Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Sudbury, Canada The world's largest depiction of a coin, called the Big Nickel, can be found in Sudbury, Ontario, on the grounds of Dynamic Earth, an interactive science museum. The 30-foot, 12-sided shape is recreated on a smaller scale on the lapel pins that commemorated the… Continue reading 1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Big Nickel.
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1989 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Il Fait Frette.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1989 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Chicoutimi, Canada Not very often do the Canadian Figure Skating Championships (often called "Canadians") take place in the province of Quebec, but the last national event of the 1980s was contested in the small arrondissements of Jonquiere and Chicoutimi,1 both part of the city of Saguenay.… Continue reading 1989 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Il Fait Frette.
1988 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Road to Calgary.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1988 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Victoria, Canada An Olympic year. 1988. And, in a bonus for Canadians, the Winter Games on home turf in Calgary the same winter. Ten years had passed since the last national figure skating championship had been staged in Victoria, British Columbia, but the 1988 Canadian Figure… Continue reading 1988 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: Road to Calgary.
1986 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: North Bay Gateway.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1986 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, North Bay, Canada Calling itself "Gateway of the North," the city of North Bay, Ontario, hosted Canada's figure skating elite for the national championships in early 1986. It had been nearly a quarter of a century since the event had been held in the small lakeside… Continue reading 1986 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: North Bay Gateway.
1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Moncton Mystery.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Moncton, Canada The pins made for the 1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, held in Moncton, New Brunswick, are a mystery from a design standpoint because of two unusual elements on them. It's usually easy to conduct research about an event and come up with an answer… Continue reading 1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Moncton Mystery.