Scout Whitewater Trip on the Madawaska River, July 2011
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Joining us for 2011/2012
We’re gearing up for a great year and are planning our programs. You can find some photos and details on the section pages linked at
It starts with Scouts.
A recent Youtube spot about Scouting.
The wind up for 2010/2011
Our end of year Picnic was a great success with decent weather for a change. There was lots of food and fun. We said goodbye to a great leader and welcomed two new ones. We’re getting ready for summer camps at Haliburton Scout Reserve and on the Madawaska River. We’re ordering group badges for our uniforms. We’re hatching grand plans for next season and think it’s going to be our best one ever. See you all soon!
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.
Cubs Mystery Tour
Several Toronto Packs worked together to do a Mystery Tour in Toronto. Our pack was one of them. See if you recognise where they are in any of the photos.
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.
Cubs visit model railroad
On April 19, the 403rd Cub Pack visited the Scarborough Model Railroaders Club. We wanted to learn more about the aspects model railroading. These include track layout, making scenery, electrical layout and control, railroad themes, different scales of railroads, and the display of different railroading time periods. This club really loves model railroading and we got to see so many behind the scene features of the two sets they have operating. This visit and model railroading are included in the Artist, Carpenter, Collector, Handicraft badges and the Canadian Arts Award. Everyone had a great time.
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!