11:00 - at the Resort on stage: music starts, 3 Eagle Feathers (First Nations), Tiffany Schroeder
12:00 - refreshments available and BC Parks 100 Cake presentation at the Resort
1:00 - Ceremony begins: riders arrive from pack trips Parade to Bagpiper, Red Serge Mounties
Flags, balloons….through the Resort!
1:15 - dedication/speeches on stage at the Resort
1: 30 - Cowboy Blessing for our volunteers and the campsite on stage at the Resort
- move to campsite for ribbon cutting/sign unveiling
2:00 - Music on stage at the Resort: Princeton Historical Music Society, 3 Eagle Feathers
- Bear Aware Program video presentation at the Resort
- Story Time in the Park, Go Fish BC: repeat at Lightening Lakes campground
- Wild Ed programs: repeat at the Resort
3:00 - On stage at the Resort: Kelley C - Stories/maps on history of Manning Park and the
significance of the trails and how they got there.
- at the Resort booth area: horseshoeing demo
4:00 - break
5:00 - BCHBC and Volunteer Pot Luck at the new Headwaters Corral Equestrian Campground
6:00 - cake presentation for BCHBC 20th Anniversary at HCEC
7:00 - singing around the campfire with the Pond Frogs at HCEC