The late Dr. Jeannie Cameron was inducted for her almost 40 years as a stellar track-and-field athlete. Known for her "physical prowess" in any sport she tried, the Antigonish native was selected athlete of the Games in 1975, where she won five gold and two silver...
Father Doug MacDonald was a multi-time and defending Canadian champion. His first participation in the Games came as a dancer but he then realized his love of heavy events. Over a stellar 11-year career, he won several titles, including five world championships in the...
While growing up in Cloverville, Antigonish County, he learned a lot from his father Terry - a long-time caber toss participant - and other family members who competed at the Games. Thompson was inducted for his 20 years, from 1966 to 1986 of "versatile participation"...
Antigonish native Lianne Bradshaw, who started playing drums with the Clanranald Pipe Band in the early 1980s, joined the Grade 2 Scotia Legion Pipe Band - a huge jump from the Grade 4 Antigonish band 0 within three years. As a drum corps member and their instructor,...
A mainstay of the Games - both as a judge and a competitor - Bruce Gandy has excelled during his visits to Antigonish. As a professional solo piper, his streak of victories is an incredible one, including winning the Ray Stanley Chisholm Buckle as open piper of the...
At the games, Ewen excelled in the the professional jig, while securing open piper honours on four occasions. In 1974, he took over as pipe major of the Antigonish Legion Pipe Band, a group that already won two North American Grade 3 titles. In 1975, after winning top...
An Antigonish native, Doug Boyd started piping as an 11-year-old with a school operated by Royal Canadian Legion Arras Branch 59. He become the youngest piper with the Grade 3 Antigonish Legion Pipe Band, a group that won several major awards, culminating with a...
An Antigonish native was the top dancer in Maritimes of her age group in the 1960s and early 1970s with her numerous accomplishments including top open dancer honours at the Games. She was also the first winner of the Florence MacMillan Trophy - named in honour of her...
Antigonish native Stephanie Grant started Highland Dancing at the age of four. She is the most awared Nova Scotian dancer of all time, winning her first national championship at the age of 14. She is a 17-time provincal and two-time Canadian champion, while finishing...
Phyllis MacDonald of Antigonish won numerous Highland Games dancing medals during the 1940s and 1950s and was named top senior dancer of the Games in 1952, 1954 and 1955.