Category talk:Defunct British Columbia Hockey League teams
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editThis category should be "Defunct British Columbia hockey teams"; see Talk:Richmond Sockeyes, who are not defunct - their old league is. The proposed cat name couldthen include PCHL/PHLandotherleague teams e.g. the New Westminster Royals,who for themoment are in "defunct ice hockey teams"Skookum1 20:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC) Postscript - there are quite a number of defunct teams in BC, many from towns that no longer exist - Bralorne, Pioneer Mine, Ocean Falls, Anyox etc; not sure what league but they played the Smoke Eaters and other major BC teams,whatever the league is. I'll be (finally) writing a Bralorne article so I'll come upwith stubs/starts for the Bralorne and Pioneer teams....Skookum1 20:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- I disagree, this is to be specific for this league while the other teams would be in their respective leagues' defunct team category. Although it may be beneficial to create a category like that, it should in no way interfere with this or any other categories. BsroiaadnTalk 01:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Not sure if the BCHL existed during the Bralorne team's heyday so not sure what league the Gold Diggers were in, but I do know they were rivals of hte Trail Somke Eaters as well as the neighbouring Pioneer Mines team (can't remember their name). Other company towns like Anyox and Ocean Falls also had teams, company-funded for worker morale of coruse; Bralorne-Pioneer's local rivalry was intense but they pplayed province-wide (at company expense, but hey, a gold mine's a gold mine). The Bralorne article has been started and this would be one of its ancillary articles; if anyone hereabouts knows enough about them to stub it up, please do so and add them as a See also at the Bralorne page; details about them can be found in The Great Years:Gold Mining in the Bridge River Valley by Lewis Green, Tricouni, 2000 (or 2001?), and in the community history Bridge River Gold by Emma de Hullu and Irene Cunningham (rare but in some used bookstores and libraries); there's also a virtualmuseum.ca site on Brlaorne which may have some stories about the hockey teams, I'm not sure.Skookum1 (talk) 03:50, 18 May 2008 (UTC)