Outdoors and Tourist Website: SummerBC.com

Here's a new BC Outdoors and tourism website called Summer BC.

Summer BC offers British Columbia tourism, travel, and vacation resources including BC resorts & hotels, BC RV parks & RV camping, campgrounds, outdoor gear and outdoor adventures including fishing, golf & hiking.

Here's what they say about BC's Parks:
"British Columbia Canada boasts some of the most beautiful parks in the world. If you're travelling to Canada, and especially if you're travelling to BC, make a point of visiting at least one of BC's parks. You'll be blown away by the beauty of the lakes, mountains, forests, and diverse ecosystems that make up so much of Beautiful British Columbia, known as the most beautiful place on earth."

New BC Orienteering Club

Here's some info from a new club starting up in Chilliwack. Contact them if you're interested. The club leader, Rick, wrote:

I am in the process of forming a new Club, the Fraser Valley Orienteering Club (FVOC), to look after the Abbotsford-Hope area, and based in Chilliwack...

Orienteering is all about getting from point A to points B, C, D and so on, using just a map and compass... It can be done as a leisurely stroll taking Grandma and the Kids along, or it can be done in a highly competitive manner, against the clock, at a World Class level... It can be thought of as hiking with a twist... you don’t have to stick to the trails, you can go (delicately) through the forest too... each person (or small team) can decide their own route, easy or hard, shorter or longer, as long as you get to the designated point(s)...

There is a Canadian Orientation Federation, and an Orienteering Association of BC... there is a Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club too (GVOC)... and they have offered to take us “under their wings” until we can get going on our own...

What I would like to know is:

• Is there any interest in the Chilliwack area to partake in such an activity, if it was up and running?

• Are there any people who would be interested in forming part of the volunteer Executive or Staffing positions?

• Should we look at this as being a “part” of HikeChilliwack or Chilliwack Outdoors Club, from simply an activity standpoint, or should it be a separate entity altogether? (Membership Fees will be required to cover insurance and Federation costs)...

There is a lot of information available on the internet... just Google “Orienteering” and see what comes up... or get hold of me... Thanks...

Rick Walker
604 847 0082
chillijack@gmail.com