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The Game of Hockey From frozen ponds to measured pitches

One game · two surfaces · exact lines

From frozen ponds to measured pitches

Long Pond · Windsor, Nova Scotia Archive material preserved from the former site

Standard field hockey pitch 91.40 × 55.00 m

Enter the 91.40 × 55.00 game

The pitch itself is the index. Start with a measured surface, then move directly to the line, goal or paint decision you need.

Full-size field hockey pitch route map A 91.40 by 55 metre field plan with links positioned around the drawing for dimensions, markings, surfaces, goals and paint calculation.

Long Pond · preserved photographs, accounts and records

On the pond

The independent archive keeps the former site's strongest public material in context: the 1988 announcement, the 1999 re-enactment and the 2002 broadcast from Long Pond.

Open the Long Pond archive
Figures skating and playing on the frozen surface of Long Pond.
Shinny on Long Pond · preserved archive photograph
Players with sticks on the ice during the 1999 re-enactment.
Re-enactment play · 28 February 1999
A group gathered outdoors at Long Pond during the 2002 event.
Hockey Day in Canada · 5 January 2002