Canada Day in the Boundary 2012

July 2nd, 2012 18 Images

Paige Currie, 4, of Grand Forks enjoyed chasing bubbles while celebrating Canada Day in Christina Lake. Photo Erin Perkins.

Taya Mack, 18 months old, happily accepts a kid-sized Canada Day cupcake from Shelly Ball at the Christina Lake festivities. Photo Erin Perkins.

Paula Harned of The Village at Christina Lake makes the cut of the community-sized birthday cake. Photo Erin Perkins.

The Sunday market in Christina Lake attracted many Grand Forks vendors like Niki Firmston, right, and her mother Ximena Hirtz of Firmstone Jewelery. Photo Erin Perkins.

Christina Lake offered up young local talent like Kira Gamie, a Grand Forks Secondary student. Photo Erin Perkins.

Grace McGregor, Area C director for the Regional District Kootenay Boundary, led the crowd in singing O Canada at noon in Christina Lake. Photo Erin Perkins.

There were lots of free activies for the kids at Christina Lake including a fishing game, face painting and fake tattoos like this one being put on child's cheek. Photo Erin Perkins.

Joah Auge, 3, enjoyed the free live entertainment alongside his grandma, Brenda Auge. Photo Erin Perkins.

Celebrating Canada Day in full colour at the Grand Forks celebrations; Photo, Mona Mattei

Vendors and customers lined 5th Street all day; Photo, Mona Mattei

Rayne Bryan proudly displays her face paint; Photo, Mona Mattei

Swamping Tom Boundary Bluegrass entertained the crowds in the early afternoon; Photo, Mona Mattei

The Red Hatted Ladies always wear their finest! Photo, Mona Mattei

Artisans lined the lawn surrounding Gallery 2; Photo, Mona Mattei

Face painting artists made lots of little girls dreams come true; Photo, Mona Mattei

Kids had fun riding an antiques cart on site courtesy of the Boundary Museum Society; Photo, Mona Mattei

And the cake arrives at Gyro Park in Grand Forks; Photo, Mona Mattei

Grand Forks city councillors (L-R) Gary Smith, Bob Kendel, and Patrick O'Doherty serve cake to the crowd; Photo, Mona Mattei

“Of all the countries in the world, this is the best one to be in,” Regional District Kootenay Boundary Area C director Grace McGregor most aptly observed during the Christina Lake Canada Day festivies over the weekend.

She, and hundreds of other people across the Boundary, celebrated this very sentiment while enjoying birthday cake, parades, live entertainment and fabulous family fun.

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