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Hockey Day game at 5,000 feet

Hockey Day game at 5,000 feet | iNFOnews.ca
A video posted to the Big White Facebook page shows a time-lapse of how Rhonda Lake at Big White went from a frozen source of drinking water to a skateable rink. Adam Proskiw

KELOWNA – There are no nets, boards or referees, but that didn’t stop a group of hockey fans from spending Hockey Day engaged in a backyard-style game at Rhonda Lake in Big White Saturday.

The rink is touted as being the highest in Canada and sits at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

A video posted to the Big White Facebook page shows a time-lapse of how the lake went from a frozen source of drinking water to a skateable rink.

“Whether or not it’s the highest elevation today in Hockey Day in Canada I don’t know,” says an out-of-breath player. “It feels like it.”

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Adam Proskiw

Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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