Prairie Canada Carvers' Association Inc.
for the love of carving
About Us
In 1987, a group of wildlife enthusiasts got together and founded the Association with a goal of promoting an appreciation for wildlife through carving.
Today, Prairie Canada’s goal remains the same and we continue to support and promote our love of carving and appreciation of wildlife through our annual Show and Competition. Over the years, our competition has grown to showcase a variety of carvings of wildlife (waterfowl, song and shorebirds, decoys), traditional carving (whittling, relief & chip carving, caricatures, animals or human form), fish and pyrography, in all forms of art media - wood, stone, bark, bone, and antler. The Prairie Canada Carving Competition has not only grown in size, but has developed into one of North America’s premiere competitions.
Our show has been featured in Wildfowl Carving and Competition magazine, published in the USA on numerous occasions. This is a wonderful accomplishment, as only a few competitions from across North America are featured in this publication each year!
![Fish - Intermediate 1st Prabir Mitra - Smallmouth Bass](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Fish-Intermediate-1st-Prabir-Mitra-Smallmouth-Bass.jpg)
![Cocktail Carving - Wildbird 1st Reuben Unger - White-breasted Nuthatch](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Cocktail-Carving-Wildbird-1st-Reuben-Unger-White-breasted-Nuthatch.jpg)
![Cocktail Carving - Waterbirds 1st and Best of Show Cocktail Austin Eade - Snow Goose (blue form)](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Cocktail-Carving-Waterbirds-1st-and-Best-of-Show-Cocktail-Austin-Eade-Snow-Goose-blue-form.jpg)
![Cocktail Carving - Traditional 1st Ted Muir - Rusty Nail Heron](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Cocktail-Carving-Traditional-1st-Ted-Muir-Rusty-Nail-Heron.jpg)
![Cocktail Carving - Fish 1st Ray Minaudier - Brown Trout](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Cocktail-Carving-Fish-1st-Ray-Minaudier-Brown-Trout-.jpg)
![Carrie Braden Purchase Award - Reuben Unger - Great Horned Owl secondray flight feather](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Carrie-Braden-Purchase-Award-Reuben-Unger-Great-Horned-Owl-secondray-flight-feather.jpg)
![Fish - Intermediate 2nd Prabir Mitra - Rainbow Trout](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Fish-Intermediate-2nd-Prabir-Mitra-Rainbow-Trout.jpg)
![Fish - Novice 1st Colleen Noonan - decoy fish](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Fish-Novice-1st-Colleen-Noonan-decoy-fish.jpg)
![Fish - Open 1st Dale Kotoksky - Walleye](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Fish-Open-1st-Dale-Kotoksky-Walleye.jpg)
![Fish - Open 2nd Austin Eade - Largemouth Bass](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Fish-Open-2nd-Austin-Eade-Largemouth-Bass.jpg)
![Fish - Open 3rd Don Young - Walleye decoy](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Fish-Open-3rd-Don-Young-Walleye-decoy.jpg)
![Jim Richardson Purchase Award - George Red Weir Bluebill Decoy replica - Susan Cowtan](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jim-Richardson-Purchase-Award-George-22Red22-Weir-Bluebill-Decoy-replica-Susan-Cowtan.jpg)
![Junior 1st - Silhouette age 11 and under - D. F. - Owl](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Junior-1st-Silouette-age-11-and-under-Dylan-Frye-Owl.jpg)
![Traditional - Intermediate 3rd Amanda Legal - Butterfly on Teacup](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Intermediate-3rd-Amanda-Legal-Butterfly-on-Teacup.jpg)
![Traditional - Intermediate 2nd Martin Curtis - Native American Bust](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Intermediate-2nd-Martin-Curtis-Native-American-Bust.jpg)
![Traditional - Intermediate 1st Amanda Legal - Cat & Butterfly Pyrography](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Intermediate-1st-Amanda-Legal-Cat-Butterfly-Pyrography.jpg)
![Richard Whittom Duck Head Purchase Award - Frank Macfarlane - Cinnamon Teal](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Richard-Whittom-Duck-Head-Purchase-Award-Frank-Macfarlane-Cinnamon-Teal.jpg)
![Razertip Purchase Award - Brock Love - Redpoll](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Razertip-Purchase-Award-Brock-Love-Redpoll.jpg)
![Lakefish Net & Twine Purchase Award - Yellow Perch - Jean Mousseau](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Lakefish-Net-Twine-Purchase-Award-Yellow-Perch-Jean-Mousseau.jpg)
![Lakefish Net & Twine Greenback Walleye Purchase Award - Jean Mousseau](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Lakefish-Net-Twine-Greenback-Walleye-Purchase-Award-Jean-Mousseau.jpg)
![Junior 2nd - K. C. Narwhal](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Junior-2nd-Kasey-Cope-Narwhal.jpg)
![Traditional - Novice 1st Delorese Clement - Stylized Swan](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Novice-1st-Delorese-Clement-Stylized-Swan.jpg)
![Traditional - Novice 2nd Ron Kirby - female figurine](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Novice-2nd-Ron-Kirby-female-figurine.jpg)
![Traditional - Novice 3rd Gerard Dufresne - Dragon Through Window](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Novice-3rd-Gerard-Dufresne-Dragon-Through-Window.jpg)
![Traditional - Open 1st Shirley Lawrence - Riding the Night Wind](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Open-1st-Shirley-Lawrence-Riding-the-Night-Wind.jpg)
![Traditional - Open 2nd Bill Nitzsche - Silent Flight](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Open-2nd-Bill-Nitzsche-Silent-Flight.jpg)
![Traditional - Open 3rd Bill Bergen - Cowboy Bust](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Traditional-Open-3rd-Bill-Bergen-Cowboy-Bust.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Intermediate 1st Ross Gage - Long-tail Duck drake](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Intermediate-1st-Ross-Gage-Long-tail-Duck-drake.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Intermediate 2nd Amanda Legal - Wood Duck hen](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Intermediate-2nd-Amanda-Legal-Wood-Duck-hen.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Intermediate 1st Lynda Baxter - Heron](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Intermediate-1st-Lynda-Baxter-Heron.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Open 3rd Susan Cowtan - Mallard drake](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Open-3rd-Susan-Cowtan-Mallard-drake.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Open 2nd Susan Cowtan - Wood Duck drake](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Open-2nd-Susan-Cowtan-Wood-Duck-drake.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Open 1st Frank Macfarlane - Ruddy Duck drake](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Open-1st-Frank-Macfarlane-Ruddy-Duck-drake.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Novice 3rd Dave Nichol - Canvasback drake, Don Phalen Memorial Award](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Novice-3rd-Dave-Nichol-Canvasback-drake-Don-Phalen-Memorial-Award.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Novice 2nd Tom McCormack - Antique Wood Duck drake](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Novice-2nd-Tom-McCormack-Antique-Wood-Duck-drake.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Novice 1st Colin Peterson - Canvasback drake](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Novice-1st-Colin-Peterson-Canvasback-drake.jpg)
![Waterbirds - Intermediate 3rd Ross Gage - Common Goldeneye drake](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waterbirds-Intermediate-3rd-Ross-Gage-Common-Goldeneye-drake.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Intermediate 2nd Amanda Legal - Blue Jay](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Intermediate-2nd-Amanda-Legal-Blue-Jay.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Intermediate 3rd Wayne Gilling - House Wren](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Intermediate-3rd-Wayne-Gilling-House-Wren.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Novice 1st Colleen Noonan - Hummingbird on Vine](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Novice-1st-Colleen-Noonan-Hummingbird-on-Vine.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Novice 2nd Ralph Thompson - Puffin (⅔ scale)](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Novice-2nd-Ralph-Thompson-Puffin-⅔-scale.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Open 1st Austin Eade - Sora Rail](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Open-1st-Austin-Eade-Sora-Rail.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Novice 3rd Robert Heath - Pheasant](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Novice-3rd-Robert-Heath-Pheasant.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Open 2nd Reuben Unger - Greater Roadrunner, Winner Carvers' Choice Award and Peoples' Choice Award](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Open-2nd-Reuben-Unger-Greater-Roadrunner-Winner-Carvers-Choice-Award-and-Peoples-Choice-Award.jpg)
![Wildbirds - Open 3rd Don Young - Green Heron](http://prairiecanadacarvers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Wildbirds-Open-3rd-Don-Young-Green-Heron.jpg)