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2005 - Larry Labelle initiated snow shoe trail development and 3 snow shoe trails were opened.
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2004 - Stan Kaczmarek headed up the Light the Trails Campaign and in 2004, 4 kms of trails were lit for night skiing.
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January, 1973 - the club was incorporated in 1973. The first year members met at All Season's Park located on Kraft Creek Road.
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1974-75 - The club was located at Kamiscotia Ski Resorts. Volunteers developed ten kilometers of trails and
undertook an ambitious series of activities including hosting the Northern Ontario Cross Country Ski Championship.
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1976-77 - The present location in Schumacher became the home for the club. They developed two five kilometer trails, a three kilometer trail and at first used a small shelter attached to the old Croatian Pavilion as their "wax shack".
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1978-79 - Volunteers and students cut an additional five kilometers of trail to produce the Yellow Trail (not quite the same as it is today). The club hosted the Northern Ontario Championship.
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1980-81 - Trail developers at the club first used wood chips as a base. The club organized its first loppet at Kettle Lakes Park.
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1982-83 - The club moved into its tenth year and also into an expanded Chalet. A government work program assisted the club in cutting a new section of trail to South Porcupine. The loppet was moved to the club's trails and the first Jackrabbit group was organized.
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1983 - Student workers organized by volunteers cut the Olympic loop.
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1984-85 - Skate skiing was becoming popular and the club's executive began planning to cope with new trail and equipment needs to accommodate this technique.
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1988 - Volunteers did a major amount of work to build a new garage (now G88), widen the trails and cut new sections of trail because of the ERG mining project. The "Big Red" machine was purchased to cope with grooming wider trails.
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1992 - The club hosted the Ontario Championships. In the summer a swampy section near the chalet was partially filled with gravel from a highway construction project and a large trailer that was donated to the club was moved onto the site. In the summer of 1993, this trailer was remodeled to provide additional chalet space.
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1993-94 - As the 20th anniversary was celebrated, the membership count surpassed 1000 for the first time. Near the end of the ski season the first 12-hour challenge was organized and 38 skiers skied a combined total of 2013 km as each attempted to complete a personal objective of 25, 50, 75 or 100 km. within a 12 hour span.
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1994-95 - A used Bombardier BR400 grooming machine was purchased and a new garage built to house it. An agreement with Royal Oak Mining Company gave the club a long term arrangement for land tenure.
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1995-96 - The club achieved a record 1114 members. Wood chips were spread on additional sections of trails to complete approximately 13 km of wood chip covered trails. One hundred and fifteen tractor trailer loads of wood chips were spread in the spring while the ground was still frozen.
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1997-99 - The club's 25th anniversary was celebrated in January, 1998. Washrooms were installed in the summer of 1998 and a second BR400 grooming machine was purchased. Another garage was built in the summer of 1999 to store this additional equipment. In March, 1999, the Nordic Skiing competitions of the Ontario Special Olympics were hosted.
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2002 - Club members were elated when Kinross Gold Corporation donated 350 acres of land to the club including that on which the chalet is located. Lights were completed on the 3 km blue loop. A sprint trail was cut by volunteers within the green loop in preparation for hosting Ontario Cup races and the Canada Winter Games selection races. Seventeen loads of woodchips were spread in October 2002.
