In 1905 the Dawson City Nuggets hockey team travelled from the Yukon to challenge the Ottawa Silver Seven, and in 1906 a team from the small Ontario railway town of Smiths Falls launched its own (unsuccessful) challenge. Which coveted trophy were both these small-town Canadian clubs pursuing?

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The Stanley Cup. In 1905, the Dawson City Nuggets hockey team traveled from Dawson City to challenge the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanley Cup. A year later, in 1906, a Smiths Falls team also launched an unsuccessful Stanley Cup challenge.