Category Archives: History

Welcome to the 2024-25 ski season with the Red Deer Nordic Ski Club – an amalgamation of Parkland and Red Deer Nordic!

Join us for the kick off to the new season at River Bend Clubhouse
October 8th, 2025 7:00-9:00pm
Everyone is welcome!

This website will be discontinued this fall with the new website to be updated soon – see RedDeerNordic.ca.

No skis? No problem! River Bend is renting them out daily during snow season.

Everyone is welcome to join us!

Excerpts From Newsletters of Yesteryears What Has Changed What Has Not

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A self-imposed duty, as club secretary, has been that of reviewing the mass of paper that arrived at my house, turned over to my keeping by the previous secretary.  Thus, I am sorting and reading and reading. Most fascinating are the old newsletters.

However, before I share from them, I need to say my reading of the club history left me in awe of and full of admiration for the many club members who contribute to the success of the club year after year after year often simultaneously wearing multiple “club hats”.

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Excerpts From Newsletters of Yesteryears The Parkland Poets

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A self-imposed duty, as club secretary, has been that of reviewing the mass of paper that arrived at my house, turned over to my keeping by the previous secretary.  Thus, I am sorting and reading and reading. Most fascinating are the old newsletters.

However, before I share from them, I need to say my reading of the club history left me in awe of and full of admiration for the many club members who contribute to the success of the club year after year after year often simultaneously wearing multiple “club hats”.

Now, some excerpts from the many poems that were part of yesteryear’s newsletters.

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