Events Archive « Orienteering Canada

2009 National Orienteering Week

February 1st, 2009

National Orienteering Week is May 2 – 10, 2009. It’s a great week to try out the sport of orienteering!

Date	Name / location	Location
Sat May 2	Learn to Orienteer, McIntyre Recreation Centre	Whitehorse, YK
Sat May 2	Camp Thunderbird	Victoria, BC
Sat May 2	Laurentian Spring Rogaine	Morin-Heights, QC
Sat May 2	Hartney	Hartney, MB
Sat May 2	Hemlock Ravine	Halifax, NS
Sun May 3	Mountview School	Williams Lake, BC
Sun May 3	WhatchamaCollett	Morningside, AB
Sun May 3	Hartney	Hartney, MB
Sun May 3	Mob-Match (ScoreO)	York County, ON
Sun May 3	Hopewell Rocks Sprint	Hopewell Cape, NB
Sun May 3	Lac Fortune Sud (P7) (email for more info)	Gatineau, QC
Tue May 5	Open house at SAIT	Calgary, AB
Tue May 5	Vincent Massey Park	Ottawa, ON
Tue May 5	Université de Moncton Sprint	Moncton, NB
Wed May 6	Mount Douglas Park	Victoria, BC
Web May 6	Central Park	Burnaby, BC
Wed May 6	Terwillegar Park	Edmonton, AB
Wed May 6	Edworthy Park	Calgary, AB
Wed May 6	Robert Service Campground	Whitehorse, YK
Wed May 6	Assiniboine Park	Winnipeg, MB
Wed May 6	Hidden Valley	Burlington/Hamilton, ON
Thu May 7	Nepean Sportsplex	Nepean, ON
Thu May 7	Rotary Park	Whitehorse, YK
Sat May 9	West Fraser Timber Park (12-4)	Quesnel, BC
Sat May 9	Centennial Park (Annual Flood-O)	Moncton, NB
Sat May 9	Canmore Nordic Centre	Canmore, AB
Sat May 9	Neepawa	Neepawa, MB
Sat May 9	Lumsden Dam	Wolfville, NS
Sun May 10	Riviere LaPeche	Gatineau Park, QC
Sun May 10	Rice Lake	Vancouver, BC
May 8,9,10	Skills camp (for all levels)	Edmonton, AB

2008 Events Archive

December 31st, 2008

Date	Name	Location
Jan 26	Winter Adventure Race (ski and snowshoe orienteering)	Mansfield, ON
Feb 3	Bois-de-Liesse Nature Park ski-orienteering	Montreal, QC
Feb 3	Fitzroy Harbour Provincial Park ski-orienteering	Ottawa, ON
Feb 10	Deep River ski-orienteering	Ottawa, ON
Feb 10	Black Jack ski-orienteering	Rossland, BC
Feb 15 – 17	Sprint training camp	Vancouver, BC
Feb 17	Far Hills ski-orienteering	Val Morin, QC
Feb 23	Salomon Snowshoe Raid 3 hour Adventure Run	Barrie, ON
Feb 23	Sun Peaks ski-orienteering	Kamloops, BC
Feb 24	Nakkertok Nordic Ski Club ski-orienteering	Ottawa, ON
Feb 24	Larch Hills ski-orienteering	Salmon Arm, BC
Mar 1	Sovereign Lake ski-orienteering	Vernon, BC
Mar 2	The Morgan Arboretum ski-orienteering	Montreal, QC
Mar 2	2008 Canadian Ski-Orienteering Championships at Stake Lake	Kamloops, BC
Apr 12	Salomon Giant’s Rib Raid 10K and 25K Adventure Run	Milton, ON
Apr 19 -20	Navigation Marathon	Saskatoon, SK
Apr 26 – 27	Halifax Regional Search and Rescue: Eco-Endurance Challenge	Halifax, NS
May 3 – 10	National Orienteering Week	across Canada
May 11	Middle distance World Ranking Event	Waterloo, ON
May 8 – 12	Annual Alberta training camp (all welcome)	Big Valley, AB
May 16 – 18	National Capital Orienteering Festival (2008 national team selection race)	Ottawa, ON
May 17 – 19	Sage Stomp	Kamloops, BC
June 8	Salomon Navstock Raid 6 hour Adventure Run	Barrie, ON
June 27 – 30	Western Canadian Orienteering Championships (FWOC)	Sundre, AB
July 19	Can-Am Police & Fire Games (open orienteering event included)	Saskatoon, SK
Aug 16 – 17	Fishbones Orienteering	Rockwood Park, NB
August 17 – 20	Sass Peepre National Junior Training camp	Saint John, NB
Aug 20 – 22	COF Conference	New Brunswick (Bay of Fundy National Park)
Aug 21 – 24	Canadian Orienteering Championships (including 2 World Ranking Events)	New Brunswick (Bay of Fundy National Park)
Aug 29 – Sep 1	Barebones Orienteering Festival	Canmore, AB
Sep 27 – 28	Alberta Orienteering Championships	Smoky Lake, AB
Oct 11 – 12	Ontario & Eastern Canadian Orienteering Championships	Toronto, ON (Ganaraska Regional Conservation Forest)
Nov 9	Salomon Raid the Hammer 10K and 25K Adventure Run	Hamilton, ON

2008 National Orienteering Week

March 27th, 2008

National Orienteering Week is May 3 – 11, 2008. It’s a great week to try out the sport of orienteering!

Date	Name	Location
Sat May 3	Annual Learn to Orienteer Clinic	Whitehorse, YK
Sat May3	Try Orienteering Clinic	Canmore, AB
Sat May 3	Lauder Sandhills Wildlife Area	Hartney, MB
Sat May 3	Rockwood Park (combined with St. Mark’s Scout Orienteering Challenge)	Saint John, NB
Sun May 4	Camp Thunderbird	Victoria, BC
Sun May 4	Dewdrop	Kamloops, BC
Sun May 4	Lauder Sandhills Wildlife Area	Hartney, MB
Sun May 4	Gatineau Park	Gatineau, QC
Tue May 6	University of Moncton	Moncton, NB
Tue May 6	Vincent Massey Park	Ottawa, ON
Wed May 7	Mt. Douglas Park	Victoria, BC
Wed May 7	Miles Canyon B meet	Whitehorse, YK
Wed May 7	Goldbar Park	Edmonton, AB
Wed May 7	University of Calgary (Olympic Oval)	Calgary, AB
Wed May 7	Adventure Attic Adventure Nite	Hamilton, ON
Wed May 7	Vincent Massey Park (part of the City of Ottawa’s Women in Sports program)	Ottawa, ON
Thu May 8	Orienteering for Seniors (and others too!)	Whitehorse, YK
Thu May 8	Selkirk Park	Selkirk, MB
Thu May 8	Welcome event at the Nepean Sportsplex	Nepean, ON
Sat May 10	The Forks	Winnipeg, MB
Sun May 11	Why Just Run at Rice Lake	Vancouver, BC
Sun May 11	Gatineau Park	Gatineau, QC
Sun May 11	Stars Spring Event	Cambridge, ON
Sun May 11	Odell Park	Fredericton, NB

2007 Events Archive

December 31st, 2007

Date	Name	Location
Feb 16 – 18	Sprint training camp	Vancouver, BC
Feb 24	Snowshoe Adventure Run	Barrie, ON
April 7	Giant’s Rib Raid Adventure Run	Milton, ON
April 21 – 22	Navigation Marathon & Dundurn Rogaine	Dundurn, SK
May 2 – 9	Orienteering Week in Canada	across Canada
May 13	Hardrock Adventure Run	Milton, ON
May 19 – 20 (A meet)	Eastern Canadian Orienteering Championships	Ottawa, ON
May 19 – 21	Sage Stomp	Kamloops, BC
May 26 – 27	Moose Creek Splash (one of the senior team selection races)	Canmore, AB
May 26 – 27	B-meet	Newcastle Island, Nanaimo, BC
June 3 (A meet)	Falcon Cup	Falcon Orienteering Club, NB
June 15 – 17	Nav-Stock (one of the senior team selection races)	Barrie, ON
June 23 – 14 (A meet)	AB Championships	Winfield, AB
June 29 – July 2 (A meet)	Spring Run-off including the BC Championships and a junior training camp	Kimberly, BC
July 22 – 25	COF National Conference	Saskatoon, SK
July 22 – 25	Sass Peepre Junior Training Camp	Dundurn, SK
July 27 – 29 (A meet)	Canadian Orienteering Championships (including 3 world ranking events)	Saskatoon & Prince Albert, SK
Aug 11 – 12	North Island Orienteering Festival	Courtenay, Comox, Parksville, BC
Aug 31 – Sept 3	Barebones Orienteering Festival	Camp Chief Hector, near Canmore, AB
Sept 23 (A meet)	New Brunswick Championships (long distance)	Rockwood
Oct 6 – 7	Ontario Orienteering Championships	Durham, ON
Oct 6 – 8	Western Canadian Orienteering Championships	Kamloops, BC (hosted byGVOC)
Oct 13 (A meet)	New Brunswick Championships (middle distance)	Wentworth, NS
Oct 13 – 14 (A meet)	Bluenose Classic	Hosted by North Shore Adventure Club
Oct 21	Peak-2-Peak	Hamilton, ON
Nov 11	Raid the Hammer Adventure Run	Hamilton, ON

2007 Orienteering Week in Canada

March 27th, 2007

Orienteering Week in Canada is May 2 – 9, 2007. It’s a great week to try out the sport of orienteering!

Date	Name	Location
May 2	Victoria Orienteering Club	Beaver Lake Park Victoria, BC
May 2	Yukon Orienteering Association	Whitehorse, YK
May 2	Edmonton Overlanders Orienteering Club	Kinsmen Park Edmonton, AB
May 3	Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club	S.A.I.T. Calgary, AB
May 3	Manitoba Orienteering Association	Kilcona Park Winnipeg MB
May 5	Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club	Rice Lake Vancouver, BC
May 5	Yukon Orienteering Association	Whitehorse, YK
May 5	Manitoba Orienteering Association	Birds Hill Provincial Park Winnipeg, MB
May 5	Ottawa Orienteering Club	Deep River, ON near Ottawa, ON
May 5	St. Marks Orienteering Challenge	Rockwood Park Saint John, NB
May 5	Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia	Victoria Park Truro, NS
May 6	Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club	Pacific Spirit Regional Park Vancouver, BC
May 6	Sage Orienteering Club	Kamloops, BC
May 6	Yukon Orienteering Association	Whitehorse, YK
May 6	Edmonton Overlanders Orienteering Club	Elk Island National Park near Edmonton, AB
May 6	Manitoba Orienteering Association	The Forks Winnipeg, MB
May 6	Loup Garou Orienteering Club	Gatineau Park near Hull, QC
May 6	Club Orientering Viking	Centre Nature Arundel Arundel, QC
May 6	Fredericton Foxes Orienteering Club	Odell Park Fredericton, NB
May 6	Fredericton Foxes Orienteering Club	Odell Park Fredericton, NB
May 6	Victoria Orienteering Club	Camp Thunderbird Vancouver Island, BC
May 8	Ottawa Orienteering Club	Vincent Massey Park Ottawa, ON
May 8	Falcons Orienteering Club	St. Anselm Park Dieppe, NB
May 9	Victoria Orienteering Club	Beaver Lake Park Victoria, BC
May 9	Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club	Edworthy Park Calgary, AB
May 9	Edmonton Overlanders Orienteering Club	Goldbar Park Edmonton, AB
May 9	Waterloo Stars	Waterloo Park Waterloo, ON
May 9	Ottawa Orienteering Club	Nepean, ON

2006 Orienteering Week in Canada

October 1st, 2006

In 2006, Sep 20 – 27th was Orienteering Week in Canada. Here are the 2006 OWIC events:

Calgary
Sep 20, 24 and 27th, the orienteering club in Calgary had their OWIC events.

Whitehorse
Sept 13, 16 and 17th, the Yukon had their OWIC events.

Vancouver
The GVOC OWIC club champs in sprint and long were held on Sep 24th.

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