Talk:Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant

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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)

Starting to gather information...
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)
 * The 10 official teams westish to eastish were: Yukon, British Columbia, North West Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
 * Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland (the two remaining provinces) are not listed as entered. This may be because they could not use their own style of canoe.
 * Dawson Creek did not qualify for an official entry possibly because they had recently completed the longest highway in the world, and didn't need canoes anymore. In spite this, a group from that area decided to canoe to Expo 67 unofficially.
 * Route maps. They may have taken one, more, or none of these.
 * That is all I have so far. Excuse the humour, but there are a few facts in that humour that I hope to cite for the article. It may be good fun for others to cite them before I can. A book was written by one of the voyageurs called 'Canada by Canoe'. We should be able to find the author's name. I know of an heir to many Kodachrome 64 slides that were taken by another of the voyageurs on his trip, and am sure we can get originals as public domain.

Notabilty
This is a direct quote from:
 * http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/canada/4062690-1.html


 * "The Voyageur Canoe Pageant was one of the most successful national Centennial events, with extensive radio and television coverage, and 67 front-page stories, 76 editorials and columns, and 4 complete colour supplements in local regional and national newspapers (Centennial Commission 1967)."
 * 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)


 * Another wikipedia article on Don Starkell cites the Guinness book stating it is the longest canoe race in history.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:48, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I emailed Guinness to confirm.--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:14, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Confirmed by email from Guinness. As of March 2012, it still holds the record.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * unbroken link to same quote http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1200094421.html --Canoe1967 (talk) 17:04, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * better unbroken link http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_canadian_studies/v040/40.3dean.html --Canoe1967 (talk) 17:21, 21 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records 2008 Random House Digital, Inc., 2008-04-29 p509 0553589954, 9780553589955
 * http://books.google.ca/books?id=rbZMg7CGnKYC&pg=PA509&dq=centennial+voyageur+canoe+pageant&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mpG6T_jDK4SjiQKYvNSZBw&ved=0CFoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=centennial%20voyageur%20canoe%20pageant&f=false
 * http://books.google.ca/books?id=rbZMg7CGnKYC&lpg=PA504&dq=bibliogroup%3A%22Guinness%20World%20Records%22&pg=PA508#v=onepage&q=bibliogroup:%22Guinness%20World%20Records%22&f=false
 * http://www.worldcat.org/title/guinness-world-records-2008/oclc/176950651/viewport

more info
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)
 * I found the same public domain picture at the Canadian ArcivesCanoe1967 (talk) 00:46, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

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)

Route section
I may create a better map using these dates eventually.Canoe1967 --Canoe1967 (talk) 15:20, 12 March 2012 (UTC) --Canoe1967 (talk) 03:35, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * May24 was a wed, sept 4 was a friday that year.

An orb told me--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:00, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * http://www.historyorb.com/date/1967/may

"...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:


 * http://www.atikokanprogress.ca/2011/05/31/a-look-back-at-another-cross-country-paddle-atikokanites-proved-their-mettle-in-try-outs-for-centennial-voyageur/ --Canoe1967 (talk) 23:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Victoria Day wikilink
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
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.


 * http://memorybc.ca/centennial-commission-centennial-voyageur-canoe-pageant-fonds;rad

This link is the hours and fees.
 * http://memorybc.ca/university-of-victoria-archives;isdiah --Canoe1967 (talk) 22:39, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request may be helpful for these records and the Guinness entry.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:57, 21 March 2012 (UTC)