Annual Boat Parade

Decorate your boat or dock with lights and dazzle us all during this annual Horseshoe Lake favourite tradition.  

Even if you're not participating in your boat, you can still decorate your dock with lights and cheer on the boats from shore.

The parade route will leave from the big rock on Shuylers Island at 9:00 PM sharp and is expected to take an hour and a half.  As usual, there will be a lead boat and new this year, there will be a boat assigned to bring up the rear of the parade.  A reminder that the parade will circle Elsie Bay in Little Horseshoe but will not proceed through the narrows.

Thanks to Kathy & Paul Donaldson for leading the parade and to Rob Dippell for bringing up the rear of the parade in his boat.

Some safety notes ... 

• If you have a raft or other floating object in front of your cottage, please light it with a reflector or solar light so parade leaders can see it.
• All boats are required to use navigation lights (bow red/green) and anchor light (white) in addition to any decorative lighting.
• Please follow all safe boating practices including the proper number of life jackets on board plus a reminder that boat drivers should not have alcohol above the legal limit in their system and there is no alcohol permitted on board any boat by law.
• For safety and proper boating practice the parade will proceed counter clockwise so as to keep the shoreline on each boat's starboard (right) side.
• Please keep pace with the lead boat and leave a safe distance between your boat and the boat in front of you.

Whether you are in the parade or watching from shore ... Enjoy!