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Starr Manufacturing Company

Renowned for innovation and quality, Starr was a pre-eminent ice skate maker for three-quarters of a century. Its Acme Spring Skate, patented in the 1860s by John Forbes, offered improved safety, durability, performance, and skating pleasure, and is regarded as the most important advancement in skate design of the 19th century. The company also distributed hockey sticks, hand-carved by Mi’kmaw artisans, which were precursors of its factory-made products. Starr’s innovative equipment designs and its marketing techniques helped to establish ice-skating and hockey as Canada’s favourite winter recreations.

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La compagnie Starr Manufacturing

Renommée pour l’innovation et la qualité, la Starr fut un éminent fabricant de patins pendant trois quarts de siècle. Considéré à la pointe du design de patins au XIXe siècle, le patin à ressort Acme, breveté par John Forbes lors des années 1860, offrait sécurité, durabilité et performance tout en procurant un patinage plus agréable. La compagnie vendait aussi des bâtons de hockey, fabriqués à la main par des artisans mi’kmaw et précurseurs de ses produits usinés. Les designs novateurs et les techniques de marketing de la Starr contribuèrent à faire du patinage et du hockey les loisirs d’hiver les plus populaires au Canada.

Location: 62-68 Prince Albert Road, Dartmouth
Emplacement : 62-68, chemin Prince Albert, Dartmouth
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 44.670213, -63.563072
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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