Everything you need to know about Canadian places named after our sports stars. In Canada, sports arent just entertainment; theyre literally part of the landscape. Weve named everything from parks and streets to schools and stadiums after some of our favourite pro athletes and sports figures past and present. Wayne Gretzky Drive, Mike Weir Park, Roberto Luongo Arena, the Cindy Klassen Centre, Justin Morneau Field Canadian Sports Sites for Kids is your entertaining, map-filled guidebook to hundreds of these special locations. The fast-paced stories, maps, and lists highlight everything you need to know about Canadas sports geography.Plus, explore other little-known sites of interest, such as: The Canadian city that named a park after an arm-wrestling promoter The Ontario town that honoured a hockey fan with a place name The Prince Edward Island village where the biggest street is named for the writer of "The Hockey Song" The whereabouts of Canadas only street named for a boxing champ

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Dundurn Teachers Guide .

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Dundurn Group Ltd .

Christopher MacKinnon has freelanced for several Canadian newspapers, magazines, and online publications, including the National Post , the Halifax Chronicle-Herald , and Sudbury Living Magazine . He is a member of the Canadian Society for the Study of Names and lives in Toronto.