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Carved wooden chainsaw bear on a tree stump with forested mountains around Hope

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Free Things to Do in Hope, BC, 2026

Hope is a small town with an outsized free list: historic railway tunnels, a famous landslide viewpoint, more than 80 chainsaw carvings on the downtown streets, and a waterfall at the end of a short forest trail. Every item below was...

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Where to See the Best Christmas Lights in Hope, 2026 in Hope BC

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Where to See the Best Christmas Lights in Hope, 2026

Hope does not have a major standalone lights display, and it is worth being honest about that before you plan a trip. Its Christmas lights moment is one weekend inside Fog Fest, when downtown Hope fills with a parade, fireworks, a market,...

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Rustic Christmas lantern with a candle, with mountains in the background

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Christmas Ideas and Events in Hope, BC, 2026

Hope Christmas 2026: Fog Fest Foggy Little Christmas December 4 to 6, the Hope Christmas Craft Market on December 5 and 6, and the Silver Creek Winter Market.

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Poppy wreath at a stone cenotaph with mountains blurred behind it, no people

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Remembrance Day in Hope 2026: The Cenotaph Ceremony and the Poppy

Hope's Remembrance Day 2026: a ceremony at the cenotaph in Memorial Park, 325 Wallace Street, beginning about 10:30am on Wednesday, November 11, hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion. Free and open to the public.

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A carved jack-o-lantern glowing beside a black candle and autumn leaves

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Halloween in Hope BC: A Quiet Town's Honest Guide

Hope's Halloween is small but real: Little Monsters on Wallace on October 31, a free Rec Centre party on October 24, and where the haunted house and pumpkin patches actually are.

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