Proud history-The Mi’Kmaq‘s we’re the first people to make hockey stick’s as far back as can be remembered and Alexander “Sandy” Julien could remember his Father Chief Joseph Julien making plenty of hockey sticks for Canadian hockey players. The First Hockey sticks were made of Hornbeam (also known as ironwood) because of its durability and Stinkwood because of its unpleasant odour. After a large number of hockey sticks had been made from this method hornbeam became depleted and therefore the Mi’Kmaq’s began to use yellow birch which held the same properties. The first written account of ice hockey being played was on the Dartmouth Lakes in 1749, with the Mi'kmaq playing "a game on ice with pucks and sticks and bone skates. A proud @staycationinthenation movement @unsmikmaq @mikmaqhockey @mikmaqawarenessassociation @mikmaqmedia @sitntours @staycationinthenation @tourismnovascotia @discoverdartmouth @dartmouth_lake_sunapee_region @explorecanada @canada @mcpeicommunications #mikmaqhockey #mikmaqfirstnation #dartmouth #novascotia #dartmouthlake #canada🇨🇦 #mikmaqpride (at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUssopyrJh_/?utm_medium=tumblr
