Tapiola Ski Trails
The Tapiola Ski Trails are cross-country ski trails off Government Road in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They began as a Reipas Athletic Club complex and were long owned by the Finlandia Association of Thunder Bay, whose volunteers maintained them.[1][2]
When Finlandia was dissolved in 2020, Arlene Thorn and Joe O'Hearn, founders of the Northern Lights School, bought the 13-acre property and took over the lease of the adjoining city-owned land the trails cross.[2][3] Former Finlandia members and trail volunteers formed the Tapiola Association to keep the trails and events going.[3]
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References
- ↑ Puumala, Lana. Themes on Finnish Settlement in the Thunder Bay Area (MA thesis, Lakehead University, c. 2004).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tapiola ski trails to move forward with new owners". CBC News (2020).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Coming Together". The Walleye (c. 2021).