Doris Parkes

Doris Parkes (born July 22, 1905 in Seattle, Washington) was an athlete that competed in British Columbia in the 1920s and 1930s.

From 1926 to 1935, she earned numerous awards for speed skating, cross country skiing, long-distance swimming, high diving and canoeing.

Competitions took place in areas such as Hollyburn Mountain, Deep Cove, Dundarave, Vancouver, Princeton, Revelstoke and Banff.

[1] In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Doris Parkes was one of several women participating in cross country skiing in Hollyburn, British Columbia.

[2] Parkes was the founder of the second incarnation of the Vancouver Amazons women's ice hockey club.