Celebrate the ocean with the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and friends!
This free community event — in Sidney’s Beacon Park — is fun for the whole family.
What’s happening:
- More than 15 interactive and educational booths*
- Giant map of Canada you can walk on!
- Touch pool
- Low-tide beach exploration
- Photobooth
- Facepainting
- Artist demonstrations — Andrea England Art, Art By Di, Amanda Key Designs, Jill Warne (West Coast Cameos), Wildeblucreations
- Art tent
- Games and activities
- and more!
*Booths hosted by CRD Parks, DFO Stream to Sea, Galiano Conservancy Association, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Victoria Natural History Society, Seachange Marine Conservation Society, Ocean Wise, Cetus Research & Conservation Society, Ocean Networks Canada, Pacific Salmon Foundation, Parks Canada Southern Resident Killer Whale Outreach Team, Royal BC Museum, Peninsula Streams Society, Seaquaria, UVic Community Mapping, Engage with Nature-based Solutions and more!