-
was originally a CPA rodeo show (now the CPRA)
- was
famous for its horse races on a circular track
.
- currently
has a member who holds the steer decoration record
.
- boasts
the highest sponsored money of any rodeo in the BCRA
.
- featured
stock that backed the NFR in Los Vegas
- increased
competitor numbers by 300 percent in five years ('88 - '93)
.
-
was the Best Promoted Rodeo in 1989
- has
the most memorial events of any rodeo in Canada
.
- has
held an annual cowhide race for over 25 years
.
- featured
Miss Rodeo Canada Stacey Soffel the year she won the title
.
- has
been host to many canadian champions, including Cathy Corr, Kenny
McLean, Darry Mills, Archie Williams and Wade Joyal.
- the
famous Telegraph trail once ran right through the current rodeo
grounds
.
-
George Beirnes, who used to live only a few kilometers from
the rodeo grounds, used to run a "stopping place" for pack trains.
-
Fugitive legend, Simon Gunanoot, the "Indian Outlaw", was a friend
of Beirnes. He would sell Simon's furs for him, then pass the
cash along to Simon's family. Simon eluded the RCMP for over a
decade.
- In
this day and age a prolific and successful stud born and raised
in this very valley is named "Simon", son of horse called Gunnanoot,
who descended from a horse called Son of Simon.
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- A buckskin colt born in its arena on Saturday night of the 1982
rodeo. The colt went on to win Saddle Bronc of the Year in three
associations, was featured in the Grand Entry of the Canadian
Finals, and was nominated for Bucking Horse of the Year in Canada.
His name is Simon.
- is
situated right on top of the famous Telegraph Trail
.
- featured
"Slam Dunk", the 1990 Petro Can Finals Bull Of The Year
.
- Founding member, Helen Campbell,
rode saddle broncs in the
Pendleton, Oregon Rodeo.
- Has
an excellent committee made up of loggers, bus drivers, Avon ladies,
electricians, big game guides, social workers, moms, nurses, RCMP
officers, dads, teachers, cowgirls, secretaries, foresters, accountants,
cowboys, and town employees.
- You
can spend an entire day quietly floating down the warm waters
of the Kispiox on a rubber inner tube.
- The KVR is one of the only rodeos where spectators and cowboys
set up camp and stay on the grounds for the entire rodeo. Normally
competitors leave early in order to make it to another rodeo elsewhere.
- Preparation
for the annual rodeo begins right after the rodeo is finished
the prior year and continues all year round.
- Thanks
to local sponsors the KVR has the highest added purse as a prize.
- A
film clip of the very first ever Kispiox Valley Rodeo was made
for the National Film Board of Canada, and appears in "People
of the Skeena".
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