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The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895

The Africville Museum in Halifax, housed in a replica of the Seaview African United Baptist Church, photographed in 2012.
The Africville Museum in Halifax, housed in a replica of the Seaview African United Baptist Church, photographed in 2012. Africville Church · DRheaume · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, formed in 1895 by African Canadian Baptist leaders in Dartmouth and Halifax, was the only all-Black men’s ice hockey league in Canada and soon expanded across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Its championships drew multiracial crowds, though players endured racism, and the league advanced the fight for equality.

Scope & context

The league and its significance, not individual teams or players.

Sources behind this record

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Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes National Historic Event ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text