Each year one of the UELAC Branches organizes a conference. This event is normally four days but may be longer or shorter.

A list of upcoming and past conferences is on the national website at UELAC Annual Conference.

• 2023: "Where the Sea Meets the Sky” (June 1-4, 2023; Richmond, BC), hosted by the four Pacific Region Branches of the UELAC.

• 2022: From Heartbreak to Hope in the Heart of the Continent May 25-29 hosted by Manitoba Branch.
• 2021: Join the rEvolution - Come Be Part of the Story May 27-31 hosted by Bridge Annex Branch with partners including Cornwall Tourism.
• 2020: Eyes on the Heart of the Continent 23 March - Cancelled due to COVID-19, hosted by Manitoba Branch.
• 2019: The Capital Calls May 30 - June 2, hosted by Sir Guy Carleton Branch
• 2018: Loyalist Ties Under Living Skies June 7-10 hosted by Saskatchewan Branch
• 2017: June 22-25 in London ON, co-hosted by London & Western Ontario Branch and Grand River Branch
• 2016: Loyalists, Lighthouses & Lobsters - Thursday July 7 to Sunday July 10 in Summerside, PEI, hosted by The Branches of the Atlantic Region: Abegweit, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
• 2015: Loyalists Come West - Thursday May 28 to Sunday May 31 in Victoria BC, hosted by Victoria Branch

Nine months to go. The Pacific Region Branches of the UELAC have been hard at work planning the Loyalists Come West 2015 AGM to be held in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia May 28 - 31, 2015.

The AGM venue is the Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel and Marina which stands facing Victoria's Inner Harbour with excellent views of passing ships and boats, the marina and is close to the Legislature Buildings, the Empress Hotel, and many tourist activities.

Our hospitality room is on the top floor of the hotel with an outdoor patio which will be well appointed with chairs for those attending to sit and sip while watching the goings on out on the water.

Don't miss the internationally famous Greater Victoria Police Chorus who will entertain at the Gala Banquet on Saturday night. Friday night will be a special dinner of original Loyalist foods with a no host bar offering real 1700's drinks that our ancestors would have consumed in addition to today's beverages.

Visit the Victoria Branch website to keep up-to-date on the planning for 2015 at http://www.uelac.org/uelvictoria/UELAC-Conference-2015-Victoria-BC.htm

by David B. Clark, U.E.
landmenbc1@shaw.ca

Loyalist Trails article, 24 August 2014