July 1, 2013, marked Kitimat’s 60th anniversary, so the theme was “Pioneer Days.”  The float from the Riverlodge Summer programs took first prize for best float. (Robin Rowland)

A girl celebrates Canada Day at the beginning of the parade. (Robin Rowland)

The RCMP and other first responders lead the parade. (Robin Rowland)

A boy and a fire truck. (Robin Rowland)

The Kitimat Museum and Archives Museum Kids contingent. (Robin Rowland)

The Child Development Centre also celebrated Kitimat pioneers. (Disclosure: I went to Grade One and Two in the long demolished Smeltersite School celebrated by the float) (Robin Rowland)

A boy on the float. (Robin Rowland)

The entry from the Kitimat Dynamics Gymnastics Club (Robin Rowland)

The winning float from Riverlodge Summer Programmes. (Robin Rowland)

A couple of young cowboys on the Riverlodge Summer Programme float. (Robin Rowland)

A girl in a Renaissance costume. (Robin Rowland)

A flamenco dancer at the stage show.

Fireworks at Riverlodge finished off the evening.

Fireworks explode with the mountain at dusk as a backdrop. (Robin Rowland)

(Robin Rowland)

The fireworks finale. (Robin Rowland)