Photo: Lord Stanley of Preston Marker - Wide View, Looking Across Regent Street

Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: October 14, 2017
Caption: Lord Stanley of Preston Marker - Wide View, Looking Across Regent Street
Additional Description: The marker is visible here, just to the right of the entrance to Russell & Bromley.

Derby's sons became avid ice hockey players in Canada, playing in amateur leagues in Ottawa, and Lord and Lady Derby became staunch hockey fans. In 1892, Derby gave Canada a treasured national icon, the Stanley Cup, known originally as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. He originally donated the trophy as a challenge cup for Canada's best amateur hockey club, but in 1909, it became contested by professional teams exclusively. Since 1926, only teams of the National Hockey League have competed for the trophy. This now famous cup bears Derby's name as tribute to his encouragement and love of outdoor life and sport in Canada. In recognition of this, Derby was inducted into the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 in the "Honoured Builders" category. The original size of the Stanley Cup was 7 inches (180 mm) and is now around 36 inches (910 mm) and 35 pounds (16 kg). - Wikipedia
Submitted: November 16, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p404298
File Size: 2.402 Megabytes

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