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From: Galt (formerly Petrocan) to Birley Gates.
This trip will go ahead as scheduled!
Meet at the Shed for 8:30 departure. Anne will be there to organize.
We have secured a tower and would like a volunteer to lead.
Reminder: This is an Intermediate Skill 4-4 1/2 hour paddle.
Email Anne if you are available: annewoolner@hotmail.com
Email Anne if you are available: annewoolner@hotmail.com
Another request for Tuesday.. Along with Trip Leader(s), we now require Stern Paddlers!
Contact Anne Woolner, annewoolner@hotmail.com, 519-743-2277 if you can help the club out.
Thanks in advance
A gentle reminder, trip leader(s) required for this paddle to happen.
Contact Anne Woolner, annewoolner@hotmail.com, 519-743-2277 if you can help the club out.
Thanks in advance
June 18: Shirley Drive to Freeport
We have secured a tower for this paddle and now we are appealing for a “Trip Leader.”
The paddle will continue on if you would like to volunteer to lead it, this action would make the trip an even better one.
An exciting paddle…approximately 3 hours–with some nice drops in the water to make the morning interesting!
Email Anne Woolner if you are available: annewoolner@hotmail.com
On behalf of Old Salts Seniors Canoe Club members, we offer our sincere condolences to long time and current club member Roseanna Rigo and family on the passing of her husband, Ray Sweezey. Ray passed away peacefully at Hospice Waterloo Region on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
A private family interment will take place at Williamsburg Cemetery.
A Celebration of Life for family and friends will take place 4:00 pm Thursday, June 20, at the Schweben Club in Breslau.
Ray’s obituary is on the Erb and Good website, Erb and Good Funeral Home, Waterloo: https://erbgood.com
Hike: Lakeside Park, Kitchener
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Theresa Markus, who knows the area well, will co-lead this hike.
Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
FreshCo Parking Lot, 720 Westmount Road, (Westmount & Ottawa).
Park near Westmount Rd. You’ll see a Dairy Queen in the strip mall.
Duration: An out-and-back 2 hour hike on a wide paved trail. You may turn back at any time. Come join us!
Notes:
Lakeside Park is a natural park in the heart of the city. It features a large pond, called Shoemaker Pond, as well as Turtle Beach, created to provide a nesting habitat.
Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
Hike: Lakeside Park, Kitchener
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Theresa Markus, who knows the area well, will co-lead this hike.
Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
FreshCo Parking Lot, 720 Westmount Road, (Westmount & Ottawa).
Park near Westmount Rd. You’ll see a Dairy Queen in the strip mall.
Duration: An out-and-back 2 hour hike on a wide paved trail. You may turn back at any time. Come join us!
Notes:
Lakeside Park is a natural park in the heart of the city. It features a large pond, called
Shoemaker Pond, as well as Turtle Beach, created to provide a nesting habitat.
Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
Hike: Huron Natural Area, Tuesday, January 2, 2024
(NOTE THE TIME CHANGE)
Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm
Hike Location: Huron Natural Area, 801 Trillium Drive, Kitchener;
free parking; accessible washrooms
Duration: 1½ — 2 hours. You may turn back at any time.
Come join us!
Notes:
Huron Natural Area, one of the City’s largest natural spaces, is home to more than 250 acres of protected forest and wetland and has more than 7 km of trails.
Huron Natural Area has evidence of Indigenous settlement dating back hundreds of years.
Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
OSSCC Hike: Bob McMullen Linear Trail
(Cambridge) Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Contact: Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join Bett and the crew for an enjoyable late fall hike. Please add cell # to your phone contacts in the event of delays or last-minute cancellations.
Since I’m not sure how much interest/availability there is in this ‘so close to Christmas’ hike, please let me know by 5:00 Monday, Dec. 18, if you will join us!
Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
Bob McMullen Linear Trail (Cambridge);
Parking: Preston Memorial Arena, 1458 Hamilton Street, Cambridge (intersection of Hamilton St. and Bishop St; N43.38766, W80.34844)
Duration: 1½ — 2 hours. You may turn back at any time
Notes:
The Speed River, a major tributary of the Grand, flows through Wellington County and the Region of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario. It flows south from its source near Orton, through Guelph, where it is joined by the Eramosa River, then through the towns of Hespeler and Preston, finally uniting with the Grand River in north-west Cambridge. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed River
The Grand River (a Canadian Heritage River) is the largest river that is entirely within southern Ontario’s boundaries. From its source near Wareham, Ontario, it flows south 280 kms through Grand Valley, Fergus, Elora, Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Paris, Brantford, Caledonia, and Cayuga before emptying into the north shore of Lake Erie south of Dunnville at Port Maitland. wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand River
Reminder: Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:30 and 8:30a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
