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Official Opening Day at the Summerstown Trails
By Jean Pierre Tibi installed a permanent shelter in the
old parking lot, developed a new
trail, and more.
ummerstown – The Friends of the
SSummerstown Trails (FOTST) FOTST president Vic Leroux
are getting ready to officially mark is enthusiastic about the coming
the start of the 2023 season. Starting season. “With the lessening of the
at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., join us on public health measures the schools
Sunday, January 15, for a day of are back on board with field trips, and
family-friendly activities. We’ll all of the available dates in January
have free XC ski, snowshoe, and and February are fully booked!”
fat bike rentals, volunteers to act as He went on to add that, “we are
guides on the trails, and hot chocolate looking at running a near-normal
by the fire to warm you up…, and season and everything is in place to
marshmallows for the kids. A great have our weekend rental program of
way to start the season! equipment, host our special events,
and offer our kids and adult Learn-to
Thanks to special grants, our
donors, and member support, our Ski programs.” A young family taking advantage of the free equipment rentals on a
previous Opening Day at the Summerstown Trails. Photo Submitted
volunteer organization is able to We hope that those who have
continue to improve the trails, with never visited the trails will use this groomed XC ski trails for both classic located on Summerstown Road, 1.6
significant changes occurring in the opportunity to discover this gem of a and skating techniques, and a separate km north of exit 804 off the 401, and
past few months. We have finalized place right in our own backyard. The network of 11 km of snowshoe and are open seven days a week. There is
the school portable renovations, Summerstown Trails offer 18 km of groomed fat bike trails. The trails are no charge to access the trails.
South Branch Garage presents
“Game On” in South Glengarry
Meet our Athletes
Liam MacLachlan
Grade: 10
School: Char-Lan DHS
2023’s first Game On athlete is Liam
MacLachlan. Born and raised in South
Glengarry, this farm kid works, learns,
and plays in the Char-Lan district. “My
favourite sport is hockey and in the
summer, I like to play soccer,” Liam
states.
Currently, Liam plays defence with the U18 B Rep Char-Lan Rebels.
He also suits up to play with the CLDHS varsity hockey team. During
the summer months, Liam plays for the Glengarry Hearts and with
the Char-Lan squad in the Glengarry Soccer League. He also plays
high school basketball. “I’ve never played baseball though. That’s a
sport I’d like to try at some point,” he adds.
“What I like about playing sports is being on a team with my friends
and of course, winning,” Liam explains. “The hardest part about
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