We made our presence known at the Cabbagetown Festival in the parade and on the street. The youth who came had fun marching with our
Category: Sea Scouts
Scout Whitewater Trip on the Madawaska River, July 2011
All photos, not text.
Annual Group Picnic this Thursday, 6pm at Riverdale Park
Our end of year picnic is this Thursday at Riverdale Park West, at the picnic tables just out side the farm gate. We’ll meet at
Scout bike hike on the last regular meeting of the year
We had a good ride through the Don Valley up to the brick works and then down to the lake where we went canoeing last Saturday. The ride was about 2½ hours long. While we were in the brickworks, we rode all over the site, including to the top of the Governor’s Bridge lookout where we stopped for a bit to look around and take some pictures.
Scouts visit Toronto Police Marine Unit
Scouter Keith’s friend Bruce Hollowell is head of lifeguard services at Toronto Police Services and led us on a tour of the Marine Unit and a tour of the harbour on a police boat. The oldest boat they have is a beautiful wooden one built in 1939, now only used for special occasions. We also held a horseshoe to officially became a Sea Scout Troop while we were there. Some pictures follow.
Leave No Trace principles and emergency shelter building
The weather was awful and every one of the Scouts was late, but those who turned up headed down into the Don Valley to work on a few more Scouting skills. We did some activities related to Leave No Trace and discussed it for a while and then worked on shelter building after lunch. Some photos from Siddharths’s camera follow. Thanks for bringing it Siddharth!
Riverdale Park Cleanup
Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and parents gathered in truly dreadful weather to clean up one of our local neglected spaces just south of Riverdale Park West. A big thank you to everyone who came out and helped. You should be very proud of yourselves for your commitment to Scouting ideals. A few pictures follow.
One of the Beavers had this to say: “I wish humankind would change its mind so it would stop littering.”
Scout hike in Toronto ravines and trails
We just returned home from a fun hike from Eglinton West Subway station to the Ontario Science Centre via the Evergeen Brick Works. Map of
The whole troop at Toronto Climbing Academy
The whole troop went climbing at the Toronto Climbing Academy yesterday. There was unfortunately some lack of clarity about how it was all going to work, but in the end we had a good time. It’s a great gym, with great staff.
Scouts learn basic climbing skills
The older Scouts and leaders did a basic climbing course at the Toronto Climbing Academy on Saturday. We learned how to put on the harness,