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     NEW BROOKVALE FACILITIES 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cross country skiers will be looking on in anticipation as Brookvale, the site for the 1991 Canada Winter 
     
     Games. is developed into P.E.I.'s first Nordic Touring Centre. The nordic site which will be part of 
     
     Brookvale Ski Park is being developed by Department of Tourism and Parks under the technical guidance 
     
     of Guy Laviolette (cross country technical delegate) and Murry Turner (biathalon technical delegate). 
     
    
   
   
    
     The planning for the site has been completed and Don Walters of Tourism and Parks is supervising the 
     
     development. with completion scheduled for February 1990. According to Don, the Department has two 
     
     goals. Firstly, they want to develop a Canada Games site of which all Islanders can be proud. Secondly, 
     
     they want to leave a legaq' for P.E.l. which will see Brookvale as one of Atlantic Canada‘s top cross coutnry 
     
     ski touring areas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The new nordic site will have a new access road for two way traffic and a permanent parking area. Three 
     
     additional parking areas will be aeated for the 
     
     Games and later removed. The new lodge will _ 
     
     contain a waxing room (also used for ski storage). (I 
     
     a lounge, washrooms, a meeting room, a 
     
     kitchen/canteen and a mechanical area. lt will be 
     
     fully accessible for the disabled. This permanent 
     
     facility will be supplemented with temporary trailers 
     
     for the 9x Games.‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     In front of the lodge, a level area the size a 
     
     football field will serve as the start and finish areas 
     
     for both individual and relay races in cross country 
     
     and biathalon events. Before and afterthe Games. 
     
     it will serve as an ideal location for holding 
     
     instruction and training clinia. The biathalon 
     
     range faces north into a hill so that competitors 
     
     will not be facing into the sun when shooting, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     A total of 8 km of new trails will be developed and 
     
     will complement the already existing fine network 
     
     of trails at Brookvale. Loops of 1.25, 2.5. 3.75. 5.0 
     
     and 7.5 km will make up the competitive trails. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The new trails will all be 15 to 22 feet wide and 
     
    

    
     will provide fast. challenging skiing for the Games m 
     
     and exciting but safe skiing for recreational skiers k 
     
     before and after ‘91. The new Nordic Centre will 
     
    
   
   
    
     also be linked to the existing trails at Brookvale 
     
    
   
   
    
     and additional recreational trails are planned. All . . . 
     
     of these facilities will be accessed through the new Nc‘” B'mkvak Facum‘” 
     
    
   
   
    
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