Banff National Park Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival photos and videos are now available!
With the 2009 event now all wrapped up, we are enthusiastically starting to work on the 2010 Festival. Please give us your feedback, comments and suggestions by going to the Feedback Page to send us your thoughts.
Thank you to all our participants and spectators for joining us for the second annual Banff National Park Dragon Boat Festival! We look forward to seeing you next year, August 14 & 15, 2010. Registration will open February 1, 2010.
Final race results (pdf 125.59 kB) are available for download, but we'd like to specifically honour the division winners:
| Division A - Dragnum | Division B – Tomato Tomato |
| Division C – Banff Centre | Division D – Fairmont Banff Springs Dragon Spirits |
| Division E – Silver Dragon Restaurant | Women’s Challenge Cup – Tomato Tomato |
| Lake Minnewanka Cup (Bow Valley Cup) – Brewsters Boaters | |
Did you know?
The dragon plays the most respected role within the Chinese mythological tradition. Dragons are traditionally believed to be the rulers of rivers and seas and dominate the clouds and the rains of heaven.
The Stoney First Nations people also have had their traditional legends of creatures living in the rivers and lakes. Lake Minnewanka or “Lake of the Evil Water Sprits” came to receive its name from one such myth of a half-human, half-creature believed to prey upon unsuspecting boaters.
As you check out the event information throughout this website don’t miss the Fun Facts and the “Things you need to know” section. Also, try our quiz!
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