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In addition to vegetables and the aroma of freshly-baked bread, the Steveston Food and Artisan Market at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery offers artisanal objects and beverages.
Photo courtesy Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum
Indoor market opens for the season Oct. 21
Published 12:25 PDT, Tue October 9, 2018
Last Updated: 2:12 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
If you loved the outdoor summer market in
Steveston and all that it offered, you are in luck. The season may have changed
but the Steveston Food and Artisan Market starts up again this season on Sun.,
Oct. 21.
The warm and cosy Gulf of Georgia Cannery
National Historic Site will once again host the market, out of the blustery
weather, and will offer free admission to the entire site on market Sundays.
According to the Cannery’s Mimi Horita,
market-goers can expect, “Locally-baked, grown, caught, and crafted products,
seasonal events and activities for all ages, and performances by home-grown
musicians and entertainers.”
This year, a new partner has joined the Gulf
of Georgia Cannery Society, which operates the museum on behalf of the Parks
Canada. In conjunction with the Cannery, the Richmond Food Security Society
will present a series of Food Skills Workshops on select Sundays. The topics
include fish, holiday left-overs, healthy snacks, to name but a few. The
workshops are aimed at affordable and safe preparation of food.
As the Christmas season arrives, so will
Santa. He’ll be in attendance at the Dec. 2 market.
According to Horita, “Three markets in a row
will be offered in December, for not-to-be missed opportunities to shop for
local products during the holiday season.
Steveston's Festival of Trees will also be on
display for the month of December, making market Sundays especially festive
inside our heritage site.”
After the indoor market’s start on Oct 21,
they will follow an every-other-week pattern on Sundays, with an extra Sunday
in December. The last one for 2018 is Sunday, Dec 16. The market then resumes
for the new year on Feb 3 and will then follow the every-other-Sunday pattern
right through April 18. At that point, once spring arrives, the market
traditionally moves out of doors.
The Cannery museum can be found at 12138
Fourth Ave. on the western end of Steveston’s main drag, Moncton St. and is
open year round from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Just listen for the cannery workers’
whistle as it resounds through the village to mark the cannery museum’s opening
and closing times.
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