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Month: February 2019

Posted on February 10, 2019March 19, 2019

Birkie One Story

Written by Frank Haley who presented this speech at the Vikings Feast on February 9, 2019 The first Edmonton Birkebeiner ski race was set for the second Saturday in February of 1985, to start from Devon, and finish at Fort Edmonton. The course followed the river, downhill. It sounded easy. We had our wooden skis …

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