Big Thunder Nordic
Big Thunder Nordic is a cross-country ski club in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It was founded as the Thunder Bay Ski Club in 1970 (the zone4 club directory gives 1972), with trails at Centennial Park.[1][2]
The club ran the area's first Jackrabbit programme, moved to Centennial Golf Course and Retto Lake in 1976–77, and later used the Big Thunder site, where it hosted cross-country World Cup races in 1989 and 1994.[1] When Big Thunder closed in 1996 the club moved to Kamview, run by Thunder Bay Nordic Trails.[1][3] Cross-country skier Max Hollmann skis with the club.[4]
See also
Thunder Bay Museum material (October 2026)
In 1998 the club (formerly the Thunder Bay Ski Club) had more than 70 people in Thursday-evening programmes at Kamview (Thunder Bay Nordic Trails). Coaches Martti Puumala and Dave Chony ran "Martti's Masters" for skiers over 30, by then in its fourth year with 27 participants. The programme had started while the club was at Big Thunder, and Canadian Masters medallist Lee-Anne Facey-Crowther had been a member from the start. The club's motto was "ski for life".[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "History". Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club.
- ↑ "Big Thunder Nordic". Zone4 club directory.
- ↑ "Kamview Nordic Centre". Thunder Bay Nordic Trails.
- ↑ "Max Hollmann". Wikipedia.
- ↑ Bailey, Jim. "Ski program helps masters" ("Around the Trails" column). The Chronicle-Journal, 17 January 1998; clipping from the Thunder Bay Museum archives, supplied by Emma Hurley Warren (archival assistant) in an email to Michael Currie, 26 October 2026 (personal communication). Scan.
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