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Object Description
Object ID
2008.036.002
Title
Nora McKain in costume duing the 1967 Canadian centennial.
Date
1967.
Description
Nora McKain dressed up for the Canadian Centennial celebrations of 1967. She made the outfit to celebrate BC's Centennial in 1958, and wore it to attend the official opening if the Fort Langley restoration also attended by Princess Margaret.
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Centennial Celebrations, 1967 (Confederation)
The 100th anniversary of Confederation was celebrated across Canada (including in British Columbia, though British Columbia did not join Canada until 1871).
McKain, Nora Evelyn (née Adams) (1918-2018)
Nora Evelyn Adams was born in 1918 to William Charles and Gertrude Adams, née Collins. She first married Louis Couture, and they had two sons, Leon (b. 1938) and Raymond (b. 1942). She later married James McKain around 1954. Nora attended Vancouver's Academy of Useful Arts c. 1936 and studied dressmaking with many Japanese, Chinese, and Italian students, under the direction of the well known Miss Waterman. She took the course rather than finishing high school as her parents felt she should have a trade. She was a member of the Royal Purple, belonged to the Native Daughters in Fort Langley, and lawn bowled in her later years. She passed away March 26, 2018.
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