January 2023
MG 30 presentation at NE Municorr
Busy snowmobile season
February 2023
Trans Canada Trail trail classification completed
RRTS Quickly drafted NTS CTF proposals for federal grants
March 2023
EconoMusee tour focuses on tourism growth plans
Discussions on Tourism Zone Strategy
Discussions with Tourism Alberta on NE Municorr properties
April 2023
Prairie Can Project completion (Artisan at Work, Digital Media Repository, Training Instructors for Tourism Promotion Training, Ag, Food & Tourism strategy)
ASA GPS coordinates for staging areas along the IHT
May 2023
Beginning discussions about land titles for Heinsburg Provincial Historic Site
June 2023
Approved for funding through the Trans Canada Trail for 2 Billion Tree Project for 10,000 trees each year from 2024 through to 2028.
Lights installed in St Paul along trail
Presentation to Athabasca Landing Trail Association
Agreement for Pathways Alliance (CNRL) for CO2 line survey work
July
On July 31RRTS attended an opening of a pedestrian bridge which is underslung the new bridge across the North Saskatchewan River at Fort Saskatchewan. The local municipalities combined with other funders to build this $5 million project. It should now be possible when a trail is finished from Edmonton to Devon for hikers and bikers to travel from Devon to Cold Lake or the Saskatchewan border at Onion Lake. The route would be from Devon to Edmonton through the River Valley Authority trails to Fort Saskatchewan. From there trail users can use the Lamoureux trail, a part of the Athabasca Trail and use a back road connection to Waskatneau. From there they would be on the Iron Horse Trail to either Cold Lake or Heinsburg. From Heinsburg there is an TCT on-road connection to the Saskatchewan Border at Onion Lake. This bridge completed our RRTS 1999 goal of building a trail from Fort Saskatchewan to the Saskatchewan Border north of the North Saskatchewan River.
We helped the Elk Point Chamber of Commerce give information to Communities in Bloom evaluators on August 2.
September
RRTS volunteers completed the replacement sign clean up on the trail from Bonnyville to Abilene. Entire trail is now done.
RRTS presented to Town of Bonnyville re: annual funding request.
N.E. Muni-Corr Ltd. ATV Ride
November
RRTS met with Heinsburg to ask them if they were interested in turning the caboose and roadster over to RRTS.
Riverland Recreational Trail Society volunteers and Smoky Lake County got the gates locked open after October 31st and all Municipalities got the fall grading completed.
The Groomer Foundation received about $16K for the Iron Horse Trail. A separate application went in for the St. Paul Trailblazers.
They are rebuilding all the underside of the groomer right now. It will cost between $20-$50K to get it ready for the winter.
