Food, music mark Canada Day in Terrace
MAGGIE OTTENBREIT sings 'O Canada' on Canada Day at Heritage Park. The young singer will also be performing at the NHL Hockeyville exhibition game here Sept. 14.
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Updated: July 02, 2009 6:40 AM
PLEASANT WEATHER helped make Canada Day festivities yesterday in Terrace all that more enjoyable.
More than 500 people took part in games, ate, listened to music and looked at arts and crafts at Heritage Park.
That's an attendance mark well in excess of previous Canada Days at Heritage Park, said park curator Meghan Leschert.
A large Canada Day birthday cake, provided by the Cookie Jar Bakery, was easily consumed by a long line of people.
Musical entertainers included Dr. Fishy and the Terrace Pipes and Drums.
A barbecue stand at the park had to be resupplied several times because of high demand.
O Canada was sung by Maggie Ottenbreit who will do the same Sept. 14 when the NHL Hockeyville preseason game is here.
Canada Day got off to a stomach-pleasing start in the morning with the annual firefighters' pancake breakfast held at the Terrace fire hall.
It's now a well-established Terrace Canada Day tradition, drawing a good crowd for pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, coffee and juice.
Money raised goes toward a burn fund financed by firefighters around the province.
Music again filled the air at the breakfast courtesy of the Terrace Community Band.
In the afternoon, a Terrace Co-op memory tea was held at the George Little House, bringing out people who recalled the days when the Co-op was a prime supplier of food and consumer goods in Terrace.
Also in the afternoon, there were activities at Lakelse Lake Provincial Park.
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