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Some significant events & milestones in New Brunswick sports history:
1892 - The new game of basketball, invented by James Naismith, is introduced to
the YMCA in St. Stephen by Lyman Archibald, a student of Dr. Naismith. It is
one of the first places in Canada to try the new game.
1881 - Wallace Ross wins the World Championship of rowing at the Grand
International Regatta in Toronto.
1879 - Bill Phillips becomes the first Canadian to play major league baseball
(with Cleveland of the National League).
1871 - The "Moosepath" race track opens in Saint John, later to become the
Exhibition Park Raceway which is still in operation today.
1870 - The first YMCA in Canada opens in Saint John.
1867 - Four oarsmen from Saint John win the World Championship in Paris, becoming
Canada's first World Champions, and earning the nick-name the "Paris Crew".
1854 - A curling club is established in Fredericton, the first such club
organized in New Brunswick.
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