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Flying Canoe Volant in Edmonton
The French-Canadian legend of la chasse-galerie, the flying canoe said to cross the winter sky, anchors Flying Canoe Volant, an illuminated evening trail through Edmonton's Mill Creek ravine each January organized by La Cite francophone. Metis and Indigenous cultural elements weave through the French-Canadian folklore. Expect bonfires, ice and snow sculptures, live music and staged scenes along a walking route rather than a single stage.
Flying Canoe Volant turns Edmonton's river valley into an illuminated winter trail each January, staging a folklore-based night walk through the Mill Creek ravine and surrounding parkland built around the French-Canadian legend of la chasse-galerie, the flying canoe said to carry voyageurs across the winter sky in exchange for their souls.