Lacrosse in Canada the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Lacrosse in Canada Modern lacrosse in Canada has been a popular sport since the mid 1800s. Only field lacrosse was played until the 1930s, when box lacrosse was invented. In 1994 Parliament passed the "National Sports of Canada Act" which declared lacrosse to be "Canada's National Summer Sport", with ice hockey as the National Winter Sport. Lacrosse was played by First Nations peoples before the arrival of European colonists. The first documented description of the game was in 1637. The game was called "baggataway" and "tewaarathon", which was played by two teams with 100
Summer Gone have occurred decades later involving his wife or his son. This technique ties all of Bay's summer stories together into one when he tells it to his son. The narration of this story is told by Caz's half brother, from a one-night stand of Bailey's, as an adult, retelling what Caz had told him. Summer Gone Summer Gone is the first novel by Canadian writer David Macfarlane. Published in 1999 by Knopf Canada, "Summer Gone" was a national bestseller in Canada. It was nominated for the Giller Prize, and won the Books in Canada First Novel Award. The book deals