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The Rebels were a loosely organized team that came about casually in 1890 when three sons of Lord Stanley of Preston got together with aides to the Governor General and parliamentary officials.

Ottawa Rebels hockey team, Ottawa, Ontario, March 1894
National Archives of Canada/William James Topley collection/PA-027371