For some people, the Canada Day celebrations will be their first to celebrate as citizens of Canada.

Fort 91原创 National Historic Site will host a swearing-in ceremony for new Canadians that has been a tradition for the last few years.

鈥淚t鈥檚 great to see people becoming new Canadians on Canada Day, at a historic site,鈥� said the Fort鈥檚 Aman Johal, an interpretative officer at the site.

Once they have sworn their oaths in the event beginning at 10 a.m., the newly-minted citizens will find that there is plenty to do in the Fort for the rest of the day.

The National Historic Site, the BC Farm Museum, the Heritage CNR Station, and 91原创 Township have all teamed up to create a community celebration centered around King Street, which will be closed to cars for the day.

The four groups are collaborating on a Gardens Passport Adventure. People can enter to win a prize raffle by picking up their passport and completing a sort of treasure hunt, visiting all four gardens adjacent to four historic sites and museums around the town. Once they鈥檝e gotten all their stamps, they can drop off their passport to be entered in the draw.

鈥淭ogether, it makes quite a big event,鈥� said Syd Pickerell of the BC Farm Museum.

The Township鈥檚 activities will be based on King Street, between the former 91原创 Centennial Museum, and its larger replacement, the still-under-construction salishan Place by the River. Visitors will be able to see the interpretative gardens planted around the new salishan Place, as well as catching entertainment on a stage that includes singers and dancers, which run from 10:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Just next door, the B.C. Farm Museum will be open with a petting zoo courtesy of Aldor Acres, Canada Day cupcakes, and a host of interactive projects for kids and families to try, including old-fashioned rope-making, woodworking for kids, a blacksmith hammering out nails, and demonstrations of some pioneer-days equipment.

The volunteers who run the museum will be firing up the log lathe from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., showing how small communities used to make water pipes out of tree trunks.

The blacksmith鈥檚 shop, which uses the tools from a shop that ran in Milner, will be open from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

At 1 p.m. there will be a demonstration of cream separating and butter making, with the milk provided by David Davis of Davistead Farms.

At 2 p.m. some antique washing machines will be fired up, dating back to the 1930s and 1940s.

Meanwhile back at the Fort 91原创 National Historic Site, there will be Metis jigging, a henna artist, and the Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers.

And all day there will be the usual events, including blacksmithing demos and a chance to meet the goats and rabbits in the fort鈥檚 own petting zoo.

Local firefighters will be hosting a barbecue just outside the walls of the former Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company post, raising money for the Burn Fund.

鈥淚t tends to be our busiest day,鈥� noted Johal.

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