06/01/10

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Going for a walk? Take your camera!

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VOUS aussi pouvez faire publier vos photos sur ces pages. Il suffit de nous les faire parvenir [lien ci-dessous]. Il nous fera plaisir d’accepter vos photos en format jpg / jpeg et plus grandes que 200-250 kb, svp.

Jul 17

DEBERT,  NS   Mikmawey Trail

GW   5, 10   Mikmawey Trail Trailhead Parking lot   09:30

Central Nova Volkssport Club   Sheila Wilson   902-895-2007   swilson@colchester.ca

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  B0M 1G0

Jul 17

NORTH VANCOUVER,  BC   Lynn Headwaters Regional Park

MW   5, 10, 15   Picnic area near park entrance, (north off end of Lynn Valley Rd).
   9:30

Vancouver ’Venturers Volkssport Club   George Robertson   604-536-2716   vancouverventurers@gmail.com

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  V7K 2T5

5 km route goes around Rice Lake, 15 km route goes to Norvan Falls.

Jul 17

VICTORIA,  BC   National Parks Day

MW   5, 10   603 Fort Rodd Hill, off Ocean Blvd.   9:30

Juan de Fuca Pathfinders Volkssport Club   David & Gail Nash   250-642-4515   nashramblers@hotmail.com

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  V9C 2W8

Bring picnic for after the walk.

Jul 17

WASKEHEGAN,  AB  

GW   5, 12   Waskahegan Staging Area   8:30:00

Devon Discovery Walkers   Robert Duncan   780-963-4145   duncanra@shaw.ca

Jul 18

DONKIN,  NS   Donkin and Port Caledonia Festival

GW   5, 10   Schooner Pond  / Donkin Trail on Schooner Pond Rd.   13:30:00

Cape Breton Island Hoppers Volkssport Club   Shirley Pettigrew   902-737-1006   bretonhoppers@hotmail.com

Jul 18

HALIFAX,  NS   Long Lake Trail

GW   10   St. Margaret’s Bay parking lot, St. Margaret’s Bay Rd. (look for signs)   9:30:00

Dartmouth Volksmarch Club   Sharon Russell   902-454-8706   Nil

Jul 20

EDMONTON,  AB   River / Ravine walk

GW   5, 10   PetroCan, at the corner of  51st Ave at 122 St.   18:30:00

Volkssport Association of Alberta   Kathleen Parr   780-998-1033   walksalot2@shaw.ca

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  T6H 3S3

Jul 21

OTTAWA,  ON   Rideau River Walk

EMW   5, 10   RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr.   18:00:00

Ottawa Voyageurs d’Ottawa Walking Club   Kathy Luten   613-830-7437   kathleen_luten@homail.com

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  K1H 7X7

Jul 23

CALLANDER,  ON   Golf Course Walk

MW   5, 10   Centenial Park, 392 Main St.   15:30:00

Gateway Walkers Club   Paulette Gibbens   705-752-5050   paulettegibbens@hotmail.com

Jul 24

COBALT,  ON   Northern Walking Festival

MW   5, 10   Welcome Centre, 18 Silver Street   9:00:00

Temiskaming Wanderers   Terry or Eileen Smerdon   705-647-6225   smerdon@ntl.sympatico.ca

Jul 24

ST. ALBERT,  AB   Triathlon

SW   300 m   Fountain Park Pool, 4 Cunningham Rd.   9:00:00

St. Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club   David Hall   780-951-2882   DavidHall@telus.net

Swim component of Triathlon

Jul 24

VICTORIA,  BC   Mount Douglas Park

MW   5, 10   Parking lot, off intersection of Shelbourne St., Cordova Bay and Ash Rd.   9:30

Garden City Wanderers Volkssport Club   Theresa Gauvin   250-385-5604   btheresa@telus.net

Jul 25

CHESTER,  NS   Graves Island / Chester pot luck picnic

GW   5, 13   Graves Island Provincial Park   09:30

Dartmouth Volksmarch Club   Pierre Giroux / Margaret Odell   902-443-1271 / 902-454-9280   jad.pmp@ns.sympatico.ca

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  B0J 1J0

Hwy 103, take exit 7, then Hwy 3 to East Chester and Graves Island Prov. Park. Bring a contribution.
Registration start times: 09:30 [12 km]; 10:30 [5 km]
Registration closes: 10:00 [12 km]; 11:00 [5 km]

Jul 25

CULTUS LAKE,  BC  

MW   10   Cultus Lake Golf Course, 4000 Columbia Valley Hwy   9:30

Surrey Trekkers Volkssport Club   Alan Bennett   604-688-9212   surrey.trekkers@gmail.com

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  V2R

Jul 27

EDMONTON,  AB   River / Ravine walk

GW   5, 10   William Hawrelak Park, 9330 Groat Rd   18:30:00

Volkssport Association of Alberta   Kathleen Parr   780-998-1033   walksalot2@shaw.ca

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  T5M 3K1

Jul 28

OTTAWA/NEPEAN,  ON   Merivale Road

EMW   10   Grace O`Malley`s - 1541 Merivale Rd   18:00:00

Nepean Nomads Walking Club   Gord Bell   613-825-7180   nepeannomads@aol.ca / gorde.bell@rogers.com

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  K2G 5W1

Jul 31

COLDBROOK,  NS   Hobby Horse Farm Walk

GW   5, 10   Scotia Gold parking lot Exit 14 from Hwy 101   10:30

Valley Trekkers Volkssport Club   John Rodie / Bert currie   902-532-0503 / 902-765-4051  

Exit 14 off Hwy. 101, west on Hwy. 1 to Scotia Gold parking lot, Coldbroook.

Jul 31

LOUISBOURG,  NS   Gun Cove and Coastal Trails

GW   5, 10   Havenside Rd.,Kennelly Point Picnic Park   13:30

Cape Breton Island Hoppers Volkssport Club   Elsie Buck   902-562-3117   joeandelsie@ns.sympatico.ca

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  B1C 1P5

Louisbourg Crab Festival

Jul 31

OTTAWA,  ON   13th Annual National Capital Walkfest

MW   10   City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W.   8:30:00

Nepean Nomads Walking Club   Gord Bell   613-825-7180   gorde.bell@rogers.com

Postal Code for Google Maps / Get Directions / Destination:  K1P 1J1

First of two walks same day. Trails close at 15:00.

Jul 31

PENDER ISLAND,  BC   Gulf Islands Walk

MW   10   BC Ferry Terminal, Pender Island   09:30

Garden City Wanderers Volkssport Club   David Cattrall   250-598-4316   david.cattrall@telus.net

* Ferry leaves Swartz Bay Ferry terminal. Walks starts from the ferry when it arrives on Pender Island. Schedules to be announced later.

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You may use the Postal Code shown at the end of many walks to get directions from home to the start point of any walk. Copy the Postal Code, click on the Google link below, then ‘Get Directions’. Put YOUR address in Box A, then the Postal Code in Box B. The Google map and directions should get you to within a block of the Start Point. Postal Codes have been supplied by clubs.

On peut se servir du lien ci-dessus pour trouver les directions à n’importe quel point de départ. Il suffit de copier le code postal, puis cliquer sur le lien Google ci-dessous, et finalement sur ‘Get Direction’. Inscrivez VOTRE adresse dans la case ‘A’ et le code postal dans la case B. La carte Google et les directives fournies devraient vous rendre à une centaine de mètres du point de départ. Ces codes postaux ont été fournis par les clubs.