Canal Days 2011, Port Colborne, ON

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Canal Days is technically the annual Marine Heritage festival that takes place every year in Port Colborne, my hometown, over the August long weekend.

And while there is a lot of excellent marine, and a lot of hearty heritage, the act of Canal Days itself, for someone who was born and raised in Port, ends up being much more like a yearly celebration of life and friends and family than anything else.

This year was no exception.