Photo by Duane Robert Burnett — see full image
The Sechelt Canada Day Mile was held from 2006 to 2008 to celebrate the holiday and participate in the July 1st festivities. The race started 15 mins before the Canada Day Parade (organized by the Sechelt Downtown Business Association) and went along the main parade route twice, in front of thousands of enthusiastic spectators. Younger kids could choose to run straight down Cowrie Street just once to the finish (500m). Hosted by Sunshine Coast Athletics.
Course was accurately measured with a Jones Counter. This was a 'loop and a half' course, designed so you could run past the biggest crowds twice: in the first 500m and again for the last 400m! Starting at 10:45am SHARP from the north end of Cowrie Street (near Sechelt Elementary), follow the parade route straight down Cowrie past the mall and all the shops. Turn left onto Inlet, then left again onto Mermaid. Follow Mermaid to the end, turning left on Ocean, then left again on Cowrie and down Cowrie for the second time to the finish at Inlet.
Pl. Time Bib Name Div. Div.Pl City 1 4:54.2 525 Neil Holm M40-49 1 Courtenay 2 5:30.6 535 Josh Tanner M20-29 1 Vancouver 3 5:55.4 529 Jack Bryson M40-49 2 Sechelt 4 6:02.4 523 John Weston M50-59 1 West Vancouver 5 6:05.0 532 Alex Monkman M10-12 1 Gibsons 6 6:54.0 536 Lexa Pomfret F40-49 1 Roberts Creek 7 6:58.5 530 Hugh Graham M9&Under 1 Vancouver 8 7:01.2 531 Scott Graham M9&Under 2 Vancouver 9 7:07.3 900 Stacey Yasinowski F20-29 1 Sechelt 10 7:13.4 537 Skeena Shewman F10-12 1 Powell River 11 7:18.3 534 Diane Sheddan F20-29 2 Sechelt 12 7:36.4 528 Zoey Schultz F10-12 2 Sechelt 13 7:42.2 527 Bailey McKinney F10-12 3 Sechelt 14 7:43.5 526 Emily Arsenault F10-12 4 Sechelt 15 7:56.5 533 Alex Nightingale M10-12 2 Halfmoon Bay 16 8:09.3 516 Jordan Weston F9&Under 1 Vancouver 17 8:21.4 901 Edith Troup F40-49 2 Sechelt 18 10:32.0 524 Karin Holm F30-39 1 Courtenay
2008 Photos by Ian Jacques, Coast Reporter newspaper—click photos to enlarge
Pl. Time Bib Last Name First Name Div. Div.Pl City 1 4:32 468 Knoop Mark M40-49 1 Victoria 2 5:00 458 Nightingale Larry M40-49 2 Halfmoon Bay 3 5:28 469 Kennedy Brandon M30-39 1 Vancouver 4 6:09 453 Dodd Sophie F10-12 1 Halfmoon Bay 5 6:11 462 Weston John M40-49 3 West Vancouver 6 6:13 474 Shaw James M13-15 1 Sechelt 7 6:13 467 Lindsay Claire F30-39 1 Victoria 8 6:19 461 Monkman Alexander M10-12 1 Gibsons 9 6:36 471 Hajdu Rob M20-29 1 West Vancouver 10 6:38 455 Mackie Darryl M40-49 4 Halfmoon Bay 11 6:43 457 Nightingale Alex M10-12 2 Halfmoon Bay 12 6:56 465 Williams Evan M13-15 2 West Vancouver 13 6:59 460 McRobert Ken M50-59 1 Delta 14 7:06 473 Penner Holly F10-12 2 Sechelt 15 7:17 451 Dilasser Liz F60-69 1 Sechelt 16 7:22 470 Sorensen Neil M9&U 1 Gibsons 17 7:27 463 Brinton Holly F50-59 1 West Vancouver 18 7:34 454 Forbes Morrison M9&U 2 Halfmoon Bay 19 7:57 452 Dodd Hannah F9&U 1 Halfmoon Bay 20 7:59 456 Mackie Kim F40-49 1 Halfmoon Bay 21 7:59 472 Dodd Graham M40-49 5 Halfmoon Bay 22 8:49 464 Williams Graham M10-12 3 West Vancouver DNF - 466 Williams Lori - - West Vancouver

2007 Photos by Cathie Roy, Coast Reporter
newspaper—click photos to enlarge
Pl. Time Name City Div Div Pl. 1 4:46 Larry Nightingale Halfmoon Bay M40-49 1 2 4:51 Shaun Stephens-Whale Roberts Creek M16-19 1 3 6:00 Alex Robertson Roberts Creek M16-19 2 4 6:14 Sophie Dodd Halfmoon Bay F9&U 1 5 6:16 James Shaw Sechelt M13-15 1 6 6:25 Oliver Telfer Sechelt M13-15 2 7 6:38 Brynn Clingwall Roberts Creek M16-19 3 8 6:40 Stanley B. Keats Sechelt M50-59 1 9 7:18 Liz Dilasser Sechelt F60-69 1 10 7:42 Edith Troup Sechelt F40-49 1 11 8:10 Alex Nightingale Halfmoon Bay M9&U 1 12 8:14 Hannah Dodd Halfmoon Bay F9&U 2 13 8:27 Arne Tveit-Pettersen Sechelt M70+ 1 14 9:06 Forbes Morrison N. Vancouver M9&U 2 15 9:19 Hugh Monroe Sechelt M60-69 1 16 10:08 Taylor Mackie Halfmoon Bay F9&U 3

2006 Photos by Ian Jacques, Coast Reporter
newspaper—click photos to enlarge