The berries are crimson, and coming off the fields.

So it鈥檚 time for the annual Cranberry Festival.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this coming Saturday, people can visit the festival at the corner of Glover Road and Mary Avenue in Fort 91原创.

Fresh berries will be available for purchase and crowd control will be in place for COVID safety.

The Lion鈥檚 Club pancake breakfast is a go and there are some 60 vendors in the marketplace, in addition to 10 food trucks.

This is an outdoor event so masks are not required under provincial health orders but organizers ask people to wear masks when not eating or drinking.

The festival has been held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving as a way celebrate the berry with a history that goes back thousands of years. It鈥檚 been an important food source and commodity before and since European contact.

Started as a grassroots event in 1995, it has grown to be a popular regional festival with attendance at pre-COVID versions reaching about 35,000 people. It was organized for several years by the Fort 91原创 Business Improvement Association but has now been taken on by the Eric Woodward Foundation.