The Northern Breed Motorcycle Club of Yellowknife held a huge parade from Yellowknife’s Old Town out to the sandpits to kick off their weekend long celebration. A City by-law car led the way, followed closely by Bob Carpenter, Ted Kidston, Jim O’Neil and the rest of the crew.
In the late 1960s, Michel shot a duck out of season and was taken to court. The result of this case was that he was fined $1, while the government had to pay a bill of over $1 million in court costs. He began the long battle for aboriginal hunting rights that continues today. He died
Yellowknifers still like their July 1 parades, but they lack the intimacy of what they did 40 years ago. Looking down Franklin Avenue, (from today’s Northern United Place) note The Bay store on the right, the Capital Theatre, the original Yellowknife Public School, and the newly-built Laing Building. The front float celebrates the Hudson’s Bay
The game’s changed a bit from this time, when kids grabbed their sticks – sometimes carved from a crooked willow branch – and boots and anything handy for goalposts. Traffic always gave us the right of way, and if we didn’t have pucks or balls, there was always a good supply of frozen dog turds
