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Beckie Scott during the torch relay for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, July 2012. Scott was born in Vegreville, Alberta, but grew up in Vermilion, Alberta.Supported by her parents, she began cross-country skiing at the age of five. [7]
Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located immediately west of Canmore, 105 km (65 mi) west of Calgary.. This provincial park is situated at the foot of Mount Rundle within the Canadian Rocky Mountains along Bow Valley and the Trans-Canada Highway, at an elevation of 1,400 m (4,600 ft), and has a surface of 4.5 km 2 (1.7 sq mi).
The park was first constructed in the early 1950s, and opened to the public on May 29, 1953. Vermilion Provincial Park was the 7th park integrated into the Alberta Parks system [1] [circular reference]. One of the key features of the park is that the Vermilion River was dammed to create an artificial lake (the 6.3 km long Vermilion Park Lake).
Gogebic County and neighboring Iron County, across the state line in Wisconsin, are heavily promoted during the ski season as "Big Snow Country". Heavy lake-effect snow from cold northerly winds blowing across the relatively warm waters of nearby Lake Superior result in large annual accumulations of up to 200 inches (5.1 m) of snow in northern ...
The lake is near the Superior National Forest and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). The Minnesota DNR ranks Lake Vermilion as the fifth largest lake by surface area for bodies of water entirely within Minnesota borders. The surface area of Lake Vermilion is 39,271 acres (158.9 km 2) and has a maximum depth of 76 feet (23 m). [3]
Vermilion is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Vermilion River. It is at the intersection of Highway 16 ( Yellowhead Highway ) and Highway 41 ( Buffalo Trail ), approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Lloydminster and 192 kilometres (119 mi) east of Edmonton .
Ski orienteering map. A person taking part in competitions in ski orienteering is equipped with: Clothing adequate for cross-country skiing, boots and skis and ski poles. Map holder worn on chest. An orienteering map provided by the organizer, showing the control points which must be visited in order. The map is designed to give all the ...
The hills of St. Moritz hosted the cross-country skiing events for both the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. Soldier Hollow hosted the cross-country skiing events for the 2002 Winter Olympics in neighboring Salt Lake City.