Saturna-ites served more than 1,100 meals of BBQ lamb, rice, salad and island-made rolls.
On July 1, Saturna Island hosted its 72nd Lamb Barbeque. I am going to make the challenge that it is one of the most exceptional Canada Day parties in the country.
For Priscilla Ewbank, who has been roasting the lambs since the 1970s, the preparation is an act of respect. People came on the ferry in their cars, by foot, on their bikes and motorcycles. They came on the Aqualink and the seaplane and on more than 160 private boats, which moored in Winter Cove, across the street from the BBQ site.
It all started, as the story goes, when, after a bad winter, a farmer on the island sold off his sheep and donated the lambs to the community for a BBQ. They charged 50 cents a dinner. The money they raised supported services like the women’s club and fire brigade.
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