Part 4 Unusual Sleds

I'm blogging over at Inkwell Inspirations today about the 4th and final post in my Sleighs and Sleds series. You can find the other parts here:

Part 1 19th century adult and Santa sleighs
Part 2 19th century children's sleighs
Part 3 Royal Sleighs

1878 matted art print - Christmas in Manitoba

It's a Manitoba scene which is the prairie province to the east of where I live in Saskatchewan. I'd like you to note the sled behind the dog team, because this is very unusual and more reminiscent of the sleds called carrivales of Quebec. Actually, the sashes a couple of the men are wearing around their waist were worn by the Metis who were descended from the unions of French fur traders and native women.

At the Inkwell, I'm also introducing the winter sports of snow canoeing, snow kayaking and snow cycling, although the latter one is more like a super kick sled, which I also talk about over there. 

Snow Cross Kayak style. 

So what do you think... would you like snow canoeing, snow kayaking or snow cycling to become Olympic sports?