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Champions Monument Unveiled in Fish Creek Park

Gus Yaki among seven honoured as Alberta Champions.

Posted by Bob Lefebvre

The Alberta Champions Society unveiled their seventh Field Of Fame on September 28. The monument honours seven prominent Calgarians for their contributions to the province. The monument stands next to the Friends of Fish Creek office at Bow Valley Ranch at the east end of Fish Creek Park.

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Field of Fame #7 in Bow Valley Ranch, Fish Creek Park. Photo by Bob Lefebvre

The monument honours Virnetta Anderson, Narcisse Blood, Michael Green, Roderick Mah, Chuck Mawer, Peter Prince and Gus Yaki. Yaki was a prominent naturalist and birder who passed away in 2020.

The monuments were unveiled after a nice ceremony on September 28. You can watch videos of the unveiling here. (In the long video, the unveiling of Gus’s monument starts at 119:30.)

Here is a link to an article about the event in the Calgary Herald.

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Gus Yaki’s monument. Photo by Bob Lefebvre

The next time you are at Bow Valley Ranch, have a look at the Field of Fame.

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The location of Field of Fame #7 in Fish Creek Park. It is the teardrop underlined in red, next to the first parking lot at Bow Valley Ranch.