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User:Canoe1967/Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant <-- look here for more drafts of article started in user space. --Canoe1967 (talk) 19:54, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Starting to gather information...

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I will just add as I go for now. Please excuse me if it seems a little sloppy, and feel free to copyedit as you see fit.

  • May 24, 1967
A CBC audio and text story, b/w still photo, and interviews at the Rocky Mountain House race start point. This may have been Victoria Day, a national holiday in Canada
http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/exploits/clips/7716/&ref=spe
  • August 28, 1967
An Ottawa Journal article 3 months and 3,010 miles further east in the race "right on schedule at 4 p.m." Written from the Ottawa River at Campbell's Bay, Quebec
Ottawa Journal Article

Canoe1967 (talk) 12:51, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Notabilty

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This is a direct quote from:

http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/canada/4062690-1.html
Please excuse my sense of humour again, and apologies to Dr.Misao Dean who wrote the article. Canoe1967 (talk) 15:58, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

more info

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Vancouver Sun, 2007 article + a Canadian Archichive photo, copyrighted though. http://expo67.ncf.ca/expo_67_40th_anniversary_edition_p6.html Canoe1967 (talk) 21:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I found the same public domain picture at the Canadian ArcivesCanoe1967 (talk) 00:46, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ottawa Journal artical from Britannia Bay, August 30, 1967. The link has map image from the Expo 67 Official Guide as well. http://expo67.ncf.ca/expo_67_news_p37.html should be 5 days to go

All 100 entered recieved 1000cdn. 1st place an additional 2500cdn per man. 2nd and 3rd = ?--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:20, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Route section

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I may create a better map using these dates eventually.Canoe1967 --Canoe1967 (talk) 15:20, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:35, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Day 1 Rocky Mountain House - May 24
  • Day 4 Edmonton - May 27
  • Day 9 Lloydminster - June 1
  • Day 11 North Battleford - June 3
  • Day 12 Saskatoon - June 4
  • Day 15 Prince Albert - June 7
  • Day 18 Nipawin - June 10
  • Day 21 The Pas - June 13
  • Day 34 Portage La Prairie - June 26
  • Day 39 Winnipeg - July 1
  • Day 40 Selkirk - July 2
  • Day 48 Kenora - July 10
  • Day 52 Fort Frances - July 14
  • Day 62 Fort William - July 24
  • Day 80 Sault Ste. Marie - August 11
  • Day 91 North Bay - August 22
  • Day 94 Deep River - August 25
  • Day 95 Pembroke - August 26
  • Day 96 Campbell's Bay, P.Q. - August 27
  • Day 97 Arnprior - August 28
  • Day 98 Ottawa - August 29
  • Day 104 Montreal Expo - September 4, math works. Starting main article.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:49, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
May24 was a wed, sept 4 was a friday that year.

An orb told me--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:00, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"...North Saskatchewan, Assiniboine, Red, Rainy, French, Mattawa, Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers, and waves of up to 12 feet high on Lake of the Woods, Winnipegosis and Lake Superior, and felt goose bumps when they crossed the very same Quetico portages those early men trod...." found here:

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Although Victoria day was not the actual day the race started, it was her birthday. This probably has some signifigance, but we need to cite why that date was chosen 1st.

Records and photos in Victoria

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There are some here that have public access to a wikipedian or friend that happens to be there with a digital camera or scanner. They have scanners and photcopiers on site for a fee.

This link is the hours and fees.