News  & Coming events

Poker Pedal - Sunday, May 13 - Mothers' Day:  bring Mom and the whole family!  This year, the event starts at the Perry Siding Trailhead at 11AM and we will ride north to Slocan, collecting a poker hand along the way.  Hotdogs, fruit and beverages will be provided at no charge - although donations towards the costs are always gratefully accepted.  There will be a free draw for door prizes, too!

Dedication ceremony - new Interpretive Signage - Japanese-Canadian Internment at Lemon Creek and Popoff - on Saturday, June 16 at 2PM at the Lemon Creek site (on the SVRT just south of Lemon Creek Lodge) and at 3PM at the Popoff site (less than 1km south of Gravel Pit Road on the SVRT).  Famous Canadian author Joy Kogawa will be participating in the signage dedication.  Displays, films and a social will take place at the Legion Hall in Slocan from 4PM until 6PM. 

There are only 100 tickets available for a $25/plate buffet supper and evening with Joy Kogawa at the Legion Hall beginning at 6PM.  Other Japanese-Canadians who were interned in the Slocan Valley from 1942 - 46 are planning to participate as well as local authors and dignitaries.  Tickets for the dinner will go on sale in May - watch this site for details - and it is expected they will sell out in advance of this event.

Day on the Trail -  We had a great turnout for our 8th annual Day on the Trail on January 29, 2012 - about a hundred people enjoyed the bonfire, hot-chocolate and hotdogs!

Full-moon Ski - January 8th - Another success with 85 people (but no moon!) skiing and walking in to the bonfire.

Fall Colours Bike Ride - the Weatherman cooperated on Sunday, October 16, 2011 for our second annual bike ride enabling the 80 or so participants to enjoy the spectacular fall scenery experienced along the rail trail. We could not have asked for a better day to enjoy a fall bike ride - from South Slocan north 8km to a beautiful, private location behind Kosiansic's Hill where we enjoyed hotdogs, beverages and socializing - before either heading back to South Slocan or extending our rides northward. We had the 2 electric-assist bicycles on hand for those 55+ to try out and several people did just that. Thanks to everyone who helped organize this event!

Interpretive signage - 2 new panels depicting the history of settlement in the Slocan Valley are now mounted on the kiosks at Vallican (about 2 km north of the Passmore trailhead) and near the archaeological site 2 km north of the Lemon Creek trailhead. Both kiosks now have panels explaining prehistory on one side, and the historic period on the other side.

Interpretive signage is currently being developed to create awareness of 2 Japanese-Canadian internment sites alongside the rail trail - one at Popoff Farm (about 2 km south of Slocan) and one at Lemon Creek (just south of Lemon Creek Lodge). This signage may be ready for mounting by the summer of 2012.  The autumn of 2012 marks the 70th anniversary of the internment of Japanese Canadians in the Slocan Valley between 1942 and 1946 when the camps were demolished.

News item re Archaeological Interpretation Event held on Sunday, July 24, 2011 - approximately 350 people trekked to the prehistoric village site 1.5 km north of Lemon Creek for this event. Archaeologist Nathan Goodale and the Hamilton College field school provided an intimate and detailed tour of the site by sending small groups of 15 to 20 on the one-hour tour with a new group starting about every 20 minutes. A BBQ lunch was provided by the SVHTS - although the large number of visitors, more than twice as many as expected, meant that the food ran out before everyone could be served. By all accounts, everyone was very happy with the experience with visitors coming from around the region and beyond.

  New website and brochure

Slocan Valley Rail Trail marketing initiative. With funding obtained from the CBT Community Initiatives program, the SVHTS has engaged i9 Design of Slocan to create a new website, a new promotional brochure and to market local hospitality and service businesses to potential rail trail users from out of the area.  You have obviously found the new website.  The brochure was completed and 2500 copies delivered in November, 2011.  Nineteen local businesses have their advertisements in the brochure.

 

 

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