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    British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

    The British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum was founded to pay tribute to those British Columbians who have brought special honour to the province through their sports accomplishments.

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    Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

    Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is Canada's national museum of sport, dedicated to preserving and increasing Canadians' awareness of their sport heritage. Founded in 1955 through the efforts of Harry I. Price, a former assistant athletics commissioner of Ontario, it was originally located in Toronto but it moved to Calgary in 2011.

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    Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

    The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum began as a non-profit, charitable foundation in 1983. While its original home was in Toronto, the Hall of Fame and Museum moved to its current location in St. Marys, in southwestern Ontario, in 1994, opening its doors to the public in 1998.

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    Canadian Canoe Museum

    The Canadian Canoe Museum, located in Peterborough, Ont, is a national heritage centre that explores the importance of CANOEING to Canadians. Its collection comprises 580 canoes and kayaks and 1000 canoe-related artifacts, including whaling dugouts, bark canoes, skin kayaks, and more.

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    Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum

    The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Hamilton, Ont. While its official opening took place 28 November 1972, discussions about the concept had been taking place since 1962.

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    Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum

    The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum is located at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. The museum's archives comprise extensive histories on the game of GOLF, Canadian golfers and golf courses, Hall of Famers, and more.

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    Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

    The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was founded in 1976 but remained without a home for 20 years. On 22 Aug 1997, the Ontario Jockey Club provided a permanent site at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.

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    Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

    The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame is unique in that it is tucked away inside a community centre and open to self-guided tours.

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    Canadian Ski Museum

    The Canadian Ski Museum opened in Ottawa, Ont 10 May 1971 to honour the sport of SKIING (see alsoFREESTYLE SKIING, CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING and SKI JUMPING). It was originally known as the National Ski Museum.

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    Hockey Hall of Fame

       The Hockey Hall of Fame, founded on 10 September 1943, was the result of meetings of the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. Kingston's mayor, Stuart Crawford, was elected its president.

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    International Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum

    International Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Kingston, Ont, was founded in 1943. The present building was constructed in 1961-62 and opened in 1965.

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    Québec Sports Hall of Fame (Le Panthéon des sports du Québec)

    In the early 1970s, the project of a Québec Sports Hall of Fame took shape through the initiative of Carl Schwende, a Swiss émigré who had settled in Québec in 1948. Thus, on June 26, 1973, the Panthéon des sports amateurs du Québec took out its charter.

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    Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame

    Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, in Regina, captures the rich sports history of the province. It was established in 1966 to honour outstanding athletes, championship teams and sports personalities. Its present location, the old land titles building, is protected as a heritage site by the province.

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    Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum

    The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum is an organization that aims to “collect, record, interpret and commemorate the soccer heritage of Canada.”

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