Career
From 1926-1935, 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. Cross Country skiing
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Doris Parkes was one of several women participating in cross country skiing in Hollyburn, British Columbia.
Women"s ice hockey
She founded the new version of the team in 1931.
This new version of the Amazons competed for the Alpine Cup at the 1931 Banff Winter Carnival. In addition to ice hockey, she also competed in speed skating at the 1931 carnival.
Parkes would be elected Queen of the 1932 Banff Winter Carnival.
