Photography and History of Quetico Park and Thunder Bay Area
The first Ontario Cup of 2012 was held at the Lappe Nordic Centre near Thunder Bay, Ontario. A 3 km Classic Race was held in each race class on January 6th and Classic Sprints were held on January 7th.
View the Gallery ‘Ontario Cup 2012 – January 6th and 7th Classic Races’
The Freestyle Races of theOntario Cup were held on January 8 at the Lappe Nordic Centre.
View the Gallery ‘Ontario Cup 2012 – January 8 Skate Races’
In 1995, the World Nordic Games were held in Thunder Bay, Ontario. From March 9 to March 19, Big Thunder Sports Park in Thunder Bay was the host to the biggest event in cross country skiing, nordic games and ski jumping. What an excellent facility this was – terrifiic trails and a wonderful place to watch skiers competing. The 1995 Nordic Games was only the second time that the championships were held outside of Europe.
View the Gallery ‘World Nordic Games in Thunder Bay’
As a warmup for the Nordic Games the following year, from March 19-20 the last World Cup in the 1993-1994 season was held at Big Thunder in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
View the Gallery ‘World Cup in Thunder Bay in 1994′
The 34th annual Sleeping Giant Loppet was held on March 5, 2011. Close to 800 skiers took part in the loppet on a beautiful, warm, sunny day.
View the Gallery ‘Sleeping Giant Loppet 2011′
It is difficult to capture the speed and action of cross country ski racing. These photos were taken at a sprint race held on the Thursday night prior to the Sleeping Giant Loppet. I was unable to get good photos in the artifical light at the night race so I concentrated on trying to capture some of the flowing motion of cross country skiing.
View the Gallery ‘Cross Country Skiers in Motion’
The Sleeping Giant Loppet takes place in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park near Thunder Bay, Ontario every year on the first Saturday in March. This loppet (formerly known as the Sibley Ski Tour) provides both recreational and competitive races in a variety of distances, including challenging and highly competitive 50km skate and classic races.
View the Gallery ‘Sleeping Giant Loppet 2010′
The 2008 World Cup, held in January at Canmore Alberta, drew many of the world’s top cross country skiers. The event was blessed with bright, sunny weather and cold, but not too cold, temperatures. There were four distance races: a 10km Skate race for women, a 15 km Skate race for men, a 15 km Pursuit for women and a 30km Pursuit for men.
View the Gallery ‘Canmore World Cup 2008 – Distance Races’
Sprints were held in both classic and skate techniques at this World Cup in Canmore, Alberta. Chandra Crawford won the skate sprint to the delight of an enthusiastic crowd in her home town.
View the Gallery ‘Canmore World Cup 2008 – Sprint Races’
Skiing action from a few Ontario Cup races held in Thunder Bay at the Lappe Nordic Centre and the Kamview Nordic Centre from 2006 to 2009.
View the Gallery ‘Ontario Cups in Thunder Bay’
Canmore, Alberta was host to a World Cup from December 12-15 in 2005 and Canadian skiers showed they could compete successfully against the best in the world. Beckie Scott won a silver medal in the 10 skate race and she and Sara Renner skied to silver medal in the team sprint before a large, enthusiastic audience. These photos were taken on slide film and the slides were then digitalized to use on the website.
View the Gallery ’2005 Canmore World Cup’
A collection of cross country photos from many venues and through many years. Photos were taken in Thunder Bay (Lappe Nordic Centre, Kamview Nordic Centre and one at Big Thunder) with the exception of photos from trails near Atikokan, Ontario.
View the Gallery ‘Cross Country Skiing in the Thunder Bay Area’