Talk:Duncan, British Columbia

World's Largest Hockey Stick
I believe this was surpassed by a larger hockey stick in Minnesota more than a decade ago. Can anyone verify? 38.112.113.242 20:45, 27 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The Duncan stick is larger but the Minnesota stick is all one piece. The Duncan stick is composed of smaller parts (all joined together). --129.97.84.62 20:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

World's Largest Hockey Stick
World's Largest Hockey Stick

In Evelith, Minnesota they had the following built in 1995: Stick length: 107 feet Stick weight: 7,000lbs Made of: White and yellow aspen

Puck diameter: 5 feet Puck weight: 700lbs

However, at the Cowichan Community Centre, in Duncan, British Columbia they already had this (built in 1985):-

Stick length: 205 feet Stick weight: 61,000lbs Made of: Douglas fir beams reinforced with steel

This one was originally commissioned by the Government of Canada as part of Expo '86 in Vancouver. It was then donated to British Columbia who held a Canada wide competition for it's final destination.

A few facts on this stick:-

The "world's largest hockey stick and puck" is 40 times lifesize. The shaft and blade are made with steel reinforced Douglas Fir glulam beams 0.9144m X 1.2192m (3 foot by 4 foot) in section and 62.48m (205 foot) long. It weighs 28,118kg (61,000 pounds) and was built in Penticton, BC and trucked to Vancouver in two pieces and spliced together on the ground, then lifted into position on August 21, 1985. Lowered and transported to Vancouver Island by barge and three flat bed trucks exactly two years later ... August 21, 1987. Dedicated at it's current site on May 21, 1988, two years to the day after Expo '86 opened.

British Columbia's smallest city
The title for British Columbia's smallest incorporated city (by population) goes to #REDIRECT Greenwood, not Duncan.

--Nathaniel Christopher 23:41, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I see no point in linking Duncan with the Air India bombing
Just because the man convicted of the air India bombing lived near Duncan, I see no reason to mention it in the article. Charles Hoey DID live in Duncan, yet you do not mention him. The part about Chinatown is simply wrong and you have misquoted it by saying something about immigration laws being stricter. That was not true by the 1960's and the original website does not say that at all.

I see no point in linking Duncan with the Air India bombing
Just because the man convicted of the air India bombing lived near Duncan, I see no reason to mention it in the article. Charles Hoey DID live in Duncan, yet you do not mention him. The part about Chinatown is simply wrong and you have misquoted it by saying something about immigration laws being stricter. That was not true by the 1960's and the original website does not say that at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharon Jackson (talk • contribs) 17:17, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you for coming here to discuss it. I reverted your first and second edits for several reasons. After dealing with connectivity problems all day, I'm a bit pressed for time now. Short version: the Air India thing is quite negotiable, and the cited source appears to support both your version and the status quo (at least in part), but your wording is promotional in tone and wholly inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. Barring catastrophe, I'll be back to explain in detail within the next 24 hours. Rivertorch (talk) 21:03, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * All right. Regarding the sentence beginning, "As immigration laws became more restrictive, businesses closed and the buildings became run down", which you changed to "As single men became rare and families moved away, businesses closed and the buildings became run down", the source does support both the former and the latter. Unfortunately, it is apparently a copyright violation; the second clause is taken word for word from the source. So I'm removing the sentence entirely for the moment. The content can be added again but not using the exact wording or even a close paraphrase. The Totem Project is interesting and certainly merits mention, but your wording about the "close relationship Duncan has always had with its First Nations Neighbours" is vague (does "close" mean cordial? really? "always"?) and needs to be sourced. The centennial celebration wording is, no offense, a complete disaster; it reads like a blog entry, not an encyclopedia article. It's inappropriate to include a laundry list of the civic groups who participated or to describe any of the participants as "wonderful" (even though I'm sure they are). There are also multiple problems with style (e.g., Wikipedia doesn't use titles or honorifics). Regarding Air India, the content appears to be noteworthy if it is accurate as written. If you disagree, please explain your reasoning; I'm very happy to listen. Please understand, however, that removing negative content while inserting glowing endorsements in the same edit gives the appearance of an attempt at whitewashing the article. Finally, regarding Charles Hoey, his article doesn't mention anything about his residing in Duncan, but if that can be verified, there's a Notable residents section in this article just waiting for his name to be added. Rivertorch (talk) 06:06, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Special Stone picture
The picture should be removed from the article. It's all blurry and you can't really read it. Automobililamborghini (talk) 20:45, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

No mention of Cowichan Tribes?
I am suprised there is no mention of the Cowichan Tribes history, government, or economic impact! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.54.226.70 (talk) 14:56, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

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