Fun Facts

 

 
 
teamreg
Team registration fees help cover the costs of renting dragon boats, equipment, judges' tents, race course, practices, officials, medals and trophies.
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Hydration Station
The festival provides a hydration station, which allows people to re-fill personal water bottles; to-date 29,827 plastic bottles diverted from local landfills.
Posted: March 21, 2018 | INFO
     
 
 
indreg
Registration fees are not charitable donations and therefore are not eligible for tax receipts. To support local charities visit ODBF.ca.
Posted: March 21, 2018 | INFO
     
 
 
race
The festival community has over 5,000 Paddlers, 75,000 Attendees, 2 dozen vendors, over 2 kilometers of fencing, and even its own power grid!.
Posted: March 21, 2018 | INFO
     
 
 
Volunteers
Over 500 volunteers contribute over 9000 hours to help put the festival together, and to keep up their energy the festival needs over 700 lbs of food!
Posted: March 21, 2018 | INFO
     
 

 

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