Canoe landings kick off Celebration 2016

The arrival of the One People Canoe Society on Wednesday marked an unofficial kick-off to Celebration. While the flotilla steadied itself for the last leg of the journey, a crowd of over 300 people clustered at the shores of Douglas Harbor.
Members of the One People Canoe Society push during the last leg of their journey on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, near Juneau, Alaska. The group began the trip to Juneau from Angoon on June 2. Their trip is the unofficial beginning of Celebration. (Photo by