If you’re looking for the perfect way to paddle into the holiday season, our annual Christmas Lights paddling tour is the thing for you and your loved ones.
This event is now sold out -- thanks to all 93 registrants!
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Fairway Gorge Paddling Club Holiday Schedule 2022:
CLOSED: Monday December 19 – Monday, January 2 (inclusive)
OPEN: Tuesday January 3, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (regular)
Selkirk Waterfront Fitness Holiday Schedule 2022:
CLOSED: Saturday, December 24 – Monday, January 2
OPEN: Tuesday January 3: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM (regular)
Waterfront Outfitters Holiday Schedule 2022:
CLOSED: Monday December 19 - Monday January 2
OPEN: Tuesday January 3, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (regular)
FGPC's Fall and Winter programs for recreational and performance paddlers are now open for registration. Includes OC1, OC6, V12, and Dragon Boat!
THIS IS A “DRY” CHANGE RACE, which means 6-person crews hotswap on the dock with their team mates at the end of each lap. Dock-change times are included in your team’s aggregate time, so efficient changes get the best results.
12 -13 November 2022
Looking to warm up this winter? FGPC is bringing the heat with some competition! The “FGPC Small Boat Race Series” is open to all paddlers, any level that want to come out and challenge themselves. Click for more information or to sign up!
Fairway Gorge Super Sprints - Sunday May 7, 2023
Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival - July 8 and 9, 2023
Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Festival - August 26 and 27, 2023
Registration is now open!
Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Race Series
Sign up for our kayak / stand up paddle board membership. Available all year round!
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V12, Kan-U-Hakit, and Wet Dashe.
Challenge and Excitement year round!
Register now!
Now's the time to shake off those COVID doldrums and launch (or re-launch) yourself into the wonderful world of dragon boat paddling.
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FGPC can help you set up a community or corporate team and provide everything you need to get on the water.
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Fairway Gorge Super Sprints is the first FGPC Festival of the season, and is always a great way to begin a year of Dragon Boat Racing. Quick and crazy, these 200M sprints give you a chance to showcase all the work you’ve put into training early in the year.
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Sunday 7 May 2023
The Nanaimo Dragonboat Festival is returning next summer. This festival will take place in the harbour and at Maffeo Sutton Park on July 8 and 9!
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8-9 July 2023
This exciting weekend of racing draws on the Fairway Gorge Paddling Club’s experience running many of Vancouver Island’s signature dragon boat festivals, along with innovations garnered through the hands-on experiences of FGPC’s production team at race venues around the world.
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~ 500M
26-27 August 2023
Waterfront Outfitters is Victoria’s dedicated store for all things paddling-related.
From weather-appropriate technical and off-the-water clothing layers, to specialized winter-safe footwear and westcoast layers, Waterfront Outfitters serves the island paddling community with a broad range of locally-sourced products in a dramatic range of colours.
Choose Introductory/Novice, Recreational, or Intermediate/Performance to match your paddling program.
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in one of the most beautiful places in Canada.
Our 2022 Christmas Lights Paddling Tour is coming on Wednesday, December 21 and is now sold out. Thanks to all 93 of you and see you on the 21st! Click here to join our waiting list.
We hope you’ll support FGPC and Waterfront Fitness by voting in this year’s Victoria CommunityVotes campaign.
We’re happy to announce the return of our Small Boat Race Series at FGPC, with opportunities for OC1s, surfskis, SUPs, sprint kayaks and other small boats. Click for more information and to register.
Please consider donating to FGPC’s Ultralight Fund for the purchase of our fourth ultralight OC6 canoe.