Eastport

Kingsgate

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Eastport-Kingsgate ski jump:

K-Point:

ca. 50 m

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1928
Operating until:	1940
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	Kingsgate-Eastport Ski Club
Coordinates:	49.000506, -116.176789 ✔

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History:

The ski jump was built around 1928 by the local Kingsgate–Eastport Ski Club, founded by settlers of Norwegian descent from the Yahk region. Its unique feature was that it was located exactly on the border between two countries: the inrun started on the U.S. side, on the slope behind what is now the “Diamond’s Café” building (Eastport), while the take-off and landing hill were already on Canadian soil—in the wooded, gentler terrain of Kingsgate. Due to this configuration, the facility was called “the most unique ski jump in the world,” a title confirmed by contemporary press reports (The Spokesman-Review, 1932).
In the 1930s, regular ski tournaments were held there—its peak popularity occurred during the winters of 1932 and 1933, when jumpers from both the U.S. and Canada arrived, including Olympian Arnold “Nip” Stone. The events attracted hundreds of spectators, often brought in by special trains from Spokane, Bonners Ferry, Kimberley, and Yahk. The record jump reached 177 feet (~54 m)—an impressive distance by the standards of local ski hills at the time. The events took the form of winter festivals, with ski jumping accompanied by cross-country races, parades, and even hockey games.
Around 1935, the club’s activity began to gradually decline, and the last mentions of competitions appear in archives around 1940. Today, no visible remains of the ski jump structure exist.

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