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Youbou Regatta a day filled with activities

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com

You never know what to expect at the Youbou Regatta parade.
One of the busiest days of the summer happens at Arbutus Park in Youbou on August 8.

The Youbou Regatta starts with the pancake breakfast at the fire hall, starting at 8 a.m., and never lets up until late afternoon.

The Youbou Regatta boasts the shortest parade in the world, starting at 10:30 a.m. from the Youbou Hall to Arbutus Park, but it’s certainly one of the most enthusiastic.

Following the parade, Arbutus Park comes alive with activity.

The first splash hits the water with the Clarence Whittingham Memorial Quarter Mile Swim at 11 a.m. A tugboat owned by Whittingham, an iron vessel for towing logs on the lake, takes the swimmers a quarter mile out and they swim back to the dock.

This is followed by kids and adult swimming races, cannonball and belly flop competitions, watermelon eating, three-on-three volleyball and canoe races.

There is a dance in the Youbou Hall that evening.;

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