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The annual Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival cancelled some events this year due to wildfire smoke. Credit: SUBMITTED

IN PHOTOS: A Dragon Boat Festival with real smoke and fire

KELOWNA – Despite a 400 hectare wildfire burning in West Kelowna, the 8th annual Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival went ahead as planned last weekend.

The festival is made up of a series of races where teams of amateur rowers decorate boats and compete for the fastest time.

Teams from B.C. and Alberta came together off Waterfront Park over the two day festival, which included live music, vendors and a beer garden.

The Okanagan Dragon Boat Racing Club’s Rogue Dragons finished only three seconds behind Storm Edmonton, who won the mixed division race with a time of two minutes and five seconds.

Lightning Edmonton, another team from Alberta, also took the women’s division, followed closely once again by another Kelowna team, Fire on Water.

Here are some photos from the 2014 Dragon Boat Festival.

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To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-0428. To contact the editor, email mjones@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Adam Proskiw

Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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