Manitoba Organization: Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival

This festival at The Pas has occurred since 1916.

People and organizations honoured for their service have been as follows:

Name

Title

Year

Wilfrid “Wilf” Cudmore (1908-1991)

Mr. Trappers’ Festival

1974

Real Berard

Honourary Trapper

1975

Edward George “Ed” Wong (?-2006)

Honourary Trapper

1975

Howie Larke

Honourary Trapper

1975

George Takashima (1934-2020)

Honourary Trapper

1975

Murray Houlden

Honourary Trapper

1976

Sidney “Sid” Wilton (1905-1977)

Honourary Trapper

1976

Clifford “Ticky” King (1930-1998)

Honourary Trapper

1978

Joyce Colgan (1924-2010)

Honourary Trapper

1978

William Keith “Bill” Harper (1939-2017)

Honourary Trapper

1979

Lions Club

Appreciation Plaque

1980

Kinsmen Club

Appreciation Plaque

1980

Rotary Club

Appreciation Plaque

1980

Norman Lee [Lee Kwok Dow] (c1910-1996)

Good Citizenship

1979

Labatts Brewery

Appreciation Plaque

1980

Sue Lambert

Honourary Trapper

1986

Armand Joseph “Pit” Lambert (1948-2022)

Honourary Trapper

1994

Eugene Lamb

Honourary Trapper

1995

Lucille Lamb

Honourary Trapper

1995

Clem Jones

Honourary Trapper

1996

Walter Koshel

Honourary Trapper

1997

Franklin Carriere

Honourary Trapper

1998

Linda McFarland

Honourary Trapper

2001

Raymond Alexander “Sonny” Lavallee

Honourary Trapper

2002

Richard Beck

Honourary Trapper

2004

Hilary “Orest” Pidskalny (1936-2007)

Honourary Trapper

2004

Gary Kozun

Honourary Trapper

2008

Darryl Hogue

Honourary Trapper

2008

Conrad Watts

Honourary Trapper

2015

Carol Watts

Honourary Trapper

2015

Janis Preedy

Honourary Trapper

2015

Bruce Trampe

Honourary Trapper

2021

Doug McIvor

Honourary Trapper

2021

See also:

The Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival: A Brief History by Sue Lambert
Manitoba History, Number 15, Spring 1988

Sources:

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Vaughn Wadelius for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 May 2023