1986

Northern Alberta was invited to send an “observer team” to the 1986 Games in Whitehorse and assess if they would like to join in the future. Nunavik Quebec also make an appearance and participated in some of the 17 featured sports, badminton, basketball, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, gymnastics, hockey, indoor soccer, Inuit Games, shooting, ski biathlon, snowshoe biathlon, snowshoeing, speed skating, triathlon, volleyball, women’s hockey.

Project Info

Client | AWGIC
Date | 1986-03-10
Category | Past Games
Place | Whitehorse, Yukon Canada

2020

50th Anniversary Games - Cancelled!

2018

A hosting first for the South Slave Region of NWT

2016

Co-op hosted games in Iqaluit and Nuuk.

2014

After a 26-year hosting hiatus - the games came back to Fairbanks.

2012

Games come back to Whitehorse!

2010

Arctic Winter Games in Grande Prairie

2008

The 20th edition of the Arctic Winter Games!

2006

Arctic Winter Games in Kenai 2006.

2004

The eighteenth Arctic Winter Games was held in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Northern Alberta.

2002

Nuuk, Greenland and Iqaluit, Nunavut hosted the first split community, split country Games

2000

Millennial edition of the games hosted in Whitehorse Canada

1998

Yellowknife, NWT brought together the circumpolar north for this edition of the games.

1996

Alaska brought great awareness and much promotion to this edition of the Arctic Winter Games.

1994

Alberta's first hosting of the Arctic Winter Games.

1992

First games to include participants from Russia and Greenland

1990

Successful Games in NWT

1988

Strong hosting community in Fairbanks!

1984

The original three contingents took part in this set of games in Yellowknife

1982

Alaska hosted the circumpolar competitors for this edition of the Arctic Winter Games.

1980

Back to Yukon!

1978

Introduction of the Hodgson Trophy

1976

A first time hosting for Northern Quebec

1974

An Arctic Winter Games first for Alaska

1972

Whitehorse hosts the Arctic Winter Games

1970

The inaugural Arctic Winter Games hosted in Yellowknife, NWT