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Post your pics of your first ride. Easy start today, full tank of Sta-Biled gas & the battery on the tender all summer. Sled started on 1st attempt

Hello everyone, this year being touch and go with what is allowed under Covid rules I am going to post what is available now in Kearney and what we have been told will be available this sledding season. As we are under the lowest numbers right now, under 11 in the whole area from Parry Sound down to Huntsville and up to North Bay, things look pretty good for winter activities in the private sector. However all municipal activities everywhere are cancelled, no Santa parades, no dog sled races in Kearney etc. There has been a huge increase in airbnb accomodation online due to the huge numbers of people in the city who bought up here last summer, too many to list here but you should be able to find what you want on google. Edgewater is still running successfully under covid rules, open in the kitchen and gas available as always. Suds on Main that Edgewater owns has been closed tight since last March but I am sure they will pop it open the day the sledders show up. Fetterley's gas station is still surviving as well with a nice little convenience store addition and lottery, if you need any lures or snacks etc. Finally, after many many years of being empty, almost abandoned at one point, the old Poplar Point, then Painters Landing, and now Scarlett Point is open for full time, all units tourist accomodation. Much needed in the town and there is tons of extra parking up at the Community Centre which is almost across the street. https://www.scarlettpoint.ca/. Kearney Oneill's is no more, the building has been sold and we have been told that the new owners who are from Guelph will be doing a hot/cold meal take out service in the original Kearney Oneill's restaurant with sit down eating in the new addition, however its been 2 months since they took over and the place is pretty quiet, so will update if and when something opens then. Right now consider it unavailable for dining. Silversands has 2 lovely women renting the restaurant from the owner and it is now called DJ's Bar and Grill, just opened last night, hours are 9 to 9, breakfast all day on the menu which is a lovely option as well as a huge gluten free menu and they are licensed under llbo. They are trying 7 days a week. Donna and Jade - (519) 820-3875, I believe the owner of silversands is again doing gas and motel rentals but not sure. The Legion kitchen is still being rented and run by the wonderful April and her team but is down to 3 afternoon/nights a week, thursday to saturday, she is limited to being opened when the senior Legion members want to staff the bar, hopefully by sledding season they will add more hours and days. As always extremely low prices on food, wings on thursday nights, fish and chips friday nights as well as full pub menu always available. And as last winter, the lovely ladies have to keep the bathrooms and main room clean and stocked at all time, if all you do is go in for a beer and bathroom stop please throw a toonie in the tip jar at the food window, that will keep their costs reasonable. Rickwards Polaris dealership also has a variety store onsite with quite a nice selection of fresh and frozen food, as well as souvenirs, lottery, some clothing and camping items as well.The LCBO in town is now closed every Monday, their is an lcbo outlet at the Emsdale variety store and at the Novar grocery store as well. And another new business opened here this summer, Molbella's Creative Cafe, still a virtual business as they are only half way thru building their licenced kitchen. Run by Shawn Armstrong, a retired nurse, she does the most amazing ready to eat meals and baked goods, currently made at a certified kitchen in Burks Falls and available for pick up in Kearney. So if you are staying at a cottage in Kearney and want a delicious pie or sausage rolls or anything sweet or savory check out her facebook page and order a week in advance, cash only at this point, covid compliant pick up, you wont be disappointed. She is also available for gluten free etc. Check out her facebook page to contact her, I dont have any other way to get in touch with her. This being the year that it is, I will post additional info under this thread by end of year if anything changes and during the sledding season if anything changes. Stay safe out there and have a great ride!

I have to make an attempt to keep in the ball park of your mileage. Denis is already off to a good start.

I respectfully disagree with "hiding" trails. I'd be all for it if it worked. In the opinion of my local club presidents, it accomplishes nothing. What's required is enforcement, which for some reason, the government will not provide, or allow the clubs to have any enforcement tools. Every trail I drive by in my area that isn't through a corn field is a mucky rutted mess. Boulders and barriers are winched away. I'd like to see the stats of actual arrests and convictions for trespassing.

Ridiculous. This is as weak as taking down the ITG. Did the paper maps all self-destruct? From a secrecy standpoint, it's like watching Get Smart. If anyone actually cared about trail abuse and trespassing, they'd step up enforcement, not pretend the trails vanish.

No, I think it's about money. My Garmin 68 with Trakmaps sure as hell does not update real time to show me the dynamic availability of the trails.

More like a special agreement between OFSC and TrakMaps.

First post on here. Been reading for years, lots of great info. I looked for a long time as well. I went through a couple of the cheaper plastic ones. But I only got a season or two out of them. So I built one. It fits in the back of my truck (shortbox gm). I couldn’t find one that I liked and was durable enough to make it into camp. It has a removable tongue and I built it to fit a truck toolbox. It keeps all our food and supplies dry and secure. Toolbox is just bungeed in so it’s easily removable. It also fits under my tonneau cover with the toolbox in it. I also built a rack that fits into the linq brackets on my renegade. It holds the stackable dewalt toolboxes and works slick for carrying just about anything. All made from aluminum so nice and light and strong.