Welcome to Centennial Activity: Remembering 1967
The CentennialActivity.ca web site takes the opportunity of the 2017 Sesquicentennial to look back and establish a record of the numerous different ways that Canadians participated in sport and physical activity during the Centennial.
Centennial projects included:
+Infrastructure Projects
1967 saw the last major phase of recreational infrastructure building in Canada: arenas, pools, parks, and ski and hiking trails across the country.
+Official Projects
such as the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, and the Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta to Expo '67 in Montreal.
+Sponsored Projects
such as the Great Centennial Bathtub Race from Nanaimo to Vancouver, and the Canadian Ski Marathon from Montreal to Ottawa (both events continue to this day).
+Community Projects
Most communities in (Anglophone) Canada organized events and projects to celebrate the Centennial. Many of these involved physical activities ranging from parades (most communities) to construction of a UFO landing pad (St. Paul, Alberta).
+People's Projects
such as the Great Divide Ski Traverse from Jasper to Lake Louise, and Hank Gallant walking the Trans-Canada Highway from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
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