Building a tradition: Community effort goes into creating the Eagle River Ice Castle
From WXPR We Live Up Here by WXPR Public Radio
January 17, 2025 · 4 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the community effort involved in creating the Eagle River Ice Castle, a tradition since 1933.
The Eagle River Ice Castle has been a tradition since 1933 back when it was referred to as an ice palace.While designing and coordinating the build has changed leadership over the decades, it still remains an effort by the whole community.
Topics covered
- community effort
- tradition
- ice castle
- Eagle River
- local culture
Keywords
- Eagle River
- Ice Castle
- community
- tradition
- 1933
- ice palace
- local culture
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Eagle River Ice Castle, ice palace
Places: Eagle River
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