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Archive For The “Canada Day” Category

Canada Day, Kitimat, BC, July 1, 2016

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Two women dressed as suffragettes hold a Canadian flag during the Canada Day parade in Kitimat, July 1, 2016. The theme for the parade marked one hundred years of the woman’s vote in Canada. (Robin Rowland)

 

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The parade began in heavy rain. (Robin Rowland)

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Mayor Phil Germuth wields water guns during the parade. Everyone was soaked anyway in the pouring rain. (Robin Rowland)

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A cartoon by Kitimat resident Gerry Hummel celebrates the suffrage movement in Canada. (Robin Rowland)

 

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Another float also celebrates women’s suffrage. (Robin Rowland)

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A woman marcher also celebrates women’s suffrage. (Robin Rowland)

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The Spirit of Kitlope Dancers. (Robin Rowland)

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Councillor Rob Goffinet marches in the parade. (Robin Rowland)

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A small boy with Canadian flags rides a pony. (Robin Rowland)

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The Unifor float. (Robin Rowland)

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A boy in a soapbox race car. (Robin Rowland)

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A large float urging approval of the LNG Canada project represents an LNG tanker. (Robin Rowland)

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The District of Kitimat and Mayor Phil Germuth honoured former Kitimat Daily editor Walter McFarlane for his 10 years of service to the region as a journalist. (Robin Rowland)

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Phil Germuth granted former mayor Joanne Monaghan with the Freedom of the District of Kitmat. (Robin Rowland)

July 3, 2016 Robin Rowland
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Kitimat celebrates Canada Day 2015

Kitimat celebrates Canada Day 2015

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The winning float in the 2015 Kitimat Canada parade from the Community Supper Club. (Robin Rowland)
canadaday1Staff Sergeant Phil Harrison who is retiring from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leads the Canada Day parade.  (Robin Rowland)

Kitimat Fire and Rescue. (Robin Rowland)

Kitimat Fire and Rescue. (Robin Rowland)

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Kitimat Marine Rescue Society (Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue SAR 63) still affectionately known as “Snowflake Responder”  (Robin Rowland)

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Mayor Phil Germuth. (Robin Rowland)

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Rio Tinto Alcan’s Gaby Poirier leads the RTA entry in the parade.  (Robin Rowland)

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Kids enjoy the parade. (Robin Rowland)

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The Haisla Nation Spirit of Kitlope Dancers. (Robin Rowland)

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The gymnastics club. (Robin Rowland)

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Handing out goodies to spectators along the parade route. (Robin Rowland)

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The Canada Day cake at Riverlodge ready for cutting. (Robin Rowland)

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Later on the afternoon of Canada Day, a wildfire broke out on the hydro transmission corridor near the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter. It was contained a couple of days later. (Robin Rowland)

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Fireworks. (Robin Rowland)

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Fireworks. (Robin Rowland)

July 4, 2015 Robin Rowland
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Canada Day in Kitimat, July 1, 2013

Canada Day in Kitimat, July 1, 2013

Riverlodge float in Kitimat Canada Day parade

July 1, 2013, marked Kitimat’s 60th anniversary, so the theme was “Pioneer Days.”  The float from the Riverlodge Summer programs took first prize for best float. (Robin Rowland)

 

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A girl celebrates Canada Day at the beginning of the parade. (Robin Rowland)

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The RCMP and other first responders lead the parade. (Robin Rowland)
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A boy and a fire truck. (Robin Rowland)

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The Kitimat Museum and Archives Museum Kids contingent. (Robin Rowland)

 

Child development centre float

The Child Development Centre also celebrated Kitimat pioneers. (Disclosure: I went to Grade One and Two in the long demolished Smeltersite School celebrated by the float) (Robin Rowland)

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A boy on the float. (Robin Rowland)

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The entry from the Kitimat Dynamics Gymnastics Club (Robin Rowland)

 

Riverlodge float

The winning float from Riverlodge Summer Programmes. (Robin Rowland)

 

Cowboys on the pioneer days float

A couple of young cowboys on the Riverlodge Summer Programme float. (Robin Rowland)

 

Renaissance costume

A girl in a Renaissance costume. (Robin Rowland)

Flamenco dancers

A flamenco dancer at the stage show.


Fireworks at Riverlodge finished off the evening.

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Fireworks explode with the mountain at dusk as a backdrop. (Robin Rowland)
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The fireworks finale. (Robin Rowland)

July 3, 2013 Robin Rowland
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Canada Day Parade in Kitimat, July 1, 2012

Canada Day Parade in Kitimat, July 1, 2012

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The Royal Canadian Legion and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police lead the Canada Day parade in Kitimat, BC, July 1, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

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The Kitimat Marine Rescue Society’s Snowflake Responder in the Canada Day Parade. (Robin Rowland)

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Bechtel, which is building the Rio Tinto Alcan Kitimat Modernization Project had a small fleet of golf carts in the parade. (Robin Rowland)

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A young drummer in the Rio Tinto Alcan dragon boat. (Robin Rowland)

Douglas Channel Watch and Mayor Joanne Monaghan

Members of the environmental group Douglas Channel Watch march with blow-up Orcas, as Kitimat mayor Joanne Monaghan follows in a convertible. (Robin Rowland)

Kitimat mayor Joanne Monaghan (Robin Rowland)

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Nathan Cullen, NDP for Skeena Bulkley Valley, and NDP House Leader waves to spectators while marching in the Kitimat Canada Day parade. (Robin Rowland)

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The International Peace Day contingent in the Canada Day parade. (Robin Rowland)

Terrace Riverboat Day floatTwo girls, part of the Terrace Riverboat Days float, run to distribute candy to Kitimat’s children. (Robin Rowland)

 

Quad from the Kitimat Rod and Gun

 

A guad from the Kitimat Rod and Gun Association (Robin Rowland)

 

Stop, Drop & Read

Stop, Drop and Read (Robin Rowland)

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The Canadian Auto Workers float in the Canada Day parade. The CAW is currently in tough negotiations for a new contract with Rio Tinto Alcan. (Robin Rowland)

 

Girls and dogs

Girls and dogs march with the Kitimat Humane Society (Robin Rowland)

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Children on horses conclude the Canada Day parade (Robin Rowland)

July 1, 2012 Robin Rowland
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Kitimat Hill Climb drag race, 2012; the spectacle of “sleds” – snowmobiles on asphalt

Kitimat Hill Climb drag race,  2012; the spectacle of  “sleds”  – snowmobiles on asphalt

The Kitimat Haisla Hill Climb (also known as the Dave Saunders Memorial Hill Climb) is a Canada Day tradition in Kitimat. two lane drag race for 400 feet up Haisla Hill (close to my house).

So on the afternoon of June 30, wandered down from the house to watch the time trials.  I had expected the muscle cars. What I did not expect were the “sleds,” snowmobiles converted to race on asphalt.

Sitting in a spectators’ section near the finish line gave a good view for a few shots.

 

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Muscle cars reace up Haisla Hill

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Motorcycle races up Haisla Hill

Sled racing up Haisla Hill
Sled racing up Haisla Hill

Sled racing up Hasila Hill

Sled racing up Haisla Hill

In the next two shots, the sled racers slowly come back down Haisla Hill after their time trial. Here you can see where the skis in the front of the snowmobile have been replaced by wheels.

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Sleds return down Haisla Hill

June 30, 2012 Robin Rowland
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