Deep Cove Crier Archive

It’s hard to blame tourists and the occasional celebrity for invading Deep Cove – especially in the summer, when our village really shines. We too are easily swayed into visiting stunningly beautiful locales, based on social media snaps.

Sianna Roka, Indigo Eilers, Gwen Lewis, and Tessa Wang gear up for Battle of the Bands, hosted by Deep Cove Music on Sunday, June 11, 7 p.m., at CapU’s BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts.

Competitors paddling intensely during the Indian Arm Challenge, a 32-kilometre race starting in the Deep Cove harbour, heading all the way up Indian Arm, around Croker Island to Granite Falls and back to the Cove on Saturday, May 13.

North Shore Mayors’ Golf Tournament longtime organizer David Alsop (left) will be passing the putter to Michael Boehm after this year’s charity event on June 23. Now in its 10th year, the event is held annually at Seymour Golf & Country Club.

This column is dedicated to celebrating outdoor recreation in the Seymour area. Whether you are an adrenaline junkie or a Sunday afternoon ambler, there’s a slice of nature waiting for you to discover in Deep Cove.

Don your best bonnet for a Solstice High Tea at Parkgate Community Centre Wednesday, June 28 from noon-2 p.m. Delicate savoury bites and sweet treats including scones with clotted cream and fresh berries will be served. Tickets: $15/$20.

Whether you own a houseboat, trawler or yacht, we want to get the scoop on watercrafts that call the Cove home. For June we feature a Beneteau boat belonging to Deep Cove Yacht Club members Lorne and Deborah Lapham.

A diver departs from a hot air balloon during the World Belly Flop and Cannonball Diving Championship held at the Coach House Inn near the Second Narrows Bridge. A recent blog post by Vancouver history writer Eve Lazarus (evelazarus.

This Father’s Day, on the 150th anniversary of Canada, we remember “Flying” Phil and Jen (née Sandin) Gaglardi. Jen with her co-worker Laurene Schneider started the 80-year-old Christian Life Assembly megachurch in 1937 in Langley.