page_title: Punch Dickins
section_title: Honours and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Punch Dickins / Honours and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Mayor Don Scott and Dr. Joe Anderson of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada dedicate a commemorative plaque and monument to aviation pioneer, C. H. "Punch" Dickins in Fort McMurray, AB
context_page_description: Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins OC OBE DFC was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Native Americans called him "Snow Eagle;" northern Europeans called him "White Eagle;" while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland."
context_section_description: Near the end of his career, Punch Dickins was honoured as a pioneer of Canada's rich aviation heritage. In the North, Punch was christened "The Snow Eagle" and "Canada's Sky Explorer."
  
  Punch Dickins was the second recipient of the Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy in 1928. He was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935, an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1968, and the Government of Canada named him one of the most outstanding Canadians of the country's first century. He was also a co-founder of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame and was inducted as a member in 1974.
  He flew until he was 78 years old. His death in Toronto, Ontario in 1995 marked one of the last of many First World War pilots who had shaped aviation in Canada.
  Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy,1928
  Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1935
  Order of Icarus, 1967
  Officer of the Order of Canada, 1968
  Following his death, his ashes were scattered by his son John from an aircraft along the MacKenzie River. The aircraft was flown by another legendary bush pilot, Max Ward.
  A neighbourhood and school in Fort McMurray, Alberta are named Dickinsfield in honour of Punch Dickins.
  There is also a neighbourhood and school in Edmonton, Alberta named in honour of Punch Dickins. 
  The Punch Dickins archive is located at the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the University of Alberta.
  A commemorative plaque honouring Punch Dickins now resides at Snye Point Park in Fort McMurray.df
caption: Dr. Joe Anderson of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Don Scott dedicate a commemorative plaque and monument to aviation pioneer, C. H. "Punch" Dickins in Fort McMurray, AB
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