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Donated Zamboni Arrives in Northern Community

of Pond Inlet

community, and this donation is yet
By Staff
another example of that,” said Mayor
Cornwall City Council agreed to donate Bob Kilger.
the Zamboni to Pond Inlet in July after The donated Zamboni will improve
receiving a request from the community. access to organized hockey in the
The Zamboni was purchased in 1987, community of 1,600 by creating more ice
and was targeted for disposed later this time and better ice to play on. Previously
year through a surplus equipment tender. the ice in Pond Inlet’s community arena
Officials from Pond Inlet covered the was manually cleaned with shovels and
cost of shipping. brooms throughout the day and flooded
According to mayor Bob Kilger, a at the end of each day, a process that
donation of this nature isn’t unusual. takes over an hour to complete.
“Cornwall is a caring and generous “The Zamboni will most likely be used

Driving a Zamboni sure beats having to shovel and sweep the ice! The
donation by the City of Cornwall should increase available ice times and
improve ice conditions at the community arena in Pond Inlet, Nunavut.
Photo supplied by the City of Cornwall.

in the coming weeks as the weather is quite a stir in the community. “When
starting to cool off enough to start the ice the Zamboni arrived, people of all
Residents of Pond Inlet were excited to receive a surplus Zamboni, making process,” said Mr. Kavanaugh. ages came out to see the new addition
which had been donated by the City of Cornwall. Photo supplied Over In addition to the Zamboni, a quantity of to the community arena,” said Robert
the course of their lifespan, most Zamboni’s cover a lot of territory, surplus hockey bags and various pieces Kavanaugh, an RCMP officer and
but never really go very far. A surplus model from the City of Cornwall of equipment from the Ontario Hockey community volunteer in Pond Inlet.
would seem to be the exception, having recently arrived in Pond Inlet, Academy, as well as some T-shirts from “Everyone is excited that this hockey
which is located on the northeastern tip of Baffin Island in the Territory Team Cornwall were donated. season will be that much better by having
of Nunavut. The arrival of the Zamboni caused the Zamboni resurfacing the ice.”