The Portage route was the scene of the portaging race and skills contest, hosted by the Child/Family Resource Centre.

Five teams entered. They started on First Cranberry lake, and followed a marked portage route to Lake Athapapuscow.

Canoeists showed good form - at first!

After the canoe contest, people gathered at the Canoe Cairn at the park for a parade to the Museum. The parade included businesses, organizations, schools and many decorated bikes and quads.

A true Northern Manitoba feast. Chefs from the local Lions Club worked hard frying up the local delicacy of fresh pickerel. Many community members contributed to the luncheon

A total of 360+ hungry people enjoyed the feast. It takes a lot of fish frying to feed them.

Besides pickerel, there was locally harvested and prepared wild rice casseroles, helpings of coleslaw and baked beans. Hmmmmmmmmm! Rounded out with home baked bannock or buns.

Commemorative Activities followed the Fish Fry Lunch, with speakers representing the Museum, a representative from the Child/Family Resource Centre, and guest speakers. Two local RCMP officers raised the flags of Canada and Manitoba. The Child/Family Resource Centre provided activities for the children, including Rock Painting, A Fish Pond, Face Painting and Ball Toss.

The crowd gathered in the Cargo Room for the much anticipated unveiling of the Mural, uncertain what exactly was to be revealed.

The sheet dropped, and images from Cranberry's past emerged, prompting debates of the significance of each scene.