Women of the West is a celebration of the women who helped settle Cochrane: homesteaders, homemakers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, outlaws, cattle drivers — pioneers, every last one of them.

The 2010 Cochrane Labour Day Parade Committee invites you to participate in this year’s COCHRANE LABOUR DAY PARADE.

The Parade will take place on Monday, September 6th commencing at 10:30 a.m.

There will be no on-site registration this year.  All participants MUST submit an application by July 31.  The size of the parade is limited, and due to the number of applications we receive, we may not be able to accept late or incomplete applications. 

The form up area is the Burnco Site on River Ave just south of Griffin Road.  All parade participants must be on the Burnco site no later than 8:30 a.m.  Judging will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Coffee and donuts will be available for all participants in the form-up area the morning of the parade courtesy of Shell Jumping Pound.  When the parade is finished, there will be hot dogs and pop for all participants and volunteers courtesy of Cochrane IGA, locally owned and operated by Barry and Dawn Metcalfe.  Thanks to both these groups.

The form up area (donated by Burnco) will be open from 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 5 for entries wanting to bring equipment etc. to the site the day before.  Details are available from the Parade Committee.

The Parade will leave the form up area and go north on River Ave, west on 1st Street, south on 5th Ave, east on Railway Ave, south on Charlesworth Street, east on Griffin Road and south on River Ave back to the original form up area.

If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us by email info@cochraneparade.com or (403) 851-2278.

- 2010 Labour Day Parade Committee