Welcome to our Dragon Boat Festival
Poster in English en français ici
Our third annual Dragon Boat Festival June 26th and 27th, 2009
What a terrific day!
$11,498.02 raised.
2009 Program and List of Teams posted here. [[ Map Here ]]
This year's fundraising efforts benefited the
Food Forever Fund,
Temiskaming Hospital Foundation
and the
New Liskeard Lions Club, Inc.
The Nor Arc Pirates raised the most money with a total of $xxxx and the Curves Spitfires were scond with $2,200.00.
Total funds raised in 2009 approximately $11,498.02 Final figures are being tallied.
Go here for more information from the 2009 Festival. If you have photos you'd like to share please let the webmaster know. .
On July 4th and 5th, 2008 saw hundreds of people come to enjoy the festivities in the Second Annual Dragon Boat Festival held in the City of Temiskaming Shores, Ontario. Presented by the New Liskeard Lions Club, the City of Temiskaming Shores, and the Chinese Heritage Association of Northern Ontario, this year's race saw 13 teams—286 paddlers and drummers—paddling in the beautiful blue waters of Lake Temiskaming. Although Dragon Boat racing is relatively new to Temiskaming Shores, we are basing our Festival on a proven model that has been fun and successful in other Northern Ontario centers. The combination of excersise, festivity and community spirit is very attactive. The Festival ran on July 4th, and 5th, 2008 at the New Liskeard Beach Park. The opening ceremonies and social were on Friday evening (4th). The races ran Saturday morning and afternoon. Awards immediately followed the races. Total times for three races are on the 2008 Festival Page, as well as some photos taken at the event.
Each Dragon Boat is approximately 13 meters long and holds a crew of 22 people. The race course parallels the beach. The race course is 400 meters long, and involves up to four boats. Each crew is encouraged to provide a steersperson and drummer. All entries were involved in 3 races.
To sponsor the Dragon Boat Festival, please visit our Sponsorship page. For the rules of the races, open and save this Rules form in PDF format. To enter a team in the Dragon Boat Races, visit our Registration page. To see some photos from the 2007 Festival, visit the photos page.
And we invite you all to come for the fun!
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   We thank our 2009 Sponsors here, and list them so you can thank them and support them as well. |
Festival Objectives
Share the tradition of Dragon Boat Racing with other Ontario communities.
Promote the goodwill of corporate sponsors throughout Northern Ontario.
Promote a festival atmosphere featuring athletic contests and other cultural activities to enhance the quality of community life in a beautiful waterfront setting in the city.
How to Paddle a Dragon Boat Part 1 of a YouTube video explaining how to do it. Related video How to Paddle a Dragonboat-Part 2 and others listed to the right hand side on that YouTube page.
