Greater Victoria residents can sail over to Esquimalt this week for four days of swashbuckling adventures as Esquimalt Buccaneer Days returns to the township.
Between May 8 to 11, the beloved event will feature the midway carnival, two community breakfasts, a Saturday morning parade, a market and a skydiving demonstration on Bullen Field.
In 1939, Esquimalt began holding the May Queen celebration, which eventually evolved into Esquimalt Days. In 1966, it became the pirate-themed Buccaneer Days and has remained so for the past 59 years.
To kick off the event, a community lunch will be held at noon on Thursday, May 8 at the Esquimalt Recreation Centre, ahead of the 5 p.m. opening of the carnival in the Archie Browning parking lot.
On Saturday morning, the front entrance of the Archie Browing Sports Centre will host a pancake breakfast at 7:30 a.m. before the 10 a.m. start of the parade, which will run along Esquimalt Road from Dominion Road to Admirals Road.
Sunday will feature a Mother's Day breakfast at 9 a.m. at Bullen Field, a tug-of-war competition between the Victoria Police Department, Esquimalt Fire Department, and the Royal Canadian Navy, and the day will end with the skydiving demo at 3 p.m.
For more information on the event, visit www.esquimaltbuccaneerdays.ca.
