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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The Utah Lake Festival

IMPORTANT UP-DATE:  Due to rapids and high river levels, the Utah Lake Festival has been canceled for June 4th.  I have not heard that it will be held later in the summer.  I will post that date if it is rescheduled.  The fear was that children would be drawn to the Festival and then to the banks of the rushing river.  The risks to young children was just too great.  So the original post, describing the planned Festival is now removed.
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  1. Grandview South NeighborhoodMay 14, 2011 at 4:08 AM

    If you visit the Festival, or Utah Lake any day, by way of the River Trail, remember that there is a detour over Geneva Road until the summer of 2012. To see a map of the detour route, go to http://i15core.utah.gov/downloads/public-notification/provo river pkwy trail detour.pdf

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  2. Grandview South NeighborhoodMay 26, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    For the sake of my archive, the following comment is the text of the original post:

    The Utah Lake Commission has decided to celebrate my June 4th birthday by holding its 7th Annual Utah Lake Festival that day from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Utah Lake State Park. The following comes from their press release:

    The Festival, which is free, will offer an array of activities for everyone, including the opportunity to make and wear fish hats—a unique and fun mainstay of the Festival, a sail boat regatta, games and activities for kids, boat making demonstrations, music and boat tours. In addition, visitors will be able to check out fishing gear and bait for free, with no state fishing license required. New this year will be lake-themed storytelling. There will be some free food, such as hot dogs, apples, popcorn and water, and food items that can be purchased.

    The June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program, which is co-sponsoring the Festival, is dedicated to recovering the endangered June sucker fish that lives only in Utah Lake and restoring the ecosystem that it depends upon. The event is also sponsored by the Utah Lake Commission, a group comprised of local and government officials and state agency leaders, and Utah Lake State Park.

    Even though Utah Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi and is located in an urban core that is home to nearly 2 million people who rely on it and its tributaries for their drinking water, few residents think much about it and fewer take the time to actually visit it.

    Historically, Utah Lake was used for recreation much more than it is today. More than 20 resorts once dotted the shoreline. Showboats, with live music and dancing, took people out for excursions to Bird Island, airplanes landed on sandy beaches to offer people rides, and for decades boat races were held as a Memorial Day mainstay in the Provo Harbor.

    Parking is generally pretty tight so carpooling with neighbors or incorporating this event with a bike ride down the River Trail would be a great family outing on the first Saturday in June!

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