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The 69th Annual Copper Country Strawberry Festival was held over the weekend, offering up the area’s delicious strawberries.
The festival is always held in Chassell the second weekend in July and is the oldest, continuously running festival of its kind.
The Chassell Lions Club sponsors the festival each year and raises money by selling strawberries and their famous strawberry shortcake.
“The strawberry crop is good. A little bit late, we were a little bit worried, but it’s coming in good. We’ve got plenty of strawberries,” said Chairman of the Chassell Lion’s Club Gary Worrall. “Copper Country Strawberries are the best strawberries that I know of. I grew up downstate and lived downstate a long time and the downstate strawberries don’t compare to the strawberries we get here.”
In addition to the strawberries, vendors gathered at Chassell Centennial Park and the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church sponsored a quilt show to raise money for the Copper Country Humane Society.
There was also a fish boil, a dance and the crowning of the Strawberry Festival Queen.
