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| Text on Button | Winter Carnival Whitefish, Montana Feb 17-18-19 1967 |
| Image Description | Illustration of gold-colored snowflake with black text. Gold text on a black background. |
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| Additional Information | A group of Whitefish, Montana, residents launched the first Whitefish Winter Carnival in 1960, basing it on the Saint Paul Winter Carnival in Minnesota. The festival celebrates the local lore of Nordic god Ullr, who is said to have lived in the mountains near Whitefish. Humans eventually moved to the region and helped Ullr drive away the yetis that would at times steal Ullr’s queen, the Queen of Snows. Activities for the weekend festival each February include a torchlight ski parade, a penguin plunge, and the crowning of new royalty, among other events. |
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Duckett, M.K., (2014, March 24). Best of Montana in Winter: Festivals and Events: Discover the top four events to attend in Big Sky Country during winter. National Geographic. Retrieved from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/local-montana/winter-festivals… Myers, R. The Wonderful Weirdness of Whitefish Winter Carnival: Meet the costume-clad volunteers who brave the frigid streets every winter to make out lives a little warmer. Flathead Living. Retrieved from http://flatheadliving.com/2016/01/14/wonderful-weirdness-whitefish-wint… Sande, R. (2009, January 28). Celebrate 50 Years of the Whitefish Winter Carnival. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved from http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jan/28/celebrate-50-years-whitefi… Whitefish Winter Carnival. (n.d.). In Explore Whitefish. Retrieved from http://www.explorewhitefish.com/content/whitefish-winter-carnival/cot3A… |
| Catalog ID | EV0384 |