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Celebrate Our Heritage Heritage Day is an opportunity to celebrate the architectural heritage and historic places of Canada. The Heritage Canada Foundation promotes the third Monday in February each year as Heritage Day and has long advocated adopting this date as a national holiday. For Heritage Day 2010, Canada’s Olympic year, HCF is celebrating the Heritage of Sport and Recreation. Across Canada sports and recreation activities have always played a central role in building social cohesion and community involvement. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw an expanding variety of athletic activities being promoted—from lacrosse, curling and hockey, to boating, skiing and hiking. Canadians were quick to embrace these sporting pleasures and to build the infrastructure needed to support them. To this day, communities both large and small possess a legacy of sports and recreation facilities which continue to serve Canadians. In order to assist communities in developing a program that celebrates Heritage Day 2010: The Heritage of Sport and Recreation, examples of active historic sporting centres are included here. Boating Curling Granite Curling Club, Winnipeg Hockey and Skating Poplar Point and District Memorial Rink, Manitoba Stampede Wood Mountain Stampede, Saskatchewan Skiing Red Mountain Resort, British Columbia Swimming Peter Hemmingway Fitness and Leisure Centre (formerly Coronation Pool), Alberta
Heritage Day Community Events Niagara Falls, Ontario - The City of Niagara Falls Municipal Heritage Committee and the Niagara Falls Museums are hosting the 11th annual Heritage Showcase at Niagara Square Shopping Centre at 7555 Montrose Road, Niagara Falls from noon on Friday February 12 to Sunday February 14 at 4:00 pm.
All Heritage Groups from the local area are invited to participate with displays and interactive activities. Province of BC - Heritage Week - Community Pride, Active Living The Heritage of Sport & Recreation Just in time for the Winter Olympics – Heritage Week 2010! The theme is “Sport and Recreation”, opened up all kinds of possibilities: teams, champions and heroes, historic sporting events, stadiums and arenas, parks and sports fields. The 2010 Heritage Week poster features the New Westminster Salmonbellies lacrosse team and their home, the Queen’s Park Arena, also known as 'The Barn'. Ottawa, Ontario - Come and celebrate Ottawa’s local heritage with us on Tuesday February 16, 2010 at 110 Laurier, Ottawa City Hall. Bring out your best outfits from the early 19th century to the late 20th century! All heritage enthusiasts are welcome. If you are interested in volunteering or if you have any questions, please contact 613-562-0405 or membership@choocopo.ca. Victoria BC - The Hallmark Society is visiting the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame for Heritage Day. Due to availability issues, the tour is happening on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Hall, Gate 3 Save On Foods Memorial Arena, Victoria at 2 pm. RSVP to office@hallmarksociety.ca before February 12, 2010. Nelson, BC - Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History is currently featuring the exhibition: Snow and Ice: A History of Nelson Winter Sports. Paisley, Ontario - The Treasure Chest Museum is promoting the sports associated with the Paisley, Displays have been set up on hockey, curling, baseball, lacrosse, rifle club, figure skating, soccer, lawn bowling and rail trail for walking and hiking, and canoeing in the Saugeen River. Paisley is a village of 1200 people. They will be open from Monday, February 15th to Saturday, February 20th from 1 to 4 pm. For more information, contact the museum. UELAC - The UELAC has published several articles in their electronic newsletter about members of the organization and their descendents of United Empire Loyalists and they involvement in the Olympics. Here a are a couple of articles: Saskatchewan Archives- To celebrate Heritage Day and the Heritage of Sport and Recreation in Saskatchewan and Canada, Saskatchewan Archives Board will feature a hockey team on our Photo Identity Blog starting on February 15, 2010. They will ask visitors to help identify team members and coaches of a school hockey team from St. Goretti School in Saskatoon in 1960. This fun little photo could have been the inspiration for Roch Carrier's "The Sweater!" The link to our blogsite is:http://www.sabphotos.wordpress.com Dauphin, Manitoba- Fort Dauphin Museum, Dauphin, Manitoba, is hosting Louis Riel Day on February 15. They are featuring old tyme games and amusements. They have wood relay, tug-of-war on a stump, cat & mouse, horse drawn sleigh rides, snow fort making, taffy in the snow--delicious, bannoch making in the tipi, trading in the tradeing post, story telling, crafts and more. It is a couple of hours of relaxing family fun, Time to spend with the family while remembering sports from the olden days. Heritage 2009: Heritage and the Environment: Saving Places Built to Last Heritage 2008: Work that Endures: Careers in Built Heritage Heritage 2003 Heritage of Our Town Youth Page Heritage 2002 Industry and Innovation Youth Page Heritage 2001 Heritage of Transportation Youth Page |
