Kitimat Skates was a local component that supplemented the Canadian Museum of History's traveling exhibition, 'Lace Up! Canada's Passion for Skating'. The Kitimat Museum and Archives supplemented the national museum exhibition with sixty years of Kitimat skating history. Did you know that the first skating rink was created when the municipality annually flooded the tennis courts at Nechako Centre? And, that the inventor of Marsh Pegs used by the NHL was a long-time Kitimat resident?
Kitimat Skates was a local component that supplemented the Canadian Museum of History's traveling exhibition, 'Lace Up! Canada's Passion for Skating'. The Kitimat Museum and Archives supplemented the national museum exhibition with sixty years of Kitimat skating history. Did you know that the first skating rink was created when the municipality annually flooded the tennis courts at Nechako Centre? And, that the inventor of Marsh Pegs used by the NHL was a long-time Kitimat resident?
Machinery in the Kitimat skating rink. There is a fan on the back wall, and a board of gauges on the right wall. Above the gauges is a sign that says, "Canadian Ice Machine".
Machinery in the Kitimat skating rink. There is a fan on the back wall, and a board of gauges on the right wall. Above the gauges is a sign that says, "Canadian Ice Machine".
Machines in the Kitimat Ice Rink. There is a bright light on the roof and in the middle of the picture, and there is a fan on the right hand side of the photograph. There is also a huge cylindrical tube positioned along the left wall.
Machines in the Kitimat Ice Rink. There is a bright light on the roof and in the middle of the picture, and there is a fan on the right hand side of the photograph. There is also a huge cylindrical tube positioned along the left wall.
Sam Lindsay cutting the string at the opening of the Kitimat Ice Rink. There are people of all ages behind him watching and wearing their hockey jerseys.
Sam Lindsay cutting the string at the opening of the Kitimat Ice Rink. There are people of all ages behind him watching and wearing their hockey jerseys.