Exploration Place Executive Director Tracy Calogheros  looks at one of the images   captured during the Games,  now on display as part of a special  exhibit.

Prince George, B.C.- As the City continues in the Celebrate Prince George mode  for the rest of the week,  Exploration Place  is  opening an exhibit today that  tells  the whole story  of   the 2015 Canada Winter Games.The  whole idea of  the Celebrate Prince George Winter Festival,  centers on  building on the momentum created by the Games,  and the  feeling of pride  that  swelled in the community.  Exploration Place Executive Director Tracy Calogheros says people are  eager to  see  the exhibit “We’ve already  had a number of athletes who were involved in the Games, volunteers  who were involved, asking when the exhibit will  be open”. 

The exhibit at Exploration Place,  tells the story of  the  bid,  including the box that was delivered to  the  Canada Games Council .  That box,  (in photo at right) complete with a toboggan  and  all the bid  documents inside,  was  decorated with icy  glass, a First Nations carving  and the  words “We Are Winter” . 

Gathering the items for the exhibit was pretty easy says Calogheros “At the end of the Games,  the Host  Society had been collecting all the way through and so had Team BC, so they each shipped us a box.  Then we shipped the bid box back up fro the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.”

This is the first exhibit totally developed  by  Alysa Tobin who is the acting Curator at the museum “She’s great  at getting things from people” says Calogheros.  “A number of the  athletes came down, and we’ve got some of their materials on loan,  so it came together really well.”

At left,  display honouring the Green Jackets, while at right,  complete gear worn by snowboard cross athlete Evan Bichon )

Calogheros says she, like many others  who volunteered during the Games,  is seeing  some things for the first time during this exhibit  “For me, a lot of this is a ‘first’ because I was  at CN Centre  all through the Games, so I didn’t really get anywhere except hockey.”

Looking at the photo of the Canadian flag   brings back special memories,  “To me,  when I look at that,  it took me right back to  CN Centre for the opening ceremonies.”,

Just about the only things missing from the exhibit  are the  food trucks and live music shows.

The We are Winter Exhibit is  open  today, through June.