when:8:00am, McCall, ID
venue:McCall Chamber Of Commerce
when:10:00am, McCall, ID
venue:McCall Chamber Of Commerce
when:All Day, McCall, ID
venue:McCall Chamber Of Commerce
when:11:00am, McCall, ID
venue:McCall Chamber Of Commerce
when:10:00am, McCall, ID
venue:McCall Chamber Of Commerce
History of the McCall Winter Carnival
The
first winter carnival in McCall was in 1924, a fun filled three days
that started when the largest train ever to enter McCall arrived
carrying 248 persons, including Idaho Governor C. Moore. The Payette
lakes Sports Carnival, as it was then called, treated its guests to a
large variety of events, dog sled racing; with drivers from all over
the state, ski racing and jumping, ski joring (a skier pulled by a
horse), snow shoveling contests and snowshoe races.
One of the favorites at the carnival was a ride on
the Payette lakes taxi boats. The crafts, the forerunner of the modern
snowmobile, were a vehicle set on steel runners and driven by an
airplane engine and propeller.
The carnival as such lasted for about five years,
it then evolved to an "ice break-up contest." The person entering the
contest would buy a ticket, then guess at what day, hour and minute the
ice would break-up in the lake, the person guessing the closest would
win the prize. To determine the actual break-up time a barrel was
placed on the ice in the middle of the lake, when the ice broke up and
only when the barrel touched the bank was the time official. The last
contest was in 1941 at which time "gambling" had become illegal.
In 1965 the Winter Carnival was revived and due to
a great community effort it was a huge success, now we are well into
the "42nd annual winter carnival," The carnival has become nationally
known; for which we are proud because it is still a community effort
of the highest degree.
Schedule:
Friday, January 29, 2010:
8:00am: Local snow sculpture judging begins - Various
All Day: Kids Graffiti Wall - McCall Golf Course
All Day: Tubing Hill - McCall Golf... Read more
