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TIlFllfRALD November 15 Lets Celebrate the Canadian Winter The piercing blue eyes of a Siberian husky can be The usually friendly of the breed is bo me what misrepresented by a gate penetralia with seemingly supernatural canine intelligence Bui the annual Festival in St Boniface Manitoba the Siberian huskies and the Alaskan huskies that race with them are too excited to look at anyone for long Tails are up while feet dance in scarcely contained anticipation of the sled dog St Boniface is French community in Manitoba provincial capital Winnipeg year since Manitoba centennial in St Boniface Festival Voyoaiur Itlolfl relives the spirit of the those early hunters trappers traders and adventurers who adopted Indian and added their own strength and bravery to help open Panada frontier The Festivals origins eo back to winter when Jean the first of the Rid liner donned his bade goodbye to his Boniface home and set out Or three month km walk to Monlreal Quebec His purpose was to del iter message to Lord Selkirk ihe well known Scottish philanthropist who firs settled the Red River memory is celebrated with races cross eounliv ski marathons fiddling and jig ging beard growing omenta dances an annual reincarnation of in the form of a per dressed as in in toque and striped sash He and participates in festival events and and racing Alaskan huskv ib i mixture of Siberian husk and hound breeds producing a Ran trim fast dog icing sled weighs between Hand 13 kg pounds and slides over snow with less resistance than well waxed skis Combining lightness and flexibility with sufficient strength to stay together under the strain of 15 lunging dogs it is held together with rawhide or twine which prcventsthecold brittle wood from splitting Types of races lengths of courses and sue of purses vary with each carnival but the excitement of these beautiful gentle jet anxious to win animals is contagious and the Other winter carnivals vanity of unusual events such us the annual Championship of during the last weekend of the of Winter It to IB 1979 in Prince British Snow golf began in 1979 when members of a local Prince George club tried golfing in the snow just for fun They recognized the game potential formed a board of directors and established the annual By 1971 iOO golfers were showing up attired in crazy costumes matching the spirit of the sport The original three bote course with as strokes as required snowballed lo the present three nine hole courses i modal ing about golfers per course Some problems were solved with mm six Inch lees and billiard ball size golf balls colored bright purple The annual snowgolf championship numerous pnmarl from the worlds of en and sport and prues and mementos worth are distributed led the way other dunni Prince corgc such as snow football ice bowling tee tennis snow basketball knurdlme gome involved two teams armed with playing sticks resembling in ooti The object of knur lllng seems to be to pursue a ball up and down a snowy field and have as much fun as possible More than km i4o miles away on Canada shore Dartmouth Scotia holds its annual in early Feb ruary with if own unusual Square darning on ice w the fit ska Its lakes pine he last Saturday evening of the carnival Its colorful event as dancers lap their around lrahim Grove pond In their bright squire dincing background of snowy em Normal shoes ire worn apparently with no ill effects while music from i live bind and instructions from a Ciller keep dancers hopping and audiences clapping Square d Hieing on ict joins hockey broom ball and tournaments sleigh rides pet shows art displays figure skit championships eating contests war competitions nasties and an old fashioned foot it all right to the by farmhouse kitihen lor i almost events s National Ice Hod with a miniearn on February Ice Hog Day celebrations start with the emergence of the Ice Hog who from his snow den on the anal to announce the of sprlrg Of course Ottawa spring starts no where near February as the rose cheeked slumping their feet to keepwarm Oitawans and their visitors realize but lis a nice thought Celebrations continue with figure skating exhibitions ice irescmbling hockey a torchlight parade with prizes for children in ind raits along the Canal In which beds have skates and runners wear For those not familiar with ice hogs they arc reddish brown furry fiction Ih of Toronto the Muskok Winter kttps thine in mid Februiry in ihe towns of lir Numerous events ineludi five member It mis push for i short inn mid winter with bills id of olf bills a must irl 1 fire with only etni to boil of w lie spiejmti nine contests ill iek and lor the really I rive polar r dip into Gull I iki it Polar dips ore also held in Vancouver British la every January I winter participants raced into the degrees C of Hay lemp was decrees or degrees and swim a long cold in 1 100 to buoy bobbing in the The first person there is win For minutes the re mauling halfdoen or so hard us art out of wait by lifeguard tough event is Ice F Race in March Peterborough Ontario Clad inwet suits ind flippers teams their own ifls from on ihe edge Jump piddle km two miles down River to iht finish line and then dive inio freezing wiler swim The ice floes the day before measure ibout 3 by 0 feet by feel ind stem of morning town r and KlnTrai contests such is those tin I Allien nival art held many winter lis King vary wilh Iht irh skills trappers used for Points ire for suth activities is puking it skinning pole loe picking and Hour pit contests participants carry up to 1 on their have roots in the d when supplies were in and earned portages Poleclimbing 13 a lest of speed based on the pr leliet of tree to survey land or escape in Some lis separate king Trapper into mail ind fern lie professional mil am or junior and vents it winter carnival in elude iking contests shows cross fiddlers eh beard derbies sled tin rites course most winter carnival in Quebec larnava to held in from Feb I to Long famous for exuberance and joic the features toboggan slides ice sculptures lompetltions skiing skaline sled dog derbies races on ice and plenty singing dancing and horn blowing in the streets One ol the more spectacular vents is the winter canoe race Lawrence back Lnm times referred to as the worlds most boat rue skidding their specially designed steel braced vehicles the Ice near shore toward open water when then set up a fast clipping rowing pace When reaches an ice Hoc it Jumps skids and jerks the vehicle over the slushy ice hops back In resume rowing 1 254 i inches thick Up to ire per floe divers from Can the States pariicipated use kicking panchuits are ilso used In Yukon dur ing the last week if iry liable be irrested if you re i m in or slow lo show your t wo During Wlniehorst innual Rendezvous Kops patrol the tonal capital In ensure every one is in reliving Ihe rush days ind most people who work in town com ply by wearing re of the limes logs It is an dangerous race and some teams drop out beaten by sheer exhaustion hut the winners always find celebrate Iheir The list of Canadian winter carnivals is almost endless Activities range from the conventional such as skiing skating and to the more unusual such as and but the common denominator is Tun and an exciting colorful climax to winter white dazzle your mittens pull on your tuque and visit the car nival nearest you F vcryone is For general information on as a travel destination contact the Canadian Government Office of Tourism ifls displays tilcnt show mil the Sourdough dancing performing hi in in In mid in the province of Quebec the previous historical folk nets Hie Idee where tome of retire mint lor one mor ran Itae where mm It pounds run in km five mint al groundhog characteristics They live under Canal which in winter Is said to be the wrld longest man ma skating rink Thousands of skaters lake id vantage of the km Five miles of ice winds through the city period snnelw do thi Deal resliurmts sen kinds me lis 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