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WINONA LAKE – Canal Days is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Winona Lake.
There will be craft and art booths, with kids activities from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Cardboard Boat Regatta registration is 10 to 11 a.m. From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is the Cardboard Boat Best in Show voting, with the Regatta Boat race starting at 12:30 p.m.
Categories for the race include: kids, with one to two members age 10 and under; youth, with one to two members ages 11-17, with one allowed to be under 11 if there are two members; adult, with one to two members age 18 and up, with one allowed to be under 18 if there are two members; and corporate, with one to two members.
Those from a business or organization in the corporate category may have multiple teams participate.
Nick Hauck, managing director of The Village at Winona, said over the years, Canal Days has morphed, with the boat race added in 2017 or 2018.
“Just like all of our events, we want to put on a good community event,” he said. With Saturday’s event, The Village at Winona partners with Fellowship Missions to bring awareness to what Fellowship Missions does.
“This is one of the few events that the community gets to get involved because they can actually do a boat and be the event,” he said, adding Canal Days is a change for people to get involved in their community and do something fun for the day. “Any time you can put on an event that brings people to come do something could be a benefit for the community, whether it be for spectators or whether it’s participants.”
Deadline to register for the Cardboard Boat Regatta is Saturday and Hauck said he thought there were around 13 boats registered as of Tuesday night.
