[BCMA] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Trail Historical Society Launches New Website: Historic Trail Smoke Eaters

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Congratulations Trail Historical Society on this new site about a great
team, look forward to a more detailed look but love the photos and footage
so far.

 

Allison Mailer

BC Sports Hall of Fame

 

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Subject: [BCMA] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Trail Historical Society Launches
New Website: Historic Trail Smoke Eaters

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 29, 2010

 

Trail Historical Society Launches New Website - Historic Trail Smoke Eaters

 

The Trail Historical Society is proud to announce the launch of a new
website devoted to the history of the Trail Smoke Eaters Senior Hockey Team.
Titled the 'Historic Trail Smoke Eaters', the site is now live at
www.HistoricSmokeEaters.ca.

 

"This website has been developed by the Society over the past year and we
are very pleased with how it has turned out," said Society President Jamie
Forbes.  "We hope visitors to the site will enjoy reading about the history
of the Smoke Eaters, viewing the video clips, and will take the time to
visit the Society's e-store to purchase vintage Trail Smoke Eater
memorabilia."

 

The website describes the history of the Trail Smoke Eaters from the early
days of hockey in Trail before World War I to its demise in 1987.  The site
includes many photos of the team and video clips.  The clips are up to two
minutes long and show the welcome home parade for the 1938 Allan Cup
Champions, highlights of the final game of the 1961 World Hockey
Championships between the Trail Smoke Eaters and the Soviet Union, and an
interview with former Smokie goaltender Reno Zanier, speaking on the hockey
skills of renowned team member, Mike Buckna.

 

The site is very attractive, navigable and easy to read.  It contains a link
to the Historical Society's website, www.trailhistory.com, where you can
purchase books on the City's history, a book and DVD on the history of
hockey in Trail, and a variety of vintage Trail Smoke Eater memorabilia.

 

"We have attempted to make the website as user friendly as possible," stated
Sarah Benson, the Society's Museum and Archives Director, "so visitors can
enjoy learning more about the legendary Trail Smoke Eaters and Trail hockey
trivia in the 'Overtime' page of the site."

 

Forbes stated:  "The website is a tribute to the perseverance and dedication
of all the players on the many champion Smoke Eater teams and is our way of
acknowledging the contribution they have made to our community's history."  

 

The development of the website was supported with funding from the Columbia
Basin Trust and the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.

 

For more information contact Sarah Benson at 250-364-0829 or by email at
sbenson at trail.ca or contact Jamie Forbes at 250-368-9932.

 

 

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Sarah Benson                                                          

Director, Trail Museum & Archives

Phone:  250-364-0829

Fax:  250-364-0830

Email:  sbenson at trail.ca

Web:  www.trailhistory.com

 

 

New!:  www.HistoricSmokeEaters.ca

 

 

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