Cranberry Festival
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Discover some of the stories behind the cranberries garnishing our Thanksgiving dinners.
Where: Fort Langley National Historic Site
23433 Mavis
BC V1M2R5
When: Oct 11, 2008, Sat 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Fort Langley was exporting cranberries internationally long before Vancouver was even built. Cranberries don’t come from a can! At Fort Langley, First Nations people brought canoe loads of cranberries to trade. These were then shipped to San Francisco to be sold to gold prospectors – a vital source of vitamin C long before oranges were widely cultivated in California.
Bring the family and celebrate our proud berry history by enjoying the cranberry harvest at the 13th annual Cranberry Festival.
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