Family friendly winter activities - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA

"'It's a great winter activity,' said Real Carre, the director of leisure services for Sudbury. 'I think that's the key word of the day. When you look at things people like to do in the wintertime, we try the best we can to provide facilities that will facilit at e that. It really gets the people out of the winter blues and gives them an opportunity to participate in recreational programs. It's exciting for the folks participating.'"

Sudbury Sports News - Alannah MacLean nabs gold at Ontario Cup race

"It was an exciting start to the Nordic ski season for Alannah MacLean, representing the Walden Cross-Country Fitness Club and taking home gold by the slimmest of margins at the first race in the Ontario Cup series in Duntroon earlier this month."

Roest rips up the track at Ontario Cup race - Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin - Ontario, CA

"Collingwood para-skier Robbie Roest lived up to his nickname of 'The Rocket' earlier this month.

Roest, who has cerebral palsy, won the 600-metre sprint to claim a gold medal at the Ontario Cup cross-country ski races at Highlands Nordic in Duntroon Dec. 18.

Coach Gray Fohr said 14 para-Nordic racers from across Ontario attended the event, including Paralympics cross-country skier and World Champion tandem-cyclist Robbi Weldon from Thunder Bay."

Kearney Dog Sled Races Return to North Muskoka – American Consumer News

"The 17th Annual Kearney Dog Sled Races, to take place on February 12th and 13th, 2011, will once again be held in the small North Muskoka community of Kearney, located just 43 kilometres north of Huntsville, Ontario. Each year, area businesses and residents alike, look forward to this exciting annual winter event. It is considered to be the highlight of the Almaguin Highland- Near-North tourist area’s winter season, attracting visitors to the region from across the province and as far away as the United States."

Waterfront Cycling Mississauga - Waterfront Cycling at Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Eventful

"PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE CANCELLED IF THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW ZERO OR IF IT IS RAINING OR SNOWING! _______________ We will ride at a moderate pace along the Waterfront Trail from J.C. Saddington Park to Marie Curtis Park and back. This ride usually takes about an hour and a half. Please bring water and wear a helmet. Your bike should be in good shape and have a bell. Make sure your tires are properly inflated."

Winter cycling - The Sarnia Observer - Ontario, CA

"The 3rd annual Polar Bear Ride is set for New Year's Day. All cyclists are welcome to participate, beginning at Huron Baptist Church, 1285 Michigan, at 11 a.m. Cyclists will proceed at a moderate pace down the Howard Watson Nature Trail to Bright's Grove, followed by lunch. Riders should dress warmly. For more call Doug at 519-869-4116 or e-mail dmcclintock@sympatico.ca."

Exploring Ontario in the Winter – Hello from Barrie: Lots of Winter Fun without Need for Mountains

"Our winter getaway over the last two days was supposed to include a couple of different activities: snow-tubing and outdoor skating. Well, our outdoor skating fell through, due to the extraordinarily warm conditions, however, we had a beautiful day yesterday on Kempenfelt Bay in Barrie, where we enjoyed some great outdoor time on frozen Lake Simcoe."

Watertown Daily Times | Fort Wellington expanding visitor center

"A $3.1 million expansion of Fort Wellington's visitors center will highlight this Canadian community's place in history during the War of 1812.

Construction on the Fort Wellington National Historic Site Visitors Centre is set to begin next year, according to Michele Monette, media relations officer for Parks Canada."

For great trails in heritage sites see: Trails of 1812

Park will soon boast highest number of yurts - Owen Sound Sun Times - Ontario, CA

"MacGregor Point Provincial Park is well known for its beautiful shoreline access to Lake Huron in the summer. It's also becoming a popular winter destination with cross country skiing, snowshoeing and ice skating. Snowmobiles are allowed on certain roadways in the park.

To enhance the winter experience the park is increasing the number of yurts that visitors use to stay over night in luxury camping accommodations."

Click the link for other Ontario backcountry and camping trail experiences

Pinehurst open for winter activities - Paris Star - Ontario, CA

"Paris residents may have dodged a few feet of snow that fell in surrounding South Western Communities earlier this month, but it seems Brant County got enough of the white stuff for Pinehurst Lake Conservation Area to open their winter activities."

Click the link for a fuller list of cross-country trails

Off-roading in Parry Sound Ontario, fun for the whole family | Muchmor Magazine

"Ontario sits high on a ledge of rock and water – the great Canadian Shield. It’s a spectacular mix of geography that combines rugged Georgian Bay shoreline with hundreds of thousands of lakes the glaciers left behind in their haste to head south. No wonder the passion for exploration has permeated the culture here for hundreds of years."

Click the link for a fuller list of Ontario Trails ORVing

Minister fails staged Q&A - Brantford Expositor - Ontario, CA

"Access by the public to Crown land in Northern Ontario is not an issue of a single snowmobiler using the wrong access to a park. It is about thousands of local citizens being refused access to thousands of miles of crown lands that they have had a traditional right to fish, hunt, hike, ATV, snowmobile and berry-pick in for decades. Brown, being from Northern Ontario, attempts to broach the issue himself in his supplemental, but to no avail."
Gaye Smith, Former Chairman Temagami Stewardship Council R.R.#3, Paisley, ON

cross-country skiing « Sweet & Loveable

"Albion Hills (Ontario, Canada) OPEN December 26th, 2010 for skiing and snowshoeing.

Enjoy winter this year – go cross country skiing at Albion Hills!"

Click here for a fuller list of cross country skiing trails

Toronto Bruce Trail Hosts Hikes

Sunday, December 26 2010 Urban walk Level II - Toronto Island
LENGTH OF HIKE: 12 km, PACE 4 km/hr, TERRAIN Mostly flat
Dropout at anytime, Hiking boots.
Meet at 10 am inside waiting area for ferry docks at the foot of Bay St. Depart 10:30 am, Ferry Dock.
Larry Haigh, (416) 432-1239 before 8 pm
Ferry $6.50, $4.00 for seniors, $3.00 for children, all return fares. We will catch the 3:15 or 3:45 pm ferry to be back in Toronto about 4 pm. Avoid the Boxing Day crowds. The islands are quiet in winter.

For a full list of places to walk or hike in Ontario see: Ontario Trails Maps

Trails begin to open for snowmobiling - Midland Free Press - Ontario, CA

"A Orillia District Snowmobile Club trail groomer ended up stuck in a swamp Friday in Oro-Medonte, while crews were preparing to open the trail. Better them than a snowmobile though, says club president John Britten.

'The swamp wasn't frozen good enough,' Britten said on Friday. 'If a sled went through there, they would be stuck in there and it would just be a nightmare.'

The Uhthoff Trail running from Holcroft Road in the north end of Orillia to past Coldwater is the only Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail open in this area."

OPP, STOP officers to patrol Ontario trails once opened, groomed | International Falls Journal

"OPP Staff Report:Ontario Provincial Police officers will patrol snowmobile trails once they are open and groomed.
In addition, the OPP would like to pass on some safety tips:" see link for more.

Capreol Cross Country Ski Club trails now open - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA

"The Capreol Cross Country Ski Club reports that all trails are groomed and double track set.
Skiing conditions are good, the club said in a release.

The chalet is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. through 4 p.m.

Ski rentals are available.

For further information, call the chalet during open hours at 858-0555."

It’s like a cottage in winter | Travel | London Free Press

"Billed at the 'world's largest indoor lake,' this is the centerpiece of the boating show experience.

The Lake is 'an engineering marvel' that takes more than six days to create with more than 4.5-million litres of frigid Lake Ontario water flooding the coliseum, said publicist Tran Nguyen.

This is where visitors can watch professional wakeboarders and wakeskaters perform grinds, tricks and flips or join the fun with lessons offered for the first time."

Boldly go where no man has gone before..., Photos of Ontario, Canada

"There are no limits as to where you can go it really comes down to can you actually cut it. Northwestern Ontario's wilderness is a challenge to the hardiest of of outdoorsman."

Click the link for a fuller listing of trails in Northwest Ontario

City winter guide 2010: skating rinks, trails and more – Toronto Update

"City winter guide 2010: skating rinks, trails and more

If you’re looking for some fun winter activity ideas to work off some of that holiday cheer, Toronto’s public parks and skating arenas are offering affordable and fun activities that can help drive us out of hibernation."

Tell them you think they should join the OTC - after all we list their trails: Toronto Trails