Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes National Historic Event

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Canada Post issued the Colored Hockey Championship stamp on 22 January 2020 (Canada Post, “Black History: Colored Hockey Championship,”. Team photo of the Halifax Eurekas, Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes Champion, 1904. (© Postes Canada | Canada Post, 2020)
Colored Hockey Championship stamp, 1904
(© Postes Canada | Canada Post, 2020)
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Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2024-01-19

Other Name(s):
  • Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2023-09

Importance: Maritime segregated competitive hockey league, only league of its kind in Canada and in the world in the early 1900s, illustrates how African Canadian communities fought for equality in sports and social change in Canada