PUMPKIN REGATTA: Competitors in giant pumpkins raced around a lake in Oregon for the 16th annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta over the weekend. The hollowed-out pumpkin canoes are provided by members of the Pacific Giant Vegetable Growers, an organization that encourages the hobby of gardening and "the production of obscenely large healthy vegetables." | CBS Newspath

The West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta is back! The event is an annual race and festival and also features activities such as pumpkin decorating, face painting, chess with mini pumpkins pieces, a craft sale with locally made glass-blown gourds and a display of the winner of this year’s “Terminator Weigh-off” — David Chan and his 1,728.5-pound pumpkin. On the summerlike day last weekend — with sunshine and highs near 80 degrees — nearly 20,000 people from across the Pacific Northwest gathered in Tu

This pumpkin patch can float. More photos from the Giant Pumpkin Regatta here: www.cbc.ca/1.3266834 | CBC Nova Scotia