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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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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)

Gymnastics club float

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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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.

 

Haisla HIll climb starting line

Muscle cars reace up Haisla Hill

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Motorcycle races up Haisla Hill

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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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Kitimat Canada Day parade July 1, 2011

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It was unseasonably cold and rainy in Kitimat on July 1, 2011, as the Royal Canadian Legion lead the Canada Day Parade.
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The firefighters follow the Legion in the parade, not only because it is a place of honour, but in case there is an urgent call, the front of the parade makes for an easy exit in an emergency. On this day there was an emergency call. The parade stops at an intersection first to allow a standby pumper, normally used to fight brush fires, to come from the station to get to the scene (which was close to the parade route in this case)  while the firefighters in the parade change assigned vehicles so the lead pumper can also proceed to the call.
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One of the highlights of the parade was the first appearance in years of the Kitimat Fire Department’s first brush fire fighting vehicle, an original Willys jeep, driven by firefighter Dave Ingram.  The jeep restoration was sponsored by the Kitimat Museum and Archives with the support of the District of Kitimat and members of the community.
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The museum also sponsors a summer program for kids.
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The Kitimat Marine Rescue Society, Unit 63 of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary-Pacific, uses Snowflake Responder for search and rescue missions along Douglas Channel.
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Kitimat mayor Joanne Monaghan.
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Kitimat residents are used to pouring rain, so there were still lots of people along the parade route. (although the cool, wet June, now edging into July is a bit unusual).
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Watching the spectators from inside a nice, dry car.

430-Rowland_Canada Day parade 019.jpg The environmental group, Douglas Channel Watch, took the prize for the best overall float in the 2011 parade.

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A dog enjoys the view from the pickup truck hauling the Douglas Channel Watch float. 

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David Venman holds the Coy Cup in the Canada Day Parade.  The Kitimat Ice Demons  of the CIHL won their fourth Coy Cup in six seasons in 2011; the B.C. Senior Men’s AA provincial championship.  (At least one of the hockey teams I support won a cup this year).
433-Rowland_Canada Day parade 024.jpgThe Kitimat Chamber of Commerce float promotes going fishing, a major tourist draw for the Kitimat region.
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July 3, 2011 Robin Rowland
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