Celebrate the ocean with the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and friends! This free community event — in Sidney's Beacon Park — is fun for the whole family. 11:00am-3:00pm

What’s happening:

• More than a dozen interactive and educational booths*

• Giant map of Canada you can walk on!

• Touch pool

• Low-tide beach exploration

• Photobooth

• Facepainting

• Artist demonstrations — Andrea England Art, Art By Di, Amanda Key Designs, Jill Warne (West Coast Cameos), Wildeblucreations

• Art tent

• and more!

*Booths hosted by CRD Parks, DFO Stream to Sea, Galiano Conservancy, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Victoria Natural History Society, Seachange Marine Conservation Society, Ocean Wise, Cetus Research & Conservation Society, Ocean Networks Canada, Pacific Salmon Foundation, Parks Canada Southern Resident Killer Whale Outreach Team, Royal BC Museum, Peninsula Streams Society, UVic Community Mapping, Engage with Nature-based Solutions and more!