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Kamloops 200 Year Celebration
Here are some pics I snapped at the Kamloops bicentennial bash on August 25th 2012. Photo on left features the City of Kamloops mayor and Tk’emlúps chief with their respective councils arriving from the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc lands to Riverside park by canoe. In centre are Chief Gottfriedson and Mayor Milobar after exiting the canoes. At right are City of Kamloops councillors Nancy Bepple and Arjun Singh in fur trader costume.
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Kamloops Rotary Ribfest 2012
Here are a few snapshots taken at the first annual Kamloops Rotary Ribfest, happening August 10th (2pm - 9pm), 11th (11am - 9pm) and 12th (11am - 9pm) at Riverside Park. This event has free admission, but bring some cash with you to purchase some delicious vittles from the various competing “Ribbers”.
Here are the menus:
Gator BBQ:
Prairie Smoke & Spice (Prairie Platter pictured above):
Smoke & Bones Southern Style BBQ:
Smokin’ Babes BBQ:
Smokin’ Guns BBQ:
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A Warm Welcome to Athletes and Visitors in Kamloops during the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games!
What an exciting opportunity to witness these first-class athletic competitions!
Here is a link to the full games’ schedule: http://www.westerncanadagames.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2011-WCSG-Athletics-Schedule-June-27-2011.pdf
Tickets are $5 per day with payment required at the entrance to the games’ venues. Here is a link to ticket details for full games passes and week-long passes: http://www.2011wcsg.com/games-store/tickets/
Also be sure to check out the WCSG festival happening daily at Riverside Park until August 13th from 4pm - 10pm. There will be special theme nights honouring the various provinces competing. Also, there’s gonna be a food court!! Here is a link to the festival schedule: http://www.2011wcsg.com/a-community-celebration/festival-schedule/
The above picture is from an 1896 book titled Track Athletics in Detail, compiled by the Editor of “Interscholastic Sport” in “Harper’s Round Table”. http://www.archive.org/details/trackathleticsin00newyrich
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1967 Water Skiing Competition, Kamloops
Above is a link to Sheila Webster’s photograph of the classic water skiing pyramid at a 1967 competition held in Riverside Park, Kamloops. It is contained within her and partner Keith’s We-Love-Kamloops blog, and is one of many photographs of various locales in and around this beauteous City.
On the subject of aquatic acrobatics, a pyramid formation is also featured in this undated Youtube clip uploaded by CreakyRowBoat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DwmOLcEgL0&feature=related
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These colourful pastries immediately caught my hungry eye at the Can-Ital Ladies food pavilion in Riverside Park during Kamloops’ Canada Day festivities. It is a cake with a custard filling formed and tinted to look like a sugared peach. Delectable and quite reasonably priced at $2 each.
