Projects | Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund Society

Economic Growth

Recipient: Village of Burns Lake
Amount: 46730
Date: 2011-07-28
Areas: Burns Lake and Southside
Sectors: Community Infrastructure
Strategy: Tourism-Recreational Infrastructure
Description: Village of Burns Lake plans to increase economic activity and participation at Spirit Square and the Tom Forsyth Arena by making improvements at each facility. Spirit Square and the Tom Forsyth Arena encompass an area with recreational opportunities for ice sports, water sports, skateboarding, curling, tennis, self-directed exercise, and free camping. For the Arena, the project includes the purchase of two regulation hockey nets and 9-foot dividers to replace the currently used 30 cm foam-dividers, which will allow two teams (ice or no ice) to play simultaneously thereby increasing capacity. Project also includes the purchase and installation of solar lighting at Spirit Square, which produces no greenhouse gases while increasing the operating hours and reducing the cost of lighting. As well, the proponent will purchase kayaks, canoes, and skateboards to rent to locals and tourists.

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Nechako Nordics

To NKDF Board of Directors, I am writing on behalf of the Nechako Nordics to share our Success Story. Our club is the Ski Section of the Nechako Valley Sporting Association in Vanderhoof, BC. We have been active...

~Nechako Nordics

To NKDF Board of Directors,

I am writing on behalf of the Nechako Nordics to share our Success Story.

Our club is the Ski Section of the Nechako Valley Sporting Association in Vanderhoof, BC. We have been active for over 30 years and have produced both elite athletes and many more recreational skiers. Several of our athletes have competed provincially for British Columbia and Canada internationally. It is worthwhile noting that the head official at the 2007 and 2015 Canada Games and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics for biathlon was from our club.

The Nechako Valley Sporting Association is a nonprofit organization that has received a significant amount of financial support from the Nechako Kitamaat Development fund over the past 14 years including:

Water and Septic Service for our Clubhouse (February 2004): $8,000
Trap Equipment (January 2011): $22,768
Under Ground Lighting for our ski trails) (March 2015): $35,000
Ski S'kool Cross Country Ski Equipment (July 2016): $3,806
Administration and Timing Building (September 2016): $13,500
Ski Terrain Park and Adventure Trail (June 2018): $3,783

That is a total of $86,857!

The NVSA Trail System now has over 11km of trail tracked for classic skiing, over 8km of trail groomed for skate skiing and more than 2km of lit trails for night skiing. All trails are well marked with good signage. The club has a heated day lodge on site, with running water, indoor bathrooms and waxing facilities. We also have good, well maintained grooming and tracking equipment.

With the help of the NKDF we have significantly increased the number of skiers using our facilities in the last several years. In 2018 we had five Bunnies, twenty seven Jackrabbits, six Racers, four Biathletes and 282 school students attend our Ski S’Kool Program. In total there are now more than 450 active recreational skiers in the Vanderhoof area! Lots of happy skiers and lots of good skiing conditions!

This year’s skiing promises to be even more exciting! Over the summer the Nechako Nordics have created a new Terrain Park and Adventure Trail adjacent to our Clubhouse full of humps, bumps and jumps suitable for all young at heart skiers. We are also hosting the TECK Northern Cup #1 cross country ski race on January 19, 2019 and the Biathlon BC Cup #4 on February 1-3, 2019.

These successes would not have been possible without the generous support from the NKDF.

Thank you very much and congratulations on contributing more than 10 million dollars across the investment area. Your support is very much appreciated!

Yours truly,
Richard D. Burkholder, Chairman
Nechako Nordics