1978
The first Games to be held in two locations occurred in 1978. The two communities, 100 kilometres a part, were connected by the first passenger railroad service in NT. The two sites shared the 14 sports, including badminton, basketball, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, hockey, Inuit Games, judo, shooting, snowshoe biathlon, snowshoeing, table tennis, volleyball and wrestling.
In the same year, Stuart Hodgson, one of the founding members of the AWG, donated the Hodgson Trophy to the organization which was awarded to the Contingent that best exhibited fair play and team spirit. The trophy is a seven-foot narwhal tusk on a soapstone base with soapstone carvings, and is now awarded during the Closing Ceremonies of every Arctic Winter Games. The Hodgson Trophy is on display at the Whitehorse Canada Games Arena.
