[right] About 100 Canadians and their families gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving Oct. 11 at The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island near Portland. The Canada-America Society of Oregon organized the event, which included games, door prizes and, of course, a turkey dinner.

[below, left] Jim Baumgartner, Honorary Consul of Canada in Portland, uses a makeshift megaphone to announce the raffle numbers for Tim Hortons coffee and Canadian t-shirts.

[below, right] A number of Queen’s alumni (including yours truly) were at the event.