The new dragon boat was a year in the making from design to finished product and will take part in this year's competition from June 21-23, which is expected to have a record 5,500 paddlers.

Dragon Boat Festival: Locally designed vessels take to the water this year Local artists were invited to design 10 new boats for this month's Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival (June 25-26) ...

Decades-old dragon boat heads that were on the boats first used in Expo 86 and in the first dragon boat races in Victoria ...

The head will be part of a new exhibit opening Friday at the Victoria Chinatown Museum in Fan Tan Alley, called Dragons on ...

Arts Features Dragon boats represent the intersection of sport and culture in Vancouver There are 18 new vessels, all including designs by local artists, that will be part of this year's Concord ...

Join Jenelle Lippai #Onthego to find out all the excitement that awaits you at the Regina Dragon Boat Festival August 16-17 ...

The organizers of the Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say it appears next year's races will be cancelled ...

Organizers of the annual Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say the event will be cancelled next year to make ...

It’s been 32 years since Hong Kong sent six teak dragon boats to Vancouver for Expo 86; the 2,000-year-old sport had never been seen in North America.

The boat, 57 meters long and 17 meters wide, can carry 1,000 passengers. With an intricate and ancient Chinese dragon-boat design, it cost 32 million yuan (US$4.24 million) to build.

John KennedyDragon boat racing originated in China in the third century BC, and is only now being considered as a demonstration sport at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. This cross-cultural ...