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The fifth Field of Fame will be at Heritage Park, 1900 Heritage Dr SW, at the north end of the parking promenade. There is no admission charge for the field of fame.

The Champions being honoured at Heritage Park include:

Wilf Carter photo-Glenbow Archives

Wilf Carter (1904-1996)

Wilfred Arthur Charles "Wilf" Carter was born in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia in 1904, one of nine children. After seeing a traveling show named "The Yodelling Fool" as a youth,…

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Dr Clara Christie photo -adjusted

Dr. Clara Christie Might (1895 to 1987)

Clara Christie was born in Winchester, Ontario, in 1895 and her family moved to Calgary in 1903. After a four month course at Calgary Normal School at age 20, Clara…

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The Honourable Harry Hays photo

The Honourable Harry Hays (1909 to 1982)

Born near Carstairs, Alberta, Harry was one of 8 children. With his brothers Tom and Jack he carried on his father's work with purebred Holsteins. Better quality and more milk…

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Harley Hotchkiss photo

Harley Hotchkiss, CC, AOE (1927 to 2011)

Harley Hotchkiss was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario in 1927. A graduate of Michigan State University in 1951 and a geologist by trade, Hotchkiss moved to Calgary in 1951. He married…

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Sam Livingston photo-Glenbow Archives

Sam Livingston (1831 to 1897)

Samuel Henry Harkwood Livingston was born in Ireland in 1831. As a young man he came to seek his fortune in America. After trying his luck at prospecting during the…

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Chief Walking Buffalo photo

Chief Walking Buffalo (1871 to 1967)

"To the missionary who adopted him, he was George McLean; in Stoney language, he was known as Tatanga Mani; to the world he was Walking Buffalo." (Whyte Museum Blogspot 2011)…

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Image Gallery from Field of Fame #5

Alida Visbach CEO of Heritage Park and Pat Christie Executive Administrator of Alberta Champions
Bearspaw Chief Dixon and Mrs. Dixon
Board member John Currie and Bobbie Currie
Chiniki Chief Aaron Young
Clara Christie MIght family unveiling
Contest winners presented by Ruth Ramsden-Wood-Alberta Champions Board member
Dan and Kathy Hays
Guests from Morley perform Walking Buffalo honour song
Heritage Park Field Of Fame Courtyards
Unveiling Harry Hays with granddaughters Sarah and Carol Hays
Unveiling Hotchkiss monument G Hoffman with Rebecca and Jeffrey Hotchkiss
Unveiling Livingston with 3 great great grandsons
Walking Buffalo descendants
Walking Buffalo descendants
Walking Buffalo unveiled by Jack Freebury and Henry Holloway
Emcee Darrel Janz from CTV
Gordon Hoffman and Connie Ostermann from Board of Directors
Gordon Hoffman unveiling Wilf Carter's monument with student contest
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