You could throw in a moose drinking a double double, next to a beaver nursing a beer, but really, this picture is pretty much perfect.
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The photo, which was shared online by the B.C. RCMP, has been hailed as "the most Canadian photo ever" — but the Mountie captured in the image says he had no idea how much attention it would get.
"Obviously I didn't anticipate this kind of fanfare but I’m a very proud Mountie and an even prouder Canadian, and I thought 'what better way to capture that,'" RCMP Cpl. Shaun Begg tells The Huffington Post B.C. in an interview.
Begg says the photo was taken on a once-in-a-lifetime trip with his oldtimers' hockey team, the Kaslo AfterBurners, this week.
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The team's captain is also a helicopter pilot who helped organize the excursion to Shamrock Lake in a remote area of the East Kootenay region, says Begg.
Begg and nine other teammates pooled their money and took time off work to play some pick-up hockey.
"This was an opportunity of a lifetime to play at 9,000 feet on a glacial-fed lake in the pristine Purcell Mountains. So I thought I’d take my red serge and take a picture for a Christmas card or a screen saver," says Begg, who got his supervisor's blessing to bring his uniform on the personal trip.
On Wednesday, the team flew in a helicopter up to the lake and played shinny against another squad of 10 people from Western Canada. Near the end of the five-hour experience, Begg put on his uniform for a few photos, and even played a couple of shifts in the red serge.
He says he had no idea one picture would reach so many people:
Beggs' photo is the latest addition to Canada's "RCMP Officers Doing Awesome Things" album, which already includes Const. Ryan Steel of the Ridge Meadows RCMP:
And don't forget Const. Doug Sokoloski from Alberta, who is also known as the "coolest cop ever playing drums in the woods":
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The photo, which was shared online by the B.C. RCMP, has been hailed as "the most Canadian photo ever" — but the Mountie captured in the image says he had no idea how much attention it would get.
"Obviously I didn't anticipate this kind of fanfare but I’m a very proud Mountie and an even prouder Canadian, and I thought 'what better way to capture that,'" RCMP Cpl. Shaun Begg tells The Huffington Post B.C. in an interview.
Begg says the photo was taken on a once-in-a-lifetime trip with his oldtimers' hockey team, the Kaslo AfterBurners, this week.
The team's captain is also a helicopter pilot who helped organize the excursion to Shamrock Lake in a remote area of the East Kootenay region, says Begg.Begg and nine other teammates pooled their money and took time off work to play some pick-up hockey.
"This was an opportunity of a lifetime to play at 9,000 feet on a glacial-fed lake in the pristine Purcell Mountains. So I thought I’d take my red serge and take a picture for a Christmas card or a screen saver," says Begg, who got his supervisor's blessing to bring his uniform on the personal trip.
On Wednesday, the team flew in a helicopter up to the lake and played shinny against another squad of 10 people from Western Canada. Near the end of the five-hour experience, Begg put on his uniform for a few photos, and even played a couple of shifts in the red serge.
He says he had no idea one picture would reach so many people:
We may be Mounties, but we are all still kids at heart with @NHL dreams pic.twitter.com/8dm7sQ9NA6
— bcrcmp (@bcRCMP) March 19, 2015Beggs' photo is the latest addition to Canada's "RCMP Officers Doing Awesome Things" album, which already includes Const. Ryan Steel of the Ridge Meadows RCMP:
And he didn't even scuff his boots! pic.twitter.com/hPHj90MfyV
— bcrcmp (@bcRCMP) June 4, 2013And don't forget Const. Doug Sokoloski from Alberta, who is also known as the "coolest cop ever playing drums in the woods":
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