Here's our weekly look back at what was happening in and around Prince George on this day (or close to it) in decades past. This week, we're featuring photos from the Prince George Exhibition/BCNE.
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Aug. 15, 1977: Karen Ephrom, 9, of Vanderhoof and her sheep Freckles show off their first-place ribbon from the Prince George Exhibition’s Cutest Animal Contest. The Ex, now called the BCNE, set a new record that year with 46,000 people attending, Attractions included loggers’ sports, chariot and chuckwagon races, an old-time fiddling competition and the RCMP Musical Ride. Ex president Jack Harrower credited the expanded Kin Centre and paved midway grounds for some of the success. Citizen file photo by Tim Swanky
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Here's our weekly look back at what was happening in and around Prince George on this day (or close to it) in decades past.
This week, we're featuring photos from the Prince George Exhibition/BCNE.
Explore local history through the pages of The Citizen online at The Prince George Digitization Project.
