1978

The first Games to be held in two locations occurred in 1978.  The two communities, 100 kilometers apart, were connected by rail, the first passenger railroad service in NT.  The two sites shared the 14 sports, badminton, basketball, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, hockey, Inuit Games, judo, shooting, snowshoe biathlon, snowshoeing, table tennis, volleyball, wrestling In the same year, Stuart Hodgson, one of the founding members of the AWG, donated a trophy to the organization to award to the Contingent that best exhibited fair play and team spirit.  The trophy is a seven-foot narwhal tusk on a soapstone base with soapstone carvings, and is known as the Hodgson Trophy, the only trophy awarded during the Games.  (The Trophy is on display at the Whitehorse Canada Games Arena)

Project Info

• Client | AWGIC
• Date | 1978-03-10
• Category | Past Games
• Place | Northwest Territories, Canada