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July/August 2005 issue


MOSAIC
Mosaic

Row yer boat
PHOTO: WANITA BATES

Row yer boat
Excerpt by Wanita Bates

As dawn breaks over St. John's on the first Wednesday of August, all ears tune to the radio to hear whether the oldest organized sporting event in North America is a go. The Royal St. John's Regatta is 187 years old. Not only is it an important sporting competition, it's also a municipal holiday if pond conditions are fine. The pond, as people from around here call it, is Quidi Vidi Lake, nestled in a little valley at the edge of the North Atlantic.



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