Campbell River Salmon Festival is a Registered Provincial Society and a Federal Charity whose constitutional mandates are:
- To hold Civic Celebrations, Community Celebrations and annual Salmon Festival for the citizens of Campbell River and surrounding area.
- To encourage healthy Community Living by providing a public multi-purpose facility (Nunns Creek Park) for benefit of the public.
To meet these constitutional requirements, the Salmon Festival, over the last 49 years, has provided or joint ventured with other Community Organizations, Governments, businesses and a host of volunteers to provide the following past and present community celebrations and projects.
Past Celebrations & Projects:
- Canada Day Celebrations featuring fireworks, entertainment, a giant birthday cake, children’s and senior’s events and a Youth Talent Search.
- SalmonFest Celebrations featuring logger sports, mining sports competitions, outdoor stage entertainment, dances, parade, children’s and senior’s events, arts & crafts, home show, community corner, food fair and miscellaneous competitions.
- Raft Race down the Campbell River
- New Year’s Eve Celebration providing a non alcoholic party for the whole family with skating, swimming, entertainment and games for all ages.
- Developing Nunns Creek Park through a License of Occupation with the City and joint ventures with other community groups.
- Construction of the Totem Pavilion (Long House) on the Foreshore Park.
- Acquisition of authentic native artifacts, which are on display at the Campbell River Museum.
- Twice hosted the RCMP Musical Ride and Canadian Snow birds and once hosted the Lipizzan Stallions.
Present Celebrations & Projects:
- Canada Day Celebration Joint venture featuring fireworks, youth fishing derby, children’s festival, skateboard competition, senior’s events, entertainment, parade, crafts show and food booths. It is Vancouver Island’s Canada Day Destination.
- SalmonFest, on the 2nd weekend in August, features a world class Logging Sports (presently the largest logging sports in Canada and 4th largest in North America), a Salmon Barbeque, free children’s activities, entertainment and various community, food and trade show booths. It is one of the major festivals for the Campbell River area.
Besides presenting events and celebrations, the Salmon Festival Society assists other community organizations by providing expertise, manpower or equipment at no cost for their celebrations or functions. The savings to these groups means more funds for their worthwhile causes, which in turn benefited people in the community. It is also a savings for businesses as the groups do not have to seek sponsorships to rent the items. Last year we assisted 50 organizations.
Groups we have assisted over the years
Aquaculture Groups
Anderton Therapeutic Gardens
Atmosphere Festival
Band 10X Bigger Fundraiser
Big Time Out – Cumberland
Bite of Campbell River
Black Creek Fall Fair
Boy Scouts & Girl Guides
Business special events
B.C. Hydro
Campbellton Neighbourhood Association
Camyron’s Cause
Canada Day Committee
Cancer Society
Cape Mudge Band Tribal Conference
Chilian Earthquake Fundraiser
C.R. Arts Council
C.R. Athletics
C.R. Children’s Festival
C.R. Co-Op Fundraiser
C.R. Dog Fanciers
C.R. Figure Skating
C.R. Fishing Derby
C.R. Food Bank
C.R. French School
C.R. Graduation ceremonies
C.R. Men’s Baseball
C.R. Men’s Soccer
C.R. Old Timers Hockey
C.R. Rock & Gem
C.R. Rotary
C.R. Search & Rescue
C.R. Shelter Association
C.R. Soccer Association
C.R. Special Olympics
C.R. Swim Clubs
C.R. Trail Riders
C.R. Volunteer Society
Christian Youth Conference
City of Campbell River
Classic Cruisers Car Club
Community Futures
COPS for Cancer
Comox Dog Club
Comox Valley Fall Fair
Comox Valley Info Centre
Compassionate Friends
Courtenay Canada Day
Courtenay Fish & Wildlife
Courtenay Rodeo
CV Community Arts
CV Rotary
Downtown Market
Dragon Boat Races
Duncan Museum – STIHL
Earth Days
Empire Days
Farm Bike Tour
Farmers Institute
Filberg Festival
Fisheries
FOE 3097
Foggy Mountain Festival
Forestry Day
Friendship Bazaar
Gold River Graduation
Habitat for Humanity
Haig-Brown Festival
Handy Man Challenge
Helpsinc
Highland Dancers
Highland Games
Horse Shows (Courtenay)
Ironwood Mall
John Howard Society
Lake Cowichan – Lake Days
Mill Bay Dog Show
Million $ Hole In One Golf
Minor Baseball
Mountainside Avian Rescue
MusicFest (Courtenay)
Nautical Days – Comox
North Island Aids Coalition
North Island College
North Island Gourmet Picnic
North Island Matis
Oceans Day
Ocean Pacific
Olympic Torch Run – C.R.
Paradise Meadows Music Festival
Pacific Aquaculture Conference & Trade Show
Pink Salmon Festival
Pirate Days
Port McNeill Logger Sports
Rally for Riley
RCMP – C.R. Detachment
RCMP Musical Ride
Red Hat Society – C.R.
Relay For Life – C.R.
Relay For Life – Courtenay
Ride for Dad
River Days
Robbie Burns Dance
Rythem of the Rock
School District 72
Scouts Canada
Seniors Games – C.R.
Seniors Games – C.V.
Shellfish Festival
Skateboard Society
Soul & Spirit Festival
SPCA – Paws for a Cause
Spirit of B.C.
Storm Hockey
Strathcona Gardens
The Great Salmon Race
Therapeutic Riding
Timberline Football
Transition Society
Tug Boat Races
Shoreline Arts Driftwood Carving
United Fishermen (NIFI)
United Way
Unveiling Haig Brown Statue
VIX – Logger Sports
Wellness Festival
Willow Point Spring Winter Games
Winter Parade
Winter Jam
Wonders of the Wild
YANA (Courtenay)
Yuculta Lodge Project