Get ready to paddle, teams! We're excited to welcome you back to Harrison.

The Harrison Dragon Boat Festival welcomes teams every year to Harrison Lake for a fun day of races! For any questions regarding registration, please contact iThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

For registration information, please visit our Race Registration Information page. To register, please visit register.dragonboatbc.ca.

The Festival is organized in partnership between the Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival Society (dba Dragon Boat BC), and the Fraser Valley Paddling Club.

Stay and Play: Visiting Team Accommodation Offers

Please watch for offers for the 2025 Festival coming soon!

Race Information and Instructions/Race Grid 

• Teams will be allowed to bring and set up their tents in the designated Paddler’s Village only on Friday between 3pm-5pm, or Saturday morning starting at 7:30am.
• Teams are not permitted to set-up their tent on the grass/outside the Paddler’s Village unless there are specific reasons required to do so. If this is the case please check-in at HQ before setting up your tent.
• Please note tent spaces will be roughly indicated, but fencing and flagging tape will not be place. Please follow instructions from on-site crews.
• Teams are responsible for making sure tents are secured with their own weights or sandbags.
• Liquor consumption, BBQ’s, open fires, drones, and commercial activity is strictly prohibited without permission from the Festival

• Reminders that waivers and rosters are all completed online at register.dragonboatbc.ca. Please send out waivers to your team now.
• Rosters are due electronically by July 22. Paper waivers and rosters are not accepted.
• The mandatory captain/steersperson meeting will be held at 8:30 AM at the finish line tent. Each team must send their captain or administrator plus steersperson to the meeting.

• Race grid draft 1 will be published around Monday July 22. Please let us know if there are any issues.
• The race program is 3X500M.

• Water - Harrison has installed a water bottle refill station on the side of the new washroom facility by Racer Village (click here for exact location). As a result, bottled water will not be available any more from the Festival. Please remember to bring your own reusable water bottle to reduce our event's impact on the environment.
• Medals will be presented after each division's final race for gold, silver, and bronze in the plaza. Please ask our volunteers for directions if you require assistance.
• We are pleased to once again support the local Agassiz-Harrison Community Services Food Bank. We will have a canoe on-site to accept food donations, and will also accept cash donations at our HQ tent. Please help us make a difference for the community!
• Click here for directions to racer overflow parking.